The phone camera was a great invention. Sure, the pictures aren’t always top notch, but that handy device in my back pocket happens to be there to grab more often than my real camera. It captures so many little things that I want to remember. June started out with a…
The end of the school year is busier than December with all of the projects, parties and performances so I like to call it Maycember. Nash did a report on Albert Einstein. Blake had a strings performance. He carried that cello back and forth to school twice a week in…
Blake’s best friend has a pretty cool DJ business, and he asked Blake to help him DJ the 5th grade glow party. I got to help chaperone and I tried my best to stay out of their way. They had quite the list of song requests to manage. It took…
Getting four boys to cooperate simultaneously is not an easy task. I mostly capture candids for everyone’s sake, but occasionally I ask the boys to all line up and participate. I should know better than to have expectations, because there’s always at least one child that is less than cooperative….
It wouldn’t be a trip to Michigan without the annual beach video. My brother started this tradition years ago when Blake and Nash were little. He captured moments on the beach and combined them into beautiful video compilations. I loved this tradition so much that I took filming and video…
In addition to our Mackinac trip, beach days and beach nights, there were a few more things that made our time in Michigan complete.I tackled the flights with four boys solo, knowing that a few hours onboard would be worth it for two weeks in Michigan. The trip came at…
After our unforgettable day on the Andaman Sea off the coast of Phuket, we rushed back to the hotel to shower, grab our bags and catch a red eye flight to Beijing. Since we had to stop for a layover on the way back to the US, we decided to…
I’ve been editing photos and writing about our trip to Thailand all week. It’s been ten months since our trip, but as I was posting the other night I started craving Pad Thai. I was at a convention with Troy and he had a work dinner so I was on…
One of the adventures we were most excited about in Krabi was going on the Emperor Swing. We discovered the highly recommended experience on Trip Advisor. It included a jungle trail hike, a zipline and ultimately the Emperor Swing. This is how the Emperor Swing was described: For most people who…
