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Friday ~ January 12, 2024

Posted by Dave Updegraff on January 12, 2024
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Happy Friday to all my Friends who are working.

Yesterday evening our granddaughters, Gabby and Addie came over to do some snow boarding on our hill.   Gabby pm the right and Addie on the left.  We have a great hill behind our home and they wanted to use it.

Before they went snowboarding they decided to clean off the patio and grandpa’s grill.  It’s so fun to watch them do things and the level of energy they have.  I’m not sure I ever had that much energy when I was there age.

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They did a decent job clearing a path to the grill and to the back door. (spoiler alert) today mid-blizzard the grill looks the same and there is no path to the grill.  🙂

Then it was time to go snowboarding. “you want to come with us Papa?”  I would have loved to but not in the condition I’m in now.  😦

Even Grandma got into the act.  It was a fun evening with the girls and then all to soon they had to go home.

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Enjoy the rest of your day and be careful.

Sunday ~ July 09, 2023

Posted by Dave Updegraff on July 9, 2023
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Happy Sunday!

Yesterday we got to spend a little time with our new Grand Son.  Mark and Julia were gracious with their time and let me and Jeanne spend some quality time with Brooks.

Jeanne hasn’t lost her touch with babies.  He was asleep most of the time we were there, but its so much fun just to spend some time with him and watching all the moves he makes and the little sounds.

It is such an amazing thing for me to look at my Son and see him with his own child.  Brooks is just a very lucky little guy to have Mark and Julia as his parents.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Monday ~ March 27, 2023

Posted by Dave Updegraff on March 27, 2023
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Happy Monday!

OMG, two days in a row posting on my blog! 🙂  If I have been consistent on anything it is that I’ve been very inconsistent with this blog since my retirement.  Go figure.

Yesterday (Sunday) was Gabriella’s10th birthday.  We were blessed to have Art,Paula, David, and Nick Roling as well as Mark & Julia.  This is (I think) the first time we’ve been able to get a group photo with everyone present.

Angie made a delicious cake for Gabby and guests.  She of course got lots of presents from her Mom and Dad and the two Grand Mothers.  It was a wonderful time to get to visit with everyone and to get caught up on everyone’s life.

It took her three tries to get all the candles out but she made it.  One of her biggest joys is that at 10 years old she can ride in the front seat without any type of booster seat.  This was a very big deal to Gabby.

Prior to dinner and presents it was snowing heavily with big flakes.  This image doesn’t really capture the beauty of the large flakes but you get the idea.  Want to see a larger more detailed image?  Just click on the image and it will happen.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Monday ~ December 26, 2022

Posted by Dave Updegraff on December 26, 2022
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Belated Merry Christmas

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.  I feel very blessed that we were able to get together with our family & friends yesterday and enjoy wonderful food and fellowship.  The Grand Children had lots of new toys and the adults enjoyed watching them open presents.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Sunday ~ October 25, 2020

Posted by Dave Updegraff on October 25, 2020
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Happy Sunday

Several weeks ago Angie (my daughter) enrolled herself, Joshua, and Austin in a marshal arts training program.  There are so many positive things about such a class and it teaches structure, discipline, meditation, and is a great exercise.

Yesterday was their test to advance to another level.  From white belt (novice) to yellow/white.  The tests were extensive and took the better part of 45 minutes.

Each of them passed their tests and were awarded a step up to the new level.

I was very impressed with the instructor and the methods he uses.  He is a master of the marshal arts discipline, a Psychological Nurse, and an accomplished (self-taught) artist. 

I’m very proud of all three of them and really enjoyed watching them pass their tests. Afterwards there was a presentation from several of the black belt students.

Gabby and Addy were busy with drawing things.  Jeanne and Ben were also there but I didn’t get a picture of them.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Sunday ~ March 22, 2020

Posted by Dave Updegraff on March 22, 2020
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Good Sunday Morning!

We have been more or less self-quarantined for the last couple of weeks (actually longer than that.)  So I suggested to Jeanne that we get out for a little ride and see what things looked like under these difficult times.

So we drove by McGrath Chevrolet and waved at Mark through the window.  He came out but maintained the social distancing.  He is the sales manager and as such he comes into contact with almost everyone who comes in the dealership.  We talked for a few minutes and it was so great to see him.

Then we drove over to Ben and Angie’s home and called on the cell phone.  They came out and we stayed in the car and just visited for about 10 minutes.  No hugs or anything, which was difficult but it was so great just to see them.  Austin came out at first but he was involved in something so he didn’t stay long enough to get  his picture taken.  Ben was doing work in the back yard but did come up and say hi.

I sure felt good to see our kids and grand kids again!

Enjoy our day and be careful and safe!

 

 

Sunday ~ December 01, 2019

Posted by Dave Updegraff on December 1, 2019
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Happy First Day of December.

I have not touched a camera for almost five months.  It really shows with these two images.  I never gave any thought to my ISO settings or shutter speed.  As a result many of my images taken at this year’s annual Turkey Trot were of poor quality and many of them were blurred due to the low shutter speed trying to capture people running.

Ben, Angie, Joshua, and Gabby participated in the 2.5 mile run.  Both Gabby and Josh ran the entire run without stopping, which includes a pretty substantial hill.  We were all very proud of them.

I missed Josh’s finish as he ran ahead of them the last couple of hundred yards so I wasn’t able to photograph him.

I also found in processing these photos that my Photoshop and finishing skills have suffered as well.  Time to get back involved my my camera.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Sunday ~ June 16, 2019

Posted by Dave Updegraff on June 16, 2019
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Happy Sunday and Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day to my Son-In-Law Ben Roling.  He is one of the most compassionate, generous, and thoughtful men I have ever met.  I feel so blessed that he and Angie found each other and gave us 4 beautiful grand children.

I am a blessed individual with a wonderful caring wife, two beautiful, successful children and four wonderful grand children.  Thank you all for putting up with me.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

Tuesday ~ November 05, 2018

Posted by Dave Updegraff on November 6, 2018
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Happy Tuesday!

Today is all about Princess Gabriella Grace Roling and her transformation into a full-blown Princess.

This is the finished product with her personal attendant.  At one time she had three people (including one named Gabby) working on her.

I shot 79 images of this process and no I’m not going to show them all.  Just the four I have for today.  🙂

I can tell you that watching the excitement and magic in her eyes during the process was one of my most enjoyable moments of the trip.  It truly is such a magical place.

This image was taken after she had selected her dress and was waiting her turn for the make over.

There are about 12 personal attendants and each one of them has two specialist to assist with make up and nails.  It is quite the sight to behold.  Additionally there is a roving photographer who roams the room taking images of each princess and each step of the process.

I made all of these images (at the Magic Kingdom) with the new Nikon Coolpix P1000 camera.  This was its first outing so I made a lot of mistakes with it as the learning curve with this camera is considerably different than the DSLRs that I’m used to.

So tomorrow I’m going to write a blog on my first impressions about this unique camera and how it does or does not fit into my work flow.

Enjoy your day and be careful.

 

Monday ~ October 29, 2018

Posted by Dave Updegraff on October 29, 2018
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Happy Monday!

I apologize for the delay in the Disney Images.  I had a deadline on a photo project that I had to meet so I spent last week getting that out the door.

So as a recap, we arrived on a Monday afternoon and had dinner with Mickey Mouse and his crew.  Tuesday we spent the entire day at Epcot Center, which is an amazing place.  We didn’t see all that much of it but what we did see was extraordinary.

So Gabby wanted to wear her Princess Anna dress and of course if Papa is taking pictures, Austin wants to be in the shot. 🙂

Angie and Ben had two strollers and back packs full of things little kids always need.  They walked much faster than I could but I always tried to keep them in sight.  🙂

Ben shot this image of Jeanne and me.  I was still in pretty good condition when this image was taken.  Not so much at the end of the day.

Gabby with Princess Anna.  Princess Anna was so impressed that Gabby had her exact same dress on.  Again I’m competing with Angie for the attention of the subjects and I lost on most accounts.

Look at Gabby’s eyes as she first meet Queen Elisa.  She also got a hug from Elisa…  More tomorrow.

Enjoy your day and be careful.