• children & families,  communions,  occassions & parties,  personal

    timmy’s communion- the party (aka the communitzvah)

    June 4, 2013 /

    We ended up with a fabulous day (thank god) with tons of family and friends with amazing food, gorgeous decor and a happy communitzvah boy. The party theme was vintage baseball. What else would it be?

    The lighting was kinda horrible to work with, but since they’re my own pictures and not a clients (and I was not busting out the lighting) it went into the category of it is what it is. The amazing “focal table”, all designed and implemented by the fantastic Jenn Evans from Jennifer Evans Events. The food was beyond delicious (especially the appetizers- always my favorite!) and the service was outstanding, all provided by the amazing Fran Klier. Not only a fantastic chef, but a good friend and Royals family member. Centerpieces. My favorite!Vintage straws and coke bottles. The drink table welcoming guests as they arrived.The focal candy table in parts… Including Mommy’s Marshmallows. Jenn wanted to do a special signature cocktail for the party. This is what we agreed on. Baseball card graham cracker cookies and baseball cake pops. Amazing cake (with three different layers- all different flavors) by The Cake Don.
    “Forked” baseball iced oreos (stuck on a little tiny fork). Some games for the kids.Baseball wreath from baby toes on Etsy. And potted flowers from my friend Heidi. Which I’m happy to report I haven’t yet killed. Give it a few more weeks though.Under the baseball big top. Me and my girlies. Jen & Sharon. Timmy and his besties. Liam & Jack.My photografriend Shira who left her family party to come over for a few minutes to take some pictures so I could be in some. Tricia and two of her three girls. John and his crew. Ray, George, Nelson & Jim. Me and Maureen all the way from Michigan. Jack & Timmy.Do not even ask me, cause I don’t know. Karen, all three of my boys baby nurse. She used to be able to hold them both at once. And lived in my house for a total of 4 weeks. I still love her so.
    Any guesses who?Timmy and his godmother. As you can see I didn’t go crazy with the camera/picture taking during the course of the day. Was trying to be in the moment and enjoying the day as much as I could. It was a nice change of pace for me!

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    timmy’s communion- church & portraits

    June 3, 2013 /

    Finally, finally getting to edit and post the pictures from Timmy’s communion. Gotta take care of all the client sessions first! We lucked out like crazy on the weather which was a huge factor- being that about 100 people were coming to our house for the party. Timmy’s allergies were pretty bad but he managed to suck it up for the day.

    Some of the boys while waiting for their mass to start. My friend Debra and her handsome son Thomas. (who did a reading during the mass and did a great job!)Chris (my friends Melissa & Mark’s son).Patrick (my friend Liz’s son) bringing up the gifts. Timmy on his way down the aisle, with partner Annie. Love that they are the same size. My handsomes after church.We surprised the boys yet again with a visit from Connor. Maureen is Timmy’s godmother so she came in from Michigan for the weekend (thanks again Maureen!!). We told the boys that only Katie (my goddaughter) was able to come with Maureen cause the boys had hockey and baseball. But Maureen worked it out so Connor could get away for the weekend. They were soooooo happy to be together and got about 8hrs of sleep the entire weekend. Too much catching up to do to sleep. A big thank you to my photografriend Shira www.shirazphotography.com who came for about 15 minutes to take some family pictures so I could actually BE in some of them for a change. She had a family party that she left to come quick to our house for a few photos. Now that’s a good friend!Me and the hubs.I’m wearing little heels and standing on a teeny tiny incline, but I think Patrick is just as tall as I am now if not taller. Sigh.No kisses.More pictures to come tomorrow of the party and decor. Can’t wait to show you!

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    claire’s first communion

    May 16, 2013 /

    Was so excited to photograph this family again, this time for Claire’s first communion. Mom and I have become friends along the way which is my favorite thing in photographing families!

    No point in having a poofy dress if you can’t twirl.So beautiful.So many good looking kids in one family. My favorite series in the bunch.She was promised a chocolate lollipop if she did a good job for the pictures- she sure did! (love the chocolate face so!)Mom will just love this one, I’m sure. I think she needs to change her name to Snow White.Total favorite. 

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