My Life At Playtime. . .

November 5, 2009

wow. this is late

Filed under: Family, Friends, Kids, My Life, Party, Photography — blackspotter @ 9:27 pm

I seriously have let some posts slip through the cracks. My sister and her husband celebrated their 10 year anniversary in September and to celebrate her friends, my mom and I threw them a cocktail party. I didn’t take many photos, I was too busy cooking food for the ravenous wolves. But we didn’t mind, as long as the cocktails are flowing, you have to keep the food coming.

This was the first time I blow dried Greta’s hair. Oh, the little princess she felt she was. And Sawyer got to pull out Gunnar’s old tuxedo from a wedding he was in. Again, such a bummer I didn’t take more photos. sigh. I didn’t even get one of Jessica and Carl together! Basically, the only photos I took were before it started. Once people arrived, that’s it. My camera wasn’t picked up again. Nikki should be in the photo with us too, but I didn’t even get one of all the girls who threw it with me. There’s always the next one, five years from now. . .

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November 2, 2009

palm springs with my people

Filed under: Family, Friends, Kids, My Life, Photography, Vacation — blackspotter @ 8:43 pm

These two were separated at birth, brothers from different mothers, twins raised by different families. . . need I go on? It cracks Jane and I up every time these two get together because we roll our eyes and laugh at how alike they are. I mean if you get rid of the ethnicity, language, state they grew up in, education, and career, they’re almost identical. Not knowing until after we married these men did either Jane or myself realize that we married extreme men. Jane explained this to me, and I doubt I can put it in terms as easily understandable as she, but basically, all men are not like our men. This information was shocking. I thought all men are pretty much the same. Especially since we both married the same type of man, it was clear to me that most would fall into this same category. Nope. Pretty much NOTHING can gross them out. They will eat ALMOST anything, take any dare. They are both slobs and don’t mind being dirty and gross. Sometimes they both need reminders to brush their teeth and shower. And did you know, not ALL of men are like that? Apparently there are some men, who Jane and I must’ve been oblivious to, that enjoy being clean, neat, tidy, and sanitary.

Not these two.

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And these two. Can they make my heart melt any more? The fact that they wake up and can’t get to each other’s rooms fast enough. That when one has to go the bathroom, the other goes. every time.  And when one girl isn’t eating, all it takes is one bite by the other and all of a sudden they’re both hungry. Or the fact that if one is wearing a skirt we must dig in the suitcase to match the other, heaven forbid they wear different things!

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Aaron knows I hate when he makes this face. He likes to force and accentuate all the wrinkles he has on his face.

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Not sure how Gunnar managed to dodge every single photo I took. The weather was perfect. Perfect weekend. Just way too short. . .

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And the WINNER is. . .

Filed under: Giveaway, Photography, Video — blackspotter @ 5:15 pm

We folded up all your comments and Gunnar got to pick the winner since he is home sick from school and this is the most excitement he’s had all day!

I will be in touch with you! And if you didn’t win, I’m sorry. But don’t be too sad, I’ll do more giveaways in the future. I realized that it isn’t necessarily about making money, but I love my craft, and sometimes it’s exciting to share my time and love for photography with other people who appreciate it as much as I do. Not always will I have the time to photograph others just for fun, but once in awhile I think it’ll be awesome for me to have my creative juices flowing without the pressure of a regular photo shoot. So don’t worry, there will be more. And I could use the practice, always. Especially when I have been separate from my camera for more than a few weeks, it’s great for me to get back behind it where I am most comfortable.

I love that there are people out there that I don’t know who follow my blog. I wish I could know more about each and every person, why they visit here, for the photos, the venting, the piece of sanity that they are not alone in their chaotic life, whatever it is, I love that you came to visit.

October 26, 2009

GIVEAWAY!

Filed under: Giveaway, My Life, Photography — blackspotter @ 7:19 pm

Okay, here’s the deets on the giveaway. I am pretty excited! It’s for a 1 hour photo shoot in the los angeles area and you get a free 8×10 and 1 5×7. It can be for a couple, family (extended family not included), kids portrait, high school senior, basically your pick. And you get to choose the 8×10 and 5×7.

To enter just leave a comment why you’d like to win and your name. The giveaway will be open until Sunday and I will announce the winner, randomly chosen by my lovely children, on Monday! After I announce the winner I will contact you and we can set up the location and date. The shoot has to take place before 2010, and that’s pretty much it!

October 23, 2009

weekending

Filed under: My Life, Photography — blackspotter @ 8:11 am

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Aaron is going to be doing a lot of working this weekend and when he’s not working he’ll be at the USC football game. We’re going with my family to see Cirque du Soleil on Sunday and I’m pretty excited for the kids to experience it. I think I was around Gunnar or Sawyer’s age the first time I went to their show. We are trying really hard to stay healthy, Greta has a runny nose and Sawyer has a leftover cough, but  we’re taking lots of Emergen-C and using a ton of hand sanitizer.

Check back next week if you’re interested in a photo shoot giveaway. I haven’t picked up my camera too much lately other than to capture Greta at her tap class and snapped a few photos while we were in Palm Springs last weekend. I had such a busy summer with photo shoots and then once mid September came it’s been super quiet. And I am getting pretty antsy to do a fun photo shoot. The details will come in a few days when I figure it all out. But basically anyone will be able to enter, whether they want family portraits, children, high school senior, couples, or just some updated shots of themselves. I think it’ll be fun and a neat way I get to meet a reader of my blog.

Happy weekend.

October 20, 2009

rainy day

Filed under: Family, Friends, Kids, My Life, Photography — blackspotter @ 11:48 am

I didn’t bring my camera with me to Disneyland since it was raining, but I got to play around with the camera on my iphone. So here are a few snaps of our day. Paige and Jane and the kiddies met us and braved the weather. Seriously in love with all the fun photo apps on my phone.

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October 15, 2009

rain

Filed under: Kids, My Life, Photography — blackspotter @ 8:13 am

sorry for the light posting this week. the bedtime of a 17 year old and the wake up time of a 3 year old doesn’t make for the most rested person. it’s also been rainy her for 2 days, which was glorious and definitely needed. we brave disneyland yesterday and it was actually not bad in the rain. the lines were super short and we only had to use our umbrellas 2 or 3 times.

i’ll be back to normal posting next week. have a great weekend!

i snapped these on my iphone the other day waiting for gunnar to come out of his trumpet class.

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October 5, 2009

Photo Essay- Camping

Filed under: Friends, Kids, My Life, Photography, Vacation — blackspotter @ 5:01 pm

I think pictures are better than words for this trip.

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October 2, 2009

hang on to your seats folks. . .

Filed under: Kids, My Life, Photography — blackspotter @ 3:06 pm

because the cuteness factor is on high. She takes tap and then ballet.

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Second one in from far right.

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September 29, 2009

oh the eyes

Filed under: Kids, Photography, Summer Fun — blackspotter @ 4:46 pm

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