June Cherries

A Fruit and Independence Day Inspired Shoot with a Brother and Sister

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On Raising Boys

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.

Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass."

"We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys."
--- Harmon Killebrew

Cutest Kid on the Block

Yesterday I snapped some shots of my neighbors' granddaughter, N. This was a surprise for N's mother, and thank goodness N has done a good job of keeping the secret up to this point. She is an absolute doll!

7 Years | 7 Months

Jordan is turning 7 this month.

He is curious and introspective. He notices little details in nature that I never would have thought to pay attention to.

Reese is now 7 months.

She is normally a smiley baby, but on this day she was rather serious.

And, my guess is she's going to be a ballerina. She was constantly grabbing her toes!

My friend Cassy makes beautiful babies.

Capturing Motherhood

Last week's theme for I Heart Faces was Motherhood, but I didn't get a chance to get a shoot in before then.
So, here's the long story on how I got some Motherhood pics finally (just in case you are interested in my boring life...)

On Friday afternoon, I left work and picked up Mike from his job (using one car right now since his wreck). We were headed to  have a couple beers after a rough past week (TGIF) when I hit a curb straight-on going over 30 mph. No, I was not under any sort of influence. Here are my excuses: the curb is in a weird spot; it was in the shade, making it hard to see; a pedestrian walked into the street from the right, and I veered left to avoid her. Therefore, Curb=1, Frenchy the Fusion=0. Both the driver's side front and back tires were blown. We had our insurance call a tow truck to take us to the tire store, but we needed someone to take us to our house first so that we could pick up an extra tire we had for my car already. Mike called our friend Melissa and she showed up in no time and without any hesitation about doing us a favor. Later that night I asked if I could return the favor by taking her and Jackson's pictures on Saturday. I'd been wanting to try a new spot out anyway. She agreed to be my guinea pig.

So, now that you know all the details that led up to our little shoot, here are a few snapshots of Melissa and her son Jackson that I got that evening. (We were hoping for a colorful sunset, but the low clouds got in the way of that...)

People's Choice: Best Face from March

Over at I Heart Faces this week YOU get to choose the winner.

This is one of my favorite face photos that I took in March:

My friend's litle boy holding his baby sister

Now go throw in some votes over at

O Holy Night

O holy night,

The stars are brightly shining;

It is the night of

Our dear Savior's birth!

Long lay the world

In sin and error pining,

Till He appeared

And the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope,

The weary world rejoices,

For yonder breaks

A new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees,

O hear the angel voices!

O night divine,

O night when Christ was born!

O night divine, O night,

O night divine!