Here Comes Baby N!
So here’s a fun story (at least I think it is.). Kara and I grew up in the same small town and church in Western Pennsylvania and now we both live in the Indianapolis area. When she contacted me about doing maternity photos I was so excited to have that hometown connection while doing my first maternity photo shoot (Thanks for taking a chance on me, Kara and Drew. Hope you like them!). There was an extra fun bonus when Kara’s parents were in town and hung out during the shoot we did at Holliday Park. It was so fun to reminisce about good old PA while hanging out in Indy. 🙂 Can’t wait to hear the news of Baby N arriving this month! Stay tuned for some newborn photos of this little one after his/her arrival! 🙂
Nikki is a Senior!
It seems like just last year I was in high school going to visit my cousin’s newborn baby girl. Hard to believe she is a senior now! I had a great time taking her senior pictures while I was home in Pennsylvania this summer. (You saw a preview of them on one of my previous posts.) It was fun to document the three sports she plays in addition to just how gorgeous she has become. I hope you enjoy some of my favorites here! I’ve included a few different editing styles, which may annoy some detailed people, but I think it’s fun to share a variety, so I hope you enjoy them. 🙂
Levi… and another one on the way!
I photographed Levi and his parents (my friends Chrissy and Kevin) last year in July and had a great time doing another shoot this year while we were all in Pennsylvania at the end of July. Check out how much he’s grown and now he’s preparing to be a big brother! Thanks, Kevin and Chrissy, for the opportunity to capture your lovely family!
Bri & Kelsey
Bri has appeared on this blog twice before, and has proven to be pretty memorable. When I tell people I’ve photographed the girl with the curly hair and blue eyes again, most of my friends remember exactly who I mean. She’s a beauty! And now she has an equally beautiful little sister! It was so great to catch up with my friend (their mom) and the girls when I was “home-home” in Pennsylvania and they were in town for the missions conference for a week in July. The girls had impressive endurance to make it through this photo shoot. I had trouble narrowing down the photos to show you here… I hope you enjoy them!
Summer Sneak Peeks
Hi All!
I’ve been pretty silent here recently due to the return to teaching at the end of July, but I haven’t stopped taking photos! Here is a sneak peek of some sessions from July that I will be blogging in the near future! I’m also excited to share my first maternity photo shoot with you from this month too. More to come soon!
More posts from Mark and Katie’s wedding are coming soon!
My brother and sister-in-law have the cutest kids!
You may remember this little lady from summer past. So fun to welcome her little sister into the photo shoot this year!
I love repeat clients! It was great to catch up with Levi again this summer.
I can’t believe my cousin’s daughter is a senior! It was an honor to take her senior photos.
I can’t wait to share more of these photo sessions with you soon! As soon as I get my lesson plans and reading classes together, that is! 🙂
Sneak Peek: Mark and Katie Get Married!
I don’t normally shoot weddings, but my friends Mark and Katie convinced me to give theirs a shot yesterday and I’m glad I did. How could I resist a wedding in an apple orchard?! For a while yesterday morning, it wasn’t looking like the weather would cooperate, but our prayers were answered and the sky cleared just in time for a beautiful wedding and celebration at Wea Creek Orchard in Lafayette, IN.
Here are a few sneak peek photos of their day. I look forward to sharing more with you in the coming weeks!
They had tractor rides on wagons to the ceremony site in the field!
Nathan is Six Months Old!
Hello friends!
You may recall Nathan from his newborn photos at the beginning of the year. It was so fun to revisit his home and see how he’s grown! Here are some highlights from his six month photo session!
Hanging out with his sister.
Love those cheeks!
South Carolina Family Sessions- Sheldon, SC
I had a great privilege a couple weeks ago when I was visiting my brother’s family in South Carolina. Remember that beautiful plantation I photographed? I got to do some family photos for my brother’s family and some family friends of theirs at that same plantation a few weeks ago. Here are some of my favorites!
Here is my new friend with her little girls:
And here are my newest Honduran friends:
And here we have the family of my brother and sister-in-law (with his eight youngest children. Unfortunately his two oldest weren’t in town for this photo shoot):
We love our jumping photos in the Mansell family!
This photo was Maddie’s request. 🙂
Here is the whole crew together:
Since this was my family I was shooting, I got in on the fun too!
Plantation Evening
It’s amazing what I can get done with this blog when I don’t have a full-time job during the day this week! Here are photos from a couple Sundays ago when I went with my brother’s family to a local plantation in Sheldon, SC. Needless to say, it was a magical evening. Enjoy!
That dog really wanted to be in my photos.
Can you spot the white horse?
My new favorite.
This photo feels a big magical to me.
My nephew with some of the local animals. 🙂
My lovely niece who accompanied me all over the plantation chasing the good light. 🙂
Have you ever tried goat milk soap? If not, you should!
My brother, sister-in-law, and eight of their ten kids live on Sheldon Family Farm & Dairy where they manage their many goats, cows, ponies, pigs, bees, chickens, cats, dogs, as well as a goose (or maybe it’s a duck?) and a rabbit. I think I’m still forgetting something. Anyway, using the milk from their goats, they’ve created a fantastic line of goat milk soap available here and various stores in the low country of South Carolina. As I alluded to in a previous post, I had some run-ins with the goats when I tried to capture some photos of their products last week, which is documented in some photos below. You can check out some of the beauty of the farm in my post about the farm after a rainstorm. Here are some photos to entice you to check out their great smelling, high-quality (i.e. leave your hands feeling amazingly soft) soaps. 🙂
I thought photos of the goats by the soap would be cute, like this one. 🙂
… then this happened. Goats really will eat anything!
This was the best I could do to get the babies to pose for me. 🙂
So many options and scents available!
Available in downtown Beaufort at Greenfish.
At the local feed store.
Also available at the local cider store.
Special gift wrap also available.
Some new residents on the front porch.
The bees whose wax/honey is used is some of their products.
If those photos aren’t enough to make you want to check out their great soap products, maybe these adorable kids who help make them will help! 🙂
Sheldon Family Farm & Dairy after a rainstorm
As I mentioned in my trip preview post, I was able to visit my brother’s farm last week in South Carolina. It was so fun to have family time and to get a glimpse of the farm in action. I got some photos after a rainstorm and also tried to capture some of the great things they have going on with their Sheldon Family Farm & Dairy projects, like the bees and goat milk soap. I absolutely love the soap and can attest to how great the scents are and the great feeling on your skin after using it. If you’d like to order some for yourself, check out their website. I’ll post more photos of the soap business in another blog post soon.
Such a great description of my brother’s family.
Here’s my brother, sister-in-law, and their eight youngest children (two others aren’t at home anymore). I’ll post more of this photo shoot soon.
Here are the photos I got after a rainstorm one evening:
After a rainstorm
It started raining when I was out there. Love the glistening raindrops!
Love the chickens through the window.
How I love evening shadows.
Evening light is one of my favorite things.
Rainbow!
Sneak Peek: My Trip Down South
Hey ya’ll! (I know, it just doesn’t work coming from me, but I like to try to fit in with local vernacular when I can.) 🙂 I’ve been hanging out with my brother’s family in South Carolina this week. It’s a beautiful area here in the low country. Here are a few sneak peeks of a post or two I’ll try to share soon of the great things I’ve seen and photographed. Enjoy!
Some of my favorite kids with whom I’ve gotten to spend the week. They also happen to be my nieces and nephews. 🙂
A rainbow AND ponies! Childhood dreams coming true!
Fun on the farm with Charlotte the goat.
One of my favorite things ever- a tree-lined path. 🙂 I took this at a local plantation near my brother’s.
Took a quick trip to Charleston to visit my nephew and his wife.
Visiting my nephew and his wife’s alma mater- The College of Charleston
My brother’s family makes goat milk soap. I was taking photos to go on their website and thought it would be cute to try to get some goats in the photos. Big mistake. Big. Huge. Stay tuned for another blog post detailing that experience. 🙂
Hawaii Revisited- Last Days in Maui
My last post about the Road to Hana wasn’t my final experience in Hawaii and even though it’s taken a long time, I wouldn’t feel ok until I closed up the Hawaii posts with this wrap-up. 🙂 Here are photos from the various places we explored on the last two days Samantha and I spent visiting with Shara and Mike before we returned to the mainland.
Ka’anapali Beach
A view of the island of Lana’i. Shara told me there’s a ferry that you can take over to it. It has one little town and a couple of really nice resorts. It’s owned by Larry Ellison, who owns 98% of the island.
A very scenic walk to Honolua Bay
A very scenic walk to Honolua Bay
Honolua Bay
A very scenic walk at Honolua Bay
A banyan tree in Lahaina
This was some good stuff! Shara and I enjoying Ululani’s Shave Ice, Front Street, Lahaina
The waterfront in Lahaina. This photo just screams America to me. 🙂
Lahaina
Sunset from Lahaina
Lahaina
Maipoina ‘Oe la’u Beach Park (aka Veterans Park in Kihei)- Hanging out with Bandit and cooking out. A great way to spend our last night on Maui!
The West Maui Mountains view from Maui Lani Pkwy in Wailuku
Iao Valley
Iao Valley
Shara, Samantha, and I enjoying our last day together in Maui, hiking in Iao Valley before flying out that evening.
Iao Valley
The Smith Family
Isn’t this little girl adorable? I had a great time taking photos of this lovely family a couple weeks ago. Tatiana is a very gifted, hard-working ESL teacher who works with me at our school on the west side of Indianapolis. I was so honored that she wanted me to help document their family in photos. Seeing little Sofia with her older brother made me think of what it must have been like for my teenage brothers when I was a baby… such a sweet bond they have! Here are some highlights from our time together. Enjoy!
Sofia and her big brother
with her dad
Kendra and David’s Engagement Session- Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Many of you saw the sneak peek of Kendra and David’s engagement session. Well, the wait is over and here are some more highlights from our time together. As I said before, Kendra is one of my best buds from our wing in college (3WO!) and I’ve had the privilege of traveling many parts of the world with her (we’ve jumped off a bridge in New Zealand, picnicked at the Sydney Opera House and the Great Wall of China, and hiked the hills of Honduras together). She is one of my favorite people in the world and I couldn’t have been more thrilled to see this great guy David enter her life in the last year. He’s a kind, thoughtful, hard-working, and loyal guy who brings out the best in Kendra. They are getting married next month and we’re going to have a fabulous celebration as God joins them together in marriage. Can’t wait to see what He has in store for them in the future!
They have so much fun together.
There have been a few instances where Kendra has posted somewhat unflattering photos of me on facebook. I told her I’d get back at her someday. Today is that day. 🙂
I’m so happy for you, David and Kendra! It was great to see God bring you together and I can’t wait to celebrate with you at your wedding next month!
The Road to Hana, Maui
If you’re just tuning in, I’m finishing up posts of the beauty I experienced on my spring break trip to Maui with my high school friends Samantha and Shara. Near the end of our trip, Samantha and I took a day to explore the Road to Hana on Maui (Shara and Mike have done that trip quite a few times, so they sat this one out). Sadly, the weather didn’t cooperate with us for spectacular blue sky photos, but it was still a memorable day exploring such a gorgeous area.
The Road to Hana is a remarkable road full of twists and turns and over 45 one-lane bridges (which usually coincided with a beautiful waterfall right next to it) that leads to the town of Hana on the east side of Maui. It took a few hours to get to our destination, Kipahulu in Haleakala National Park, with many stops along the way to enjoy the gorgeous beaches, waterfalls, and other unique sights.
The end of our trip (before we took the road back in the evening) included a four mile hike through the National Park (and a breathtaking bamboo forest) in POURING rain (hence the lack of amazing bamboo and waterfall photos since I wanted my camera to survive) to Waimoku Falls. They were pretty spectacular, especially with all the recent rain to make them more powerful… totally worth the rainstorm hike. As Sam and I lamented the weather initially, we decided to embrace the day we were given and the chance to make so many memories. Check out the sights below!
Taro fields
The Three Bears falls
Three Bears Falls
Just a random waterfall seen on the side of the road during our drive. I almost got tired of them!
An entrance into some lava tubes that we explored. We were thankful to run into people with flashlights… it was dark in there!
Inside the lava tubes.
Wai’anapanapa Black Sand Beach
Wai’anapanapa Black Sand Beach
A different perspective of Wai’anapanapa Black Sand Beach
Wai’anapanapa Black Sand Beach
A blow hole in action at Wai’anapanapa Black Sand Beach
I sort of enjoyed taking photos here. 🙂
Near Hana- this was the non-treacherous part of the hike to the red sand beach.
Red Sand Beach on Kaihalulu Bay
Red Sand Beach on Kaihalulu Bay
Red Sand Beach on Kaihalulu Bay
Red Sand Beach on Kaihalulu Bay
Red Sand Beach on Kaihalulu Bay- I love the red and turquoise.
With one of many waterfalls along the road.
Pools of ‘Ohe’o (aka Seven Sacred Pools) inside the National Park
On the hike on Pipiwai Trail
The best pic I could get of the bamboo forest on Pipiwai Trail- if it wasn’t for the rain, I’d have some really gorgeous pics from there.
After a two mile hike in the pounding rain, this was our reward- Waimoku Falls.
Proof that we made it (taken with the camera I’m less attached to).
The “trail” on the way back. There was a lot of rain that day (taken with the camera I was ok with drenching) .
On the hike back
After our four mile hike in pouring rain, the sky finally decided to do this before the sunset. 🙂
Sneak Peek: Kendra and David
One of my very best buds from college (she’s the one who convinced me to jump off a bridge with her in New Zealand), Kendra, is getting married! Here is a sneak peek of the engagement session I had last Saturday evening with her and David in Ft. Wayne. More to come soon!
Sunrise to Sunset in Maui
Welcome to another day from my trip in Maui. This one happened to be a very long and full day. We work up around 3:30 A.M. to head up to the Haleakala summit to watch the sunrise. My friends who live there have seen much more spectacular displays of the sun rising over the clouds, but I was content to see the sun break through a few times. I was amazed at how different the landscape is up by the Haleakala Crater… it eerily felt a bit like Mars up there! On the way down the mountain we saw a rainbow… there’s a reason Hawaii is known as the Rainbow State!
Since we were already on that side of the island, we decided to explore a couple of the early stops on the Road to Hana (I’ll be doing a separate post on our Road to Hana journey which happened the day after this one). We stopped to see the rainbow bark on some eucalyptus trees and then we explored a bamboo forest. Both sites were really beautiful.
That evening, Shara and I decided to go to a beach not too far from their place in hopes that there would be a pretty sunset. God didn’t disappoint us at Keawakapu Beach near Wailea. Check out His beautiful creation as seen on this great day in Maui back in March!
Shara, Mike and I waiting for the sun to rise on the Haleakala Summit. It was cold at 10,000 feet (hence the reason Sam was staying warm in the overlook shelter).
The sunlight starting to peek through over the Haleakala crater.
Good morning!
Standing on top of the world!
Here I am near near the summit with the rest of Maui below.
The Haleakala Observatory
A Haleakala Silversword plant
It’s a really unique plant- check out more info on Wikipedia.
On the way down from the summit.
Rainbow State!
The Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta)
This was on the other side of the hill by the rainbow eucalyptus trees… the coast was everywhere. Got to love islands! (Thanks for this shot of me, Mike!)
A closeup of the bark
Entering the bamboo forest off of the Hana highway.
Exploring with Samantha and Mike ahead.
I love this.
We happened upon this little waterfall in the bamboo forest. It had been raining a lot recently. 🙂
The view from the road
The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
Shara let me borrow her tripod for this shot- The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
Shara let me borrow her tripod for this shot- The sunset at Keawakapu Beach
Such a great evening hanging out with Shara. Can’t believe we’ve been friends for twenty-two years now!
Paddle Boarding and a Luau
I had hoped to combine events so I wouldn’t bombard you with Hawaii posts, but I’m having trouble because it was such a beautiful trip. I have way too many fun things to show you here, so bear with me. 🙂 Today I’m going to show you pics from the day that epitomizes a Hawaiian vacation- adventures at the beach and a luau.
We went to Ukumehame Park in Lahaina on a gorgeous afternoon for some water adventures. I decided to attempt paddle boarding because it looked a little easier than surfing. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite easy enough for me to master in a mere 20 minutes on the water, but it was fun to try it! Shara’s husband, Mike, was incredibly patient with me and my meager attempt to balance on that large board. And Shara and Samantha did a great job cheering me on from shore and capturing a few photos that made me look relatively skilled at staying up on the board! They also captured my failed attempt to stay up on the board for any prolonged amount of time. (See photos below).
After the paddle boarding/sitting on the beautiful beach adventure, Sam and I went to the quintessential Hawaiian tourist experience- the Old Lahaina Luau. They have that thing down to a science- complete with a mid-meal light rain shower with a double rainbow for our enjoyment! 😉 It was a fun, educational experience with some delicious Hawaiian food, leis, a pig roast, hula dancing lessons, cultural demonstrations and hula show topped off with a beautiful beach sunset. Sometimes you just got to embrace the whole tourist thing and go all out! It was a fun time and gave me all sorts of flashbacks to TV shows that filmed Hawaii episodes like The Brady Bunch and Saved by the Bell. 🙂
Here is the photographic evidence of all the fun!
Ukumehame Park- the view from the paddle board of the West Maui mountains was seriously spectacular.
I’m doing it!
… and then this happened.
Ukumehame Park, Maui
Luau time!
Coconut being shaved, Hawaiian food to try, cultural demonstrations, and the pig roast (that buried thing)
Do any of you also think of the Brady Bunch when you see these?
Our double rainbow present!
Samantha and I embracing tourism. 🙂
Hula dancing and dessert (passion fruit cake and lavender-iced cookies were my favorite)
There’s just something about palm trees and a sunset. Felt like I was in a postcard. 🙂
Farmland in Hawaii
When I was on my way to Maui, walking around farmland wasn’t the first thing I thought about doing. I think that was one of the most surprising things about my trip- Maui has so many different types of land and sites… there was so much more to see than just beaches!
On one of our first days there, Shara, Samantha, and I explored a few different areas of eastern Maui. We started out with a visit to the Upcountry Farmers Market in Pukalani. It was definitely the most picturesque farmers market I’ve ever seen! We tried some Kombucha tea and lilikoi (passion fruit) butter while picking up some avocados and veggies. We followed that with a delicious brunch at a french restaurant. Then we visited the farmlands off of Thompson Road… farmlands that happen to belong to Oprah! I had no idea she owned so much farmland on Maui. It was a beautiful road with great sites going uphill and looking out at the coast below.
From there we went to the Ali’i Kula Lavender Farm and got to explore a bit before the downpour. See the photo below taken after we made it back to the car… should’ve brought a raincoat!
We finished off the adventure by stopping at a couple picturesque spots on the journey home- the Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center in Makawao and the Makawao Union Church. Check out the photos below!
Visiting the Upcountry Farmers Market in Pukalani.
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La Provence french restaurant in Kula for brunch- eggs benedict and a lilikoi (passion fruit) crepe… fantastic!
Exploring Thompson Rd. farmlands up in the hills.
The view from Thompson Road
High school friends (me, Shara, and Sam) still having adventures together 15 years later!
The view from Thompson Road
The view from Thompson Road
The view from Thompson Road
Thompson Road- Hawaiian Cows!
Visiting the Ali`i Kula Lavender Farm as the rain started to come in.
Ali`i Kula Lavender Farm
Great view from the Ali`i Kula Lavender Farm… note the dark clouds up above.
Ah, lavender, such great stuff.
Some of the vegetation around the lavender farm and our next stops on the trip.
You could say we weren’t exactly prepared for the rainy run to the car from the lavender farm. 🙂
Some artwork outside the Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao
Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao
Outside the Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao
I love trees like this.
We had to stop the car to check out this beautiful church- Makawao Union Church
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Makawao Union Church
Makawao Union Church
Maui Whale Watch
I haven’t had much time since my return from spring break to get my photos posted (it’s testing season at school), but don’t worry, there are many to come! This trip was a pseudo high school reunion for my friends Samantha, Shara and me. Samantha and I set off from Ohio to spend a week visiting Shara and her husband who live in Maui and I couldn’t have asked for a better spring break adventure. I’ll start with our first day in Maui for this blog post, which I posted a preview of while I was there.. Our first morning there, (with jet-lag’s assistance for a somewhat early wake-up) we went to Maaelea Bay and took a whale watch cruise with the Pacific Whale Foundation. I was very impressed with how they do tours and how informative the guides are throughout the watch. I think my favorite part was when they put a microphone into the water below us and we were able to hear the whales singing below the surface of where we were. I also enjoyed that we saw a brand new calf often (though he/she didn’t show off much for photos) and quite a few pairs of whales. I just found this video someone took in February in the same area (silly me forgot my drone equipment to better capture the event!), so check this guy’s video out if you’d like to see what it looks like from above. A big thank you goes out to Shara and Mike for loaning me their zoom lens and polarized filter so I could get optimal photos of the whales!
Here are a few highlights from the expedition. Hope you enjoy them!
Our Mode of Transport that morning
Samantha and I hanging out on the boat.
View of the sugar cane field burning as we left the bay.
The only whale spout that I captured that day.
Oh how I love sunbeams.
I love how her white side flipper looks turquoise underwater.
Here’s a glimpse of the itty-bitty baby (that probably weighed about a ton when we saw it!).
I loved the background of this. The mountains in Western Maui are really beautiful.
Love seeing the details on the tail fin.
I already posted this one in the preview, but since it’s my favorite from the day, I’m posting it again. 🙂
God does good work.
I’m still in Hawaii visiting a friend of mine from high school and we were able to enjoy this sight the other night. I couldn’t help but think of this verse from Psalms while we soaked in the beauty of it all. God does good work.
Wailea Beach, Maui
Coming Soon…
Guess who’s traveling again! Get ready for some beautiful photos from Maui coming your way soon. 🙂
A humpback whale in the Pacific. This was taken yesterday on a whale watch off the coast of Maui.
33 Ways to Enjoy February
Making February fun since 1981! (Groan, I know, but I couldn’t resist it.) About five years ago, I started this thing where I tried to make the drab month of February a bit more enjoyable by celebrating my birthday all month long. I’ve documented this by specifically pointing out blessings numbering my number of years in facebook photo albums since the year I turned 28. I decided to post it to my blog starting last year with 32 Reasons I Love February. Being the picture-happy person that I am, I couldn’t keep it at just 33 pictures, so there are a few collages in there. There’s nothing fancy or professional about these photos- I just focused on capturing memories without the stress of fancy editing. Here are 33 things that I loved about February this year. Enjoy!
#1- Having a super fun photo shoot with my nieces and nephew.
#2- Getting goat milk soap made by my brother’s family
Check out their Sheldon Family Farm & Dairy’s Facebook page!
#3- Handing my camera to my five-year-old friend at the end of the Super Bowl party
#4- A birthday month present from a work friend on the first February school day. Thanks for the handmade scarf, Stefanie!
#5- Enjoying snow day #7 in IPS. Using my very useful Snow Brum (a gift from my mom. I had no idea how useful it would become in my life!), loving my well-used rain boots, and a fire in the fireplace.
#6- Watching the Olympic Opening Ceremonies at The Palace (i.e. not our homes) with Angie.
#7- Anne of Green Gables projected on the wall and a great time with some girls from my church Community Group.
#8- Surviving a half hour of car-rider duty outside in freezing temperatures each day with friends like this one.
#9- Taste-testing a variety of Oreos during third lunch.
#10- Giving piggy-back rides to this little guy
#11- Chili’s chips and salsa and going to my first Pacers game since I went to one in college back in 2000.
#12- Feeling the love from students on Valentine’s Day
#13- Enjoying a Valentine’s Day snow and some snow ice cream in my hot chocolate
#14- Chatting a lot during a four-hour lunch catching up with my college roommate… and taking a photo in front of the giant snow mountain in the parking lot.
#15- Worshiping in such a great community and beautiful building every Sunday.
#16- Hanging out at Thr3e Wise Men with work friends.
#17- Celebrating my birthday with some of my favorite friends in Indy at Chatham Tap
#18- Receiving birthday cards and presents at school from students and friends who know me well
#19- Blowing out a candle on an empanada birthday cake. Thanks for the lunch feast, Kim!
#20- Kendra coming all the way to Indy to celebrate my birthday dinner with me at Bru Burger!
#21- Having such great art to enjoy at the IMA just down the street.
#22- Getting to know my friend Susan so much better while enjoying the art museum
#23- Seeing grass as the snow finally melted
#24- Seeing the Tiffany stained-glass window from Benjamin Harrison’s wife at the IMA (on the right) that used to be in my church (current window on left)
#25- Flowers from family and friends- smelling springtime in my apartment.
#26- Celebrating with my brother’s family
#27- A sister-in-law who knows me well and gave me home-cooked frozen food for my birthday
#28- Baking for the fourth annual birthday bake-off with my friend at school. My nutella blondies turned out a bit too cakey to top the fantastic combination of brownies and Cadbury eggs that Meyer made.
#29- Dinner at Granite City and getting to see this fantastic friend of mine more often. So glad Jen and I get to catch up at Bible Study Fellowship each week!
#30- Randomness (I couldn’t really stick to just 33 things): free starbucks birthday drink, finishing our students’ English language testing, conversation starters from friends, my washed car, my t-shirt quilt, and the house on Georgetown that kept their Christmas decor up until March
#31- Taking 22 students to a Pacers game!
#32- Laughing and enjoying a great dinner with my Indy Mom, Sheilah
#33- Extending the fun into March with a weekend at home with my parents, sisters, and their families. I love being an aunt.
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