so like i said, i filled a 1 gig card and then kept 166. the color and the lighting was so amazing on the boat, since it was covered. it was fun-my little thing to occupy my mind while i was there. taking pics. seeing the world in the shape of a 4×6 rectangle.
tara…thanks for sharing…looks like so much fun…i LOVE the picture of you with your son Nate (i think that’s his name)…that’s the kind of picture that HE will look back at one day, and think…my mom is just so special…i love her….it really captures the unspoken love between the two of you:) TRULY SPECIAL!
thanks for sharing, tara. i think it’s so fun to peek at others’ vacation shots! looks like y’all had a great time :-)
tara this looks like so much FUN! i’m glad you had a great time. camping is something that i remember as such a happy time in my life as a child. i can’t wait till our little family can go camping.
what a fun, wonderful trip. We love camping. These pictures are, naturally, wonderful. I could flip thru your pictures all day long! They are always so real, so perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Crazy beautiful i-candy, Tara. Thanks for the yumminess today!
those are great! looks like you had fun. take me next time.
Tara…
I love reading your blog every day…you are a total inspiration! Thanks for sharing your pictures! You are awesome behind that lens of yours. Oh and by the way..that picture of your hubby and your little girl with the Disney blanket brought back some memories….we had that same blanket when I was little!!!
Thanks for being so awesome Tara!
~Kim
hey..wouldn’t want to swim around the floating potty!!!
You totally made me crave in n out…you stinker!!!! There is nothing even comparable on the east coast!!! Could you mail me one? HAHAHA
Looks like a good time! Very brave of you to camp, I’m just not a camper. You made it look fun though! You’re pictures make everything look fun!
sooooooo fun t!
love them ALL!
esp. the ones of them driving the boat!!!!!
thanks for sharing!@
tara
I absolutely love the 3rd one down. The one where he is driving the boat. What a hilariouos sort of diabolical look. Awesome!
Awesome pictures! I still don’t understand how you can take a picture of anything, including traffic and drive throughs, and turn into a piece of art! You’re amazing. Simply amazing.
Camping looks fun.. love the pics.. looks like a great time has been had by all.
stunning – so many smiles and so much fun had. ps love the subway tshirt :)
Fantastic shots! As usual! I could just eat that little Nate up!
you even make camping look awesome :)
Love all the pics. Good times. :-)
I looked at all the pictures, and they’re great. The one of McKenna with the sun behind her is so effing perfect, and the one of her sitting with her legs crossed and what looks like popcicle all over her face is the bomb. Your kids and family are so cute I can’t stand it.
great pictures…looks like the kiddos had a great time.
cindy
these are great pics documenting your trip. Love em!
Thank you so much for SHARING — LOVE THEM — SO REAL
Dude, could you please please please be MY vacation photographer? Amazing, beautiful shots, Tara! And could you and your little family be any cuter? :)
awesome…love the one of the three in their lifejackets. you are making me want to camp, and I am SOOO not a camping girl. lol
Those are great photos. I think my favorite is Sammy crashed out with the life vest on. LOL That is so stinkin’ cute! :)
such FUN!!! i love that life vest one with the three boys. i LOVE that one of McKenna smiling big on the boat, and one of the last pics of you all standing there as a family. Everyone looks so happy. i loved so many more, but i don’t want to write a book on it. thanks for sharing your vacation with us!
oh yeah. i MISS In-and-Out! That’s one of the not so nice things about moving out of state :(
Oh how fun! Loved looking through these!
For some reason, a couple of shots of Anna in the tent (one where she’s in the doorway and the one of her & drew right after that) really struck me. Besides all the other really fun ones, it gave me that nostalgic family trip feeling and made me think that one day she’s going to look back on her childhood (and when I say “look back” I don’t mean just looking at the millions of pictures mama will have taken of her by the time she’s grown :) ) and really cherish these times. Just wanted to share that with ya. :)
Camping never looks that good on our trips! Love your work, love the way your capture your life as well as other… BTW your have four children… WOW
What a blast! Love little grubby kidlets after they’ve been having the time of their lives camping. The life jackets look GREAT on film. Beautiful family!
Oh, I should probably introduce myself too…I’m Kim, one of the may lurkers who look to you for inspiration. *waving* Thanks for being so darn cool!
love it … your family makes me want all sorts of piles of kids … how fun…
you put my 4 faves up!
aww!
i love you :)
Oh man I love, love, love these! Totally those feel like you are there shots, awesome. Great stuff, thanks for sharing! It so makes me want to be a little kid running around crazy and messy :)
tara, you are so sweet to share the entire album! i love looking at your photos, like i’ve said a million times before!! they are so inspiring, so good!! i love the one where drew is in the tent and the little girl is getting his nose, so sweet and the light was just perfect there. i loved them all!! your family is so cute. =)
Great photos. Looks like a great get-away.
Thanks for sharing these pictures! They are so beautiful and inspiring! What a great trip!
Incredible pics! Looks like you all had so much fun!
Tara,
Santa Barbarian here! Just love your pixs. Wish I knew you were coming up … I would of stalked you. jk :) Even the Goleta In & Out photo looks amazing. I am a huge HUGE huge fan of you photography and scrapbooking. I wish a bit of your artist eye. I hope someday I can afford to book a photo session with you. Until then hope to maybe bump into you when you might be in this part of SB again.
You make me want to go camping!! My “little” girls are now 17 and 22, but these photos remind me of all the camping we used to do with friends—there were 9 kids and 6 adults—lots of dirt, grime, sand, smoke, grit, dust, along with the hilarity, booze, laughs, hot dogs, cozy tents, sunshine, and once a downpour that sent the three moms & 9 kids into a local motel room—all together! The dad’s had yet to arrive, and we made the kids go straight to bed so they wouldn’t hear their foot steps on the ceiling in the motel room below us—than we three moms drank vodka tonics & played cards while shushing all the kids :). *thanks for the camping memories!
Great Pictures Tara! Your kids are so beautiful, all of them. Amazing.
I love reading your blog!
Hi Tara, what a great pictures! Looks like you’ve had a great time. Thanks for sharing, the sammy fall a sleep one really made me laugh behind my laptop ;-) Eef
LOVE THESE PIC’S gives me ideas of what pic’s to take when our family goes camping in 2 weeks. Love the one of the kids in the tent, always took the outside never thought to do the inside ;o)……LOVE LOVE LOVE the in n out pic—–my favorite hamburger of course “animal style” …love your blog and your awesome photography talent ;o)
love them… Nathan should be a model.
Love the baby sleeping in the life jacket. Too funny!
were you guys at the river, parker?