Sheridan Parade

On Memorial Day, we participated in Sheridan’s Spring Fest. Everyone involved was very excited and it was my very first parade. We all wore matching shirts and handed out lovely flyers and delicious candy. For this parade, the team consisted of Gerald (the Driver), Todd & Diane (Flyer Passer-outers), Haylie & Trevor (Official Candy Chuckers), the lovely Ashley as my wonderful Model, and I decided to play to role as the Photographer :)

Here are a few images along the way….

The float behind us was none other than the Montcalm SAY Soccer League...how funny!

The many faces of Ashley.....

A fellow canon photograper :)

I would like to give a special shoutout to Jim for taking this picture. Thank you Jim!! If you would like to check out some of his work, click here to see his flikr page.

One last look.....

Mission complete! A job well done!

Here's such a good picture to close with....they are so lucky that I didn't ask them to do the Robot!

Thank you guys so much for all your help. I couldn't do it without you!

Stay tuned to see our adventure of the Carson City Frontiers Parade!!

Holly + Joey Married!

What a great way to start a new post…new blog design and a new marriage! I have to give a special “Thank You” to the new husband and bride for allowing me to photograph their wedding. I was of course nervous seems how this was my very first wedding but Holly and Joey made me feel very comfortable.

They were married in Crystal, the reception was at the Sportsmen’s Club, and to top it all off they even had a party bus! It was definitely a memorable wedding and again I was so glad to capture it. Thanks again….enjoy your sneak peek!

Morel Festival

I know that I have been slacking on my blog posts...please forgive me for the onslaught of blog posts coming very soon. I really wanted to share with everyone how incredible it is to travel up to the beautiful Morel Festival in Boyne City. This was my second time attending and I am looking forward for many more years to come! We participated in the Guided Hunt as well as the National Championship Competition.

This is the "official" tent that housed many activities and served as the meeting place for trips.

Here we are all rearing to go. There were enough people registered to fill five buses!




This mushroom is none other than an imposter!

So even though no real morels were picked on the Guided Hunt, the scenery was nice to look at.



After the Guided Hunt and a Wine & Dine Morel Dinner, Todd and I bought our normal yard mushroom. We were very excited to be carrying this all around town!





Now for the big day! The competition. It was raining early in the morning and this guy was prepared for anything!

After the horns, we had 90 minutes to gather as many mushrooms as we could. Todd has spent many years in the woods mushrooming and even he faced some pretty stiff competition.




So even though neither of us won...we at least came home with something good to eat.

Sweet heavenly deliciousness!!!!



After the competition, we headed over to the Mushroom Pole and took a gander of some of the biggest, smallest, and best dressed mushrooms.

I decided to have some fun with my tripod and thought I might as well put it to work.









So this concludes my much anticipated mushroom vacation. Next year Boyne City is celebrating 50 years of the festival. I can't wait to see what events will take place.

Kavin's Senior Session

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon when I met with Kavin and his wonderful family. We chit chatted a bit and I was introduced to some of his lovely animals (Spirit and Raider). Raider was the kind of dog who could play fetch all day if he could find someone to convince--what can I say, I was a voluntary victim!

I was so impressed how Kavin's life is on track. He's leaving for training for the majority of his summer and has his career already planned. I wish nothing but the best for Kavin and his family. Thank you for allowing me into your lovely home. Here's a sneak peek of Kavin's gallery....Enjoy!