I went MIA because life got… complicated.
But I can offer you another batch of fireworks photos to make up for my three-year absence. We took a trip out East and managed to party with some awesome fireworks in Delaware, right on the river. It was SUCH a good day.
That’s it. That’s all I’ve got. Deal wit it. In the meantime, feel free to click through the gallery!
On a whim, our family decided to go to Belgium for a vacation this year. We had a nice mix of doing things and seeing things, and getting in some downtime. We stayed in Brussels, but visited Bruges and traveled to Amsterdam for a day. All said, it was a really gorgeous part of the world and I’d go back in a heartbeat. Here are some of my favorite photos, but the entire high-res set is here.
Yeah, these are pretty old photos. Back in 2017, we took a family trip to Hocking Hills for a weekend away. We rented this cool little cabin, surrounded by woods, and spent the weekend hiking and playing and generally hiding from other people. We talked, we laughed, we napped, and we caught up with each other’s lives. It was lovely. Here are the photos from the weekend. As always, the full, high-res set is on here.
Emma has been taking swim lessons for awhile now. She’s still not very comfortable in the water, but she will get there. I took my camera to a few of her classes because she tends to like to “perform” when she sees me shooting. Also, because she’s freaking adorable.
Here’s what I got!
So, way back when, I booked an awesome hotel and flights in the hopes that a girl’s weekend would work out to go see Denver, CO. Unfortunately, things fell through. Fortunately, I have a husband who would never turn down the opportunity for a long weekend, child-free, out of state. We planned to make no plans; so much so, in fact, that the only thing I scheduled was a 90-minute couple’s massage. Once we got there, we ended up deciding to rent a car for the day and drive into the Rockies. We spent the entire day there, and the next morning we hit the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge and then Red Rocks. Per the norm, here are all of the high-res shots. And, if you’re wondering – yes, I’m wearing a Ren and Stimpy shirt because that’s the kind of classy lady I happen to be.
On a chilly, sunny, gorgeous day, I met up with a friend to walk around Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, OH. We shot lots and lots of photos, had a really lovely lunch, and then I headed home. Here’s what I came home with (full set/high res here).
So a little while back, we decided it was time to take a short family vacation down to Florida to enjoy the sun, sand, and inappropriately attired beach-goers. I do have my favorites, but the whole set can be viewed here (for the 2 or 3 readers I still have).
We went to the airport and waited for the shuttle, and Emma was pretty excited.
Which she did not hide at ALL, much to the chuckles of the other travelers.
Since the plane was taking soooooo long to unload, Emma decided that the best course of action would be to insist on reading approximately 3 dozen books.
Once we finally arrived, I had scheduled an adventure the next morning for us to go on a cool pirate cruise!
Unfortunately, Emma barfed in the care en route to the cruise, resulting in the immediate and necessary purchase of the tour shirt. Methinks someone may have done it on purpose because she wanted a souvenir. But I digress.
Someone was very proud of her acumen with the water cannon.
She was officially sworn in as a Bluefoot pirate.
Thusly, she was conscripted to protect all of us adults against the dread “other pirate” who attacked our boat and stole our treasure. All’s well that ends well, and she was awarded with a bag full of gold doubloons and gems.
We did some relaxing at the hotel pool and shared some lovely frozen drinks to cool off from the super-heated, ridiculously humid environs.
We also managed to go on an airboat to see the Everglades and manged to catch a close (too close?) view of some of the area wildlife.
Emma was unsure how she felt about all of it.
Either way, we survived and can mark that one off of our lists.
Finally, we hit the beach one last time and Emma enjoyed digging with her new shovel while I enjoyed the shade and doing nothing much at all.
All in all, we really had a lovely time in Florida, “America’s Weiner”.
For whatever reason, we decided to take a short family vacation to Charlotte (before they started being total jerks). We got a house on the lake, we went boating, we went to a children’s museum, and we visited a drive-thru zoo. It was a nice, relaxing way to spend a few days. Here are my (way too many) favorite shots, but all of them can be found here.
I was lucky enough, this year, to take a trip for work to California. We spent a lot of time walking around and enjoying the weather and the beaches. Here are my favorite shots, but all the rest are here.
Prepare yourself – this post will be chock-full of a total mishmash of 2015 photos. Frankly, I don’t have the patience to go back and post things in order and a little at a time anymore. I wanna get to recent stuff, darn it! So, here are enough events and photos to blow your face off – in no particular order.
Liberty Tower (all found here)
Once in a great while, photographers get the unique opportunity to shoot somewhere that cameras normally are not allowed. This is one of those times: Liberty Tower, located in downtown Dayton, has been around since the 30’s and is a very architecturally unique building in the Art Deco style.
Full Eclipse (all here)
Mackinac Island (all found here)
Keith and I managed to escape, child-free, for a trip to Mackinac Island. It was glorious. We relaxed, we biked, we walked, and we generally enjoyed time away from being responsible.
A family affair (here, here, here, here, and here)
The End of 2015. Thanks, and come again. 🙂
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