More Rochester....

All were taken today. The clouds were so puffy!

Kodak. We all wonder how long this building will stand. So sad how this company is fading away.






City Hall reflection in the window of the Democrat & Chronicle building.


The wings on the top of the Times Square building.


Cheryl, my friend, requested this pic of our bridge.

Rochester, NY

I love my 'hometown' and would never leave. I have been wanting this first shot for many years! :) Got it yesterday.

A twin shoot

I was able to do a photo shoot today of twins! Are they not just SO adorable?? Meet Marie and Grant. It was so wonderful to visit with their Mom and Dad afterwards. Our family had not seen them in a while. Thanks for having us out!

Diet Eman, Things We couldn't Say

I was Googling for a transcript and stumbled upon a book from a blog...
http://michellewegner.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/deit-eman.html
I am very interested in Corrie ten Boom, so got this from the library.
Finished it last night and it is an incredible book! If you are a WWII
history buff, this is a great one!

I wanted to share.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802847471/1n9867a-20
http://www.dordt.edu/cgi-bin/news/get_news.pl?id=2577

Abby got her My Twinn doll....

Back in April, Abby asked for an American Girl doll. I explained they are VERY expensive and require MUCH care, as they are very expensive. "Maybe we will ask Santa when you are in third grade." And left it at that. She continued looking at the American Girl catalog until it was falling apart and dreaming of the doll, lol. So then I gave her Brother Danny's old job of rinsing/returning cans. She could save the money from that to buy her doll.

She LOVED that idea!!! So we started saving. She came across another catalog in summer for My Twinn dolls and decided she wanted one of these first. Same rules applied: Save can money. She has worn BOTH catalogs out, lol, but had saved a little over $60 so far.

I 'happened' to go to the My Twinn website for the 'first' time on Monday, low and behold they were having 40% off and they were $59.99...with the sale ending that NIGHT! I thought that was pretty cool I happened to go there! We immediately sat down and went thru the dolls and she chose the one she wanted. It arrived today! She was SO excited! I think it is kind of 'nice' since she does not have a sister. She built a bed out of a cardboard box for it also. Gillian is her name. I think Abby chose well.

Back to school!

Well, she's off....sigh. 1st Grade. What will the year hold? Will she like her teacher? At least our bus driver is the same and she is awesome! She was so excited to go back, but I will miss having her around...well, I will get more work done tho, lol.

My nephew, Trevor

I have been able to 'meet' my nephew this month. It is the first time I have really 'talked' with him and he is such a wonderful young man! I was trying to 'capture' him and his love for playing. And to also capture the beauty of his two guitars he had with him. I thank him for this 'time' he has shared with me. It was really cool.

my two "daughters" in a sense. . .

This is Abby and Taylor. they call themselves "sisters" so am I their "mother"? LOL! She has been going camping with us for two years now,. We had fun this year. This is at Allegeny.

Kim and Don - Happy 25th Wedding Anniv!

Went to PA to help celebrate my BF from HS's Anniv. They started dating in HS, so is so cool to still see them SO in love and cuddling. ;) Her DD planned the whole thing and it was a GREAT party! GREAT food and so fun to see Kim's relatives, whom many I have not seen since I was a Sr in HS.

Camping at Hamlin Beach for the Civil War weekend

July 16, 2008 This was such a cool weekend! We will do it again in the future. The reinactors all stay in the tents; stay in character. The one couple actually 'really' got married! Was so neat!

Allegany State Park

Went for a week. Wanted to share some pictures. Will put more up, but this is a hawk we saw close-up in the lobby of the Admin building, for a talk...not flying free, lol. They had a few owls and falcons too. A raptor talk. I love this park! It has SO much to do there....many guided hikes and talks. Is very beautiful and the cabins are awesome! Those are Osprey in the nest at the top of the wire pole. A baby is in the nest.

Some Senior portraits...

These are my favorite of the season so far.

Wow! Have not posted in a while.

Have been busy with my court reporting. Here is a wedding I did a few weeks ago. I had a blast with the couple!

Another Spiritual pic to me

I have had this running in my head for a while.

The man whose hands these are is such a wonderful

person. This is how I 'see' him. Close to God.

And another version with a Bible Verse.....