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I’m proud to introduce to you, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lackey, married June 6th 2009. Congratulations Adam and Melissa. And thank you for allowing me to capture your most important day. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
(A quick thank you to Jessica at Epagafoto for letting me shadow her the weekend before. Jessica is an awesome wedding and engagement photographer. Be sure to visit her site at Epagafoto.com. Thanks Jessica.)
With the two older ones gone at camp, I wanted to make sure I did some special things with the two younger ones. We love berry picking. We started several years ago picking blueberries at the Berry Patch at 223rd/Stateline. I fell so in love with the having fresh berries, we started planting our own bushes. We have a nice blackberry and blueberry patch in our backyard. Every year we add a few more bushes.
Last year we discovered a berry patch up near my in-laws in Highland, KS. Grimm’s Gardens is located North of Hiawatha, KS. I couldn’t believe the size of the berries on their bushes. They were huge! While we were there, I discovered Raspberries. The season for Raspberries was coming to an end, so weren’t able to pick very many, but enough for some Raspberry jam. My taste buds fell in love 
I discovered a new berry patch near Baldwin, KS. Lawson Brothers Berry Farm. Lawson’s has strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Strawberry season has ended, but raspberries should still be available for another week. If you get a chance, go pick you some. At Lawson Brothers, they are $3/pound. What a bargain! It’s a good thing they don’t weigh you before you pick.
Here’s a few photos of us enjoying our berry picking.
Have a great weekend.
Oh when it’s summer time
and your thoughts of school are fading’
there’s a big ole’ bus that’s waiting,
it’s waiting, it’s waiting to go
wo-oh
If you’re a parent and you’ve not listened to Justin Roberts, check him out. Google Justin Roberts and there are several websites to preview his music.
Our family owns one of his CD’s, Way Out. One of the catchiest songs on the CD is Day Camp. It seemed appropriate to sing that song this morning. My boys left for camp for the first time. Headed to 4-H camp for 4 days and 3 nights. I’m so excited for them but I still worry. I hope that have a great time, but can’t wait for them to come home safely.
Here’s a few pictures of us sending them off this morning. (Thought their dad might enjoy this).
Superman, where are you? I need you! Please! See, my children are growing up Superman, and I need to turn back time. Remember when Lois Lane died and you were so overcome with emotion that you flew around the earth so fast that it spun backwards on its axis? Could you do that again? Only, instead of going back a few mere minutes Superman, I want to go back a few years. Three would be great, but I’d even be happy with two years. And then when I go back, can I just stay there . . . . . . .?
People warned me this would happen Superman. They told me, “they grow up so fast”. I listened and I believed them. I knew it would happen, but now, it just seems to be going by so much faster. It seemed when they were little, they were little for so long. But now the days go by so fast. I can’t stop it and I feel so helpless. Pretty soon I won’t be able to carry them any longer and well, they won’t want me to anyway. I want to hear their little voices. The words that they pronounce wrong. When they get so tired, they just fall asleep in the oddest places. These are the days I miss so much and long to return to Superman.
So, if you can hear me, wherever you are, please hurry Superman. It feels like this is my last summer to really enjoy them and I know it will pass so quickly. Soon August will be here and they will return to school and my time with them will be cut even shorter. So, please, come quickly.[gallery]
I have to admit, booking a session with five children can make one sweat, just a bit. Having four children of my own, I know what a daunting task it is just trying to get them to even look at the camera sometimes. But this family was such much fun to photograph, they made the session a breeze. The four boys were so great. They had a ball on our new tire swing, exploring our pasture and splashing in the water. The baby of the bunch, the only girl, was a bit shy at first, but once we broke out the bubbles, she came to life.
Thank you Amelia for allowing me to photograph your fun loving beautiful family. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
I’m actually enjoying a little down time right now. With starting my business last year, I got behind on my own personal projects. One of them being cleaning out my 2008 family pictures. So, by being stuck in the house, I’ve been able to start catching up on my to do list.
Blogging more frequently is on my to do. I have some new things in the works for the upcoming year, so, please keep checking back.
In the meantime, here are a few photos from the New Year of my own family. As I clean up my personal picture files, be warned I’ll probably be sharing a lot of them.
Thanks for stopping by.
