Michigan Trip

We spent last week in Michigan visiting family and attending our niece and god daughters confirmation. We really had a wonderful time! I had the opportunity to go to Mackinaw Island with my mom and her friend Mary for a couple of days. Paul and I are both from Michigan so I've been to Mackinaw but it's been probably 15 years. It was soooo wonderful! We stayed at Grand Hotel and got the royal treatment. I really enjoyed the ferry ride over, hikes around the town and island, spending time with my Mom and sitting on the worlds longest front porch with my Starbucks coffee! Meanwhile, Paul and the kids visited Aunt Mary, Uncle Roy, Ian & Sam. They had some great adventures including a hilarious "emergency" sheep herding at the MSU farms. Then we reunited at my parents home and attended Katie's confirmation and open house. My niece is an amazing young woman. I remember being that age and feeling so awkward but she seems to have it all together. We spent the remaining time showing the kids around Mommy's hometown, visiting and letting the kids get to know their ten cousins in Michigan and all the Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents. The flight home was the only slightly epic part of the trip. Both flights were delayed, Luke was sick and the airline lost our luggage. We finally got our airport weary kids home at 2 a.m.. Thanks Birschings, Henleys, Deys and Doans for the great memories!

bridal photos

I worked with a great model and stylist this evening on some shots to update my portfolio. It was lots of fun to get to know these women and also for me to "get outside the box" a bit in my work. There are tons of great images so it will be hard to narrow it down but I'll post just a few of my favorites here. Thanks Verity & Brie - you are both pros!

ER visit

I took our 22 month old daughter to The Children's  Hospital ER last night. She is fine but she had a 105 temp and was shaking with the chills for a half hour. They couldn't determine the cause of the high temp even after doing blood work. Bless her little heart - she was a real trooper! This is actually her 4th ER visit ( plus one 911 call for choking) and she isn't even two yet! After a late bedtime and getting up several times during the night the fever broke this morning, thank goodness! We all just need to catch up on our sleep now.

favorites from this week

Here are a few of my favorite images from this week's shoots!