Breakdown! Jayhawks!

Thursday night Bryan had a scrimmage against the other Jefferson 6th grade team. (In fact-the same team that he was on last year). This is the last year that we will have a son in MYFA football. We have had someone playing either flag or tackle for MYFA since 2002. Wow-do I feel old! So I plan to have LOTS of posts in honor of this last year. Next year Bryan will play for his middle school. And since I'm not having any more children-this will be it!
Bryan is number 60. He is a linebacker on defense and CENTER on offense!

One of Bryan's strengths is paying attention to the game. Way to go, Bryan!

He had a couple of tackles in tonight's game! Hustle!

Center is always first on the line.

Go Bryan! Way to stick with it, buddy! We love you and wish you the best of luck as you start the regular season!

Butterflies

Over the long weekend there were 4 monarchs flying around the yard at one time. They were chasing each other around-it was pretty to watch. Hard to catch on film though...I'm better at photographing the stationary ones. Enjoy!

The monarchs love to hang out on the zinnias. I also found one basking on a squash leaf.

I have been paper scrapbooking like crazy the last few days too. I will try to post some of that in a few days. Happy Thursday!

Saturday-Celebrating 43 years

Happy Early Birthday, Daddy!

We celebrated Daddy's birthday on Saturday because his birthday is on Thursday. And he works all day Thursday...and we have a football scrimmage...and a meeting that we'll probably miss after that...but you get my point. We're really busy, so we celebrated early:)

"What is it?" you ask. An autographed Jim Kelly helmet. Sweet! I was so excited when I found it. And he was a bit surprised. It was awesome!

And an autographed Jim Kelly photo...

And I made him cook his own ribeye...

Here is a close-up of the helmet in better light.

And here it is in it's final resting place...right next to the autographed Devin Hester helmet. And Bryan's football photo.

Elizabeth didn't make the party, but she was here all day on Sunday. We shopped at Michael's and we hung out and watched "Better Off Dead" and "Say Anything" with John Cusack. It was good times....

Bryan had a good time hanging out at Treyton's Aunt's house on Sunday night.

And these are the sweet Mums that Paul and Deborah gave me for taking their photos on Saturday. I did move them to a "full sun" location on Monday. They are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks, guys! Have a great week-happy Wednesday!

Sneak Peak-Vieira Photo Shoot

On Saturday morning, the Vieira's (Paul is a mechanical engineer at the same company that I work at) allowed me to come into their home (with Bryan as my helper) and take a bazillion photos of their family. It is the first time I have done a "photoshoot" that didn't include me just taking photos of my own family, so I was a little afraid that I would screw it up or that none of my photos would turn out. But here is a sneak peak of some of the photos that I took. You guys have a wonderful family, I learned a ton on Saturday, and let me know if there are other parts of your home that you want photographed. And i love the Mums! They're beautiful!

It looks like Simon and the dogs were looking to the left:) But we know that was because Bryan was handing out treats on that side...

The Vieira's in front of their home.

Nikki is very photogenic.

This one is so sweet.

These are the photos I wish I had more of. The everyday stuff when the kids were little.

Why is this strange woman walking around with a camera?


Thank you so much for letting me photograph your family! I hope you enjoy the sneak peaks and I hope to get your disk to you in about a week. Happy Labor Day!

Marching Band 2009

Friday night lights-featuring the marching band. I really enjoy high school football. I didn't really care about it as much when I was in high school-you know...too much socializing to do as a teenage girl...and I wasn't in band. But now I think it's really really cool.
Elizabeth's line on the field.

Right where she told me she'd be-next to the only saxaphone player with the clarinets.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my expensive 70-300mm Canon lens that I bought in February especially for getting shots like these on the football field. It was SOOOOOO worth the money.

It is really so much easier to follow her around on the field with the camera than to try to watch her with your eye.

I even caught her almost falling over...I'm sure she's thrilled...

I took a LOT of photos while the band was playing before the game...

Zoomed out on more of the band...

A little more marching...

Back in the stands...

I had to text her to get her to look in my direction because she couldn't find me in the stands...Since we share the stadium with Kennedy, and we were "away", I was actually on the wrong side of the band than I usually am, so she was expecting me to be on the other side of the band. And then I took a "fuzzy" photo...oh well...I really enjoyed listening to the band play. I'm looking forward to continuing to enjoy watching the band of blue for the rest of the fall season. I hope everyone enjoys the photos. There will definitely be more! Happy Saturday!

Busy Busy

A perspective photo of the salsa in the window with the morning sun streaming in the east window.

I have been so swamped at work this week, so I'm recycling photos taken over the last couple of weeks. Some I may have posted previously-if so, sorry. I added some text using brushes from Ali Edwards for designerdigitals.

You have no idea how many gourds I picked. I have another photo that shows all of them.

Cute little zinnias.

Tigger in the cottage garden.

Zinnias....so pretty....

More zinnias! I love them!

Summer Goodness

I LOVE all of the gourds that I have from the garden! I can't believe that I have so many from a vine that I didn't even plant deliberately! I love fall and all of the oranges, yellows, golds, and browns that go along with it. I can't wait for the leaves to start changing too!
I finally finished my vacation book layouts, so I will post those soon.
Happy Wednesday!

This is for Elizabeth. Because when you hurt....I hurt. I love you, sweetie. Things will work out.
Love,
Mom