Wonderful

I walked to the park with the girls the other morning so that I could take pictures.  I was trying to get a shot to enter in the I Heart Faces weekly challenge, Pink.  What could be better for that than sweet girls?!

We had a lot of fun.  I took a ton of pictures and wanted to share some of them.  Here are a few (read "less than a hundred") of my favorites.

Before we went outside I was fooling around with settings on my camera.  I found out recently (I read a guide to the camera!) that you can change the color settings within the camera (sorry to use the word so often...synonym?) and even take black and whites...this one is more sepia-toned, but I thought it was kind of pretty.

Sweet sisters...

This was one of my ideas for a "pink" submission, but I didn't think it was quite bright enough.  I like the photo.  I wish I could get Eliana's eyes to pop.  I try to "find the light", but I am not very good at that.

There is a creek that runs through the park (several parks in our area, actually) and Eliana seemed a little nervous about being up on the rocks at first.

She got more comfortable as the time passed.

I love her expression here...

Michaela poses and smiles and poses and smiles.

They love to run and play on the gazebo.  They call it a gazebra.  It makes my heart happy.

Also?  That Michaela still likes to run and play?  Joy.

She.  Is.  A.  Mess.  An awfully cute, sweet, fiesty mess.

She wanted Michaela to sit in her lap.

I hope they love each other forever and always.

A big sister is good for many things...a "piddy-bat" ride is just one of them.

On the way home we were stopped by a butterfly who begged us to take pictures.  We obliged.

And just enjoyed the beauty of the day.

The beauty of the flowers...

the butterfly, and one another...

It was a wonderful morning.