Caitie from Crestwood

I wanted to share some photos from a shoot we had last week. This is Caitie. She is a senior at Crestwood High. Very sweet girl. We were happy to have her, and honored that she drove almost an hour to get to us! Caitie had seen some shots of my daughter that we had done in her soccer uniform at night, and wanted that style. We LOVE different. So, that was right up our alley. Caitie is also a rep for us, so if you see her, ask her for a card. You will get 16 free wallets and she will earn some cash back.

Here are a few images from her session;

I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated. Lots of end of summer things going on. Hard to believe fall is here already. Kids are back to school. My niece has gone off to college. Soccer season has begun. The FC girls took second place in their Labor Day tournament, and I think are signing up to do some more.

We did well at the fair. Met some cool people. I think we also found some volunteers for some of the charities we do. Here are two of my favorite shots from the fair.

Angelina and Zack

I wanted to share an engagement session we did last week. This is a great couple, referred to us by our friend Jason, who by the way, is also getting married. We are his photographer as well.

We met them at Marywood College. This is where they met, and they may also be getting married in the chapel there.

We started with some fun shots near the cemetary and moved around to the chapel. We had loads of fun. I could not narrow the images down. I loved them all. You could really see the love between the two of them. I can not wait for their wedding in the spring. I know we are going to have a blast and get some great images!

Parties and Fairs - Goodbye summer

Sorry its been so long since I've updated our blog. This has been one crazy month. My daughter Jess, turned 16. This means permit test and driving lessons. She has also been released to play soccer again. It was a long road, but I knew she would do it. Thanks to the girls at Comprehensive Physical Therapy for making it fun for her. You don't know how glad I was that she was able to go with you. You made it fun for her, even though she was doing a lot of work. I know she is going to be back better than ever on the field. August also meant a big birthday party. With all the rain we've been getting, we decided to do an indoor party. we Set up the photo booth and let everyone take a turn. What a blast they had! The kids loved it. The adults loved it.

The following week we too the booth to my neice's graduation party. She is a freshman at Weidner. To send her off, we threw a party with all the family and friends. Everyone had a great time, and she had her scrapbook that everyone signed.

One week more we were called to photograph the grand opening of the new spa at the French Manor. What a beautiful place. The spa itself is gorgeous. I will be saving my pennies for a trip to the spa soon! Thanks to Genni and Bridget for calling us!

I guess that brings us to this week. The end of the summer. This was always such a bittersweet week for me growing up. It was the end of the summer, which meant GDS fair. My father was in the demolition derby every year. We would spend the summer helping him strip down his car, then we would paint it for him. There is a photo of all of us kids on and around each car, each summer, as I grew up. The fair was always great, but the fair also meant my friends were leaving for the winter. Our neighbors at the lake, old family friends for generations, would go home until the next summer. Oh the tears!

This week Ed and I have a booth at the GDS fair. I am really loving it. I love seeing all the small kids having so much fun. Its really bringing back a lot of memories for me. My friends from the lake, they can't be there this year. I have been updating my facebook as much as I can while we are sitting there, so they can still be there with me.
Thank you to all the old friends who have come out to see us so far this week. Thanks to all of our new friends we met this week. We hope to see you again.

I have not written in a few days. I've been busy writing our newsletter. I got that mailed out, so if you were on our list, you should have it by now.

We also held my daugter's 16th birthday party this weekend. With all the rain we've been getting, I was afraid to set anything up outside, so we had to squeeze 50 people inside. Plus we had the photo booth set up. It ended up not raining, so the kids were able to swim and ride around outside on the golf cart. I didn't know it could hold that many people! I think they had 8 on it at one time.

Sunday we drove to Ed's brother's house to get some shots of his animals. 4 dogs, 3 horses, 9 birds that I counted, and I don't know how many cats. I didn't see any, but I know they are there somewhere.

On the way to his house, we saw a flea market with a pretty funky chair out front, so we had to stop and pick it up. We love the props that are unique!

So, that was our busy weekend. Yesterday was a catch-up day. Tonight we are meeting with a wonderful couple who gave us the pleasure of photographing their wedding. Tonight they come to see everything on the big screen.

New Friends

Tonight is going to be a quickie before I go to bed. Ed and I went door to door to different businesses today. We met a couple really cool people. We hope to be able to do this once a week to get out there and let people know who we are.

Tomorrow is a lot of getting ready for school. Going to the new high school to take a look at it. Then some back to school clothes shopping for the kiddos, which means I better get to bed.

Goodnight, everyone!

Poker Runs

Sunday we did a poker run for Tobyhanna Army Depot. Proceeds from this run went to Operation Santa Clause/Support the Troops. This was their first poker run. They ended up with over 100 bikes, so not bad for a first time. The weather cooperated in the fact that it didn't rain, but boy was it hot!

Photos from the run can be seen on our site. Go to the link for proofs.

Our next event is the Greene Dreher Sterling Fair from September 1-7. See you there!