My blog will be quiet for the next week as we have packed our flip flops and are heading to the land of sun and sand.

Happy Spring Break to all!

Isn't it Ironic

Today is the start of spring break for the kids.

Today I bought sunscreen for our vacation next week.

Today it is snowing and it is March 28.

These pictures were taken a few hours ago and it is still snowing . . .

And now she is nine!

Happy Easter

It was rainy here today, so we had to move our egg hunt indoors. The kids didn't seem to mind. Here are a few candid photos of the little people in my family.







And Happy Birthday to this little one who nine years ago kept me up all night.

Look what I saw from my back window yesterday. If you look closely you can see a faint double rainbow.

Spring is in the air . . .

A few more from last Sunday. I love the one where you can see their reflections in the pond.

I spent all day Saturday in Port Orchard attending a fantastic lighting workshop given by Neil van Niekerk. It was a great workshop and introduced me to all kinds of artificial lighting. Natural light is still my favorite but many times it just isn't practical. These photos were all lit by my 580EX being bounced either against a reflector, wall or into a soft box.

I had a fun session yesterday with three brothers at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. It is so nice that the weather is warming up!

The kids had the day off from school today so we went sledding!

The Blue Wall

Another favorite spot downtown is this blue wall.









For some reason this one reminds me of a Gap ad.

The Tracks

I'm loving train tracks right now. Downtown Tacoma offers so much in terms of variety for photos!









This might be my favorite shot from the entire session: