We drove down to Fort Wayne, Indiana, this past weekend for my second cousin’s wedding (at least I think she is my second cousin) and though we were tired, we all had a blast. Will ate cake, danced with his cousins, and then danced some more. I have some video clips of the little Deney Terio tearin’ it up and hope to edit and post them in the next few days. And regarding the red eye in some of the pictures, I was feeling the upcoming Halloween spirit and wanted to infuse the images with a bit of evil-devil-in-the-eyes-craziness.

This is the first big event we have taken Will to and I have to say that he added a whole new level of entertainment. It was definitely one of those very tangible times that you sort of smile to yourself and just thoroughly and utterly enjoy the moment. Or at least until he has danced himself into near oblivion and you take him back to the hotel room kicking and screaming something about wanting more cake. I doubt Deney ever did that. On second thought….

The vanity-side of my rather quirky personality is also forcing me to explain the picture quality a bit – which, I might add, is pretty bad. And when I say “forcing,” I mean in a figurative, OCD sort of way…. not a literal forcing, as that would put my mental state in an entirely new category… and none of us are ready for that to happen. Anyway… we purchased a new compact digital camera so we wouldn’t have to lug my Nikon DSLR around. Not that I don’t love my Nikon, because I do – it’s a fantastic camera, I just wanted something smaller and more convenient. So… with all of that said, I am still getting used to it and in this case, forgot to turn on the flash mode that reduces red eye. AND… the red eye was so bad in some of the pictures that nothing would fix it. Lucky for me I can just say that I was feeling the upcoming Halloween spirit and wanted to infuse the images with a bit of evil-devil-in-the-eyes-craziness, so that’s how we’ll leave it.