a pick-up game {summer nights}

Summer is here!!! I’m a summer girl. Spring comes in second place. Fall in third. Winter I could do without entirely. Our weekend was full to the brim with friends and family. My kids were totally spoiled when Emily (of Jones Design Company) and her crew stayed with us for a few days. Her boys and daughter are the exact ages of my boys and eldest daughter. It was perfect. A couple hours after we waved goodbye to their family, the Proutys and Teagues pulled in our driveway. It was a family get together 5 years in the making.

We woke up yesterday exhausted and hearts overflowing. So grateful for family and friends.

The kids and I pretty much did nothing all day, which is very unusual. After a long day of laziness, we ended with basketball, sweat and laughing.

I usually only snap a couple pictures each day. As I watched the kids play with Chris, I went inside to grab my 70-200mm lens. It is the one I purchased and used for weddings back in the day. Now it stays pretty much neglected in my closet.

They played with the ball. I played with my camera. And then I joined in the game.

Most of these were shot at ISO 500, 1/500, f/2.8 with my 70-200mm lens.

“Me? Foul?”