Project 52 {week twenty one} - NOLA

I went to ASM for work last week in New Orleans. The weather was oppressive...SO hot and SO humid. Needless to day, lugging around my camera was not at the top of my priority list, but I did take a few snaps. =)

It was great to see old friends again...to catch-up and hang out. I absolutely LOVED seeing Diana again and we spent half the time bitching about the joys of 4 year old boys...but we also had a GREAT time! =) Diana - I miss you and Mark and the kids so much and I can't wait to see you all again soon! Here is a snap of us from her camera at the cemetery.



Of course, no trip to NOLA is complete without breakfast at Cafe' Du Monde, to which I went with JC and Andrea. We then walked around a bit and I made the love-birds pose for a photo for me (which I'll post on my pro blog)...*still* working on getting them to book a family session ;) *hint* *hint*




A few snaps from the French Quarter and the Garden District....again, I was too hot and lazy to take many pics and now I'm being even more lazy to even upload most of them...but here are a couple of fun ones.

Project 52 {week twenty} - The snake story

I know I posted Nicholas' finding on FB, but I've been asked a lot about the details, so I thought I'd also post here.

We were getting ready for our day...I had a photo shoot and then planned to take the kids to a birthday party for Lois. Nicholas usually makes a cute little birthday card, so we went downstairs to get some scrapbooking supplies and to be honest, my crafty space is a bit of a disaster area. There are a lot of bags of yarn and other supplies from various projects that I haven't bothered to put away. Ok...getting side tracked. Anyways, the point is that to say that it's a bit messy is an understatement. So, we're downstairs getting some paper and some punches and stuff and Nicholas said "Why is there a snake?"

I said "It's not a snake, it's probably just some yarn"

Nicholas was uber calm and said "No, mommy, it's a snake and it's moving"

Thankfully, he was calm, so I stayed calm and just told him to go upstairs and get daddy and then I proceeded to start moving things to make it easier to get him out. As I was clearing the area, I could hear Nicholas yelling to Mike to come down and get the snake. Then I heard Mike say it isn't a real snake and Nicholas assure him that it was, in fact a REAL snake. To which Mike replied "Nicholas, if there were a real snake down there, then mommy would also be up here screaming". HA...what little faith he has, LOL...but he's probably to my reacting to spiders, so he just assumed snakes would also freak me out. Nope...it's a leg thing...I don't like creatures with more legs than I have...snakes have NO legs, therefore...totally not scary. =) Getting sidetracked again....So...Mike came down, excised the uber strong snake from my mesh target cube storage racks and put him in a mesh trash can. Then, like the proper photographer and geek that I am, I grabbed my camera and went to work on Wikipedia for an identification. Our little visitor turned out to be a bull snake...not venomous and actually keeps the mouse popuulation down, so we let him loose in field behind the house. I took the kids and went to the birthday party and a bit later, the visitor decided to make himself comfortable in the middle of the yard...ok...I'm completely good with him hunting mice in the field, but, I kinda don't want him in the yard since the kids were very interested in him and Claire is tiny enough that he could swallow her whole....so Mike picked him up again and took him a bit closer to the reservoir.

So....now, the pics....Don't scroll down if you don't want to see them. Consider this your fair warning and I've certainly included plenty of text to prevent the shock of close up pics of the snake...so again...if you don't like snakes...DON'T look =)

Project 52 {week nineteen} - getting ready for summer!

I've been so busy with work and photography that I've sadly neglected my Project 52, so in an attempt to catch up, I'll start with some cute ones of the berry pie and a relatively new prop...my uber cute vintage tricycle.

Project 52 {week eighteen} - A Mike of all trades

Mike has always been good at things...all sorts of things...he can do just about anything. He's also great at being supportive of all projects that I come up with. Lately, with my obsession with Pinterest, my project wish list has grown....soooo...he's been hard at work.

Can we build it? YES WE CAN!

Mike the builder:

I saw an adorable baby bed prop on Etsy...but I'm cheap, so I asked Mike to make me one.



ok...he did have some help from Handy Nicholas



and VOILA...the finished product...modeled by the sweet berry pie (for more pics as a newborn photo prop, check out my photography blog: HERE



And....it doesn't end there...he can do anything...from building our pergola to cooking to having a green thumb...he's a Mike of all trades!

I love orchids, but if I'm near one, surely I will kill it...too much water, not enough water...I can't win with my brown thumbs...but Mike is the ultimate Orchid whisperer...he has rescued every orchid we have and even the one JoAnna gave us that was destined for the rubbish bin...All three of my current ones are re-blooming right now.