Winner, Winner!! Chicken Dinner!!

If you're 4th of July weekend was half as good as mine you are one lucky person! I had a blast doing everything from boating to biking, and building to photography (ran out of "b" words).

And I'm going to show you ALL the photos I took this weekend, but first, the important stuff. Here is what my camera looked like Tuesday morning:

If you can see on the display, it says 169 pictures. I also took 3 on my phone's camera so that comes to a total of 172. And the winner is...

Monica H., with a guess of 109. Congrats, Monica!!! I don't have your address so if you can send it to me at myownkindofcrazy at hotmail dot com

And the second winner with the most people who linked from her blog to mine was Melanie D! Congrats Melanie! I'm not sure if I have your address either so if you could send it to me that would be awesome!

And now to the pictures. I feel I must add a disclaimer first, though. I've never... and I mean NEVER... shown anyone all the pictures I've taken over a period of time. Almost half of these I took just to see what number I got to for the contest. The other half is a big mix of mess-ups on my part and the few good pictures I got. I'm confessing now that I'm not a great photographer, I just get lucky sometimes. And that's the naked truth.

Bike ride on the Union Pacific Rail Trail:

Rail trail plus 3rd of July Parade in Huntsville (Katie, I saw your parents but didn't get a chance to say hi!):

The end of the parade plus family and boating:

More family plus the sunset and fireworks:

Yes, it took me a while to get the fireworks right:

I know, that's a lot to handle. But now for some favorites, some highlights, and some lowlights:

Hannah:

Lance with a bloody nose from a baseball:

Lance is an awesome pitcher! Catching... well, didn't go so well this time.

Aiden:

Woodland creatures/gnomes collection:

I vow to never, ever have anything like that in my yard.

Sign on the bike path:

The only picture I was in all weekend:

Sunset on the 3rd:

Fireworks on the 3rd:

And an appropriate ending. Sidewalk chalk on Bountiful Blvd. July 5th:

Amen!