A Few of My Babies

After an afternoon at the pool



Chase attacked by his sister's intense love



Jaelin watching "Ni Hao Kai Lan"


50mm 1.4

My first shot out of the box with my 50mm 1.4. I have a feeling this lens and I are going to be good friends. I turned to the nearest victim as soon as it was on my camera. Thanks to Judd Simantov for his role as guinea pig. More to come...


Naughty Dog Bowling Night

Our studio recently rented a bowling alley
to celebrate the completion of one of our big deadlines.



I think this ball took three minutes to hit the pins.





Judy and Chase




Jaelin throwing the bowling ball with all her might.




Benson striking a box pose.




Chase, aka the Ladies' Man, getting passed around, but mostly monopolized by Anna Simantov.




Look at that form!




Mike and Matthew showing their impersonation of a coat rack.




Jaelin giving me some TLC (aka bossing me around).



Sea World


Catching up on some old posts...
We took our daughter to Sea World for the first time.
It was a magical experience for her. Shamu is her new hero.




Feeding the dolphins.
Is it me or don't dolphins look like the happiest creatures on earth?
This one looks like it just winked at me. Maybe he was just using me for my sardines.







I know we've all seen this guy perform these flips. But DUDE! It's a WHALE doing a freaking flip! Who was the guy who first thought, "Hey, I think I can train whales to do tricks for food."






The excited choke-hold.





Alaska


Last week (June 22-29), our family was able to sneak
away for a 7 day cruise along the coast of Alaska.

Alaska is humbling. I was caught breathless standing
in the center of some of the most picturesque and epic views on earth.

God was clearly inspired when He created Alaska.

















Morro Bay

We recently took a weekend trip to Morro Bay for Judy's birthday.



We gave Jaelin a new set of bubbles for the trip.
Judy blew while Jaelin ran around trying to pop the bubbles.




This was the coolest dog. He lived in one of the boats on the dock and loved to run and splash in the water. A little boy was playing with him, throwing rocks into the water for him to fetch.





Jaelin's Ariel pose on a rock.










Judy striking a pose.



Jaelin swinging like a monkey.







This was one of the best meals we've had in a long time. We bought fresh halibut from a fish market on the docks. They grilled it, and we sat & ate by the waterfront. It was soooo good.



This guy lived in a local aquarium.



This guy looked pissed at me.



Much to Judy's annoyance, I saw this and had to drive back a couple of exits to take a photo. Very inefficient point A to point B traveling. It was well worth the evil eye I got for it though.