Martins

August 23, 2013 - The Martin family invited us over to their home this afternoon…

After moving some new hay we got out the shotguns and shot some clay targets!

Bryce loads up

“Pull”

There it is…

…or was.

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Hit!

Danielle

Andrew firing side-by-side

(“Side-by-side” doesn’t mean I was firing next to Danielle for those of you who aren’t “up” on their gun vocabulary.  :-) )

Miss!

Guys enjoying the shade

Ladies enjoying the shade

Mr. Martin

Noah hands Kate shotgun

Gun won’t fire

Noah and Ben check it out

“Looks good to me”

Noah telling Kate what to do

Kate looks a bit incredulous

“Who? Me?”

Loading powder into a muzzle loader

Ramming the ball, wad, and powder down the muzzle

After a delicious supper and during a beautiful sunset the Martins saddled up their horses.

Looks like Kate forgot somebody

The pony feels forgotten too

Noah & Bryce stayed behind and fixed the electric fence

After the ride, Lydia got up close to the horse, but freaked out when the horse coughed!

I also got some great photos of Bryce’s pony that I hope to edit at a later date, but here’s one:

Looks maybe... a bit too…angelic?  Might need to tone down the Orton effect.

Jeremy & Darcie's Reception

July 6, 2013 – After the service, we headed to the farm of the bride’s family for the reception.

Time for the toast and the speeches.

This picture looks like it was taken by the paparazzi…

…maybe it was!

Felt pretty classy playing my first game of croquet =)

There was a chance that it was going to rain, but it ended up being a beautiful day!

Towards evening they got out the horses to do some riding:

This horse looks at life through rose colored…contacts?

“Middle-Distance”

They’re looking for the “maximum load” label

I love these two photos

Time for some volleyball!

The evening ended with a fantastic fireworks display set against a sky flashing from the lightning of a distant thunderstorm.

Jeremy and Darcie are seen driving away at 1:24.