Ball Cap Mom Blog
Blogging is one of the crazy joys in life.
““Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” – Andrew Sullivan
Toy Nostalgia: Vintage Toys And My Fondest Toy Memories
Reading articles like The 15 Most Creative Toys from Our Childhoods makes me feel nostalgic. Makes me wish I had kept some of my favorite toys from when I was little. In my day though, when we were tired of certain toys, we would have a "Toy Sale" right in...
Glad to be Back Out on the Soccer Fields – My Happy Place…
Earlier in the week, I blogged about learning to take basketball pictures and how challenging that has been for me. Me...a person who LOVES natural, outdoor light when taking pictures. It just seems so much easier, and I always get better pictures when I'm shooting...
Learning to Take Pictures at a Basketball Game…Ugh…
I found a great article about which lenses are best for shooting indoor sports - such as my son's basketball games! The most challenging pictures I have taken! For many seasons, I followed my kids around at their soccer and baseball games taking pictures with my...
You Gotta Love a Good Crockpot Recipe
Well...my passion is photography, certainly NOT cooking! Luckily, I recently came across the Frugal Girls Website - - they publish all kinds of great crockpot recipes. That's my kind of cooking! Dump everything into one pot, turn it on, go on with your day as...
Getting Lost in Chicago…with Larry and Pete
I was cleaning up the pictures on my blog and I ran across some awesome pictures from my trip to Chicago to visit my sister. The kids and I packed up and flew to Winnetka, just a train’s ride away from Chicago. What a fun trip! In order to prepare the kids for their...
Kindle v. Book – Which Team Do You Play For?
As I gathered up my things for the day, I had trouble deciding if I should take my book or my Kindle with me on my errands. I almost always end up waiting on someone or something, usually in the multiple carpool lines I find myself sitting in on a daily basis, so I...
Lightroom Shortcuts
As of now, Lightroom is my favorite editing program. Mostly because I have used it for some time, and I feel like I know the program. Even with all my time editing photos, I had no idea there were so many Adobe Lightroom CC Keyboard Shortcuts! And the Lightroom...
70 Degrees & Sunny – What??
Yesterday, we were playing outside on our many riding toys enjoying the weather. The crazy, Texas, unpredictable weather! As I sat on the curb snapping pictures of my kids and their friends, I thought about the conversation I had with my younger sister earlier in the...
Be in the Picture
Sometimes, as the “photographer” of the family, you forget to put yourself in the picture! I’m there for every single shot, but I’m rarely in the picture.This past Christmas, I decided to be in the picture, but I didn’t want to pay someone else to take the shots for...
100th Day of School
Well…we are officially “100 Days Smarter”! What a beautiful day for a "100 Days Balloon Launch." I was able to get a few shots of the event, but my camera was having trouble focusing - - it kept getting distracted by balloons floating in front of what I was shooting....