Month: July 2008

Having Too Much Fun

Having Too Much Fun

Our digital camera has a “fireworks” setting, which I put to good use on the 4th. But as cool as the photos turned out, they just can’t compare with the real thing. So how to make them a little more exciting? Why, turn them into 

More South Dakota Photos

More South Dakota Photos

I had lots more great photos from our trip, and figured a great way to show them would be to make a video out of them. Unfortunately, those of us with dial-up connections will take forever to download. 🙁 Click the screenshot. And, um, it’s 

Making Movies

Making Movies

So I’m taking 4th of July pictures with our digital camera and decide to switch to video mode. And when I had trouble getting the huge files uploaded, I did a little searching and found a video editing program on our laptop I never knew about. The result is the following masterpieces (click on pictures to view):

Drumming

This one has credits:
Drumming

5th of July

5th of July

Today was a day for eating out. First, Carrol treated us to The Green Gateau for a late breakfast.  

4th of July

4th of July

Monte and I spent July 4 & 5 at Marcy & Tim’s, along with Carrol. Marcy & Tim always put on a big 4th of July bash, with plenty of friends, food (the pulled-pork sandwiches were especially good), games, drums & kazoos, and fireworks. Their