Wright Family Photos

I took family photos for the Wright family on the 27th. Two grandparents, four kids and their spouses, and seven grandkids between 5 and 6 1/2 weeks. Very fun!! This outtake captures the shoot pretty well. The parents were a huge help in getting the seven kids and babies situated and looking at me. I'm excited to get all of the photos done.

Christmas Eve

Mabel and Lily - only 2 months apart in age.

Gracie, the youngest in the family now.

Great-grandma Creta (she'll be 88 in January) and Lilly, who's 1 1/2.

Presents

Stretch opens his present from Boots.
(Yes, even all of the pets exchange gifts.)

Leon gave Jenni a HUGE surprise with this diamond ring. We even wrapped it in about 6 different boxes, including one that had broken glass so it would rattle and sound broken. Very fun.

Holiday food

I just can't resist taking photos if I'm near my SLR.

These olives were good. I like how much they are
in focus and everything else isn't.
Shot using a F1.8 aperture.








Jon made a batch of Red Zinfandel and we gave
it out as Christmas gifts. I made the labels. The
photo is from the bike path. I think I took it in
September? It's in my blog's archive.

Sunny

On Sunday we visited Sarah and Micah. He is two!! What a cutie. He gave us hugs and chatted away. He also had 2 time-outs while we were there. It was so nice to see them again.

Toddler T-shirts

Micah's Christmas present from us.

Rose - Maternity

I have a problem.

I take way more photos than anyone should. *sigh* Tonight I took 281 photos during a maternity session. *sigh* Thank god I'm not still shooting film. BUT - I did get some really awesome shots! Rose and Thomas are going to have a really hard time picking out prints. Here are a couple good ones.

Gallery

Ted has been helping me set up this application called Gallery on my website. It is up and functional, just have to tweak it a bit and move over all of the slideshows. It is really nice!!

Everyone will be able to order prints by using a drop down menu, and I like the nagivation through albums much better than slideshows. It has all of these amazing features that I won't need - but it's way cool!! The best thing is the shopping cart though.

Check it out at http://www.emilyminor.com/gallery.

Elfamorphosis

Tonight I helped with English classes for immigrants again. It's fun, I get to teach keyboarding while the "real" teacher does other writen skills.

Jon sent me this. It is really funny. Be sure to have your sound on.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=f34049d1181f12a3307d6d4G06121918

Edit: Oops, had it linked incorrectly previously. Try again if it didn't work.

Boots

I haven't taken many photos of her lately, so here she is. She was feeling quite neglected after being left home alone while we were in Arizona.

Kulm Family

Here the Kulm's proofs!
http://www.emilyminor.com/kulms/slideshow.html

Fernholz Family

Here is the link to their proofs.

http://www.emilyminor.com/fernholz/slideshow.html

Hackberry - Route 66

Jon, I and the Mustang in front of the Hackberry General store. The 2nd photo of us together on the trip. I bought a photo book of Route 66.

Grand Canyon in Fisheye

straight out of the camera.

Grand Canyon and Route 66

We got up at 6:30 and made it to the Grandview Point of the Grand Canyon by 7:30. We had to wait a few minutes until the sun peeked over the east edge. On the west edge, dark storm clouds were rolling in, and soon it started snowing. For the next couple hours, we drove along the edge, pulling over to take photos, as the weather went from light snow, to sun, to sleet and tiny tiny hail balls. We also saw a Japanese tourist trying to pet a male elk. With huge horns. A wild anial that had just happened to wander across the road. Another tourist shouted at her to get away before she got attacked though.

We ate at the Cafe Tuscayan and then headed towards Flagstaff. Suddenly we decided to drive the old Route 66. The longest continuous stretch is in Arizona, starting at Ash Fork, so we just did it. In many places it looks a lot like west river. We stopped at a few places, took photos, etc. In Hackenberry we stopped at a really neat place and met John, the owner and his dog Max. He told us that about 80% of the people driving 66 are European tourists. We bought a photography book on it.

Back in Flagstaff we checked into the hotel, drove some more of 66 looking for a diner to eat at (all were closed) and found a bar to grab a couple beers and some appetizers at. I had a Pear Cider to remember the good ol' days in Sweden, when the only booze you could buy out of the Systembolagot was Apple and Pear Cider. (a very low alcohol content.)

We sat in the outdoor hot tub when we got back, which was pretty nice. Anything out of the water almost froze though - Flagstaff definitely has hints of winter.

Montezuma Castle and Sedona

We slept in today, then headed north. First stop was Montezuma Castle, which is actually cliff dwellings.
Then we went to Sedona and drove around the red rocks and took a ton of photos.

I didn't bring my laptop so these photos are straight out of the camera. Only resized in Paint (high tech, really.) We are in Tuscayan tonight, which is a little town right by the Grand Canyon. We are going to attempt to get up prior to sunrise and be at the Grand Canyon for it. I hope we make it.

Rental Car

When Jon picked up the rental car in Phoenix Sunday, there wasn't much left. So we have a brand-new Mustang. It's pretty fun. It should have a moon roof though. And a V8 instead of a V6. :-)

Arizona

So... today I got up late and missed my flight from FSD to MSP. There is one flight a day from MSP to Tucson, so I HAD to be on it. The guy changing my ticket assured me that if I hauled butt in MSP I could make it if I took the next flight. He was right.

Jon picked me up at the airport and we went to the desert museum just outside of Tucson. I have hundreds of photos of cacti. Then we went to Saguaro National Park and took lots of photos of the famous cacti.

We're staying in Phoenix tonight and going to Sedona tomorrow.

Fernholz photos

Still working on them. Almost done. The Kulm's are next!

Weisbeck Christmas Card

I snapped these shots at Crystal and Karl's wedding and Karen decided to use them for her Christmas card. I just got them back - they turned out great! I am so happy with my printer. They are clear, crisp and great color.

Daktronics Holiday Party

Me, Crystal and Karen at the Daktronics Holiday Party. The party is the event of the year - 1750 people were there this year. The theme was the Daktronics Jazz Club and tons of people dressed up from the 20s and 30s. One of the few photos of me. :-)