Many of my coworkers took a couple of weeks of vacation around the holidays, so I was excited to see some smiling faces when I got to work this morning. At 7:30 a.m., this is what I found instead. (Fortunately they did show up; my day just starts a little earlier than theirs.)
Category: photography
Day 2: Old Friends
Jerod and I just returned from the airport to send off his friend Brad, who is in the Navy and currently stationed in Japan. Brad is one of those guys who always has exciting stories to tell, and they’re actually real. After all, he flies F18s off an aircraft carrier for a living. We didn’t have much time with him, so we just chatted for a few minutes and snapped a quick picture in an airport bar before he headed out.
Day 1: New Beginnings
This year I plan to do the 365 day photography project by taking at least one good photo each day (and attempting to post them on my blog daily, or at least almost daily). I celebrated New Year’s Eve with some of my closest friends, and I think this photo represents new beginnings for the new year just perfectly. Here is Mommy, Daddy, and baby “Blueberry,” due in April. I can’t wait to take more photos of the family!
Grand Canyon | October 2010
I’m finally getting around to posting photos from our desert Southwest trip we took about a month ago. I had a really hard time narrowing it down from 500 to 15 for this blog post!
This was taken on an accidental 65-mile detour trying to view Castle Rock. We ended up driving through the La Sal mountain range after taking a wrong turn. (You can see Castle Rock way off in the distance.)
Taken at Dead Horse Point State Park.
At the top of Whale Rock in Canyonlands National Park.
My husband Jerod on a hike in Canyonlands National Park. He likes to get as close as possible to the edge of the cliff.
Whitewater raft trip in Westwater Canyon. (Obviously in the calm part of the river.)
Beautiful view from Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab, UT. Our cabin was about 50 years away from here.
Another view from Red Cliffs Lodge.
Beautiful rock formations in Arches National Park.
The Fiery Furnace section of Arches National Park requires a permit beyond the fence because there are dead-end canyons where you could get lost.
Skyline Arch – half of the middle section fell out only about 60 years ago (very recent in rock formation years).
I think this is the South Window arch.
Unfortunately it was cloudy and rainy while we were at the Grand Canyon, but we did see a beautiful rainbow …
… and a beautiful sunset. What a great way to end our trip!
Holiday Photos
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Sarah + Bobby Engagement
I had a lot of fun taking engagement photos for Sarah and Bobby a couple of weeks ago. They’re so playful and photogenic. You don’t have to be around them long to realize how in love they are. They’re a perfect match!
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
I helped take photos at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer kick-off breakfast on Aug. 26 in Kansas City. It was a great event – and based on the turnout, I know the American Cancer Society will have a great Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in October! If you would like to get involved, visit www.makingstrideskansascity.org.
Uptown Theater
Registration tables
Lovely breakfast buffet
Emcees from Fox 4 News and Star 102.1
Christy, the wonderful event manager, showing off the T-shirts
An overall of the kick-off breakfast
Survivor receiving a pink rose
Team captain packets
Farmland | A Tribute to Buck
I have some unfortunate news: my husband’s grandfather (Buck) passed away a week ago. We traveled to Southeast Kansas for his funeral on Wednesday, and for the first time Jerod took me to see his grandparents’ farm. They live on beautiful land, so I couldn’t resist taking a few photos. We picked some vegetables from his grandpa’s garden, too. I know he and his garden will be greatly missed; he was always generous with sharing his veggies and anything else his family, friends, and neighbors needed.
Omaha and the Zoo
We traveled to Omaha, Nebraska last weekend for a short trip, and we had a great time at the zoo! Downtown Omaha is such a fun place, with the zoo, Old Market, Omaha Union Station, the Riverfront, and so much more!
Lemur in the Madagascar exhibit at the Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska
Baby prairie dog
Roadrunner
The aquarium was incredible!
Gondola along the Riverfront
In two states at once
Animals!
One of my other passions besides photography is animals. If I didn’t completely love them, I would have gotten rid of my red-eared sliders in their two 35-gallon tanks long ago. (See below.)
Ducks live at our apartment complex, and they love to play in the mud!
This is our sweet cat, Esme. (Ez-May) We stole the name from the “Twilight” series.
I guess she’s not always sweet. She plays rough!
My two turtles, Michaelangelo and Leonardo, are quickly growing to the size of a dinner plate. When I bought them in college, they were the no bigger than a quarter, and they were swimming around with hundreds of other little guys in a mall aquarium. I felt sorry for them, and the salesman said they wouldn’t grow bigger than my hand. I quickly discovered his lie as soon as I walked into PetSmart with the little creatures and heard gasps from the associates. “You know how big they get, right?” Well, I do now.
This may not be the best photo I’ve ever taken, but it shows the daily battle between my pets.
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