It’s Only the Beginning…

Memorial Day weekend had us celebrating not only the holiday but also the start of the summer parties.  And what better way to celebrate than on a brand new patio…my buddy Sonya and her husband Don recently had it put in and we were honored to be invited to the first party and what a paryt it was!  They have a gigantean back yard so as the adults huddled underneath table umbrella’s and tried to stay cool, the kids took over the back yard.  Don had made a huge slip ‘n slide and the heat eventually had some of the adults sliding down the yard with the kids.  It sure made for an entertaining night!

This is Sonya’s beautiful daughter…Victoria…gotta love that infectious smile!

And her son Adam…”Look Momma, I’m peeing”…leave it to a boy to add the gross factor to anything.

Father and son enjoying a trip down the slide.  I think Don would have won the award for best farmers tan…too bad you can’t really see the beauty of it these pictures.

Great form, Scott!

It’s the Matt Hatter sporting a rather different “hat” this time.  Have no fear, he still brought along his famous Amos hat.

The volley ball game rounded out the night for us.  (There was also a bonfire but we left before any “schmellows” were roasted.)  Thankfully my camera provides me with the perfect excuse to sit out on any contact sports…I’m sorry I can’t play AND take pictures and I know you want this documented to it’s fullest!  K-K is taking a photography course this summer as part of her college credits and she took the picture below…great job, my K-K!

This post wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the little guy below…his name is Mason and I think he is one of the cutest little guy’s I’ve ever met!  He wanted to be included in the volley ball game and since there wasn’t much volley happening anyway, they stopped for a few minutes to let Mason “join in” the fun.  After Matt had put him back on the ground and he was walking away, he looked down, spotted Matt’s Amos hat and with a look like he had just found a pot of gold, snatched that puppy right up and off he ran with it…I about peed myself laughing at the whole ordeal…he had no idea whose hat he had just taken and that made it all the more funny!!  To make it better, he ran over to the playhouse, climbed the steps and threw the hat inside…he had found himself a treasure to be hidden!  He eventually lost his treasure to the Matt Hatter who doesn’t part with a hat easily…even if you’re cute!

And that concludes the first post for the 2011 Summer Party season…get ready for more adventures this summer from Me and Him!

Highlights

 

Life has certainly been busy lately and my blogging has been put on the back burner.  It probably doesn’t help that after finally getting a laptop to help assist with my photography the program I used to blog was no longer compatible with the system I purchased…so thanks to my hubby for letting me borrow his laptop we are finally back on track…well sort of.

In the last 2 months since I’ve last blogged I’ve had weddings galore, days spent with friends and family, and now that the weather is warmer, much work around the TW Inn.  So to get back on track, I’m going to give a recap of the first few weeks I missed.  I had the honor of attending a friend’s wedding on April 30 as well as being somewhat of a back-up photographer for her.  It was the first wedding I attempted to shoot and it was so fun!!  So the following pictures are from Amanda and Dustin’s wedding in Bethany Beach.  It was a beautiful day to celebrate a beautiful couple…unfortunately I wasn’t able to share all the pictures as there were several hundred, but I’m hoping to start up a Facebook page soon for my photography.

The following day my brother-in-law, Marco, got married.  Jamie was in the wedding and walked Rachel and Jessie down the aisle…I think one of my favorite pictures of the day was Rachel “hiding” behind Jamie’s arm as they walked down…that girl can be outgoing, but only when she wants to be!

Another favorite…Jamie with his Gram

And hubba, hubba….look out…my hubby sure does look good in a tux!!!  (I only wish he would have agreed to a tux as easily for our wedding…I sure shed quite a few tears over that one!)

Unfortunately our celebrating this wedding was cut a little short as my younger brother, Jason, had gotten a corneal abrasion earlier that day and I became designated driver/nurse for the rest of the evening.  The poor guy was miserable and as I’ve had one of those before, I understood his misery.  So while I have many pictures from the reception, no one quite knew how to operate my “fancy” camera so you’ll have to imagine the rest…as did I since I wasn’t there.

Last but certainly not least, a friend from work asked if I would take pictures of her and her son.  Of course, my answer was yes!  They came over to my house and after the grand tour I was able to get the following…thanks, Christa!  It was fun to meet your little guy and spend some time outside of work with you.

Noah James

This week I had the chance to shoot pictures for Kiersten's god son, Noah.  I think he is about 8 weeks old and I have to say he is quite the charming little guy.  He was very tolerant considering he had 3 women fussing over him for a few hours, changing outfits, doing everything we could to get a smile, and so on.  But what a fun, fun afternoon I had! Thanks for putting this all together, Kiersten and for letting us use your home...I'd hire you any day to be my assistant.

I'm sure you all remember Kiersten's husband, Matt...or maybe you know him better as Amos....or the Matt Hatter...either way, he's once again getting a mention here.  He came home during our photo shoot and hung for a little while and after heading out the door for the evening, he soon returned with a fistful of dandelions and said we need to use those in our shoot.  We did just to humor him and the results actually weren't too bad even if they were dandelions.  Could you pick something a bit prettier next time, Amos?

We had a few moments when Noah wasn't too thrilled about an interruption in feeding or the multiple outfit changes...

I think Noah's mommy is beautiful and although the angle of mommy and baby in this shot looks a little out of proportion (it really wasn't), I couldn't resist sharing.  Becca has stunningly beautiful eyes and I think I was more focused on catching her pretty eyes during a few of these than I was focused on Noah.

This little guy hung in there all afternoon and I think all in all, we got some good pictures for mommy.  Noah, it was a pleasure to take your pictures and spend time with your mommy and Kiersten, I think you're absolutely adorable.