In Honor of 40 Yrs of Sesame St

New Generation

Donuts. Thumbs-up (go faster). Getting air. Switching tubes. Bumping tubes. Riding backward. Seeing who can stay on the longest (literally hours). My sisters and I spent our summer weekends behind the boat constantly pushing Dad to keep going until dusk. Now Myles gets to help start out the next generation of all-day tubers! This past summer he had his first ride. He was all smiles and oblivious to the fact that this was a 'scary' experience. Until they fell off that is. Mark knew that if either of them were going to fall they both needed to since Myles couldn't be left alone in either case. So, even though we were going quite slow, they hit a big wave and both went over the back. Myles cried a little but I think we convinced him that falling off was really cool.

Hidden in the Masses

Tonight I remembered about an entire folder of photographs from our summer that had yet to be filtered through. In the midst of them is this gem. I wish it was a little more in focus but, it's still a keeper. This is my sweet boy. He looks so old to me here. Hard to believe he turns three this month.


(This photo was taken just before he went on his very first tube ride behind Opa's boat. More to come soon.)

"Canny"...

was the first thing that Myles said this morning after he rolled out of bed.

He seemed to have a good time and was especially stoked to be the infamous "Elmo". I intended for Ezra to be a chili-pepper (thanks to his cousin Henry) but didn't think to try the costume on him until last minute. It wasn't quite long enough. So, we pulled out the froggy. (The same one Myles was LAST YEAR. Could these boys be any more different?) We met up with some friends and walked around the neighborhood. Good times.

Pumpkins!

(distracted by an airplane)

We visited the Brissie's Pumpkin Patch on Monday (in other words, their front porch) and that evening the boys had some fun carving. Well, one boy carved, one played and one soaked it all in. Mommy took pictures.

For Emma, Forever Ago

In lieu of setting the bar too high for other seniors I won't post anything resembling a resume for Emma, but I will say that the world better get ready; world-changer on the way! She brings so much to the table. (Side note on how cool she is - what high school girl asks to have herself photographed at a monastery?!) She's smart, talented and obviously - gorgeous.

Emma, I sincerely enjoyed the couple of hours we spent together, thank-you!

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We got tickets the last two tours but this time around (so far?) there are no venues close to Cinci. Still hoping.
Jason Byassee - U2 and Leadership

Munchkin

My camera sat in my bag most of this past month. Trying not to get too down about it since I'm finding that this quest for "balance" is not just daily or even weekly but also monthly (yearly?). Although technically church never stops, we follow the university schedule pretty closely and things really pick up in September. It's fun and I am starting to find a good rhythm. A rhythm that did not include much photographing. And just when that rhythm slows down (a bit) - or is halted like last night when I couldn't lead my own small group on its first week because Myles did not feel well and Mark worked overnight - I start to have to try and figure it out again. How does photography fit in again? This morning reading "Photography Friday" by my friend Jess over @ 503 Photography I wanted to keep on keeping on with this whole photography venture. And LOOK what I found to photograph! This cutie patootie.



(Please don't feel sorry for me. Next week I'm photographing my first senior, I'm working on some Christmas card dates and have a couple great ideas swirling in my head after an email I just received from a friend. Sometimes it just all seems a little slow and unbalanced. Today. But maybe not a year from now looking back.)