Sunday, November 7, 2010

Christmas Session?

















So this Saturday I had a little time and I thought I would work on Christmas photos of my boys for their Christmas cards and perhaps for advertising my holiday sessions. Grayson is always more than willing to model and is very excited about "kissmas". However, he wanted his stuffed tiger to be in all the photos. Landon, on the other hand, was not interested in Christmas photos but wanted to model his Halloween outfit that did not arrive until the day after (yay, Alaskan life). It actually fit pretty well with one of my new backdrops so I thought we would give it a try. They turned out okay, but needless to say, did not have the holiday atmosphere I was going for. We will have to do official holiday photos when Daddy is home. Why is it so hard to photograph your own kids?

Monday, November 1, 2010

Birthday Boy!







Landon always seems to get to celebrate his birthday on multiple occasions. We had a small family party while Daddy was home for a visit and then invited his good friends over for a larger get together on his birthday. He really enjoyed all of his gifts this year...Legos, dinosaurs, robots, and sleds were all a hit. Grayson was a little disappointed but is already talking about Santa bringing goldfish, candy, and "maybe some toys." It's going to be a fun holiday season!

Origins Museum







Last weekend the boys and I hit a local museum, called Origins. It is a temporary museum in the Shoprite plaza until the end of November. The museum is spilt between historic Bibles and science. The boys of course, were fascinated by the dinosaurs. Most of the displays that Mommy would have liked to have read were glanced over in favor of the boys interests. We lucked into going on a free day and Landon took lots of pictures. He will definitely take his Daddy there over the Thanksgiving break. The desk where the docents were working is the largest single piece of petrified wood. There were also first editions of Watson & Crick's work, works by Darwin, Linnaeus, Copernicus, solarsystem models, Dead Sea Scrolls, Illuminated texts, a meteorite, and more. It is an awesome little museum, expecially for here in Wasilla.

Halloween in Hollywood











Stopped in Los Angeles on my way down for training in San Diego. Spent the afternoon of Halloween walking down Hollywood Blvd......lots of folks in costume, at least I 'think' they were in costume - hard to tell. Driving the big Alaskan 2500HD truck down those narrow streets was challenging, but luckily most folks just got out of my way! Took the snapshot of the Hollywood sign while standing on a curb on Hiland Avenue at a supermarket, and right after I took the picture, some guy came running full speed out of the market and bumped me as he ran by - followed closely by the store owner complete with apron and butcher knife running after him yelling "stop him!" I looked around to make sure I hadn't stumbled onto a movie set! Found Gene Roddenberry's star on the walk of fame, but couldn't find Louis Armstrong's star...maybe next time. Then I went to my favorite place in LA, the Le Brea Tar Pits. Picked up some cool Christmas gifts for the boys, and watched them digging in pit 21. Finally went out to the LA County Natural History Musuem. Hadn't been there before, but will have to bring Landon to see it sometime. The Dinosaur exhibits and Mammal Hall are pretty nice. He wouldn't like the insect zoo though - biggest cockroaches and spiders I've ever seen. Appropriate for Halloween I guess. Layne