I’m normally not a huge fan of selective color images, but I thought this was fun.   My bro is usually up for making faces at the camera.  He’s doing the “Dick Cheney growl”  here

One of the coolest shots I took of Max was this spinning shot.  There was a merry-go-round at one of the locations and we climbed on and shot away while Lizzie spun us.

We shot Max’s senior pictures yesterday and they turned out really great!  It was a lot of fun and we took so many pictures.

This past weekend, Lizzie and I went to a Japanese lantern festival in St. Paul.  There were lots of things to see, but we were especially taken with all the colors and patterns everywhere like these rows of paper necklaces…

And these colorful lollipops

How cute is this little girl!  Lizzie was mocking me for stalking her to get a good picture, but goodness gracious she was cute in her kimono.

There were beautiful gardens with lovely plants

And loads of beautiful umbrellas

I’m especially taken with the one with the sparkly purple tassel

And seriously, this paper art is crazy awesome!  These shots are details of a larger hanging with tons of flower folds all around it.

And finally, the actual lanterns themselves.

And one more.  What a silly baby.