Soccer season

Just wanted to share some soccer photos of Andrew with you all. He has his first game today so I'll probably post more later. I need to post photos more often. I have so much to share. I need more motivation though. I guess sometimes I feel like the only one looking at my blog is my anynomous coworker "M". I would like to do a blog reader/comment poster reward of some sort. I'm open to suggestions so leave your ideas in the comments below.

That pose is Andrew's idea- not mine. Just sayin'.

Next three are an action series of him throwing the ball at my lens. We had a long talk after I finished shooting these :)

Don't worry though- no cameras were harmed in the making of these picutres.

Remembrance Photography- NILMDTS

The other night I went to a 6 1/2 hr training session for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS). This non-profit organization is amazing. Their mission is to provide professional photography for families who are suffering the loss of a baby as a way to help the families grieve and begin to heal their hearts. About three years ago I joined NILMDTS and was approved to be one of the volunteer photographers.

During the night of the training I was blown about by the philosophies of the organization and how humble they are throughout the ranks above and beyond what I had expected.

photo collage from the NILMDTS site

Check out their mission statement and website if you haven't already.

Vacation

Sorry folks. I've been on vacation this past week and did NOT bring my computer with me. I have tons of photos to share from DISNEY though! And I photographed a wedding Friday just before I left. We had an amazing time and I can't wait to share our trip with you all!

Happy Easter Everyone!

I have no idea how we managed this. We were 1 for 1- batting 1000. I sat up the tripod for the first time to take a family photo and set the timer. We took only ONE shot- everyone was looking at the camera at least. It's not a perfect family photo, but we'll take it! This shot did NOT go as well. I tried to get some of our beautiful pink tree in the background, but this was taken shortly after Maya ripped the hem of this dress. Happy Easter everyone!

The Crayola Factory

It was a rainy weekend. The wind howled. But that didn't stop us. We drove up to Easton, PA to visit The Crayola Factory.

The best part (for me) was learning how the crayons and markers are made. I love learning the science behind things. I couldn't get them to tell me what they use in Color Wonder markers though. Non-toxic, odor and colorless, and it oxidizes. If you have any guesses, let me know!

150 degree wax pours down like a river over this metal mold and fills the 100s of crayon shaped holes. Then cool water is pumped through the mold to harden the crayons quickly.

This is the machine that wraps the crayons with the paper.Serving Macaroni and Cheese to Maya. That is one of the most recent colors named by a 5 yr old little girl during a Crayola contest. In this room they give you each a pack of white clay to play with.Check out the sting ray! I drew Starry Starry Night (or something like that) on the ground in the sidewalk chalk area.
This place is pretty cool if your an artist.

These are wells of melted crayon wax that you could dip into and paint on a piece of paper.More wells... The crew.

Work it!

Finally we visited the Crayola store.

Look at all of these Crayola products!!

Here they house the worlds largest crayon.

Our family.

It's a great winter or rainy day activity. Check it out sometime!

Happy 1st Day of Spring!

March 20th. The first day of spring. To celebrate, we went for free italian ice at Rita's in Carlisle.

This was the line. Not nearly the nightmare that the line was in Harrisburg last year in the freezing cold!Maya got cherry, can you tell?
AJ had mango.

Even Max got his own custard.

We've been taking some family trips so I have more photos to share. Next month we're going to Disney World again- so keep your eyes out for those photos. Next photos up: The Crayola Factory from our trip last weekend!

Remake of a Classic

My parents approached me just the other day with a photo idea. They have a photo of me as a young lady in a dress my mother made. They thought if I photographed my daughter, Maya, in a similar way that we would almost look identical.

This one is of me.I bought an antique rocking chair, however, I did not have or get a background with a big old butter churn on it. So it's a remake but not a replica.Maya has more hair than me too."I'm jus weeding Mommy."Sorry little lady, the photo shoot is all over.

Such a cool idea though- maybe I'll do more in the future. What do you guys think? Does she look like me?