an evening stroll to sonic

Last Wednesday, our gas tank finally caught up to our bank account: very nearly empty. Luckily that night, the Young Men* were having a combined activity with the Young Women and so my services (along with my commute) were not that crucial. I was cheerfully granted a bye by the Young Men’s President, who told me to enjoy spending some time with my family. I decided that sounded like a great idea.

So, I decided we were going to go for a walk and get some ice cream from the local Sonic (along with Hyrum’s coupon for a free ice cream cone). I brought the camera along, naturally, and came home a number of shots that I was actually quite happy with.

The ice cream was good, too.

On the way there, after shooting a couple of shots, I was looking at the camera to see how the pictures turned out and Hyrum walked right in front of me. My big ol’ massive man-foot tripped him, which upset him, of course. Mommy rushed to his aid and made everything better with a hug and a piggy-back ride:

At Sonic, the kids got the biggest kick when the waitress brought their ice cream cones in Icee lids (plastic domes with a big hole in the top, apparently just the right size for a cone). The lids held the cones up all by themselves, which probably makes it easier for them to carry on a tray while they skate them out to your car. Hyrum never touched his cone the whole night:

He carried that stick all the way from the house to sonic and made sure that I was carrying it home so that he could run around on the grass with Chloe, and cried when he realized that I had dropped it about a half-a-block from the house.

I went back to get it.

I had a fun time processing this next picture of Hyrum. It’s the first time I tried a technique called cross-processing (which originally resulted from developing one type of film using a process meant for another type, say developing negative film with a process meant for slide film). Here’s the cross-processed shot (one of my three favorite pictures of the night), along with the normal and black-and-white versions:

And here’s the other two favorite pictures of the night:

The walk home was just as beautiful as the time we had spent:

*An organization of the church devoted to, well, the young men. Outside of church, the young men usually have Boy Scout meetings some night of the week, but typically once a month, they meet together with the young women to do something that the youth have put together. Last week, groups of youth were given sets of props and given a short amount of time in which to come up with a skit to perform. Sometimes the activities are service oriented, sometimes just for fun.