in the booth....

so, jaden starts school on wednesday and soccer on saturday so we decided to make one last quick trip out to kansas before the craziness begins. we had so much fun going jeeping and jumping on the trampoline and of course playing in photobooth..... here's just a few shots. Josie was a riot.....

Wicked!

....so my dear friend annie flew out from the northwest to visit and help photograph for a few days...and as i've stated before the weather did not disappoint- she got a great dose of tornado warnings and storms.... not being ones to pass up an adventure- we decided to have a little fun with it- .....a great time was had by all! ...some have asked if she's related to paul bunyan- but i assure you she's even taller in real life! :) haha ..... love you annie!

just married....

so here's to the bride.... what a fun couple these two were- and such troopers as mother nature decided to add some of her own dose of excitement that weekend. I guess you should know your in for some excitement when you pass the "Storm Chasers" from the discovery channel on Highway 36 that same weekend. But needless to say it was an absolutely BEAUTIFUL wedding! Congrats to the Bride and Groom! .......cheers! 

Dinner for 6...

this was trip 1 of 3 to KC while i was back home.... doesn't everyone need a bit of chocolate, merlot & Zona Rosa every now and then? .......hmmmmmm......yummy....... 

Stalled out...

these are my cousin's kids who sure where troopers with the crazy wind.
i forgot to mention in the last post that when her foreign exchange student was here 15 years ago that they drove through a tornado, they were coming home from a track meet in Sabetha when the car stalled out (where my parent's house is now located, which also just so happens to be the location of these photo's). Apparently, the tornado was swirling around just enough above them that they didn't have a clue.....how many can put that on their resume?

良く生き、しばしば笑い、大いに愛せ。

that's supposed to be the Japanese translation for

"Live Well,

Laugh Often,

Love Much",

but then again you never know..... hmmmm.... hopefully it's clean at least.......it's been 15 years now since my cousin had her foreign exchange student from Japan. I was so excited to hear that she was coming back to visit for a few weeks and that i was still going to be in town- so of course i was thrilled to be able to photograph her with her husband and two kids.... so cute. 

PLAY BALL!

so there's this internal clock i have in my mind that says i'm always 25, and though i'm not much older than that i had a bit of a reality check when i was back in kansas. I had the opportunity of photographing my high school basketball coach's kids....i remember he and his wife had two adorable kids that us girls would have a ball with at the games....now there are 4 and they are all grown up....craziness... but cute as ever....