Smith Family Sneak Peek

This one from last week struck me as funny. Logan is being a normal 5-year old. Rylan is amused, and Madison has this look that says, "Get me away from these people!"

Goodbye Leaves

Almost to the end of the "In the Leaves" photo shoots. Bye to the leaves and warm weather.

Zip it!

Learned a valuable lesson this past weekend. I was finishing up the last photo shoot on Sunday with the Tetricks out at the park. Jessica got to playing around with Andrew they were chasing each other and running through the leaves. Then they tripped over my camera bag. The bag flipped over, the top flew open and the lens that I wasn't using at the time came out of the bag and proceeded to roll....down the hill....toward the pond...picking up speed! I turned and yelled and the chase was on! Also, keep in mind that I don't own this particular runaway lens. It has been borrowed from a friend. In the approximately 3.5 seconds that it took me to get down the hill I had two thoughts. Said friend is going to very....very...aggravated with me and I'm going to trip and go into the pond. Mercifully I scooped up the lens in time all while maintaining my footing. Which was a very good thing because I had the camera around my neck the entire time, and I'm fairly certain that it would not react well to being doused with smelly pond water. As I turned and rescued the runaway lens I heard a VERY loud splash behind me. Jessica apparently hadn't been so lucky stopping her momentum and into the pond she went!

So there you have it...always keep the bag zipped!

IKEA!!

I got up at 5:45 AM this morning to hit the polls as soon as they opened. (Go McCain!) I had to vote early because I had important stuff to attend to. Heather, Sarah, and I headed out to Cincinnati to go to IKEA. Let me just say the drive to Ohio was infinitely better than getting to the IKEA in Schaumburg, IL. SOOOOOO much better. After making a complete trip through the store we decided to pay for our purchases, eat lunch, and then come back for the big stuff. Why? Because we had no kids with us and no schedule to keep! YEA! So we came back for round 2 and loaded up the big stuff. Well...one person's big stuff.

And the bulk of this stuff does not belong to the person in the photo, nor does it belong to the person taking the photo! Oh, hey Sarah, I guess I did take a photo in IKEA after all. :)

Sunday Shots

The camera got a workout today. I squeezed in two family shoots this afternoon. You could have not asked for a more perfect day. The weather was gorgeous and the leaves were at their peak.

Gary & Christina and family - Perfect weather, perfect leaves, Avalyn's actually smiling at me! Aaaahhh...life is good.

Last year I couldn't get this one to smile for me for nothing! I'm glad she finally came around.

Here's part of the Tetrick crew. Leaves...perfect!!

This morning I got to shoot one of these:

Yea! I love to photograph a baptism. Before a baptism I usually end up shooting a few random shots to make sure everything is set correctly. Here we have a bit of practice.

And then another shot of band practice to play around with.

However I have noticed that when I leave my camera unattended, especially in the presence of certain people, that I sometimes end up with a few surprise shots when I download them off of the camera. I'm 100% sure that I did not shoot this particular one.

Play with the camera...end up on the blog. :)

Happy 1st Birthday Makenna

My neice, Makenna, turned 1 yesterday. We spent the day over in Illinois celebrating with Joel, Sarah, Makenna, and the whole crew.

...And I'd like to thank the academy!

I have won an award! I knew it was just a matter of time. :) Turns out another Heidi thought my "spaced out" moment from Thursday was funny enough to deserve an award. So her it is from Heidi in Montana:

Thanks Heidi! I'll try to have more spaced out moments to entertain all. HA! We spent the day in Illinois celebrating our neice Makenna's 1st birthday. She is just too cute. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Now since I have already eaten up the hour we gain tonight driving back home, it's off to bed.