senior session :: kevin

i met kevin last week wednesday . . . he got out of the car and immediately i thought oh dear, i forgot my step-stool . . . kevin stood at around 6'4" . . . and yes, red hair! loved that . . .

 his mother told him,  "you ride with barbara . . . i'm sure she would like to get to know you a little better."

  so, forced to ride in the car with this old lady photographer who was not even playing "his" type of music . . . even though i was playing phoenix which i think is pretty hip for an old lady like me.

kevin is a beatles fan . . . now that's a group that i love . . . after all, i grew-up listening to them . . . well we had something in common. . . 

 . . . we talked about music . . . he's learning to play the guitar by listening to the beatles music . . .  did i tell you that he also plays the flute in the band at school . . .  kevin also loves drama. 

he attends east grand rapids high school were he takes some pretty intense classes. 

it always seems like a long session for guys . . . sort of like guys and shopping . . . they put up with it.

i enjoyed kevin . . . after a while we had this standing joke . . .

 just give me " one of those fake smiles you have." 

 . . . he told me early on in our session that he smiles on the inside . . .

but when i said this statement to him,  i always got this great smile . . . he was a good sport for the night. 

i enjoyed getting to know you . . . oh and by the way, i would love to sit through one of your drama performances . . . i enjoy high school play productions.

kevin was getting just a little silly towards the end . . . i love it when seniors feel comfortable in their sessions . . . 

thanks again for a great evening. 

new chapter to write . . .

 just wanted to say congratulations to this family . . .  their oldest daughter got engaged. (the one in the deep purple shirt.)

congratulations!

this new chapter will be an exciting one . . . 

super mom to the rescue . . .

mothers of twins . . . whoa . . . i cannot even imagine what it would be like to have two babies at one time . . .

there was a time in my life when the thought of having twins would be so fun . . . there are twins on my grandmothers side . . . so naturally i always thought that there might be some sort of "passing of the genes" that just might allow this happen . . .

 . . . but after spending the day at townsend park with amy and jamin . . . my first thought was . . . i'm glad that my dream of having twins never came true and second, i remember why you have children early in your married life, because i certainly was so tried after this shoot that i practically went straight to bed after i got home. 

busy, busy, and more busy are the words that come rolling off my tongue . . . amy and jamin were so busy occupying their two little guys, i'm convinced that after the shoot they did not have to do their daily workout.

they ran circles to get their busy little guys in a pose . . . then ran and chased after them . . . comforted them . . . chased them some more . . . made sure that they were not crawling over to the creek . . .

. . . made sure that they were not making their way up the slide . . . 

busy feeding . . . busy giving drinks . . . busy comforting . . . ethan loved being here but kept bumping his head . . . 

 . . .  do you see what i mean . . . so busy . . .  i'm glad that they ARE the parents! 

in keeping with the very busy evening, i'm posting more of those very busy events . . .

amy trying to keep ethan in one place . . . 

we did have success . . . 

although mom (amy) was not too sure about this look that camden was giving  . . . i got a real "charge" out of it . . .

jamin trying to hold the boys on the bridge but . . . of course they wanted to get down and get into the water!

then a quick game of paddy-cake . . .

. . .  i did get this one . . .

then we thought maybe a little change of scenery  . . . gave them each a couple of sticks to check out and little ethan in just a few seconds, (by the time my camera had done three consecutive shoots) he managed to turn all away around . . . 

i then proceeded to get up and get him . . . his bother had to check out what was happening . . .

then we moved to another fun spot . . . the boys were then a little pre-occupied with a couple of teen-age boys skateboarding and not looking at the photographer (what was i thinking???) . . . and yep . . . you guessed it . . .  i kindly asked the teen-agers  if they would stand behind me and see if the little boys would look at them . . . so that's just what we did  . . . 

this is what i got . . . 

thanks again amy and jamin for a night of entertainment . . . your household is a very busy one . . .

enjoy the rest . . .

on top of a mountain . . . wedding day bliss

i have some catching up to do with my photos from my vacation . . . 

on thursday, august 19th, 2010 . . . tim and i finally arrived to colorado. i love colorado. you know how sometimes we are just drawn to certain areas . . . for some it might be hawaii, paris, or maine, but for me it just happens to be colorado.

i love the mountains . . . there is something about them that i want to know more about . . . they intrigue me, their vastness, how they were formed, and yes how old are the really?

well . . .  my nephew was getting married on friday . . . 

what a beautiful setting for a wedding . . . the were married at sapphire pointe breckenridge, colorado. did i mention how lovely the day was?

the weather was absolutely gorgeous . . . not a cloud in the sky . . . perfect temperature (of course . . . you are on top of a mountain.)

their reception was held at a great place as well . . . food was great and the atmosphere awesome.

dan and jenn congratulations. thanks for letting us share in this special occasion. 

overlooking where the ceremony took place . . .

some pre-wedding photos . . .

the ceremony . . .

dan and jenn . . .

again . . . best of wishes to you both as you begin a life together. love you guys!