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baseball trip 2011- day 2 Chicago I
We left early Tuesday morning for the 7+ hour drive to Chicago. It was pretty and the first farm was exciting. After that it was naps, DS’s, snacks and tons of “how much longers”. We stopped for a bathroom/lunch break somewhere in Wisconsin which just so happened to be across the street from a US Military Base. There were a ton of soldiers in the restaurant and I decided I would buy whoever was on line at Subway their lunch for the day. You know how I have a real soft spot for all US soldiers. I mean, they put their lives on the line for us every day. I figured lunch was the least I could do. It was awesome!!
And they were nice enough to stop for a picture with the boys. And Bob.
The guys pictured above even gave each of the boys a “challenge coin” from their unit. They explained that you get them for doing something good for your unit and gave them to me with a handshake. It was pretty cool and quite an honor. Timmy can’t wait to bring it in for show and tell in first grade. 
And we finally made it to Chicago. 
With no time to spare, we took the subway over to Wrigley for the game. 
Even though they spent most of their 12th birthday in the car, they still had a good day. 
Grandpa Jack and Grandma Inez even flew in for the game (and left the next morning). 
Looked up just in time to catch this. Love it!
Messing around with some sun flare. I was so bored. 
Then it was time for Tuesday’s surprise. Birthday wishes on the scoreboard at Wrigley!
And Bob. Tried to find him a elf sized birthday hat but didn’t have much luck. He celebrated the boys birthday anyway. 
Well, at least he liked the game. 
And I can’t go another day without props to my Pilates trainer Karen who suggested Bob come along on the baseball trip. I think a lot of people thank you, Karen!! -
the iann family
A very big celebration for mom & dad’s anniversary and mom’s 80th birthday that called for very big photos! I’m just glad that I only had to coordinate the photos and not the entire family getting together from all corners of the country for the shoot! A fantastic bunch of people that it was my pleasure to work with. It was so great to see a whole entire extended family so genuinely happy to see eachother.
The whole family…
And it all started with them.
These next three are totally abercrombie images. At least to me…
All the cousins.
Grandma & Grandpa with all their grandkids.
And the whole gang….
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big wave movie night
Lots more baseball adventures coming soon. We got back from the Cubs game really late and I’m too tired to upload and edit pictures.
Every year our country club puts on a really fun night where the kids can hang out in the pool on floats and then they show a movie on the really big screen outside. This year we brought along some friends to make it a little extra fun. And it was!
The Healy’s came along. 
As did the Heaney’s. 
Told ya I was gonna take it. And post it. 
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baseball trip 2011- day 1 minneapolis
So after taking “bob’s airline” to get here (Ok, it was actually Sun Country, but who the hell ever heard of that one either?!) and making it in one piece (and being really pissed off in the airport cause it took them over 30 min to check us in which then caused us to be late for the flight & the last ones on the plane and that was after they tried to make me check my carry on bag cause there wasn’t anymore room- but the nebulizers are in there along with all the meds and my camera- and I stood on the ramp to the plane emptying the bag but then they said they were sorry since it was medical equipment…so that wasn’t good! Won’t be flying them again.)
We landed in the Twin Cities in enough time to make it to the car rental counter, to the hotel and to a late lunch before heading to the game. I love the area we’re staying in- all old warehouses. Photographers dream. Hakka was upset as the restaurant he was dying to go to (Hells’ Kitchen) was closed for cleaning. Bummer.
Bob the Elf decided to come out of retirement and join us for the trip. I think everyone’s pretty happy to see him!
John’s really, really BAD hat.
Uh…Bob? You remember what happened last time you thought it was a good idea to drink. There was that whole drunk driving incident with imprisonment (via Lego mini figs) and community service. You might want to rethink the beer.
So instead, Bob made friends with the camera man. Good move, Bob!
Keeping score. 
See, told you it was a good move schmoozing the camera man. Thanks, Bob!
Yup, that’s me and my camera in the background on the big screen.
And even Bob made his big screen debut. Not bad for his first day out of retirement.
Patrick modeling the BAD hat. 
When you are all reading this on Tuesday, the boys will be celebrating their 12th birthday!! Happy Birthday boys! I love you so much and hope you are enjoying your baseball trip. More surprises to come this week for them. And pictures, of course!
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the smyt family
A sister of a friend and previous bsquared client contacted me for her very own shoot and was I ever glad she did! The sheer cuteness of this boy and his freckles (and even the broken arm. From what else? Monkey bars on the 1st day of summer.) was totally fun to photograph. Loved him and his littlebig personality! His aunt came along for some laugh support and was very helpful in that area. The whole family was so nice and so fun to work with. Thanks for making the trek to the beach!
