I have known Amanda for years through Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and was so happy to do her senior pictures.
She is graduating with a degree in Chemical Engineering from ASU–she is smart and beautiful.
The pictures were taken at ASU.
A little Sun Devil pride in front of Old Main.
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My friend Lara has such wonderful ideas and style. These family photographs were taken on Saturday and come with beautiful spring colors and baby chicks.
Lillian is my favorite little muse.
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This past weekend (Feb. 10-12, 2012) I went to Winter Park, Colorado. It was wonderful. I met great people, adored the cute little village of Winter Park and LOVED the snowmobile through the snow covered mountains.
A couple of shots on the mountain.
The Village of Winter Park. Established 1940.
Our Lodge
The fireplace…
And a couple of me posing with the bears in the village.
For more pictures click here.
This past weekend (Feb. 3rd-5th, 2012) I was able to go to Vegas and see my dad, sister, friend Kara and friend Dawn. It was a crazy whirlwind trip but so wonderful.
My first stop was Kara’s home. We were roommates in DC many summers ago. We still keep in contact and she has a cute little boy named, Brigham. I had fun taking pictures of him.
Then the garbage truck came, Brigham loves to see the truck! The first pictures is down stairs, but they couldn’t see well enough so they went up stairs to get a better look.
Here is a close up of Enzo, the dog.
and of Kara
and Kara and Brigham
Then I got to do something really great. I went with Kara to the Nevada Caucus. The Nevada Caucus was on Saturday Feb 4th. Here are a couple of pictures and my thoughts about it.
My thoughts about the Feb. 4th Nevada Caucus-
Kara’s district was assigned one side of the gym, hence the picture of the gym above. There were 38 people from her district that participated and I was a spectator. The guy checking Kara in said that I was welcome to stay and “watch democracy in action”. I am glad I did.
The first thing that they did was figure out who wanted to be delegates, these people would represent the group at both the county and state level. Kara’s district needed 10 delegates and one extra. That process was pretty easy, the man in charge asked who wanted to be delegates and 13 people raised their hands. Two of the guys said they didn’t need to do it so there were 10 delegates and one extra.
This was definately my first caucus but it also seemed like it was for many of the people there. I was wondering if these delegates were going to be representing you won’t you like to know who they were going to vote for? They just let those that want to volunteer. In the end it worked out fine.
Next, people could stand in front of the group for two minutes and plead the case for the nominee that they thought most deserving to be the next Rebulican presidential canidate. A few talked about Romney, one for Gingrich and one for Paul.
Then those in the room voted on a little piece of paper who they wanted to be the Rebulicatn presidential canidate. These votes were counted. I am a big survivor fan and have watch every season since 2004. This part when they took the little papers they voted on and read the names really reminded me of tribal council. It made me wonder if Mark Burnett modeled it after this? or at least the democatic process? I realized that the people getting up an pleading the cause is also very similar.
In the end the votes were 33 Mitt Romney, 3 Newt Gingrich and 2 Ron Paul. Then the group asked the delegates who they were going to be voting for and it turns out that one of the delegates was for Ron Paul and one for Newt Gingrich and the rest for Mitt Romney which went with how the votes turned out.
I am glad that I was able to watch a little bit of demcracy in action!
In the afternoon we went downtown to City Center to see Chihuly. I got a very pleasant surprise–there is a Henry Moore piece and other beautiful art at City Center as well.
I don’t know the name of this artist but it is great because what you see in the metal changes as you move.
Henry Moore- Reclining Connected Forms (1967-1974)
A quick view in the lobby of the Aria
With Kara on the bird chairs.
The Chihuly Gallery. I have always loved Chihuly’s glass and have seen them installed in three different botanical gardens, which in my opnion is where they should be seen.
But in this gallery I gained a new appreciation of his paintings.
Now we are at the Safari Club international show and my dad’s booth. He makes beautiful doors, tables and goblets.
Next to Dawn’s home. We served as companions on our mission many years ago. It was great to see her and her family. They live on 5 acres of land and have lots of animals which I had a fun time taking pictures of with the help of Drake and his cousin.
It was a wonderful trip seeing my family, friends and great art. Oh, and see the political system in action.
For a link to all 100 pictures please go to this link.
Wow this was a super fun photo shoot. Lara has so many cute ideas and a couple years ago she did a cute Halloween shoot of her children on her bed in their Halloween PJs reading Halloween books. This shoot is similar– with Christmas clothes, books, presents and lots of Nerds.
Then after the Christmas pictures we went with the cousins to the park and got pictures of all the children playing in the leaves. So Fun. Enjoy.
Lillian is a wonderful model and I love taking pictures of her!
Look how stunning she is in B&W
Now enters Andrew
Off to the park to play in the leaves.
These next few show what a good big sister Lillian is to her brother.
There were many more pictures so if you would like to see more click on this link.
Look at this cute family! I have known Steve for years. Him and Sheri recently adopted this beautiful girl. Loved this photo shoot.
This Friday I will be participating in my first Art Show in Arizona. I am very excited.
The theme I choose for this show is my desert plant collection. During this past year I have been working on an ABC book of Desert plants. It is called O is for Old Man of the Andes http://www.blurb.com/books/2691194
The book is now complete and I am going to be showing it, framed pictures, and greeting cards from the Desert plant collection.
If you are in Arizona you are invited to the show. The details are below, along with some pictures from the collection.
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Second Friday
Art Walk
Sponsored by South Mountain Community College Laveen Center
S. E. Corner of Dobbins Rd. and 51st Ave (Old Laveen School)
Friday, December 9th, 2011
6 p.m.to 9 p.m.
Community Market, Craft & Info Booths,
Paint ’n Take Art Class, Health & Finance Speakers,
Laveen Art League Art Gallery Open House
Please come and enjoy a wonderful Art Show, purchase original work by talented Local Artists.
Saturday, Dec. 10th, 2011
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Laveen Art League Art Gallery Open House
I love her eyes! She also has great style and a super cute hair cut. Love ya Allison, you are so beautiful.
On November 12th SWE- ASU (Society of Women Engineers-Arizona State University) hosted Design It! During this event middle school and high school students learned about the engineering design process.
A special thanks to Heritage Academy and Flight 33 for supporting this event, in great numbers.
And it couldn’t have happened without the work, dedication and passion of Ren Ishii.
Ren thought of the idea, developed the curriculum, planned the event and made this outreach event a wonderful reality.
Building the designs
Showing off their finished products
The parents even got in on the action
The morning group
The afternoon group
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Lara is a great friend and so creative. It is so much fun taking pictures of her and her family. This time the colors were black and greys and they all look so great.
At one point he ran up to his sister and just held on. It was so sweet and she held and protected him like a big sister should. It was very sweet.
Notice how much air she got!
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