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Friday, April 06, 2007
Happy Birthday Mackenzie!!!
My crazy niece MacKenzie!
Notice Cassi in back. Someone teach her to eat ice cream!!!
Pray for us when they are teenagers!
My "evil twin" Diane and her daughter MacKenzie
Her best side...just kidding Mac!
Are you cracking up yet?????
I love this girl!!!!!!!Whe I think of Mackenzie the word "Character" comes to mind.
Definition of character-
- distinctive qualities: the set of qualities that make somebody or something distinctive, especially somebody's qualities of mind and feeling- positive qualities: qualities that make somebody or something interesting or attractive- reputation: somebody's public reputation
My niece MacKenzie turned 11 on Friday. She is a total crack up to be around and as shown by the pics of her above...there is never a dull moment around her.
She is the youngest of my twin sisters 4 children. I think everyone in my family would agree that she is my sister Diane reincarnated to make Diane pay for all of the awful things she did to my sisters and I when growing up. I call her my evil twin (in jest of course!) and those who know her can only laugh and agree.
I tell the tale of her evilness when she would somehow get us to the ground, sit on top of you so you can't move and then proceed to drop spit out of her mouth until it almost landed on you, and then she would suck it back in her mouth. It was the grossest thing but I remember almost peeing my pants (maybe I did a few times....ssshhhhhh...) laughing while trying to get her off of me. This happened on more than one occasion!!!
She was the name caller. I was called french fry legs (much to my obvious trauma) by her for years and I was truly devastated. Of course, I can laugh today!
The story Diane shares of her torturous nature is when we were growing up we shared a room. After we were sent to bed for the night, on occasion, we would screw around and sometimes end up jumping on the bed. After our parents had come in a few times, we were given the final warning...one more time....we would be spanked.
Of course, I was terrified of getting in trouble but not Diane. She jumped on the bed again but also padded her bottom with a stuffed animal so when she received her spanking...it didn't hurt her. She laughs when she tells the part that I did NOT STUFF my butt and took my spanking on my bottom. She still today thinks it's funny her spanking didn't hurt and I ended up crying that night.
I could go on and on about the ways Diane made my childhood torture but this post is about her child...MacKenzie.
MacKenzie is so much like Diane it is scary. They look alike, act alike and have the same silly streak in them that can have you doubled over with laughter for hours! MacKenzie is an awesome softball player and is always willing to help coach Cassi to become a better player.
Cassi adores her...looks up to her and basically wants to be MacKenzie. They are just like sisters and fight like cats and dogs at times but most times, get along great.
I know Diane and I are destined to have quite a time raising these two when they get into high school but hopefully they continue to share the closeness they have right now and continue to be there for each other in the future .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG MAC...we love you!
- distinctive qualities: the set of qualities that make somebody or something distinctive, especially somebody's qualities of mind and feeling- positive qualities: qualities that make somebody or something interesting or attractive- reputation: somebody's public reputation
My niece MacKenzie turned 11 on Friday. She is a total crack up to be around and as shown by the pics of her above...there is never a dull moment around her.
She is the youngest of my twin sisters 4 children. I think everyone in my family would agree that she is my sister Diane reincarnated to make Diane pay for all of the awful things she did to my sisters and I when growing up. I call her my evil twin (in jest of course!) and those who know her can only laugh and agree.
I tell the tale of her evilness when she would somehow get us to the ground, sit on top of you so you can't move and then proceed to drop spit out of her mouth until it almost landed on you, and then she would suck it back in her mouth. It was the grossest thing but I remember almost peeing my pants (maybe I did a few times....ssshhhhhh...) laughing while trying to get her off of me. This happened on more than one occasion!!!
She was the name caller. I was called french fry legs (much to my obvious trauma) by her for years and I was truly devastated. Of course, I can laugh today!
The story Diane shares of her torturous nature is when we were growing up we shared a room. After we were sent to bed for the night, on occasion, we would screw around and sometimes end up jumping on the bed. After our parents had come in a few times, we were given the final warning...one more time....we would be spanked.
Of course, I was terrified of getting in trouble but not Diane. She jumped on the bed again but also padded her bottom with a stuffed animal so when she received her spanking...it didn't hurt her. She laughs when she tells the part that I did NOT STUFF my butt and took my spanking on my bottom. She still today thinks it's funny her spanking didn't hurt and I ended up crying that night.
I could go on and on about the ways Diane made my childhood torture but this post is about her child...MacKenzie.
MacKenzie is so much like Diane it is scary. They look alike, act alike and have the same silly streak in them that can have you doubled over with laughter for hours! MacKenzie is an awesome softball player and is always willing to help coach Cassi to become a better player.
Cassi adores her...looks up to her and basically wants to be MacKenzie. They are just like sisters and fight like cats and dogs at times but most times, get along great.
I know Diane and I are destined to have quite a time raising these two when they get into high school but hopefully they continue to share the closeness they have right now and continue to be there for each other in the future .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG MAC...we love you!
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Melissa and Linford
I love this picture of the Mom of the bride. She radiates happiness for her daughter!
This was their Andy Warhol inspired invitation...too cute!
The decorations were black, red and white with polka dots. Totally original and fun!
Geri Goodale asked me to help her and I was fortunate enough to be able to photograph Linford and Melissa on their wedding day. We had photographed their engagement session at UCSD and had a blast doing so! You can see their engagement session on a previous post. Their wedding took place last Saturday in Marina Village. I am only posting a few of their pictures because I want them to enjoy them together first and then I will post more!
I have never seen a bride smile more. I don't think her big beautiful smile left her face once during the whole wedding and reception. You could tell they were really in love and glad to be spending the rest of their lives together.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Cassi's Spring Break
I love this mural painted by kids!
Cassi wants to be a photographer when she grows up!!
My favorite of all the images!
I love the look on her face! Photographers...don't even look at the technical part!!!
I have been so busy and have wanted to post quite a few things on here but haven't had a chance! I have been going nonstop since last Saturday (a week and a half ago) and only now have edited all the pics I took these last few weeks.
Cassi is on Spring break this week (of course she sits next to me as I am typing this working on a huge homework packet her teacher gave her for spring break while her teacher is in Panama!) so she and I have been practicing softball nonstop and today we visited the Birch Aquarium. I can not believe I have lived here all of my life and have never been there. It is an amazing place to see some of the wild life that live in the ocean off of the coast of La Jolla, CA.
I took my 50mm 1.4 lens to the aquarium to shoot all available light and I got some cool images. As much as the picture of Cassi looking in the aquarium is not technically correct at all, the Mommy in me loves the wonder in her eyes. She is growing up way too fast and I am sure the days of "This is sooo boring Mom" are right on the horizon!
Cassi wanted to take her own pictures and I brought my point and shoot for her to use. Of course, being the organized professional photographer but unorganized Mom, I gave her my point and shoot camera with a dead battery so we had to buy a disposable camera for her. Poor thing was only allowed 27 images which lasted about 1.7 seconds! And now I have to figure out what to do with the film! It's been over 5 years since I developed a roll of film. Anyone know of a good film lab????
This week look forward to me posting images from Vegas, images from the wedding we photographed last week and also pictures of my niece MacKenzie who turned 11 on Friday.
Enjoy!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Paris this weekend...actually Vegas baby!
I am posting real quick in between getting ready to help Geri Goodale photograph a wedding tomorrow (see our engagement shoot a few posts back of Melissa and Linford) and packing to go to Las Vegas for a photography convention with the owners of Visual Photography and Angela Rhodes on Sunday. I am excited to go and see all of the print competition prints, take some classes and (if you know me!) make friends with a few slot machines while I'm there.
The pictures I have posted were from a trip I took with my Mom last summer to Las Vegas (these were all taken with my point and shoot camera). My sister Diane surprised my Mom and flew over for one night. We stayed in a fabulous suite at the Luxor and had a great time playing tourist...and yes...lots of gambling. It was a great time with my Mom and sister and I think we visited every major hotel on the Strip within two days. My favorite hotel ( and one I hope to stay at some time) was the Wynn hotel. The hotel was gorgeous, the people friendly, the slots loose, and the buffet to die for!
Rosanne Barr was on Jay Leno the other night and was talking about a show she is doing in Las Vegas at New York New York but the thing she kept talking about was the buffet at the Wynn. I think for the first time in my life, I agreed with Rosanne Barr.
Enjoy!
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