Edmonton Stiltwalkers

My 19 yr old son and his girlfriend are both stiltwalkers. Before Aaron started learning this incredible art, I had no idea that the Edmonton Stiltwalkers even existed! Aaron has been on stilts for 4 years, and Veronica (his gal) for about 6 yrs, I think. They performed in an amazing show at the Royal Alberta Museum on June 20. It's a fully choreographed story--the brainchild of Randall Fraser. It's called "Fire & Water: the Dragons Awaken". It ties in with the dragon exhibit that is running at the museum between now and September. It's an amazing performance performed in front of the front steps at the museum here in Edmonton. If you're able to go and take it in, I highly recommend it! The entire show is about 25-30 min. long, and it's FREE! I wanted to share a few stills with you!

Beautiful newborn!

I just finished up with Miss C. a few days ago. What a beautiful girl! Here's a couple more of her.

A couple more of the bubbles

Just one or 2 more.

The blurry little guy with the pointy hat in the background is Gunnar--our Norwegian lawn gnome. He keeps our garden faeries safe from the trolls!

Bubbles and Bokeh

So, on the May long weekend, my sister-in-law came over, and she and Taegyn got to playing with bubbles. They had a great time!

For those of you that don't know, "bokeh" is a term used in photography to describe a very shallow depth of field. These pictures are a perfect example of really great "bokeh"!

Thanks Denise, for being such a good sport!!!!

Beautiful Newborn

I had the opportunity to photograph the gorgeous Miss. C. last weekend. She was such a little doll---slept right through the entire shoot! Many thanks to her Mommy for inviting me into their home. I had a wonderful time! Here's a sneak peek for you!

My Boys

Here's the photo tiles my boys and I made for me!

My little Italian, Mother's Day, and other stuff

So I've finally finished up with The beautiful Dario. He's such a cutie-patootie! Diana, if you're checking the blog, send me an e-mail!

As everyone knows, yesterday was Mother's Day. I always get spoiled. I have the best husband and kids in the world!!!! I sleep in, Darcy made "big breakfast" for us, then we all piled into the van for the traditional trip to my favorite greenhouse, where I spend too much money on plants! Each year, the kids all pick a perennial that is theirs for the garden. Then Darcy makes supper for me, and the kids clean up. And I get to do whatever I want. We had my sister-in-law here, as well as my oldest son's girlfriend for a dinner of homemade chicken cordon-bleu, roasted red peppers, greek salad, and bbq potatoes, good wine, good company.... Yup, life is good!

We did a little project for the dayhome kid's Moms last week. We had a photo shoot in my living room, and then had prints made. Then the kids and I used Mod Podge to glue their photos to ceramic tiles to give to their Moms. Here is the result, along with another glimpse of Dario.