Growing Up Means Losing Teeth

Lost a tooth!


Lost another one!



Photos taken with Sony DSC-H7, contrast and color boosted with photoshop.
Used this technique with her eyes.

Good Morning, Son!

There was a little bit of "north facing light" coming through the blinds this morning. It was shining a soft light on our little man who was sleeping so peacefully. I couldn't resist the opportunity for a picture of my sleeping angel. I slowly opened the blinds some more to get just the right amount of light. The light woke him up. He opened his eyes, stretched....



then turned over and went back to sleep!


Ah! The peace of sleep!

Our Little Hunter

Georgia Family Reunion

Here are some random pictures I took at a family reunion on my hubby's side of the family.

our niece

our son loved his lunch so much, he smeared it all over his face! :)

(the ten-layer cake that my hubby ate and I drooled over)

another niece...I'm always threatening to take her home with me!

one of the family members

Beach Portraits: Vignettes

As in every family, there are fun stories and/or facts about the members of our family. While I was trying to get a good picture of all the girl cousins, I snapped this candid that I really like. Its not really a great quality photo, but it captures a story.

These girls are the first girl grandchildren in the family. And they were born nine months apart from each other(it was a busy two years in our family). The cousin on the left is the oldest. Nine months later my daughter (the one on the right) was born. Then nine months later,the blond in the middle arrived. Its been fun to watch them grow, dress them alike at Easter, etc. I look forward to lots of pictures of the three of them together as we watch them grow up.


This cousin, "B", was born right before my hubby and I got married. During the first years of our marriage, we lived near his family. As a result, I watched him grow up. Now that I have a son, I see so many similarities between the two of them. You may not see it so much in how they look (although they are obviously from the same genes), but the way my son acts just like his older cousin did amazes me.


This picture shows "B's" dad and older brother. While photographing all the kiddos, I glanced up to see these two standing next to each other. I swung my camera around to capture the like-father-like-son pose!

Beach Portraits: Here's What Everybody Really Wanted to Be Doing!

I was very pleased with how all twenty-two members of the family took a relaxed and cooperative attitude toward all the photo taking. But once the formal stuff was over, it was obvious that they'd been dreaming of playing in the sand the entire time.

Here's Uncle Ripp with his two kiddos:


Then the cousins discovered an abandoned sandcastle. They started their own digging and building projects:


And while these shots aren't really good, the kiddos had lots of fun doing it:

Beach Portraits: All The Grandkids!

Here's a picture of all the grandkids together. I've come to the conclusion that its impossible to get all the kids to be happy and cooperative at the same time! That's ok, I still like the photo!