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I had the privileged to visit a friend of mine whom you may remember from her maternity session in March. Gabriel came into the world on Friday April 17th and is more than perfect! Thanks Elisha for allowing me to come meet your little bundle of joy. Enjoy your sneak peek.
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Who Me? Or maybe he’s already whistling.
Another edition of Five on Friday.
1. I got a sweet deal on airline tickets for Nashville. I’m coming back June 5-7, 2009. If you are needing a session, please contact me to reserve a time. If you are wanting to earn FREE stuff, get your friends to book sessions. You could get a complimentary session.
2. Anthony gave his first official lecture this past Wednesday to some of his classmates. One step closer to being that professor.
3. I got hired on to do photography at Princeton Theological Seminary. I have been working in the same office since September so it was only natural to make the switch. It will be exciting to see my photos in print/on their site. Be on the lookout.
4. Several weeks ago, I started to scrapbook again. I want to say it had been close to 3 years since I last did it. So needless to say I’m WAY behind. I have always done the scrapbooks by school year, which now that I’m out of school I don’t think its working out so well. I finished the 2004-2005 year (the year we graduated, got married and moved to Nashville) and the 2005-2006 year (first year in Nashville). I just sent another 100 photos to the lab for the 2006-2007 year. My goal is to be completely caught up by this summer. Think I can do it?
5. Growing up in Oklahoma and living in Tennessee the past three years, I know what heat is. I can handle it – when its in the summer. This past weekend it was HOT here in New Jersey. Who would have thought – mid 90’s in April in NJ! I am very glad we live where we do because we have AC. Seminary housing can’t turn the AC on until May 1st (state law) and lots of people were complaining. I can’t even imagine (and I can’t sleep with the windows open due to allergies). I just thought we got away from that unbearable heat but I thought wrong.
And what’s a photography blog without a photo. This is a beautiful tree outside the building I work at PTS.
Hey Kim! Great site, and nice shot of the spring blooms! I’m glad you’ll be around when we all leave at PTS, though we’ll miss getting to shoot with you.
Nice photo Kim! I adore cherry blossoms, purple and anything that has to do with nature. Looking forward for more great pictures!
Saturday was Communiversity in downtown Princeton. The weather was perfect (borderline hot) so we ventured down there for a little bit. They shut down several streets with lots of live music, entertainment, food, and businesses.
Stone Soup Circus and Arts Council of Princeton joined together for this fun band. The instruments were trash cans, rubbermaids, etc. They were high energy and fun entertainment.
On the last stage we passed, the William D. Carter III Ministries were singing up a storm. Man I wish we could have stayed around to hear them completely. It was just too hot and no shade was around.
On our way back to the car I spotted these flowers. Thought I’d see how the 135L handled them. I processed them a bit differently and I think I like it.
Later that night we went to a cookout with some new seminary friends. It turned out to be a beautiful evening and we had great company.
This little one was very chill most of the evening. She came, sat down in a chair with her sunshades on, eating chips one at a time. After playing on the playground it was time for a little burger herself.
I have always been conscience of our Earth. I appreciate the fact that I am alive and live on this great place. I feel I do my part most days. I’d love to hear what you do on cutting back consummation and helping Mother Earth.
1.)We recycle everything that can be recycled. We have two gallon rubbermaids in our laundry room; one for cardboard/paper and one for plastics/aluminum/glass. We fill them up usually within the week.
2.)We use cloth napkins at breakfast/lunch/dinner. I got this idea from Erin. Definitely makes us feel special and it saves paper.
3.)I picked up these from Ikea the other day. They have perfect sizes for sandwiches/chips/etc. I am going to try to cut back on using ziploc bags. And you can’t beat $4.99 for 17 pieces!
4.)I use reusable shopping bags. If you need some really cool, chic bags, check out Gracen. When we do get the plastic bags from a store, we keep them and reuse them as garbage bags in the bathroom and bedrooms.
5.)I use Kleen Kanteens for my water bottles. I have a 40oz and a 27oz and use them constantly. We also have a brita pitcher in our frig and a pur filter on the tap. The only time I buy a plastic water bottle is when we are in NYC.
6.)We use energy efficient lightbulbs and turn off lights/electronics when not in use. We aren’t 100% on this, but I feel we are at least saving something. Also we don’t turn on our heat/air unless absolutely necessary.
7.)I am almost 100% paperless with my business. I do print out invoices/orders and that’s it. I am glad to not have extra paper laying around since I’m limited on space and saving lots of trees.
8.)We use Method cleaning products. I know I should probably just make my own, but these make my life so much easier.
9.)Instead of using Purell, I purchased Clean Well hand sanitizer last year. I’m not sure if it really gets my hands super clean but I appreciate the fact that I’m not ingesting alcohol and its biodegradable.
That’s all I can think of right now. Please leave a comment with what you are doing. I always love to hear them!
I couldn’t resist sharing the following photo. Anthony got candles on Monday (since I didn’t get to blow out any candles on my b-day) and we put it on the last full cupcake from Crumbs. I have to say that I’m not usually a chocolate cake person, but this was HEAVENLY! Very moist after two days in the refrigerator and there was a little surprise of icing in the middle.
I do a few things, none of which is really huge, but every little bit counts, right?
1. My bathroom gets great light in the morning… so today, I took a shower with the shade open and the window cracked, so I used neither my lamp nor the exhaust fan.
2. I make my own cleaning stuff when I can, and use Method when I can’t.
3. I also just bought some CleanWell stuff.
4. Recycle everything, including cups from Burger King and my Lean Cuisine trays. I take stuff home in my lunchbag since we don’t have recycling at work (how dumb is that??)
5. Also use reusable bags when I remember.
6. I buy organic when we can afford it…. especially yogurt for A and milk (when it’s reasonable to do so on the milk).
7. I turn off the power supply to my desktop computer when it’s not in use.
That’s all I can think of right now.
Howdy! This blog post could not be written any better! Looking through this article reminds me
of my previous roommate! He always kept talking about this.
I most certainly will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read.
Thank you for sharing!
Saturday we went into NYC to celebrate my birthday. Our first mission was to visit two places near Brooklyn for Anthony. He has to give a lecture next week on a gentleman who held his first and second religious missions there. He thought it would be cool to have some pictures of him with the biography. Unfortunately the buildings no longer stand, but I got to see a part of NYC that I hadn’t experienced before. That included Chinatown, Little Italy (okay we just walked by the street), and the projects near the Manhattan Bridge.
After all that walking, we hailed a cab to grab lunch at S’MAC off of 12th. Sandra mentioned it on her blog and I just knew I had to try it. It did not disappoint.
After lunch we hailed another cab to take us to Time Square for our broadway show Mary Poppins. The movie Mary Poppins was one of my favorites growing up so I knew I’d want to see it on Broadway. Again, it did not disappoint. The costume and set changes were spectacular. Loved the music and dancing. I will probably say Step in Time was my favorite. There was tap dancing, lots going on and a great song. I’d recommend it to anyone!
After the play, we went to Crumbs for cupcakes. For whatever reason I’ve become obsessed with cupcakes. These were really good! We got 4 for the 3 of us and we still have 1 1/2 in the frig. They are HUGE!
I wanted to share this last photo of my husband. We were waiting on our mac & cheese and I snapped this. I think its one of my favorites of him.
yeah, I am AGAIN craving that S’Mac again…AMAZING isn’t it. I think I need to find a reason for a trip to NYC again just for the food lol. We stayed right next to the Marry Poppin’s show at the Hilton Times Square 🙂
There are photographers out there that do Five on Friday and I thought I’d give it a try this week.
1. I have the most amazing husband ever. He definitely listens! Sunday is my birthday. I had told him how much I wanted cupcakes for my birthday. Today, while my mother and I were out shopping, he went to the Bent Spoon in Palmer Square and got half a dozen cupcakes. I was totally surprised when I came home. He also got me Lightroom 2 – I’ve been dying to have this program for months now.
2. My mom flew in yesterday for my birthday. It has become an annual tradition for her to come visit during my birthday. The first year we got married, she and Anthony schemed and surprised me! I was completely shocked.
3. Spring is here in Princeton. I just hope it stays! The past few days have been closer to 60s or higher. Tomorrow is suppose to be gorgeous! Perfect weather for NYC!!!!
4. We’re going into NYC to sight-see (we’re going back down to the Brooklyn Bridge area to take a few pictures for a lecture Anthony is giving in less than 2 weeks), shop in SoHo and see Mary Poppins on Broadway.
5. Last week was spring break for the area schools. That meant I was going to be working overtime at one of my jobs. Watching the B girls is always fun but Ms. Isabelle was antsy on Thursday. We decided to make homemade cupcakes. It was fun being around an 8 year old and the thought process when it come to decorating. Can you tell which ones I decorated and which ones Belle did? 😀
One last photo of their dog Oxford. He’s an Airedale Terrier and very expressive.
Thanks for the memories as you explored nyc. I miss my Airdale, I have had several.
What a beautiful baby!! His eyes are so bright and I love his little lips! Gorgeous captures!
OMG, Kim, they’re GREAT!
these are beautiful, Kim! You are amazing!
ohmygod, i LOVE them! what a wonderful job kim…but then again…with such an adorable model, what else can we expect!!!
Beautiful shots Kim 🙂