Photography...When You're the Subject

Our friend Jim Fuglestad, who does photography professionally (see sledding entry below), wanted to take some shots of us to promote his "Relationship Session" idea. This is aimed at couples like us, who feel like we never had cool enough pictures taken at our own weddings, and are now jealous of the creative ways that weddings are photographed by talented people like Jim.

Which is a great idea...until you actually do it!

No, seriously, Jim did a fantastic job. It's just funny, though, how fun it is to work with him when your children are involved, and how that changes and makes you so self-conscious when you are suddenly being photographed. But Jim is a master at making the experience fun and casual, and I have to admit, the photos are better than most of our wedding photos from 1994!

See more of Jim's Relationship Session photos here.

Chicken Cookies

Annie is almost two years old (April 4) and, accordingly, is learning how to assert her independence in a variety of ways. One of the many ways is to arbitrarily limit her diet. Well, it's not entirely arbitrary: basically, she eats cereal or toast in the morning, and sometimes yogurt, cheese, and grapes for other meals. And cookies, cake, or ice cream. She loves cookies and desserts, but not much else.

(and it's not for a lack of us trying)

Today while Katie was at work, I did one of my quick and embarrassing dinners of chicken patties, salad, and potato chips. No real skill involved in this meal, and not much in the way of nutrients either. But it still offers a somewhat balanced array of protein, fresh produce, and carbs. If only Anne would eat some of it.

Then I had my idea. They weren't chicken patties. They were chicken cookies.

The results speak for themselves:

Sledding

My friend Jim Fuglestad took these fabulous photos of the girls when we met for sledding about one week ago. 'Newton Hill' is a great place for this, just a few blocks away along Minnehaha Creek.






Jim does amazing work and photographs professionally. See the rest of the photos from this session here, and contact Jim if you want to work with him or know anyone needing a photographer for a wedding, graduation photos, etc.