My New Sis-in-Law

On November 8th, my brother-in-law Andy married Denise in Frederick, MD. We are SO excited to have her in our family. I have boat loads of pictures of course, but here are a few teasers.

BOSC Napa Photo Shoot

Back on November 15th I went on a photoshoot with my Beale Air Force Base Photography Club to Napa, CA. We were lucky enough to have a gorgeous young newly engaged couple go with us and model for us. Most of the BOSC folks had cool new lighting equipment that we all eagerly tried out. Our favorite was the Pocket Wizard, and that is how I was able to capture this last shot at dusk in the vines. What a trip. Great learning experience for us all, and a great time to boot !

Riding the Polar Express

My friend Melissa Munno and I took the kids to ride the Polar Express in Sacramento on Dec 7th. They re-enact all the best parts of the movie on the train and the kids LOVED it. It was lot of fun. The waiters even tapped danced to "hot chocolate" down the aisles and passed out hot chocolate and cookies for all. The train slowly approached the North Pole and all the children ran to look out the windows on one side of the train where they found Santa waving to them and a MILLION lights all around him as far as you could see in either direction. When we left the North Pole to return home, Santa boarded the train and gave each of the children a bell if they just "BELIEVED".