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I met up with my sweet friends Michelle and Rob on a gorgeous spring evening for a family photo session. I love being around their boys, Taylor and Braden, because a) they are super nice, and b) I get caught up on what’s cool in middle school from Taylor (kooky pens?) and learn all the Toy Story 3 gossip from Braden (he’s a huge fan!). Here are some of my favorites from their session:

Their golden doodle Mo made an appearance in some of the photos.  He reminds me of a huge muppet!

Thanks Michelle and Rob! I had a great time!

I recently attended a great photography workshop by Phoenix wedding photographer Melissa Jill (you can read more about the workshop on Melissa’s blog). As part of the workshop, we had the opportunity to photograph a newlywed couple, Promise and Brian. As you’ll see from the pictures, Promise and Brian aren’t your average couple; in fact, while we were shooting them some people who were walking by stopped and asked if they were celebrities. I think they might be on their way! Promise is a multi-talented photographer, artist, and graphic designer, and Brian is a worship pastor at a church in the Phoenix area. Here are some highlights from our session:

A couple weeks ago I attended a photography workshop in Phoenix (more on that in my next post). After the workshop, I had a free morning and decided to go to Desert Botanical Garden–one of Eric’s and my favorite places in Phoenix. It is so different than other botanical gardens that I’ve visited because of Phoenix’s climate. There are lots of fun cacti and beautiful desert landscapes. I was also excited to learn that they have a butterfly pavilion during the Spring and I spent a lot of time in there photographing the butterflies. I found them to be very cooperative subjects! Here are some favorites from my visit:

Right before I left I saw this hummingbird…so beautiful and tiny:

For Eric’s spring break, we went to New York City, and then on to Boston to visit his brother, sister-in-law, and our nieces. We love going to New York–it is so fun to explore all the different neighborhoods, museums, restaurants, etc. And of course I had to sample some of the cupcake shops–yum! Here are some highlights from our trip (all photos were taken with my point and shoot):

On our first day in NYC, we took the Staten Island Ferry. It was a gorgeous day and we had great views of the skyline. These were taken through the window of the ferry:

Central Park:

We saw In the Heights, an entertaining musical about an immigrant community in north Manhattan. Corbin Bleu played the lead and the audience was full of screaming teenage girls. After the show, you could make a charity donation and in exchange get a signed photo taken with Corbin. I passed–although I think it would have been a big hit with my nieces!

Across the street from our theater, The Addams Family was in previews. I thought that the signs were fun:

MOMA had a special Tim Burton exhibit during the time we were there. It was amazing! Tim Burton is so prolific and creative–the exhibit was full of drawings, paintings, sculptures, etc.

We can’t wait to go back!