Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from me and mine to you and yours.

xxR

Thanks to Lana and Amy for taking the pictures of us.

Aimee!!!!!!!!!

I've known James since he was 2. I was 5. We spent a couple of weeks together every summer, and watched each other grow up. So many of my childhood and teen memories involve James in one way or another. We've got the incriminating pictures to prove it (my favourite is when we decided to go boating/surfing on the water covering the ice in the slough one spring. One of our parents caught a photo of us coming out of the slough, running, with our soaked pants heading south, laughing our heads off. My mom made us get undressed outside and they hosed us down before we were allowed inside. It was probably only about 10C. I remember having so much fun, and freezing at the same time.)


We've always stayed close, and I had the pleasure of standing up for James at his wedding to Erin. Those are much nicer pictures.


But, this post is not about us, its about Aimee. Aimee is James and Erin's long-awaited love child.

Erin has a wicked sense of humour, and Aimee has obviously inherited it. Score!

She is dearly loved. James wasn't too sure about the whole baby thing (kids, yes, but the baby stage . . . a little worrisome), but it appears Erin was right, and he is a great dad, and has it down pat.

I love how Erin looks at James. Warms my heart for my little brother/friend.

Erin knew she would kick but as a Mama. Absolutely.

I LOVE this picture - it says so much about James and Erin. When they renovated, James wanted a work out room - working out has always been important to him. Check. Erin is good at decorating. Check. She has impeccable taste. Check. You can see Erin's hand in the reflection. Love the stencils on the walls. Live pretty much says it all.

Here's another, right above the treadmill. Erin's done marathons. She rocks. And her baby looks pretty cute up there.

And, finally some close-ups. Eyes to die for.

Teeth hurt a bit though.

And, I had to close with this picture. James dancing with Aimee. Give us another 30 years, and I will be doing this shot again at Aimee's wedding. We'll all be bawling our heads off.

Love you guys so much!

xxR

Something to warm you up

This was a whole family session - Troy is the first grandbaby, so we got some family pictures first, and then moved to the main show. Troy is absolutely adorable. He didn't want to smile too much (I think he might be reaching that "making strange phase") but all the people he loved most in the world were there to help him.

Here is our champion, Troy. Look at him devour that Stanley Cup.

Troy's mom brought a hat along for his pictures. I normally don't do this much post-processing, but this hat just screamed for a little antique look to the picture.

And again, in my antique chair. Check out his feet.

Basket shot. I'd been wanting to do this for a while, and Troy was totally co-operative. Thanks buddy!

Connie also brought along Troy's favourite toy - his drum. He was fascinated and happy.

I love drool shots.

Family time. These are my favourites. I love watching people interact with their family. So much emotion comes out. You can tell Troy is a well loved little boy!

Thank you so much Connie, Andy and Troy for coming out on a cold winter's day! It was wonderful to meet you.