Every Sabbath is a beautiful one, but this one was extra special.

It wasn't overly sunny, but it was warm.  When I stepped out onto my front porch, this is what I saw:

Ruthie - still in her jammies playing on the swingset with Jacob.

 This is the perk of not living in a subdivision - being in your jammies and no-one to mind.

We went for a walk - all nine of us. Well,it started as a "walk" but somewhere along the line, the "toys" got involved.    We went down to one of the creeks and there the kids began to explore.

 The view from where we were at:

 I LOVE this picture of Jacob:

I almost always frame my pictures, but I decided not to do that this time, or for at least most of them.  I'm not sure why I chose this particular one to frame out of all the rest of the creek pictures!

 We were in/around the creek for hours.  We started going back home when the sun looked like it was going to set.

 We stopped at the lake for a while....

  This would be a cute picture framed.

Now right about now, I started regretting not having framed all of the pictures.  I didn't want to go back and re-do them, but I was very dissatisfied.  I started looking at photobuckets edit button, and decided I'd try it out.  Then the fun began!

This was the first button I tried,   "Blurred edges".

 I LOVE the look of this old pier on the water. 

Blurred edges, antique frame

 Isn't this a cool effect?  I love it.

Matte, Viginette, greyscale

 We came home and it was starting to sprinkle.  We didn't let a few rain drops stop us from trying to grill hamburgers.

"Hey kids, time to eat!"

Wide Frame, blurred sides

I love this picture, too.  Ruthie is blurred because she is running, but I like that effect.

 Ohhh, I just love this picture!!!!!  It looks like something I'd see in a magazine. 

(Blurred edges, :bronze"  gold frame)

Figured out how to change the size of the borders.  Greyscale, muted borders

I took the picture posted way above, and played with it -  viginette, painted, matte frame.

The fun did not end after the picnic.  We had friends come over - Miguel, Raffiel, and Rosa.  They wanted to ride horses.  They started riding just when the sun was going down, and rode for several hours.  They had a blast!  

The entire ranch was kicken' in the sunset until darkeness had well set in.  Robert and Jodi had taken paddle boats on the lake, and the group of horseback riders was trailing the ranch.  It was a fun day and night!!