Katie's Day For Horseback Riding

This is my niece Katie. Just look at her! Her first time on a horse was Saturday, July 20, 2013. She was so excited to get to ride a horse for the first time. It made her so happy! I think it's fun to see somebody experience something for the first time, especially when it's as awesome as Katie felt this was. I asked her at one point about it and she replied that it was, "Awesome!"

Here she is, leading the horse to where they would saddle it. That horse's neck and head are bigger than she is. At least that's how it looks in this shot. It's amazing how someone so small can control something so big. It would have been nice to know what was going through Katie's mind at that point.

And the horse is all saddled up and ready to ride. Katie helped with everything. I just watched and took pictures. I figured somebody should be there to document it. Obviously the horse knew I was taking pictures. Can't you tell that she's posing for the camera? She probably does that all the time!



There's Katie, the horse, and her trainer. Sorry but I never actually got the name of the horse or the trainer. I'm pretty bad with names anyway. I do have their card, though, so if anyone else is interested in going there to ride just let me know and I'll give you their number.



We went out to the big arena. It was a mostly overcast day but the weather was perfect. It was just after 3 pm and it was nice and quiet. We saw some girls bringing their horses in as Katie was getting hers saddled up.



Below are a few pictures of her riding in the arena. Her instructor was teaching her everything she needed to

know to ride a horse. How to hold the reigns, how to sit, how to speak to the horse. It was very interesting just watching. I almost wanted to try it myself. Lucky girl, that Katie.

I think the following pictures will give you a pretty good idea of how much Katie loved riding a horse. I wish I had been paying better attention to the focus, but the pictures should be focused well enough for you to see the look on her face.

I took over 500 pictures of her (including those which were out-of-focus) but didn't think it would be wise to upload all of them. This next shot is just as she's leaving the arena.

And of course when the lesson was over, Katie helped put everything away.

 And then she took the horse back to her stall.

 I'd say it was a rather productive and successful afternoon. Once again, a little girl's dream has come true!

It's me!!!!!

I like myself much better in black and white. You can't see the red in my face!

Potato Chips

This is a sequence of shots of Jayce eating a potato chip. I just thought it was cute. The way I uploaded them you have to look at them from the bottom-up.

Pinecone Boy

Who doesn't love pine cones? I know I did when I was younger. They make such great toys.

Waiting ...

Here are two shots of Hayden, one of him in the outfield, and the other of him waiting for his turn at bat. I didn't take very many of Hayden and so I found only two that I thought were relatively ok. As with Tyler's pictures, these were taken with my green filter. It was overcast when these were taken. I felt they came out fine, and it may have been more because it was overcast than anything else.

Through the fence ...

I just couldn't resist putting this one up. Tyler is almost ready to bat and if you look closely, you can already see the bat in his hand. I really liked the whole 'seeing through the fence' thing. It made this shot very interesting - for me anyway.

Confidence ...

Now just look at Tyler's face. He seems so confident and ready for anything. I can see him standing in the midst of adversity, and smiling at it.

The Beginnings of Black and White

I am starting to shoot in black and white. I am finding it very interesting. I used a green filter on my 75-300mm lense. Most of the pictures were shot through a chain-link fence. It's very interesting that you don't see much of the fence. This is Tyler Montgomery.

The Girls

Seems I keep forgetting to put pictures of the girls up here. The interesting thing about these two shots is that the girls have their heads turned the same way, and the light hits their hair in the same way too. Both were taken on March 14, 2010.

Hayden ... these are for you

I heard a rumor that Hayden wanted to see some pictures of him and Thomas. Well ... here you go. May 2, 2010.

This season's MVPs

They make it look so easy. October 2, 2010.

Little Man

It's not easy to smile and eat crackers at the same time. October 2, 2010.

The Three Boys

What a crew. August 22, 2010.

The Great One

Need I say more?

Cousins in a Tree

I thought these were cute. Sunday, May 2, 2010. I was getting shots of my nieces and nephews, and I got plenty of them.

I Give Up!!!!

As you can see, Grandpa just does not understand, and Jayce has thrown his hands up, as if to say, "I give up!!!",

showing how frustrated he is that the old man just doesn't get it.

Adults just don't understand.

Let Me Explain It To You

As you can see, Jayce, the newest member of the Montgomery family, is attempting to explain things to his Grandfather.

It's Been A Long Time

I haven't posted anything new in a very long time. I've got some pictures I want to put up and will be doing so shortly.

Our Georgia crew has moved back to California. Yay!!!!! Everyone's older. Lots of things are happening. Hopefully I'll post a few good shots.

Fallon ... the one you've been waiting for

I have needed to get a picture of Fallon on this site. She is the only person in the family that I have not posted any pictures of. So I've been searching for a few to put up. This was taken at Hayden's and Tyler's birthday party.

This was taken on Saturday, November 1, 2008.

Hayden and Tyler at the park

These guys are into discovery. This was at the park nearby.

Taken August 31, 2007.