raising a daughter...

Having raised two daughters, this is a moment that I can relate to... 

Tyler and Pyper winding down watching some television in the hotel room after a long day of driving to be able to celebrate a friend's birthday in Big Spring, Texas.

There will never be enough of these moments...

happy birthday Sadi...

Yesterday was Sadi's 17th birthday. Can't believe my little girl is 17 years old and heading off to college this fall. I have so many precious memories of both of my girls growing up. Taking pictures of them blowing out the candles has been a birthday tradition. Love it even more that I caught it this year on Impossible film...

golden glow...

Got a little too close and the flash washed her out just a little.  The red glow goes good with the gold frame...

sit and spin...

Maci and Pyper playing on the sit and spin.

maci and tyler...

They stopped by and dropped off Pyper on their way to a Pike Christmas party. Had several of my instant cameras ready to take some quick photos. This one was my favorite of the night...

and she smiles...

Took this one while on vacation in California.  We were in the elevator headed back to our room.  The Mint flash works like a charm every time...

beautiful images...

Caught a couple of beautiful images that I just had to post.

This one was Pyper after she got out of the bath last night.  Wanted to test some more of the PX70 with the mint flash.  As you can see, it works great!  Just have to watch being too far away from what you are photographing...

After church today, I talked Sherri into letting me take an indoor picture of her with just window light from the side.  Amazing how I take hundreds of pictures and very few of her.  Just so you know, this is her choice not mine.  If it was my choice, I would get at least one picture of her every day...

in mint condition...

This is my first photo using my new Impossible Mint flash with PX680 film in the SX-70 camera.  As with all Impossible products, it delivers a very unique image.  I am always amazed at how the image looks like it was taken many years ago.  If you think the scanned image looks neat, you should see the original!  I can't seem to stop picking it up to look at it.  I don't know why I like it, but I do...