Now that Christmas morning has passed I can post Noah’s portrait that Tami & Chris asked me to shoot for a Christmas present. I love this tugging on his socks shot. He so cute!
Noah’s Christmas Portrait
Christmas Eve 2011
This year Jon & Kathy got bullied into hosting Christmas Eve, by Aunty Karen. She also made Jimi cook dinner?
As I mentioned earlier I have to get better at shooting portraits so I used this opportunity to try a few. I lugged a car full of equipment so I could try some new gear. Unfortunately I ran out of time and did not get any more than the group shots.
Japanese Lunch
Friday we did something we never do, have a sushi lunch. It was strange being at Angel Fish with the sun still up and not slurping down my favorite beer Echigo.
Osaka Ramen
Had Vietnamese Bánh Mi for lunch yesterday. As I was walking out I noticed a ramen shop next door, Doh! I love tonkotsu ramen, so today I twisted Sandy’s arm and we went to Dublin. After all that driving it was just okay. The ramen quest continues…
Cirque du soleil
Practice…
I plan on shooting portraits at our annual Christmas Party so I wanted to practice a bit. I let Sandy shoot me too.
Flora Beauty
Sandy brought home a lovely orchid for me.
Holiday Inn
I’m embarrassed to say that I had dinner at the Holiday Inn in Redding, but it was really good. Osso Buco!
Progressive Dinner
Tonight we charted new territory by participating in a progressive dinner with a few of our neighbors. Appetizers were at the Heidi & Michael’s (happy birthday, Heidi!), salad was at our place, Ophelia prepared a leg of lamb and dessert was at Lynn & Bill’s place. Luckily the distance was reasonable which worked out great as we didn’t have to worry about driving. I made some nice pumpkin martini’s.
Noah’s 1st Thanksgiving
Fun with the family, as usual. Enough food to feed an army, as usual. The worst part of the evening? While I was carving the burd Noah got his 1st taste of turkey… he absolutely hated it, spit it out in dramatic fashion. I would have loved to have captured that moment.
