A Day in the Life

Today in Black and White

Croquet

This fun was short lived as the kids weren’t very good at it, but the lighting sure was nice and I couldn’t pass up a chance to snap some pictures.

Best Friends

These two are such good little friends and it makes my dad heart very happy. Emmett is an extremely loving little boy with a big heart and really no ill-intent. Elle is… she’s 3 years old. 🙂 She’s adorable and cuddly but man, stubborn! She knows how to push Emmett’s buttons and does so quite often but he loves her just the same and likes playing with her and sharing a room with her. I’ve got some good kids.

Morning

There’s just something about this picture. A happy kid, the leaking sunlight… I just love this one.

Ice Cream in the Hot Tub

Work was having a summer party and rented a bunch of fun yard things for the kids to play at – including a soft-serve ice cream machine. After lots of running and jumping on the blow-up water play area Emmett and Elle grabbed an ice cream cone and chilled in the “hot tub” as Emmett called it.

The Milky Way, Finally

Third time is the charm! Finally, no clouds getting in the way of a full stretch for my lens. We’re staying at a vacation rental right alongside a fairway at a golf course in McCall, Idaho, and I just meandered 100 feet from the house on to said fairway and pointed my camera upwards. It’s dark enough around here that I didn’t need to go far at all from civilization.

Making His Wish

My little boy turned 6 years old yesterday. We’re on vacation with some friends up in McCall Idaho so having a get-together was easy. We hauled up all his LEGO and had all the kids make cars to race, you can see his on the table. He requested vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting, and 6 candles. We told him to make sure and make his wish before blowing out the candles and he sat here like this for several seconds. Made my daddy heart melt. I sure love this little boy.

Shoshone Falls

We’re up in McCall Idaho for a fun getaway. On the way up we took a short detour to check out Shoshone falls, it was really cool. You could really feel how powerful the water was as it fell.

Space Travel

While in Japan on my mission I had the privilege of serving alongside a wonderful senior couple – The Abbott’s. Over the last 2 weeks I’ve made 2 trips to St. George to say my final goodbyes to them as they both passed away nine days apart. On my drive home this last time I was coming in late and just south of Nephi I decided to pull off the freeway and try and capture some car-trails and the Milky Way. I think I did alright.

Emily in her Blessing Dress

Well, this was a darn cute photoshoot. Emily’s blessing was about a month ago, but my camera was in New Jersey being repaired. Finally got it back a week or two ago and it was now time for her photoshoot. She was SO CUTE.