Playing with my camera

My sister and brother and I have been challenging each other to use our cameras on the MANUAL setting and have been learning a ton.  We enter a picture in a little competition and our friends and family vote.  Kim blows us out of the water most weeks as she is an amazing photographer.
I am going to pretend that I too am an amazing photographer and add some of my pics here. Here's the link to our competition, feel free to wander over and have a gander.

http://thesisterwars.blogspot.ca/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=16