Who's your Daddy?

When I was growing up, I was 100% a Daddy's girl. I wanted to be just like my Dad. I wanted so badly to play softball as good as he did and even dance as good as he did. I have so many special memories with my Dad growing up and I'm really lucky to be able to continue to make more memories all the time. Normally parents say how proud they are of their kids. I'm really proud of who my Dad is. He is such a great example of the what it means to do the right thing regardless of the consequences. My Dad has taught me about service, compassion, patience, unconditional love, and the importance of family. I love you Dad!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I came across a fun Father's Day gift idea a few months ago and held on to it to make these special shadow boxes for some of the Dads in my life. The theme of the Shadow Boxes are the "Family - the tie that binds." I bought a handful of ties for each of the boxes and used them as the background. I'm realizing that photography is my gift that keeps on giving.

For my Dad

For my brother-in-law Bob

For my Father-in-law Mike

365: Week 24

Blockhead

NKOTBSB = New Kids on the Block & Backstreet Boys

As many of you, Laura and I are HUGE NKOTB fans. This Summer New Kids & the Backstreet Boys are doing a joint tour and we wouldn't miss it for the world. Of course, we had fabulous seats and rocked our New Kids gear as always. As you can imagine, Laura and I get alot of flack for being die hard fans and going to so many shows. Honestly, I have been on StubHub looking for tickets to go to the 2nd show tonight. It is that much fun for me. NKOTB got back together in the Spring of 2008. Laura surprised me that year for my birthday with tickets to the show in October. It didn't take long for us to get as hooked as we did when we were kids. Over the past 3 years, going to the concerts, buying each other NKOTB gifts, and making new NKOTB memories has been awesome but those aren't the best parts. The best part is building on the special relationship with my sister, my best friend. There are not too many people who will decorate your car "Blockheads for Life", get Donnie Wahlberg to record a personal birthday message for you, and give you the "closer" seat every time we are at a show.

From a Donnie girl to a Jordan girl - Blockheads for Life!

365: Week 23

Reese's Mini Shoot

Last Sunday I did a mini photo shoot for Reese's baptism invitations. Even though Reese was having a bit of a rough morning, being the true professional model that she is, she delivered.

Fruk Hunting

My niece Alex loves frogs. The best part is that she calls them "Fruks." I love that this girly girl loves frogs so much. There are always tons of frogs in Brad's pond but I was stalking one big bull frog all week. Here a few shots of the this big fruk!

Scratch & Sniff

"I wish I could take a picture of how good it smells out here" is what I said one day when I walked out onto our deck. The lilac bushes that line our deck and the side of our house are all done with their flowers but for a few weeks it smelled like a lilac dream out there. Maybe I will invent a scratch & sniff app for photos so you can enjoy this lilac bunch to its full potential...