Chena and Her Boys : )

Chena is amazing. The kind of person that, when you meet her, already feels like an instant friend.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting her boys. And they're equally amazing.

So what do three amazing people add up to??

One freakin' amazing family.

Thanks Chena, Dominick and Lukas for a great morning!!

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"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." -- From the television show The Wonder Years

Candy Cane Antlers

Straight-out-of-the-camera goodness.

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"Boy, noun: a noise with dirt on it."
-- Not Your Average Dictionary :)

Fun with Friends :)

I never get to see Julie enough.

So I have to lure her out with my camera. ;)

Thanks Julie, Jason (aka Jeff!), Victor, Harrison, Sidney, and Isabel for a fun, Harry Potter-filled afternoon!!

(Click here to see more Olsen family fun!)
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"Time is making fools of us again."
-- Albus Dumbledore

Expelliarmus!

Count my lucky stars... I got to play Harry Potter yesterday. :)

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"In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own."
-- Albus Dumbledore

Photo of the Day: Just Laugh

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"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."
-- Woody Allen

A Day at the Lake

Photographs help us remember. They tell a story.

This is Ayla, Jeff, Kimbo and Mac's.

A picture really is worth a thousand words. :)

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"I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges."
-- William Albert Allard, "The Photographic Essay"

Picture Taking and Great Company

Summer finally hit the Seattle area yesterday - just in time for fall. Bright and buttery, the late morning sun spilled over Bothell Landing and infused everything it touched with a warm, shimmering glow.

Including Chena.

(Although, I think it's safe to say that Chena glows even on the cloudiest of days!)

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"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within."
-- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Sneak Peek: Chena :)

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"If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere."
-- Marilyn Monroe

Lifestyle Portraiture: Family Time :)

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"A house is not a home until it has a dog."
-- Gerald Durrell

Who Says You Can't Go Back? ;)

My first three years in Washington were spent here. At Woodinville Animal Hospital.

It was one of the hardest jobs I've ever, ever had. It was here that I learned to draw blood, prep for surgery, work an x-ray machine, overcome my aversion for vomit (yuck, I know) and... knit. (Yeah, you heard that last one right. Thanks, Bobbe!) I kissed and snuggled puppies and kittens, rough-housed with energetic dogs, treated cat scratch after cat scratch and, after especially difficult euthanasias, always waited until I got home to cry. After working at WAH, I gained a fresh perspective regarding animal health and, perhaps more importantly, discovered a whole new appreciation for veterinary doctors, technicians and staff. These people work their "tails" off (all right, a little pun intended) and deserve some major props for their skills, hard work, and compassion. After all, it's in their tender care that we trust the health of our beloved pets.

So special thanks to the staff at Woodinville Animal Hospital for a wonderful afternoon of picture-taking, reminiscing, and good coffee. Truth be told, I owe a great debt to this clinic... Because without my time there, I wouldn't be who I am today. :)

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"Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem."
-- Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh