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I am closing up shop to attend my husband's 20 year high school reunion, then off to my annual Cape Cod trip to visit my family! I will be back AUGUST 16th. I will be available via email if you would like to schedule a session or need to contact me. Happy end of summer!
Today was a very special day for Sarah and Todd. They went to the doctor to find out the sex of their first child. And I got to document it all... This is their story. Delivering me the secret envelope from their Doctor! They had a brilliant idea to fill a piñata with pink or blue.
I stuffed the piñata and hung it from a tree (yes, by myself thank you) and waited for them to arrive.
and then it happened!
IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!
And so the next chapter continues. Sarah, Todd and their Baby Boy. xoxoxo
"Other things may change but we start and end with family" ~ Anthony Brandt
Today I lost my very special Nana. I knew it was today. I was running alone this morning and a hummingbird (her favorite bird) flew right in my path and stood still for seconds.
Muriel was 93 years old, lived in Cape Cod, Mass. and was the most amazing Nana ever. She was a wonderful cook ( my favorites were fried dough and dumplings) she was strong (she swam miles in the ocean every day until she was 85 years old), she was talented (she did a headstand in front of my class when I was in 3rd grade) she was funny (dressing up in pearls and gloves to meet her girlfriends at the beach just to make them laugh), she was spontaneous (her and I jumped a fence to sneak into the Willie Nelson concert (she was 67--I was 15) she taught me how to drive (she would scoot way over against the door and I would sit in the driver seat and push the pedals and steer--I was 13), she was hip (had a poster of Clay Aiken above her bed), she believed in me (she bought my first digital SLR camera 6 years ago), she loved me a lot and I always knew it. She was soft spoken yet witty, crafty and creative, watched Days of Our Lives every day, and (I believed) was a bit before her time. Nana was a grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, mother, wife and friend and has impacted our lives forever. I hope one day I grow up to be a Nana just like her.
Oh, how I love my job. I just returned from a weekend in Chicago with 10 other photographers from all over the states and Canada! We all attended one of Michele Anderson's (Pinkle Toes Photography) workshops in 2011--and had so much fun that we wanted a reunion. This was not a workshop, no classes, lectures or meetings to attend--just the ultimate girls weekend. We explored, we shopped, we ate--a lot, we went sight seeing, we laughed--a lot, we posed, we photographed, we photographed each other photographing each other, we were camera dorks, we loved, we talked, we shared, we met new people, and we saw the city through each others eyes.
Thank you Michele, Janie, Lena, Carol, Leah, Shona, MeeMaw, Stacy, Minnette, and Sarah for the memories!
xoxo
Such a talented group of women! Check them out if you get a chance!
Carol Swaitkewich ~ Winnepeg, Canada
Stacy Krager ~ Springfield, Illinois
Janie Jones ~ Kansas City, Kansas
Lena Antaramian ~ New York, NY
Minnette Demafiles ~ Houston, Texas
Michele Anderson ~ Austin, Texas
and MeeMaw, who was just there to make us laugh :)
Just returned from my little brother's wedding in Charleston, South Carolina! So many pictures to go through--it was the perfect wedding, wonderful people, lots of love with family and friends!
