Thursday, August 9, 2012

Jamaica 50 Fireworks

Jamaica 50 Celebrations are pretty much over. I hope you all had a great Independence weekend, and I hope everyone was safe!

On Monday night hubby and I went with two friends, and their daughter to a section of Beverly Hills that overlooks the National Stadium in order to get good shots of the fireworks...

Now, if the level of noise coming to us from the top of that hill was anything to go by; inside the Stadium must have been deafening!

We set up our cameras, ready to shoot the fireworks. I took a couple shots of the stadium as well. After a while we all relaxed, waiting for the scheduled events to end....when out of nowhere a couple fireworks shot up into the sky. We all scrambled to our cameras and started snapping away in an attempt to catch the short burst of fireworks.

After a couple seconds, it was over. We all looked at each other...that's it???? Can't be....no no no. A couple who was watching close by thought that was all there was for the fireworks and left.

We were not leaving...We were determined to wait it out and make sure that there wasn't more to come. It was a long wait....but in the end we were not disappointed...not in the least :)





































Thursday, July 26, 2012

Summer Vacay 2012

It's summer time!! Time to head to Canada and visit my sister and nephews for a few weeks!

My nephew Alex's 6th birthday party was postponed for late June in order to avoid the usual thunderstorms that occurred in early June. It was the Pirates of the Caribbean theme and my sister Kristine did a fantastic job with the decorations, the activities for the kids and the catering. We all stayed up til 4am the next morning working hard to make sure that Alex had the best birthday party and boy did he have fun!













The remainder of my vacation was spent hanging out with my sister and nephews...getting out of the house and having a great time together...going to the park, splash pad, the malls, watching the fireworks on Canada Day :)
It was an amazing 3 weeks and I can't wait to get back and spend more time with my wonderful sweet nephews and my twin :)