Pictures whenever I feel like it!

Stephanie's Graduation!!

2009-06-03T18:00:00.000-07:00

Stephanie graduated from High School today! It was a proud moment!!

The graduate!

With Mom

With Dad

With her friend Tyler

Looking for her friends

I wonder where they are?

Stephanie and Emily

BFFs forever! Jordan, Emily and Stephanie

My two men!

2009-03-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

I was at a photoshoot on Saturday and decided to see if I could get a good picture of my two guys, I got this one on the first shot!! Aren't they cute??

Hail Hail!!

2009-03-04T12:47:00.000-08:00

Just had to take a picture of the hail we got today..it only lasted a couple of minutes!

Hanging out with Old friends!!

2009-03-01T15:00:00.000-08:00

Went to a former classmate's new Yogurt shop in Martinez, CA unfortunately he wasn't there but a few of us alumni's went to go check it out. The frozen yogurt was fantastic!!

Named in the memory of his sweet son!

Very nice decor throughout the place!!

Here's the gang enjoying some of the yummy yogurt!!

Jose getting into a discussion

And telling a funny story to Jeri!

We got one of the employees to take a picture of all of us! Don't we all look good!!
Me, Jose Rozier, Margaret Kim, Jeri Takemoto, and Paul D'Anna

Zumba on Good Day Sacramento!

2009-02-22T09:00:00.000-08:00

I participated in a segment about Zumba on our local Morning show called Good Day Sacramento, it was alot of fun doing Zumba with Cody Stark and Kelly Chapman. In the second segment Andrew Luria got in on the fun! It was also fun seeing the other reporters on location getting in on the act too. There was a total of 8 of us doing it!

Kim and her posse!

Say "cheese" ladies!

Another one with Bridget

Some of us signing the wall

Just had to take a picture of the bathroom..kinda interesting having them look at you while you go potty! LOL!

Here we are striking a pose with the crew!

"Shake it!" getting our groove on!

Thanks to Kim for these pictures!! Here are a few links to the segments we did!
Zumba1
Zumba2

Snacks from my teenhood!

2009-02-21T15:00:00.000-08:00

Just a few treats from the Local Japanese food store. I used to live on this stuff when I lived in Japan as a teen. Yummy yummy!

Is mommy going to share some of this with me??? Probably not! LOL!!

Just a funny!

2009-02-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

A boy after my own heart!

"Say Cheese!!" mommy!!

Another New Backdrop!!

2009-02-18T13:00:00.000-08:00

Just got another backdrop from a Photographer friend, it is very versatile as I can use the back side also for a different look.

Kyle and Lily hanging out!

Surprise!!

Little Lily!

Serious Kyle!

Kyle wondering how long is he going to have to sit here! LOL!

Darling Daisy!

Using a Photoshop Plugin called Topaz Adjust

Be very still!

I have to sit again?

Silly boy!

Sweet Boy!

Hmnnn..I think we're done!

Happy Valentines' Day!!!

2009-02-14T15:45:00.000-08:00

Fun with Seamless Paper!

2009-02-11T20:00:00.000-08:00

Got some Seamless Grey paper for Christmas and finally got around to trying it out. These are my attempts to get a good Valentine's picture of Kyle! These were taken with my speedlight inside of a softbox Camera left and a reflector camera right..

He's been into doing the peace sign lately...his sister taught him this! LOL!

Trying out the cool lollipop!

Not too sure about it...

Makes a great sword!

You want it mom??

His Howie Mandel impression

What a sweet face!

Silly face!

Serious Face..

I think I like the candy better

Yes I do!

Some with Lily

Then some with Daisy

I think Daisy was the most cooperative! LOL!

A Boy and his buddy!

2009-01-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

Kyle was having a lazy day just hanging out with his favorite buddy!

He thought she was cold and covered her up with the blanket

Giving Lily a hug!

Lily is still not sure what to do

Oh I'll guess I'll just go to sleep!

Oh "Hi Mom!"

Just a silly little guy!

Jessie's new doo!

2009-01-20T16:54:00.000-08:00

Jessica got a new Haircut, she hasn't had bangs since like age 8 or so. It will take some getting used to! LOL!

How do I look?

How about this angle?

And some love for her baby brother!!

Rub a Dub Dub a boy and dog in the Tub!

2009-01-07T20:00:00.000-08:00

Bathtime with Daisy and Kyle! Sometimes when Kyle is having a bath our JRT Daisy likes to jump into the tub! Lily on the other hand wouldn't get caught dead in the tub...she runs as fast as the wind!

Daisy and Kyle

Kyle was having a blast pouring water on Daisy

He was being very precise!

Concentrating very hard!

Kyle is having a good time!

Daisy is pawing at some toys

And here's Lily so thankful we didn't put her in the tub! LOL!

New Years Eve!

2008-12-31T22:30:00.000-08:00

It was a pretty quiet New Years Eve in the Wamser household, Kyle did not want to go to bed at all, so we did let him stay up a little longer.

"Hi mom!"

"Cheese!!"

I don't wanna go to bed!

Really I dont!

I can stay up! Yeah!!

And here is what our beverages consisted of...Sparking cider!!

Christmas Cards and Silly Kyle!

2008-12-29T19:00:00.000-08:00

Just a few of my Christmas Cards I received over the holidays

Mr. Boo Boo face!

Mr. Silly Face!

Blue Power Ranger!

Various Pictures, playing with Kyle's Wall-E toys

2008-12-26T22:00:00.000-08:00

Here's Mr. Cheeser! He's been wanting to pose for me lately. I decided to play around with depth of field and decided to use his Wall-E toys for a experiment.

"Cheese!"

This is one of his stocking stuffers he got from Grandpa..kinda strange you push on his head and candy comes out of his butt! I thought it was hilarious!! Plus it sang some annoying song whenever you touched it.

Kyle examining one of the candies

Just playing around with his toys

And here is Mr. Poser again!

Merry Christmas - Part 2

2008-12-25T10:30:00.000-08:00

Time for Christmas at the girls' house, here is Jessica being silly posing in front of the tree and presents, it was supposed to be a small xmas..we say that every year but it never turns out that way.

The girls posing in front of the presents

Kyle was the first to start opening the gifts

Miley was trying to help, or really get in the way!

Some of the yummy treats Jessica made.

Stephanie getting some of her stuff!

Her favorite perfume Dolce & Gabbana

Grandpa(my dad) making a funny face

Jessica showing off her hairbands? LOL!

And her indoor soccer shoes

Kyle showing Jessica some love! First a kiss!

Then a hug!

Time to go! Kyle, My dad, Jessica and Ernie my brother from southern CA.

The Christmas aftermath

Merry Christmas! - Part One

2008-12-25T08:00:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! It's Christmas morning and here are the dogs waiting patiently or rather impatiently for their goodies! Kyle had a fun time getting his "Big Speed Racer" and he sure looked cute in his Clone trooper Helmet even if it was a little big! LOL!

Here are Daisy and Lily waiting to see what is in their stocking.

They got some toys and some treats

Daisy couldn't wait to get hers, look at her jump!

Kyle's turn to open gifts

He loved his Big Speed racer car!

Still some presents left!

Kyle wearing his Clone Trooper Helmet and playing a Clone trooper game.

Cookies for Santa

2008-12-24T23:45:00.000-08:00

Hey those cookies are supposed to be for Santa!! I guess Kyle wanted to make sure they were good enough for Santa! LOL!

This is good milk!!

Yep the cookies are good too!

Here you go Santa!

Of course it had to be on a Star Wars Plate!

The wonder of Christmas!

2008-12-24T22:00:00.000-08:00

Was trying something different on Christmas eve, taking pictures at different exposures and combining them to make one picture to get the effect of starlights on the Christmas tree. I think they came out pretty well!

And this one I applied a photoshop plugin called Topaz Adjust, it gave it a really neat effect!

Lights of the Season!

2008-12-22T22:40:00.000-08:00

Took a trip around the neighborhood to take some pictures of some of the amazing light displays, these are just a few.

College Apartment life!

2008-12-22T13:00:00.000-08:00

Went to Jessica's college apartment over the holidays, surprisingly enough it was clean! just kidding! Kyle had a blast being there!

Her cute little Christmas tree

The walk-in closet..see how organized it is??

Her bed area...lots of pictures of family and friends

The kitchen area... I love that big bag of rice on the counter

Some of her Kitchen Decor

The Dining room - very festive

Kyle had fun on the barstools!

Sissy being silly with Kyle!

Let's say Cheese for mommy!

Okay this is the last picture mom!

Visit with Family early xmas

2008-12-21T23:09:00.000-08:00

My hubby's sister and her husband came down from the Bay Area to have a early Christmas with us, we made a Turkey dinner just like Thanksgiving and opened presents, my daughters came by too, Kyle was happy to see them!

"Steppie's" Here!

Kissy for my other Sissy!

Yeah! a Clone Trooper Laptop!!

A thank you Hug for Auntie Kay!

Steph got a new outfit!

"Don't bother me! I'm working!"

I thought this was a neat shot in sepia!

Stephanie with Auntie Kay and her hubby

Jessica with Kay and her hubby

Kyle has a new friend, so does little Lily!

Say bye bye!

He loves his Clone trooper Laptop!! what a geek! LOL!

R.I.P. Duncan the Wonder Corgi

2008-12-15T22:56:00.000-08:00

He was my kids first dog, we had to put him down today, as he had a big growth on his shoulder that grew very quickly and he was beginning to suffer so we decided to put him out of his misery. He was 11 years old and a great dog. I did go to say good bye to him today before they took him in, I gave him a good long belly rub and he seemed to enjoy it.

Here are a few pictures to remember him by

First day home!

And some puppy pictures

Then when his ears went up..they were too big at first!

Then him as a adult

We will miss him very much!!

Xmas Party at Dad's

2008-12-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

Time for my dad's annual Xmas Party, I think he started holding this party shortly after my mom passed in 1992, he always decorates to the hilt. Kyle really loved all of the decorations!

Kyle looking for the choo choo on the xmas tree

There it is! over there!

Some of the decorations

Some of the yummy treats!

Sissy is here!

Kissy for sissy!

Jessica and her friend Dennis

Steph getting her grub on! LOL!

And Jess getting some food too!

Here's my dad's tree, some of the ornaments on it over 40 yrs old, and he still likes to use icicles.

Sassman Farm and Santa visit

2008-12-13T20:00:00.000-08:00

There's a local family that does beautiful Christmas lighting each year, the family is a good friend of mine, her father-in-law started this tradition of opening his home to people when his daughter passed away years ago, he has ornaments you can make for a loved one that has passed on, and serves hot chocolate and hot apple cider and treats, while you enjoy his lights. Santa also pays a visit each year too so your kids can get a visit with Santa. It was a beautiful night this night, the moon was out in it's full glory.

Here is the wonderful display

There was even a pit fire to keep us warm!

Kyle did great with Santa!!

And here was the moon that night!

Train Museum

2008-12-13T13:00:00.000-08:00

Decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go out to Old Town Sacramento and go to the train museum, Kyle loves trains and we knew he'd enjoy this. It was nice to see it all decorated for Christmastime.

This was right before we left, Kyle wasn't to happy to hear we were leaving, thus not excited about getting his picture taken with daddy!

Cookie and Ornament Making with friends

2008-12-12T10:00:00.000-08:00

Kyle went over to a friends' house for some ornament making and cookie decorating, while he wasn't to crazy about the ornaments he really did enjoy decorating the cookies.

Tools of the trade

Embellishments

One of the ornaments

Some of the yummy food we had there

Kyle frosting his cookie

And really enjoying it!

Lets add some sprinkles!

...and more sprinkles!

The finished products!

Time to eat them!

Santa and Sirens Toy Drive

2008-12-10T19:00:00.000-08:00

There was a Santa and Sirens Toy drive tonite through our neighborhood, they hit 3 neighborhoods in 3 days and collect toys for needy children. Kyle really enjoyed this and even got a candy cane from Santa's helpers.

My Dad's Swearing in Ceremony

2008-12-08T17:30:00.000-08:00

Tonight was my dad's swearing in to the Folsom City Council, it was standing room only, from his family to his supporters!

The City of Folsom Seal

Kyle was a hoot during the ceremony, a typical 3 yr old!

Some of my dad's Friends and supporters

Dad getting sworn in by a judge friend of his.

The end of the oath.

And a hug from his good friend.

Dad giving a speech on what he is going to do for the city.

Thanking all who came to support him and voted for him.

Elk Grove Dickens Faire

2008-11-29T13:00:00.000-08:00

Went to the annual Dickens Faire in Elk Grove, it was a beautiful day, Kyle visited Santa but was in a bad mood so who knows maybe he'll get coal in his stocking! LOL!

The guys making their way to the street faire

Elk Grove was festive

One of the street performers

One of the street vendors

The street magician

This was a neat vendor..mini guitars

Kyle's visit with Santa, not too happy! LOL!

But he did give him a hug afterwards...so I think Santa will forgive his moodiness!

New Backdrop!

2008-11-26T18:00:00.000-08:00

I got a new 10 X 20 Backdrop the other day from Silverlake Backgrounds, this is my first attempt at doing off camera lighting using a 60'' Softliter with a SB800 speedlight inside of it, I still have alot of learning to do but I think it came out pretty good for my first attempt.

This backdrop is called "Noah"

Here's my cutie Kyle on it!

With some photoshopping done and a vignette

And a Black and White conversion

Preschool Thanksgiving Feast!

2008-11-25T10:30:00.000-08:00

Today was Kyle's Preschool Thanksgiving Feast day, it all started with a song, then the food, and some playing.

Song time!

Food time!

Eating some grapes and cheese

And some yummy pumpkin pie!

Just being a silly boy!

Kyle's Turkey hat

Time for a "nice cup of tea"

"Cooking" eggs in the kitchen

A Nice table decoration

A day at the park!

2008-11-22T10:00:00.000-08:00

Took Kyle to the Kids Park up in Folsom, he had a great time, it was great weather too!

Checking things out

Having a snack

Loving the swing!

Giving a helping hand to little C!

How sweet! they are being so careful!

Oh Hi Mom!

This is a fun park!

Me and my mommy!

Say "Cheese!"

I love my mommy!

When you don't get a nap

2008-11-14T20:44:00.000-08:00

This is how you end up! and he did sleep through the night after I put him to bed...

Fairytale Town

2008-11-14T10:00:00.000-08:00

Me and some of my local moms' group took a trip to a local park called Fairytale Town, Kyle had a great time!

This is his "scared" look! He was sitting on a really big throne

Getting ready to go down the Mother Goose slide

Just a cute picture of him!

He was fascinated with this Water pump!

It was hard to get him to share with the other kids, he liked it so much! LOL!

Having a snack on Cinderella's coach

He hung out in this too!

The Three Little Pigs

Or shall we say Three "Big" Pigs!

I thought this was a cute structure

Kyle wouldn't go down this slide...just too high for him.

Soccer Take 2

2008-11-07T15:17:00.000-08:00

Here's my second attempt at taking soccer pictures. I think I am getting somewhat better! LOL!

Election Day!

2008-11-04T08:15:00.001-08:00

Election Day! It started out all peaceful, I went out and voted, then went over to my dad's house who was having a election gathering, he was running for the Folsom City Council, so some of his friends and family were over to give him support and watch the results. It was a fun time. And the best result was that my dad won and a got a seat on the City Council!

Who wants to wake a sleeping baby! LOL! Doesn't he look so peaceful?

Off to the Polling place! Luckily it was just across the street from our house.

I voted!

One of my dad's campaign signs

More of his campaign material

My dad's youngest supporter all 20 months of him! LOL!

Some of my dad's friends watching the results

Watching History being made

Kyle and his grandpa! What a silly boy!

The Toys R Us Big Book!

2008-11-01T23:28:00.001-07:00

We got the Toys R Us Big Toy book in the Sunday paper, Kyle had a blast looking through it.

The Big Toy Book

Ooh...look at all of the neat stuff in here!

Hmnnn...Let see what we got here!

That looks neat!

I still like Thomas the Train stuff!

Maybe I can see the book better in this position!

I'm going to study this book!

I am going to have to do some thinking about this!!

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T21:33:00.001-07:00

Took Kyle Trick or treating with a neighbor friend, but it started raining so we didn't get a chance to go to too many homes. But he sure had a great time!

Kyle the Clone Trooper

Kyle and his friend Trick or Treating

My daughter's dog not to excited about the costume! LOL!

She feels so humilated!

Kyle sampling some of his treats with Miley who is hating life! LOL!

Just a couple of our pumpkins we carved, nothing too exciting!

One of the houses in our neighborhoods, it was raining that night too.

Happy Halloween!!

Preschool Harvest Party

2008-10-30T18:00:00.001-07:00

Kyle's preschool had a Harvest party, they helped make vegetable soup, rice krispies treats, carved pumpkins, frosted cookies, did carmel apples, and had alot of fun!

Kyle likes to play most of the time!

Here's the teacher singing the "Days of the Week" song

Kyle sits well when the teacher is teaching

The kids had a fun time unwrapping the caramels

We had to make sure the caramel was cooled

Kyle trying some caramel apple dippers

Rice Krispies treats! Kyle wouldn't touch these..I guess they were too sticky!

Here are some of the vegetables cut up for the soup

Yum!! Harvest Soup! (not too many of the kids ate it!) LOL!

Kyle frosting his cookie

Look at all of the yummy cookies!

They taste good! Kyle trying to be careful not to get any frosting on his hands!

Playing pin the nose on the scarecrow

Kyle being silly outside!

Soccer anyone?

2008-10-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

My first attempt at taking Soccer pictures, my daughter wanted me to take some pictures of her friends' soccer game, it was pretty challenging to me. Not really sure how good these are but it was my first attempt.

Big TV!!

2008-10-27T17:00:00.000-07:00

Kyle was fascinated with the new TV we got, it is a 52'' one. We like it too!!

Keema's Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-26T14:30:00.000-07:00

Went to a cute pumpkin patch near our development, it is ran by the Keema family, my daughters went to school with her kids, I think Kyle had a good time there.

Look at all of these pumpkins!

I think this is a good one!

I got the wagon!

Time to pose for pictures!

Enough mom! LOL!

I like pulling the wagon!

But it sure is heavy!

I like this tractor too!

Halloween Party!

2008-10-18T21:42:00.000-07:00

I was invited to a Halloween party by my Zumba Instructor Kim AKA Zumba Kim, I had told her I don't really do Halloween parties, like dressing up and the such. She said I could go as a Zumba instructor, I got to thinking...hmnnn I could go as Kim! So I did! LOL! here is a picture of her and this is how I went. People at the party were cracking up! They knew exactly who I was.

More Pictures with my D300 Day Two!

2008-10-05T21:50:00.001-07:00

Here is the second set of pictures I've taken with my new camera

Kyle playing with some toy binoculars at Grandpa's house

Playing with the focal points and depth of field

And just another cute picture of Kyle! LOL!

New pictures from My D300!! Day One..

2008-10-04T19:54:00.001-07:00

Here are my first pictures from my new Nikon D300! I am still trying to get used to the settings and such.

Saturday Sept 27th - SIL Wedding

2008-09-29T22:32:00.001-07:00

Went to my sister-in-law's wedding in San Francisco, it was a Greek Orthodox ceremony, it was very nice. Here are a few pictures from the ceremony.

The Priest

The crowns?

Bible and goblet

Ed's cousin from Japan playing a Japanese instrument

The attendants

The beautiful flowers

The priest singing in the ceremony

Kay and her Japanese aunt

The beautiful cake (didn't get to stay long enough to eat it! ) darn!

Kyle totally uninterested in the festivities

The happy couple!

Ed, Kyle and his sister

Homecoming!

2008-09-26T23:10:00.001-07:00

My daughters' high school had their homecoming, the theme for the seniors was the '90's, their float won the float contest and their group won the spirit contest too!! Other themes for the classes were the 50's, 70's, and 80's. It was a lot of fun photographing the parade.

The winning Senior Class of 2009 Float!!

Some of the seniors dressed up as the "Rug Rats" LOL!

The seniors and their advisors, with the 90's theme, Rugrats, Toy Story, Blue's Clues, and the such!

The spirit truck! Just a fun group of kids!

Kyle and Stephanie's dad getting ready to enjoy the parade!

50's theme for the class of 2010

The 2010 Spirit truck

80's theme for the Class of 2011

70's theme for the Class of 2012

Back of the 70's float

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-09-21T13:11:00.001-07:00

Saturday Sept 13 - Portfolio Building Workshop

2008-09-16T15:38:00.000-07:00

I attended my first photography workshop in Sacramento coordinated by Mark Behrens, it was a "Build your Portfolio" workshop, we got to work with Models, Seniors, Families , and children. It was a lot of fun!

In Loving Memory of a Classmate

2008-09-06T09:08:00.001-07:00

A dear classmate of mine from High School (Yokota) passed away on August 29th, I had known him for over 30 years, our fathers worked together, and retired in the same town. Today we had a memorial service for him and this is a little something I put together in a nice frame for the service. Just a nice picture of him and some sentiments sent from other classmates. I think it came out nicely. If you click on the picture it will enlarge it.

New Collage of Kyle

2008-09-04T16:25:00.001-07:00

These shots were taken with my nifty fifty (50mm f1.8) I love this lens!

Jessica in the Studio

2008-08-29T08:48:00.001-07:00

Just some test shots, my friend Jenn was doing some studio shots of my daughter and I wanted take a couple of my own, using lights and pocket wizards. They are not the greatest but it was fun to try anyway.

Closeup

It is just some shiny black fabric she is wrapped up in.

Against a white background...couldn't get it all white though in Post Processing

Another close up..got the white alittle better here.

Kyle's first day of Preschool!

2008-08-26T09:24:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pictures from Kyle's first day of Preschool. He did really well and didn't cry when I left, I peeked in near the end of class and saw him sitting with the other kids while the teacher sang "The Wheels on the Bus" song..he was so cute sitting there following along and doing the hand motions...awww my baby is growing up!

Okay I'm ready to go!

"Cheese"!!

Okay mom! that's enough pictures!

Kyle's cubby

Playing with the fun toys they have

"Look mom a bunny"!

It's cute!

Playing some more!

What ?? Time to start school?
Ready to go home!! He still had some remnants of juice from snack on his mouth! LOL!

I am "this big"!

More pictures from Vegas - scenic and more

2008-08-24T16:21:00.001-07:00

Here are a few Pictures from out and around the Las Vegas Strip, the ever changing weather made the picture taking challenging.

This was the view out of my hotel window..not bad.

This was taken through the window at the Lion Habitat at the MGM Hotel

Statue of Liberty outside of New York New York

New York New York at night

One of the Jackpots that me and my HS friends won while we were in Vegas!

Just a couple of views of a neat car outside of Planet Hollywood

Another Night view of Las Vegas

The Eiffel Tower outside of the Paris Hotel

The Paris Balloon

A pretty fountain

Another view of the Eiffel Tower

The Harley Davidson Cafe

I just had to take pictures of these Star Wars Slots! LOL!

The Strip at Dusk

The strip after the sun goes down

The Excaliber Hotel

The MGM Lion

Another of the Statue of Liberty at New York New York at dusk.

Just back from Vegas!! Lots of fun!

2008-08-18T18:38:00.001-07:00

Here a few pictures of my High School friends, it was just a small informal gathering, we ranged in age from Class of 75-79

Joe and Mike... just a couple of characters!

Joe & me

Some of us in front of the Hooters restaurant after lunch

Dinner at Todai's - all you can eat sushi and more!

Haji having a good laugh!

Don & Cindy both in my class (class of '78)
The guys again!

Greg saying "cheers"!

Not sure why the guys are looking so serious!! But Faith is happy!

The Farnsworth girls with the guys.

My Daughters' new Baby!!

2008-08-10T20:29:00.001-07:00

Meet Miley! My daughters' new "Chorkie" puppy.

Look at this face!

She is just the sweetest puppy, so far no accidents in the house she's had her almost a week now. She is 3/4 Yorkie and 1/4 Chihuahua.

Going Camping

2008-08-01T13:07:00.000-07:00

Our first time Camping up at Lake Camanche

The drive down, kinda crowded huh! LOL!

The first sunset

Our little tent

Kyle's first morning

Where am I??

Oh "hi Mom!"

Just relaxing

Daddy relaxing with Daisy

Boots was relaxed too!

Just hanging by the fire

Our Fire

Kyle's deer in the headlight look!

Ahh... this is the life!

Happy Birthday Jessica!!

2008-07-29T14:47:00.001-07:00

Jessica is 19 today!!

Present time!

She loves to read!

Homemade Ice Cream cake

Time to blow out the candles!

Her favorite present from BF a Kitchenaid Mixer! She loves to bake!

Birthday girl - Dinner

2008-07-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

Just some silly pictures from Jessica's Birthday dinner

Peace baby!

Silly Sisters!

Jess and her BF

Playing with little sisters' I-Phone

Goofballs!

Faux Hawk

2008-07-21T18:43:00.000-07:00

How can you say no to this face??? LOL!

Or this one...
or this one...

ewww!

2008-07-21T14:41:00.001-07:00

I saw this interesting looking spider out back and wanted to take a picture of it!

This is his butt...
And he's looking at me here!

My budding photographer

2008-07-21T13:44:00.000-07:00

I wonder where he gets this from??? LOL!

Okay! "Say Cheese" !!!

Let's try it this way!

Oh where has the time gone?

2008-07-18T18:11:00.000-07:00

Senior picture time!! Here is my Daughters' wonderful Senior pictures taken by Jennifer Moon of Jennifer Moon Photography!

July 11th - Heroes Alley Photoshoot

2008-07-16T09:12:00.000-07:00

Went to a comic book/toy store to do a shoot for a Clone Wars poster contest, Some 501st members participated it was alot of fun!

Here are just some random toy shots

A neat shot of a Yoda they had there

Some contest shots..

The kids wanted to get in on the action too! LOL!

Some of the guys being silly! (look at the expressions of the top guys)

Posing time!

Now this is just silly!

July 10th - Mr. Personality!

2008-07-16T09:04:00.001-07:00

Just some fun expressions of Kyle! LOL!

July 8th - Fun with Daddy!

2008-07-16T09:00:00.001-07:00

Kyle was trying to give daddy a back rub! you can see the red mark where he was pounding on his back! LOL! He is always giving hugs to Daddy! awwww!

Happy 4th of July!

2008-07-04T22:57:00.000-07:00

Kyle playing with his trains before going outside.

I thought this was a neat shot taken around 9:15pm

Fireworks time!!

Sparkler time!!

Here's a few pictures from our fourth of July. I thought the sparklers one came out pretty neat!! Kyle really enjoyed watching the "pireworks" He and his "sissy" just sat in the car and watched.

"What you doing?"
Stop taking my picture mom!

Book Signing at Borders - Troy Denning

2008-06-01T23:39:00.000-07:00

We took my hubby's R2D2 up to Borders in Folsom for a book signing by Troy Denning author of the latest Star Wars Legacy of the Force book Invincible. It was a fun event with lots of characters showing up, R2D2, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Stormtroopers, a Sandtrooper, and many other characters.

The Books! Star Wars Legacy of the Force - Invincible

The Author - Troy Denning

People waiting for the Characters

The line for the book signing

The line from the other way

The Rebel Alliance

Chewbacca! This guy was 6 '7'' but in costume over 7' tall!

The Imperial Army

Darth Vader

The whole group!

Blast From the Past Part II

2008-05-28T21:03:00.001-07:00

Found some more Old Prints of my mom and dad and brother when he was a baby, I scanned them in and then restored them.

Here is an example of the before

And After restoration

Blast from the Past

2008-05-26T23:38:00.001-07:00

I found some old slides at my dad's house and found some cute pictures of my mom and my brother when he was a toddler. I used a epson scanner with the slide insert. These pictures are about 50 yrs old. They came out remarkably well!

That is my mom in the yellow and my brother on the elephant.

Looks like the baby elephant wants some more peanuts!!

Here come some more peanuts

Look behind the float in the background.

Yes that is the price for regular gas!!! Oh those were the days!

R2D2 on Good Day Sacramento

2008-05-25T08:27:00.000-07:00

Good Day Sacramento and Alan Sanchez came to our house bright and early this morning at 6 am, to see my husband's R2D2 that he built. They were honoring the 31st Anniversary of the Star Wars movie and wanted to see people's Star War Collections.

Meetup Mayhem

2008-05-22T09:41:00.000-07:00

Well not really..Me and a few professional and non professional photographers got together in Old Town Elk Grove to practice shooting eachother and playing with Off camera flash. It was alot of fun!!

Here is most of our group shooting me shooting them!

Setting up

I thought this was a neat shot of Hassib shooting Carlos
My blue sky shot of Carlos

I think this one turned out well too.

I love how this one converted

Hassib and Jenn

I love how I got the amber background to show up.

And I thought this was a neat conversion too

Carlos and Jenn in front of the train

Carlos and that darn camcorder! LOL!
And finally our favorite Model Hassib!

I should of put a caption in the lens flare! It sure looks like he is thinking about something!

Random Pictures

2008-05-21T23:17:00.000-07:00

Kyle helping his sister with her folding.

Telling her what to do! LOL!

Just a random moon shot!

Kyle playing in grandpa's backyard! Notice his dandy haircut?

Sitting on the rock wall.

What a sweet face!

Another moon shot! Still trying to get it right!

May 17th Pin-agogo

2008-05-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

Went to a Pinball Event over the weekend called Pin-agogo, it was alot of fun I love pinball machines and had a great time playing so many different pinball games some were really old and some were brand new. I even played one of my favorites from High School called Wizard!

We had a dove setting up house

2008-05-21T22:49:00.000-07:00

Mama dove setting up house in our fence.

Close up

Peeking out

Another closer view

This was her egg.

Sad update though..since she set this up in not a very secluded place, there are cats in the neighborhood. We had chased one out a couple of nights ago, and the dove and her egg was still there the next morning. However this morning (5/21) There was no sign of her or her egg. I would suspect either the cat or the mockingbirds in the area got to it.

Oh what fun! Jumping on the bed!

2008-05-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

Was changing the sheets the other day and Kyle decided to have some fun! And fun he did have!!

May 10th Garrison Picnic

2008-05-21T22:22:00.001-07:00

Mr. Turkey

Kyle Daydreaming! LOL!

Mama dog - she was beautiful!

One of her puppies! so cute!

Just a pretty tiny Flower!

And a teeny tiny baby Praying mantis, it was about a half a inch long

May 3rd - Western Festival

2008-05-10T21:21:00.001-07:00

Just checking out the sites at the Western Festival last weekend

Kyle was fascinated with the ducks

Just a pretty fountain at the pond

Father and son taking a walk down the walkway

We came across this family with baby ducks! So cute!

Then there was this huge fish some guys caught at the pond!

Here are the unknown guys with their "big catch"!

Mr. Squirrel saying "hi"!

"Wassup!"

Ed had a duck like this growing up his name was "Shogun"

Father and Son on the bridge! Kyle looks so enthusiastic!

The Wiggles!!

2008-05-09T21:40:00.001-07:00

Went to the Wiggles Concert a couple of months back , here are the pictures I took.

It's a Jeff in the Box!

"Wake up Jeff!!"

Song and Dance!

The Wiggles dancers!

Sam crawling around

More Dancing

Henry the Octopus

Anthony doing a jig!

Sam singing

More dancing!

The Wiggle dancers again

Captain Feathersword and Sam

Kyle enjoying the show!

Almost over!

Confetti time!

Goodbye everyone!

Birthday Party Photos Kinda late

2008-05-06T14:32:00.001-07:00

Decorations!

The Birthday Boy!

"Stop taking my picture mom!"

Waiting for Presents!

This looks interesting!

Cool Book!

Cake time!

Blowing out the candle!

Checking out my stuff!

My cards!

The End of Supernews

2008-04-22T18:21:00.000-07:00

Just a gathering of Supernews employees, being entertained by the restaurant Host Geoff, lots of sake going around, there's Sam with the Birthday Broccoli, and the Birthday girl Tammy at the end of the table.

"Big Rock"!

He loves the "Demon Duck"!

Then you have the lone Toddler Kyle doing what he can to entertain himself.

The Demon Duck meeting his demise to T-Rex~

My how he's changed!!

2008-04-15T18:38:00.000-07:00