Our Cousin's Maternity Session

Our cousin's are expecting their first child in the end of the month.

We are still thinking they planed this to get out of hosting this years Thanksgiving Day dinner! Last year she told me she really wanted to host Thanksgiving, but could be hard since her due date is the following day.

This week I was able to shoot their maternity session:

Brian (a Mets fan) and Kevin (a Phillies fan) have been battling the entire season, wanted me to make this session very special, if you understand what I mean! I love my husband, but I have to draw the line somewhere.

Coopertown Elementary School's Halloween Parade and Party

It was once again time for the Coopertown elementary school parade and following halloween party.

Kristin figured out early that she wanted to be a cow girl; (unsure if it is because Brian has been a cow for the last 15 years and maybe she thought she could boss him around for a change). She had mommom look high and low for cowboy boots and thrilled when she saw the boots for the first time.

Lots of good food at this party

Britt was a different story, she wanted to be a rockstar.... After not figuring out what to wear we ended up taking a trip to the costume store. She fell in love with the pirate coustume, so she decided to be a rocking pirate!

Britt and a girl in her class, guess they had the same idea


A 5th grader, did he loose a bet?


The Joker


Elvis just enterd the building



A First for Mrs Gilronan's Class, the kids were reading during the class party!


A little devil


Dracula


Mr G's class

Photos of my nieces in Norway

Here are some photos I took in Norway when I was home this summer. 

Coopertown Halloween Party

As I have mentioned before, we live in the best neighborhood ever.  Last Sunday was the anual Halloween Party for our neighborhood. It was held at Coopertown Elementary School,  where we had entertaiment and food. 

The most popular lady of the night

My daughter and her friend Kira

Put the nose right where it was supposed to go

A knight

A halloween witch

Minnie, she was so funny, as soon as she saw the camera she started to pose. 

A little lion

What is halloween without a princess

A baby pumpkin

Two bees, sweet as honey

Dracula

A future austronaut 

Some of the "older" girls helping out at the party

The cutest little cowgirl

Our Mother of Good Counsel - Visionary Conference

I was honored when I was asked  capture the Visionar Conference: "Dare to Dream, To Explore, to Become"  What do we think we could or would become in the year 2020?   Areas explored by the 80 parishioners included these topics: Ministries, Spirituality, Liturgy,Vocations, Communications, Administration, Education  Buildings and Property. 

The Basement

So our basement had some issues, mold and water.  We had a mold company here to remove the existing paneling  and then treat the basement for mold. A few days later awe had a waterproofing company to com in to put in the french drain. After the french drain was done the entire house was covered in dust! We are still working on it, hoping it will be back to normal within the next couple of weeks. 

The guys from the mold company was waring their masks and protective suits. It was kinda funny to watch. All the paneling was wrapped in plastic to prevent the mold spores from spreading. 

The contractors had to carry all the concrete in buckets up the stairs and through the house to get it out. My arms would be hurting the following day.

Day 2, we have a very high water table

Thinking we could have an indoor swimming pool, stop the sump pump and we would be in business. 

Coopertown Elementary Field Hockey

My oldest daughter is finally able to play team sports in school and she decided to play field hockey this fall. 

I am happy to say that all the kids still have all their teeth, which is a miracle after seeing them play.  I hope I do not speak to soon, since tomorrrow is the student/ parents game.  This is from one of their games this season.