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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sometimes you’re sitting on the stairs and the window light sets you up with a nice, tight little headshot spot. Thankfully the kids cooperated. Mostly.
Last night I went to Tibble Fork up American Fork Canyon to try and take some pictures of the Milky Way. I got there a little before midnight and stayed until 2am. I’ve shot star trails before but tonight I really wanted to get one of those distinctive Milky Way photos where you’ve got the purples and the blues and it looks amazing. Well, I didn’t quite get that but I did get a LOT of stars. It’s incredible how many stars are out there.
Sidenote – Tibble Fork is curiously busy after midnight.
These two are becoming quite the good little friends. They play well together. Elle loves to join in with Emmett and play cars, trucks, and LEGO with him. They’re also both great at playing alone!
