The day finally came! I got an email just seconds ago with the link to my film scans and we dropped everything and patiently waited for the scans to download.

To say that it was agony waiting for the scans to download would be an understatement. We watched as each megabyte downloaded and got more and more impatient.

As the files were getting downloaded I was getting more and more nervous about what the final images were going to look like. What if my dreams of totally blown out images and black blobs came true! What if the people at the film lab got a good chuckle out of my first two rolls of film!

Finally the time came to open up the folder and see what the images looked like. This was the first one that we saw.

That's right, I started shooting with film the same way we started with digital. I walked out in a pasture and started to take pictures of everything around me, mainly cows. I am sure the people at the film lab thought "What the!" when it was images of cows, tractors, and trees.

After looking through the scans, I am SO SO SO happy with how they turned out. I know now what I need to change and what worked. I think that I will be a little less hesitant to take a picture because I know they will turn out how I envisioned in my head.

We are getting ready to head out the door to Austin for a wedding this weekend and a few extra days of piddling around the town, but when we get back I will be sure to share more :)

Canon EOS 1V // Kodak Portra 400 // 70-200 f/2.8L IS II

If you've e-mailed us in the last couple of days, you already know this, but we just walked back in the door after a 4 day vacation to Port Aransas, Texas. It's a wonderful, sleepy little beach town about 3 hours from us here on the gulf coast. We had an amazing vacation with my (Cat) aunt, cousin (and her friend), and grandma. We had several days of waking up early, drinking coffee on the balcony with an ocean view, sitting on the beach all day, then staying up way too late laughing and telling stories.

We also had the delight of Luke cooking our meals each day, nothing but the best. We had biscuits and gravy, pizza, pancakes... so much great food from Chef Luke!

The pictures we took on the trip were taken with our film camera, so it will be a few weeks until we have any to show you, with the exception of this Instagram we took one evening on the beach!

Hope you've had a great week!

I came across the game in an Economics class when one of my friends was playing it on his laptop during the lecture. The "mute" button may have been pushed and loud Bloon pooping noises filled the room, but that is another story :)

Cat and I have been playing this game for the past week solid! I may sneak in when I am "making sure all the doors are locked" before bed and play a round or two. We have tried different strategies and theories, and when we can't pop all the balloons before they reach the end, it is total devastation 'round these parts!

The concept of Bloons is simple. You place different balloon popping machines or monkeys around the track and hope they can pop all of the balloons before they reach the end. Sounds simple, but when a balloon filled MOAB Blimp comes around the track, things get a little hairy.

This is what the beginning of the level looks like.

Things are pretty calm.

Then all hell breaks loose!

I have to admit, I do get a sick thrill when I defeat a level! I am currently on lever 104, the farthest I have ever gotten, and only play one level per day. I don't want the fun to run out and have to start back at the beginning!

If you want to play Bloons for yourself, click here, and get started! I recommend the Tack Shooter in a rounder corner to start out with, then a few Super Monkeys!