Poisoned chocolate

What ever happened to good old trick or treating? My sister and I along with my cousins would pile into my aunt's Astro van and leave the side door open so we could jump out at each driveway to fetch the loot. Before that, Dad would hitch up a trailer to the lawn tractor and we would make our way down the street making sure we didn't miss any houses that had their porch lights on. If no one came to the door we wouldn't leave the porch without looking in the window. Come on who doesn't hand out candy to kids!

Now it seem everyone piles into their Caravan or Town and Country and has to go to these new Trunk or Treats when it's light outside and in a safe environment. Half of the fun is running though the mud and wanting to eat a piece in the sugar filled pillowcase before my dad could convince me that all the chocolate bars were poisoned. He always had to eat them just to make sure.

Bras

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month the local art studio has a show where local artist decorate bras and then they are auctioned off to the highest bidder. The money goes to a fund to help women pay for mammograms that they otherwise could not afford. Then the fun starts. Local firemen volunteer to model some of the bras as local ladies swoon and hopefully drop a dollar or two in the bucket. I wish I cold have stayed longer tonight but deadline stood in the way. Some were hot and most of them were harry but none of the ladies seemed to care.

Life

Introducing the newest addition in my life. John and I have been working hard to start a family and a few months ago some time between cruise night and the Mackinac race everything came together. I think this, quite possibly is the coolest thing I have ever done in my life and I can't wait until the little guy makes his way into the world. The first photo is from a couple months back when I was just nine weeks and the last two are from last Tuesday at 17 weeks when we found out our baby is a he rather than she. Over the last week or so I can even feel the baby move and it has really helped to put my mind at ease. It blows my mind that it only takes 40 weeks to make a human and even more that my body knows just how the assembly works, even without directions!

Fall

The air is getting cooler around here and I can feel winter in the air when the wind blows. It's the kind of feeling that makes you want to cuddle up on the couch and eat soup for dinner. Here's a frame from my fall color hunting around the northern part of the county this afternoon. The colors should be at their peak by this weekend. It sure was pretty out there today.

Crystal + Duff

I spent some time with Crystal and Duff a couple weeks ago in Marine City, the place where Crystal just bought her fist house. These two were a lot of fun to be around. They are both transplants from Indiana where they both worked in media. These two could be a couple of the most care free people I have ever met. Their love will definitely be around for a long long time.

More than Dominoes

Wednesday John and I went to dinner at my grandparents house and after all of the eatin' was over the dominoes came out of their box. Most of my childhood I can remember spending my summers around their dinning room table dealing and playing some kind of card game or another. On occasion we would even play for quarters and that's how you knew things were getting serious. I've been spending a lot more time with family as of lately and yet it still seems that I don't get to see the most important people in my life as much as I would like. A conversation with a good friend over lunch this week helped me realized just how important my family is to me. In aw of this revisited discovery I'm going to try to document the little things in the lives that mean the most to the people I can't live without in hopes of keeping memories alive that will someday be lost. By the way after seven games, I only came away a winner in two of them... I spent most of my time watching for cheaters across the table, but I'm not here to name names.

Allie's a Senior

It's almost hard to believe that Allie will graduate in the spring. I first met her at a photography show when she was in the 5th grade. Over the last couple of years I've photographed her in pool during swim meets more than a few times. When It was time for some more photos I was honored to think she picked me to make her images. We spent a couple of hours shooting around town and had a blast. She sure has grown up over the years. Allie you are one gorgeous lady. I hope your senior year rocks.