doesn't this just make you want to get up and dance around the room??

we need a little smiling and dancing around here!

it just makes me smile - and i'm dancing in my office...
(click the little pics below, adjust your speakers,  and get out of your chair!)

here's another

i LOVE these dudes... i might be old, but they are timeless, and transcend decades ~

here are the mp3 downlods for you, and the album that has them both and more!

~ ciao for now ~

I received an email from my dear friend, Cora.  Baby Gavin was a little fighter and a precious spirit..   If you are the praying-type, please keep Gavin and his family in your prayers and send good thoughts their way to support them in this very difficult time.

Here is Gavin's blog.
Please take the time to cherish the people in your life.

Have you been waiting for me to post about Emily and Steve's wedding?  Well, here you go!

I loved so many things about this wedding, first, the couple ~ just adorable.  As a photographer, I loved the light, and as the 'creative, original-thinker' type, I loved where we went for the photographs.  The David L Lawrence Convention Center provided the perfect shelter and most amazingly original opportunities.  Fortunately, the Kenny Chesney concert was going on across the river, so the convention center was kind of empty.  We took a walk straight down to the river and bouced the light off everything! 

Here are the Moving Pictures... ENJOY!
(adjust your speakers!)

~ciao for now~

What a delightful couple!  It's raining today, and I'm so excited beacuse rain give us the opportunity for romanic light and lots of surpises.  Don't be sad if it rains on your wedding day, you can't change the weather, so work with it, and know that you are being showered with luck!

Here is the engagement book that we created for Emily + Steve.  We ordered a 7.5x7.5 and a 4x4 Photobook from Zookbinders (love them!).  The couple receives the larger one and we keep the little one for our studio sample.  SO CUTE!  We also can print copies for anyone who would like one.

And HERE is the link to their album design!  Enjoy...  and stop back to see their wedding photos! 

Ciao for now... I have a wedding to get ready for!

Congratulations to the Detroit Red Wings, winners of the 2008 Stanley Cup. 

I think the playoffs really brought the two best teams together and Pittsburgh is so proud of their Penguins...  look to the future and more amazing hockey!

And this is this cutest fan... don't you think?

now to get rid of the playoff beard...

~ ciao for now

i promised a few images of alexander... and he is READY!  he is very much like an actual hockey player, as you can see below ~ and he grows the BEST playoff beard by far, don't you think?

and just because i know you want to see more...

GAME ON!

my hockey shirt has been washed inside out in preparation for tonight.  this is, of course, is one of the keys to the game. xanny is also wearing his jersey.  i will get you a pic as soon as i can... just the cutest thing you have ever seen.

GO PENS!

IT'S NOT OVER...  until it's over.  and this is one team that will not give up.  WOW!  what a game. i must admit that when the pens went down 3-2, i turned off the game and went to bed.  the buzzer blasted too long and too loud and all the red sweaters cheering and celebrating was more than i could take.  i was so sad.

so you can imagine how shocked   i was to wake up to the announcement of GAME 6!

i love these guys.

GO PENS!

i really love these guys.

~  ciao for now  ~