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home team happenings
Been so busy with clients sessions (which is a good thing) that I haven’t had a second to post anything that’s been going on around here. And as always, theres lots of stuff to report…
1. Jack and Patrick have spent the last two weeks at baseball camp- every morning for four hours. And they LOVED it! They worked really hard and got some great instruction in all areas. Patrick really did some great hitting this week (lots of singles, a few doubles and triples too!) and Jack finally got to pitch (he even struck a few players out).
The coaches put them on different teams (why???) and they had their first faceoff- Jack pitching and Patrick at bat. It was interesting- very hard to figure out how to cheer!
John stopped by the game between court and appointments and hung out with Timmy a little too.
2. I got a pedicure and went with a hot pink. I have never gotten a real color on my toes before- usually just a very pale pink. Shocking, I know. But I still keep doing doubletakes thinking my toes are bleeding. Other than that, I really like it.
3. Got into a car accident on Thursday. All my fault. Backing out of the driveway. Totally backed into a huge Yukon or Suburban. We are all fine. Funny part is that I know (sorta) the woman who’s car I backed into- we see eachother around town all the time. She was so nice about it. There was hardly any damage to her car (just one small black scuff) but my whole tailgate is caved in. Scary thing is that I couldn’t have been going more than 5 mph upon impact and the tailgate is seriously crushed. I had stopped at the driveway apron to make sure there weren’t any cars or kids coming and then it looked clear, so I went. Apparently it wasn’t so clear afterall. The tailgate opens and closes fine, theres no huge gaps and the lights work, so other than being ugly, there’s no rush in getting it fixed. Just another thing…
4. Still two shoots to be edited from last weekend. Two shoots this Saturday (one of which is in Staten Island) and one Sunday in NYC. I recounted and as of now I have booked and/or completed 105 shoots in 2008. Out of control!!!
5. Heading to the town fireworks Saturday night with the usual fireworks crew (Ivy and her bunch now including her fiance, Steve, my parents, Ivy’s parents) so be on the lookout for some new shots soon. Including the ring!!!
6. Got the NY State 3rd grade test results in this week as well. Patrick did awesome and got a 3 out of 4 in language arts, and 4/4 in Math. Jack…what to say about Jack- other than perfect! He got a perfect freakin score on both language arts and math. 780 out of 780 in lang arts, and 770 out of 770 in math! Can you believe it?? My second thought after how very proud of both of them we are was….holy sh*t!- how are we going to pay for Boston College (which seems to be the college of choice at the moment) when they do this well on their SAT’s? Better start booking lots more shoots!
7. working on the new pricing for next year with some new packages and new add ons as well. Exciting! And even more exciting… my fabulous parents are buying me a (way) early birthday present on Sunday. Pictures on that soon too. Can you guess what it might be?
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the dew anniversary party
If you are a blog reader (aka stalker) you will recognize a ton of familiar faces from this party. My photography was purchased as a gift to the “bride & groom” from some of the girls I’ve done pictures for in the past, and the bride & groom’s daughters are both past clients and the girls who own bcause i said so. So, there ya go..
The ‘groom’ was a relentless ball breaker and I got a good dose of it. Luckily, I’ve become quite accostomed to that with all the dads/husbands/grandpas/men that really, REALLY dislike me with my camera and now I no longer take it personally. But as the day wore on and everyone became more lubricated, he eased up on me. A little. They are really a very fun couple and did everything I asked (with the occassional eye roll). I did love the hands over the cake picture above, recreating their original wedding photo. The gorgeous cake (and I heard it was delish too, but I left before that part) was made by www.jojokakes.com. All the kids had a great time in the pool and on the new waterslide. And the “big kids” (aka adults) were enjoying hanging out at “the liffey” which I was told, the bar they all used to hang out with when they were teenagers, and where the bride & groom originally met. Most importantly, I think the bride & groom were very happy to be surrounded by their friends and family that love them.
The celebration was at one of the daughters houses and was a sorta surprise. And yes, that’s really their backyard. Crazy huge! And Peter…sorry about stepping on the sod. I tried to tread lightly. (The host just finished putting in his new pool, patio, and sod. He was very protective of the sod- hence this face when he saw me walking on it yet again.)
To view the rest of the images from the party, please click HERE.
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the lim family
Travelled all the way to New Jersey to meet this great family. Although very shy in the beginning, Miss S warmed way up and by the end she was jumping and sliding and running and laughing. Just the way a three year old should be. I even had the great honor of meeting “bunny” and hanging out with inflatable Dora, which Miss S even shared with me. It was great meeting all of you and I hope you enjoy the pictures.
To view the rest of the images from this shoot, please click HERE.
And on a very side note, if god forbid something happens on Long Island and we need to get off- forget it. On my way to NJ, they closed the Southern State Parkway. Ya, the whole thing. A zillion cars just sitting there forever. When I couldn’t take another second of it, I finally off-roaded it the wrong way up an entrance ramp and called John from the car for directions to the cross-island. The car’s navigation system kept trying to send me back to the southern state- and I was NOT going back. And before you call the state troopers on me for the entrance ramp thing, I followed about 25 other cars doing the same thing. Travelling is always an adventure.
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brian with undercover
Brian was playing last week down at Coyote Grill with Jon’s band Undercover. John and I decided (well, I decided and John went along fairly willingly) to go to dinner down at Steven’s Pasta in Long Beach (it’s our date location- always has been since before we were married until now…almost 15 years later) and then over to Coyote. John worked at Coyote bartending for a zillion years, a zillion years ago. It was wierd being back and I’m sure even wierder for John. Ran into some friends, so he had someone to talk to while I snapped a few of the band. I just couldn’t help myself.
I have never seen Brian as anything other than the lead (lead singer, lead guitar) and it was so odd watching him not in the front of things. Jon’s band was really good. His dad is in the band with him which I thought was super cool. Didn’t get any shots of the rest of Undercover- I didn’t bring my flash and everything was blurry.
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the scw 80th birthday
Headed up to the NYAC in Pelham last weekend for an 80th birthday party shoot. A beautiful area with a great family. And what a great man the birthday “boy” was! So together and kind and you could totally see how much his whole family just adores him. He has 8 children, and about a zillion grandchildren. All of them girls- except for one. Can you imagine?
We were lucky and just got all the family shots in before the rain came and everyone moved inside. Please click HERE to view the rest of the images from the party. Hope you enjoy them!
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