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Thursday, April 23, 2009

An adventure with the boys

I am so thrilled that the weather is started to warm up and get nice (actually, as I'm sitting here typing, it is raining pretty hard right outside my window - oops!).  Yesterday was such a beautiful day, however, that I convinced my sister to take her two boys out for a photo adventure.

We drove around Henry county for a little while before finding this great spot seen below.  The wall that Niall is standing beside looks like a support for an old bridge.  Now it has graffiti written all over it.  Wilson, my other nephew, read the word "Shannon" on it (my niece's name), and Niall proclaimed to us all that we were taking photos by the "Shannon River."  We were, in fact, my a smallish river, but I'm pretty sure it's name is not the one Niall was suggesting.

Nevertheless, our adventure was a lot of fun.  

The following image is one of my favorite moments - completely candid!  Here, Niall is reacting after having grabbed a nearby branch with leaves on it, thinking he had just touched the dreaded "leaves of three."  He said to me, "Aunt Jenny, I think this is poison ivy."  To clarify, he had previously been referring to the bare branches behind him in the photos as also being poison ivy.  ;-)


Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Easter 2009

Well, I can't believe Easter is over already, but I had a wonderful celebration last weekend.  My family got together for the early Easter service at church, had a wonderful lunch of ham, potatoes, and veggies, and then spent the afternoon hunting for eggs and visiting in-laws!

I was thrilled to be asked to photograph two of my sisters' families that day.  Below is my absolute favorite photograph of my older sister's husband and five kids!  They were all good sports as I tried some different things.  Thanks guys!

Before we changed out of church clothes and into our "egg hunting clothes," I borrowed my niece, Nora, and photographed her in front of a background to match.  Below are some of her signature facial expressions.  She is such a cute - her and her little piggies!



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