In light of the Superbowl only a few weeks away, I wanted to post some of my own NFL pics !!

I am so blessed to have the sweetest younger brother, who also happens to be the place kicker for the Seattle Seahawks football team! He surprised me over my Thanksgiving visit with a press pass to the Seattle Seahaws/Washington Redskins game. Let’s just say it was awesome!! Nerves mixed with adrenaline mixed with the excitement of joining and watching my “little” brother on the field produced some great pictures. All my senses were heightened when looking through the view finder in the event that the ball might come in my direction and I would quickly have to get of of the way of 200 and 300 pound athletes. It was truly a wonderful opportunity and something I hope to pursue more when I have the chance. There is no better view than from the sideline with unlimited access. Thank you, Steve, and go Seahawks!

My last free weekend of the summer before the crazy wedding season that is enveloping my life this fall was spent with great friends doing some really fun stuff! It was early August, and we drove down to Point Look Out State Park on friday night. It’s the perfect lovely quick get away vacation spot- 2 hours south of here (DC) and right on the water where the Chesapeake and Potomac river’s split. We set up camp down there, and whipped up a little camp fire to relax and sip some wine by. Saturday we hung out at the pet beach with our dogs who ran free and wild all day, swimming and galavanting through the sand. After a long hard day of relaxing, we boiled some shrimp and had yummy shrimp tacos and smores by our fire. It was a beautiful sight…though since I was taking a day off from photographing anything, we don’t have any photos. HOWEVER, we do have photos of Sunday when we packed up camp and jumped up to Solomans Island where we rented a Pontoon boat and an inner tube for playing out on the Patuxent river (a small river branching off of the Chesapeake). You’ll see photos of myself, my dog Nala, and our friends, Greg, Ru & their dog Bodhi. Enjoy- there are some classic action shots!

So I happened to have my camera with me when I went to watch my cousin’s lacrosse game. It was a beautiful day and I got some fun shots of the girls. Unfortunately they lost 13-9 but they played a tough team with an amazing goalie! Anyway, here are some pics. Keep an eye out for photos from last week’s birthday party, and this week’s vacation to Charleston. I’ll also be doing an engagement session and some baby pics this week- I’m so excited!