Florida Part 1: The Beach at Sunset

Recently we took an extended vacation to Elliott's home state of Florida.  He'd talked up Florida beaches so much since we've been together, I'd been longing to go when it was warm enough to feel like a beach vacay.  The only other times I'd been to Florida were in the cooler months when laying out on the beach was not an option.  Elliott's mom, a.k.a RopesCourseMom as we like to call her, rented a beach house for us to stay in for part of the trip so we could spend time with extended family. It did my heart good to enjoy some family time and get to know Elliott's uncles and their families, including his three sweet cousins, all young ladies who I quickly came to adore.  Needless to say, the Florida beaches did not disappoint. I got the beach vacay my heart had been longing for, and Elliott was right: the sand is white, and the water is clear.  These were taken at Laguna Beach in Florida (the residential area north of Panama City Beach).

 

Cheers to pretty beaches, amazing sunsets, and enjoying them with the ones you love.

Danielle

Capturing Memories

A few weeks ago on a Friday night after work, we took the plunge and got ourselves a new toy: a Nikon D5200 Camera.  We'd talked about making this investment into our family so we could capture our adventures and daily lives, and the time had come.  We headed down to Precision Camera  & Video in Austin.  We had heard great things about Precision and were not disappointed. Neither one of us could sleep Saturday morning, so we raced to the camera to see who would take the first picture (Elliott of course!) since it had to charge overnight.  I will spare you those first few just-out-of-bed shots. We headed to Starbucks first, and then on to San Gabriel Park to take some early morning pictures of the park and river.

We took a few in front of our gallery wall to play around, which has changed since we took these pictures, and we had to get more on our porch of course.  We can't wait to see all the memories we will capture with our new camera.

***Disclaimer:  Nikon and Precision Camera & Video have no idea who I am and did not sponsor this post.  I wanted to share our experience of these products and services with you.