Jan Scott Photography, Morrison, Illinois -- The Blog » Misc. Photos http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:11:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What Midwestern Runners Do in December http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/12/13/what-midwestern-runners-do-in-december/ http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/12/13/what-midwestern-runners-do-in-december/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:11:03 +0000 Jan Scott http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/?p=631 Snowshoe!

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To see the rest of the Harvest Hammer images, visit www.mattucker.com.

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]]> http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/09/20/paint-the-town/feed/ 3 Iowaman Triathlon Photographs {Scott County Park} http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/09/15/iowaman-triathlon-photographs-scott-county-park/ http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/09/15/iowaman-triathlon-photographs-scott-county-park/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:31:36 +0000 Jan Scott http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/?p=553 The three of us trekked to Scott County Park on Saturday for the Iowaman Triathlon. Of course, I was on hand to take photos. I’m sure you get tired of seeing pictures of my husband swim, bike, and run, so I’ll just share my very favorites.

Coming out of the first transition, heading out on the bike:

Climbing a hill on the bike:

Finishing up the run:

Meanwhile, Evan and I entertained ourselves with some hide & seek:

]]> http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/09/15/iowaman-triathlon-photographs-scott-county-park/feed/ 1 We love Kapla! http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/09/11/we-love-kapla/ http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/2009/09/11/we-love-kapla/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:21:39 +0000 Jan Scott http://www.janscottphotography.com/blog/?p=550 I love back-to-basic toys, and I feel fortunate that these types of toys are Evan’s favorites, too.  No matter how many electronic, gimmicky toys he receives, he always goes back to the same three types of things: construction/farm equipment, Legos, and blocks.  He will play with other toys from time to time, but 90% of his play with toys is related to one of these three things.  He has unit blocks at my mom’s house and he enjoys those, but at home, we have three boxes of Kapla Blocks.  He received his first set at Christmas last year from my two aunts, and he fell in love with those things right away.  Over the summer, he didn’t play with them much, but lately, he’s been getting them out again.  If you are local and are looking for these blocks, they sell them at the Discovery Center in Clinton, IA.  I have seen them at a couple of other children’s museums, too.  This weekend, we had some fun with them (and trashed our living room):

On Sunday, we made this:

this (and one other thing that got destroyed before the camera could make it there):

Evan spent a long time making a “dog park” around the building:

Creative fun with the blocks:

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Evan’s favorite part was this blow-up obstacle course:

and second-favorite was this huge firetruck slide:

but we cannot leave out this super-cool bouncy house!

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This is a horse that lives and trains at the fair in Morrison. I think that is kind of neat! I forget his name…but it has Dana in it. My mom knows the names of his owners. Hopefully she’ll comment & clarify that (Mom: hint hint).

Later, Evan and Grandma threw 300 balls at little fishbowls (unsuccessfully).

I snuck away to the first turn of the racetrack to take a few shots from a better angle:

This slide was crazy fast. I rode on it earlier in the week with Evan, and our behinds flew in the air!

Merry-Go-Round:

Balloon-Popping game:

Air-brushed tattoo:

The guy was nice. He runs a tattoo shop in Clinton called Steel Appeal.

Ta-da!

Last year, Evan won the pedal pull one day and got second another. This year, he didn’t do as well, but he still had fun!

Until next year! :)

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This shot is nothing to write home about, but I wanted to share this very cool idea the couple had in lieu of the dollar dance at the reception. Everyone sat down, and held up dollar bills. The bride and groom raced around the room collecting them to see who could gather the most. I’m sure the groom would like me to report that he won!

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