After a fantabulous vacation to Maui a few weeks ago, I will forever associate Hawaii with summer. The always 80 degrees and aloha spirit perfectly represent summer relaxation. Here are some scenic reminders as I melt away in the 100+ heat from 3500 miles away.
You can check out more summer perspectives from my photography circle, HERE (Cheryl Myers) or HERE (babyrabies).
The ONLY way that my man will ever wear a tie by choice:
Zebra print suits Niece #2. She is a bold and bright kind of girl!
My niece is officially a teenager. She is also officially taller than I am. Don’t you think thirteen looks beautiful on her?
Every Easter, I take portraits of my own kiddos. I shot these in April, but am a bit behind in blogging and printing. My gang is always impatient and annoyed during photo shoots with me, because I *might* make them pose too often. This location is tucked away behind the playground of our neighborhood park. The reward (playing and basketball) was soooo close that this session was actually a success.
New Orleans is NOT a city that should be in black and white. However, these two waterfront images were so dramatic, that I had to convert them. During my first ever trip to NOLA, the skies were moody all weekend. Our Children’s Tumor Foundation charity walk provided a VERY wet tour of the city!
I unboxed my preserved and cleaned wedding dress after a decade in the closet because of Pinterest. I was inspired by a “while the kids are young” parenting checklist, with a suggestion to photograph your little girl in your wedding dress to display at HER future wedding. Brilliant! So out came the wedding dress, beaded tiara, veil, and shoes. I’m embarrassed to admit the box still had a moving label on it (from 2002).
A friend saw this same concept at the same time, so we had one big wedding dress up party! The S girls ALWAYS bring the party. They played obnoxious girl songs, brought gobs of accessories and boots, and styled hair like professionals. Our friends were a bit more tolerant than my girlie, who was annoyed with the two hardware clamps it took to hold to bodice of dress closed. The result is some bridal goodness to display {hopefully} decades from now!
Serious competition! All six cousins created chalk drawings for our “cousin week” contest.
