When we take photos using a timer I always hang on to all of photos, even the bad ones in hopes that I will make a gif or animation of them. We took a lot of photos this way on our honeymoon and I put together a video and included all of them and loved the way it turned out. Now it's been almost 5 years and that was the last time I used multiple shots that way... Until now!

So, here is one of the portraits we took using our tripod. I don't have the camera take this many photos just for the thought of turning into a gif, but practically to make sure that at least one photo is good. Typically I set my camera to 10 shots, and usually I find one or two that are good, if I have it in focus!

Now that I know how easy it is, you may see these more often :) I used this gif maker. I tried the first few found on a google search and this was my favorite. I just followed the instructions, loaded my photos, tweaked a couple things, and voila! I really can't believe I'm just now realizing how incredible easy this is.

Have you made a gif before? I actually have tried before using a phone app, which was somewhat easy, but lacking in quality. Do you have any other suggestions?

This was Ruby's first real snow that she could play in at our home. We just moved to a different midwest city, but it seems like we've missed out on a lot of snow. Winter has also taken it's time to show up, so we fully welcomed this big snow in late January. Ruby, like most things, wasn't phased much by the snow. She was interested, sure, but she just acted like she's seen it may times before. So like her father in that way.

Now here are just the few (ok, many) photos that I selected of Ruby to share with you:

Remember when Indianapolis was covered with a foot of snow this past January? After we arrived back from our two week holiday we were greeted with another week of playing in this beautiful snowstorm. These photos were taken a couple hours before we lost power and made the trek to Jordan's sisters house. Luckily for us we had warm chili on the stove and homemade bread to take with us. It's fun to think back on this now that it's almost June and ninety degrees outside.

we got to be a part of playing with out niece, evie in the snow for her first time. it was a blast to see how much she loved being outside in the snow. i think the last picture is hilarious, she makes the best faces. we would pour snow over her, and she was always unsure, but after this photo she had a huge smile on her face.