Coronado Heights

Bailey likes to ride in the car. No, strike that. Bailey LOVES to ride in the car. Whenever we get our keys or start to put our shoes on, she does happy little circles, then sits very still and hopes her good behavior will get her invited on every trip out.


See how excited she gets? :)


A few months ago, we headed to Coronado Heights. Erik had never been, and we wanted to go. Bailey is always up for an outing where she can sniff a new area.


She's *mostly* obedient.


Until she sees someone new or another animal. Then we have to put her on the leash and pray she doesn't have an epic meltdown.

It was a windy day, and even more windy at the top! I seriously thought we might get blown over the edge!

Self portraits

One of the quirky things about photographers is that we take self-portraits. Often, we are not seen in photos of family events because we are BEHIND the camera. Sure, we captre the event, but we are also a missing component.

This is the Willie from my freshman year at K-State (1999). I adored him because he'd always come over and take self portraits with me. :-)

Today, I thought I'd share some of my crazy self portraits.

This is Kelly ... he asked for some self portraits for a class he's teaching, which prompted this post. Kelly and I were both accepted to the Eddie Adams Barnstorm in 2002.



Here's my one from college graduation.


This is also from my time in Independence. I went to Sedan, Kansas for a clown festival to celebrate famed clown Emmett Kelly.


This is when I was the designated animal shelter photog in Independence. It was rough to go see the kitties and puppies without homes. The kittens enjoyed crawling on my shoulders. Esse did this when she was wee, too.


Also near Independence, a sunflower field ... I went one night to photograph and dis some self portraits (yes, I'm a TOTAL ham!)


This was when Robin shaved her head for a St. Baldrick's fundraiser.


These two were from when I photographed a group of women who take "girls trips" on their Harleys (I want one!!!!).





After the trip, I got this shirt, and sent an email to everyone I knew, telling them I was going to go to the Harley Davidson mechanic school in southeast Kansas! It yielded some awesome responses from friends! It's also the shirt I was wearing the night Erik and I first met.


This was taken when I was in Rome photographing ... I LOVE it!



I shot this last year when I went to Salina for a work trip. I went to Coronodo Heights ... then it snowed the next day. Itw was CRAZY!


This is Louie, Allison and I. Allison and I teach CCD on Wednesday nights and have too much fun with our second graders. Over the summer, she invited me to watch her in a cow milking competition ... but later told me that she needed team members, so I had about 5 hours to learn how to milk a cow! I dressed accordingly, though. :-)


Heidi

Last year, my friend Heidi and I went to the POY judging in Columbia, Mo. I told Erik I was going to go pee on the pillars ... we had a little fun!




To finish it up, this is Eirk and I. He told me to stop flashing my ring when we were taking a photo for our Christmas card. This was my response.