Memorial Day Parade

Brett and Blair watching the HUGE Pirate marching band go by during the annual Memorial Day Parade in our home town. It was HOT, but this kids had alot of fun.

Tyson wondering how much longer he has to sit in the 90 degree heat.

the fire trucks were a little to loud for my little girl

Addison and Blair wait for candy.

My nephew Damon rides in the parade with his teeball team, the Pirates.

Nat's favorite

My sister said I had to post this one, it is her favorite.

More of my lil sis

Long Memorial Day Weekend

OK.....
I'm back for spending a long, wonderful, beautiful weekend visiting my family in WV. We had a great time. Parades and picnics! Anyway, I have alot of pictures to share over the next few days. These first ones are of my baby sister, Natalie. We had a little photo shoot on the railroad tracks and yes, that is a train coming up fast behind her!

Blair's first trophy

My little girl was so excited yesterday. She recieved her first trophy for participating in gymnastics class. She was so proud, she carried the trophy around all day.

Just in case you were wondering..........the fish is still alive!

Too Weird

A funny story that I thought I'd share. We recently adopted a new kitten (3 days ago). Well, our older cat, Maddy, who we've had for over a year now is not very happy and well, let's just say she has an attitude problem. She has been showing us her unhappiness by knocking things off tables, dressers and such. Came home yesterday and she had knocked a ceramic apple off of the top of my refrigerator and it had shattered on the floor. Anyway, last night, Blair and I were laying in my bed watching American Idol and I heard a crash. Didn't think much of it until, about an hour later, Blair had fallen asleep so I was carrying her to her bed. I went to lay her down and discovered that her bed was soaking wet. I realized that Maddy had knocked the fish bowl off of Blairs bookshelf. I put Blair back in my bed and went to check out the damage. Bed wet, bowl on the floor and beta fish.....gone! So, being ready for bed and too tired to deal with it, I looked around for the beta and didn't see it anywhere, I just assumed it was dead anyway and the cat probably ate it, so I went to bed.
When I got up this morning, I went into Blairs room to clean up the mess and wash her bedclothes. Took everything off the bed and put it in the washer. Still no fish. Until, I moved the mattress away from the wall and there was the poor Beta fish, STUCK TO THE WALL! I went a got a paper towel, prepared to throw it away. Grabbed the fish and it moved. That fished had survived being stuck to a wall for 9 hours! I put him in the fishbowl, added a couple bottles of water and that crazy fish started swimming around. I have always heard that beta's are hard to kill, but this is crazy. The fish looks a little exhausted, but is still kicking. I'm anxious to see if he survives today.
I know this blog entry has nothing to do with ph0tography, but I just thought I'd share and who knows, if the fish makes it through the day, maybe I'll post a picture of the little guy ( or girl, it is purple)

More...........

from last night. These are a few more of my favorites.

Sunset

Did another session with this great couple at sunset last night. I think the colors are wonderful. Will share more later.

Beautiful Girls

Wanted to try some new techniques, so I grabbed my daughter and her friend and took them outside for about fifteen minutes. This is what we came up with.
Aren't they beautiful!

A mother's love

Thought I would post this picture of the coach and her son in honor of Mother's Day.

More Maternity Pics

Here are a few more from my recent maternity session.
To all the mothers out there....Happy Mother's Day (a day late)

Back to the beach!!

I was so excited to do my first beach session of the season. These two were great. Expecting a baby girl in July. Can't wait to get my hands on her. Anyway, here are a few that I just love from their session. More to come later.

Giants Win Again

Here are a few from the Giant's game this past weekend.

my gymnasts

Its the end of the gymnastics season for my girls, so I thought I'd get some pictures of them in their leotards. These two are such hams.

Oh, Blair....

Just when I think she couldn't get any sillier.....
Isn't she precious!