After 2 hours of this:

I got to spend the next hour and a half with these faces!!!!!!

At first I was annoyed – I was going to be late after leaving with plenty of time – blah blah.. but the more I sat there the more I realized this must be something awful going on. Come to find out- There was a terrible accident which gave anyone on 95 South 2 hours of stopped traffic. I felt terrible and decided to just enjoy the quite time to myself and send positive energy to whomever was in that accident. We were all in ‘park’ for a while and every so often we’d inch along… after 2 hours I finally got to the rest stop and ran in to pee… FOX25 news was there interviewing people as they walked in about sitting in the traffic… I dodged that like a bullet — pregnant lady in 2 hours of traffic who REALLY had to pee… not a nice person to interview!!! Anyways- shortly after that, things got moving and I got to where I needed to be. All I could think of was the poor people in the accident.. it must have been terrible. I said a few prayers for them as I continued on my way. Sitting in all that traffic was worth it to get to hang out with such good friends – and such adorable kids to boot!

I can’t believe Ry and C-man are so grown up! Ry – one of jacksons good friends (who’s mom just happens to be one of my best friends!) is going to be 3 in just another week and a half! I feel like he was just born! And then C-man made his entrance to the world last August! My how time flies…

Tonight we got to hang out at this very cool park – the Larz Anderson Park — I can’t wait to go back – and Lucky for me I have a session there on Saturday! ha!

Lis and Dan – thank you guys so much for asking me to capture a few moments of what life was like at these ages of the boys and your family, You know how much we love you and we can’t wait to play Thomas the Train! So come on over!! I hope these get you through until the rest of your images are ready! We’ll be in touch!

Hugs,
K

I swear I’m giving gifts every so often when I am given a glimpse into my future. I’m sitting at Panera doing some work when this elderly couple comes and sits down just across the way from me in the big comfy chairs. The sit together drinking coffee, looking out the window together, holding hands, just enjoying the time together. The gentlemen makes his wife laugh at just about every other sentence – they say hello to people passing by or cleaning around them. After finishing their coffee’s they get up – he helps her up – and they clean up and as they leave, he opens the door for her still letting her go first!

I swear that will be my life one day. When the kids are grown up and its just me and my best friend to enjoy time together. I know we’ll do that kind of stuff – especially if it involves coffee!

I’m just grateful I made the best decision of my life on January 21, 2006.

I love you Rick.

oxox

ha! Nope its not the 85mm 1.8 lens thats calling my name BUT it is something just as handsome!

I was working in my office when Jackson came in to ‘help’ – he grabbed this empty box and sat right down in it! That little boy just cracks me up!

I had my camera right next to my desk and the way he was just standing next to me looking out the window brought tears to my eyes as I realized these quiet moments will be gone one day and I will have to ‘remember the time’ when his little chubby cheeks fit in his in his tiny chubby hands… those big brown eyes melt my heart every time I look in them….

Attempting a few shots for the birthday card (yep thats right, the big TWO is just a few weeks away – CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!) and in perfect Jackson fashion he wanted nothing to do with the camera… but I happened to catch these few classic moments… if only there was sound for you to hear the ‘choo-choo-ing’…

I do love the itty bitty sunlight that was sneaking in the window…

Thats about it on the home front for us .. just a few shots for fun!

Happy Cinco-de-mayo!!

k