April 2007
Monthly Archive
Sat 21 Apr 2007
Posted by Vicki under
Family[3] Comments
I should really be going to bed right now, but I have been so anxious to post some photos from my nephew’s christening this past weekend. It was raining like mad when we got to the church…and of course, I don’t own an umbrella. I survived 7 rainy seasons in California without an umbrella. When I first moved out there I kept buying and losing umbrellas, until I finally gave up and stated wearing hooded jackets. They work just as well. Anyway, we got to the church and baby Louis was all smiles - for the first 5 minutes that is. Poor little guy was hungry and tired. I know what that’s like, and the last thing I would want is to be in church surrounded by a bunch of people talking and singing, touching me, and dousing me with holy water. He was a trooper though. He cried through most of it, but he made it. And I imagine that will be the last dress he will be forced to wear.
Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure:
Mother and Child
Father and Son
The Baby, The Parents and Godparents
With Priest
The Godparents
Then we celebrated in the “traditional” style - with food! All great celebrations have great food. I seem to remember a cake (or was there 2 cakes?) and a 20-pound trifle made by the Godmother. (She is always bringing these amazing desserts!) Louis started napping as soon as he got back to his home, so I have no images of him celebrating…i didn’t want to disturb his well earned nap. I did, however, capture some others from the party. I will just post a couple of the kiddie’s for you.
I think this is one of my new favorites - i love the mood in this one of Sean & his Daddy:
This one just kills me - reminds me that we all have that inner child in us (and notice Uncle Bill shaved off that mustache):
and lastly, I captured a bunch of fun images of Vin and his daddy, so I decided to put a few of them together in one of those photobooth image strip thingys:
Apparently I was on a Father/Son Theme that day, which I suppose is appropriate since my focus was on my brother and his son. Well, I am not sure if I am even coherent any longer - my eyes are so droopy! I am off to some sweet dreams. God bless.
V
Sat 14 Apr 2007
Posted by Vicki under
Photograhy[2] Comments
I am loving life today. I love spring in New England, and it has finally arrived. I have been feeling so cooped up and trapped in my home, but yesterday the rain stopped. We live across the street from a playground, and I have noticed that the robin’s love to gather there. I have seen 20-30 robin’s there at a time. When I got closer to them yesterday I realized there must be some good food for them - the ground is muddy, ripe for grub. Here are a couple of images of the robin. Since I don’t have a long lens, as I tried to get closer, I scared the robin away. oops. I didn’t mean to disturb it….
For the past couple of weeks the husband and I have noticed some flowers sprouting on our front lawn. I can’t remember the last time I lived somewhere that had planted flowers on the property, so this has been very exciting for me. We were guessing they were tulips, and waiting for them to bloom. Yesterday I noticed their beautiful purple blossoms. I am not sure what kind of flower they are - are they tulips? Anybody know? Here are some of my favorite images of the flowers.
This one, in particular, shows the awesome quality of the spring light yesterday. I love the glowing edges of the flower here - this isn’t photoshop. I only did some minor editing (curves).
This one is a bit more traditional - with the stamen in focus….
and this one - the color of this flower was the most intense. This one looked most like a tulip to me, but I really don’t know a lot about flowers.
That was it for my adventure yesterday. I need to explore my area a bit more - there really is so much around me. We live near 5 different beaches, and I am pretty sure I will be spending alot of time there soon!
Thu 12 Apr 2007
Posted by Vicki under
Family1 Comment
Just a quick update to post some pictures from the family Easter celebratrion.
Vin came in his Easter outfit:
Louis is already so much bigger…they grow way too quickly:
The family at the dinner table (my dad is barely visible…)
I know the husband had a blast hiding eggs outside of my parents house for the kids to find. The kids, likewise, seemed to enjoy hunting for eggs. What fun!
Nick : 
Joseph: 
Karianne: 
and Vincent: 
That is really it for now. It was so awesome to spend Easter with my family - something I haven’t done in years! Although…the husband and I were missing the celebration on the west coast with the Souza’s….this bi-coastal thing stinks no matter how you look at it.
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