One Lovely Blog award :)

I've been awarded with the 'One Lovely Blog' Award by Cherry Tart Design! Thank you so much for choosing my blog as I know there's many to choose from. :) :)

By accepting the 'One Lovely Blog' Award, I must also post the Rules of Blog Award Acceptance:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Avery James Photography Proudly Passes the 'One Lovely Blog Award' on to:

Beachy Keen

Haute Whimsey

Sweet Lime and Savory Snack

Autism Prose

Crazy Paper Lover

Art Plus

Holden It Together

Jonathan Dror Photography

An Experiment in Poverty

Red Rain Rants

Monroe with a Twist

Vivid

Indiaphragme

BonBon Rose

Our Shades of Gray

Averie and Cameron (continued)

Here are some more pics of these adorable twins and their loving parents at the beach. :) I love the gorgeous blue sky in these pictures!

Cameron continued (last post)

A few more photos from Cameron's headshot session....great looking young man, very photogenic, and knows his angles pretty well. :)

Heather and Doug

I had a shoot this evening with a fantastic couple...they are both super sweet and so affectionate with each other. You can really see the love between them through the camera....

I also have to say that I am ecstatic that they were both completely willing to pose just about anywhere...including LAYING in the planters next to the hotel while hotel guests on their patios above watched and giggled and made light hearted jokes....they played along and conversated with the guests and didn't look uneasy in the least bit....

As I always say, if you're willing to do some crazy things for a picture, it'll pay off in the end. :)

I also love that many of the places we shot at today had sentimental value to them - the location where they were engaged at, first date spot, and many others...they did a lot to direct the flow of the session and in the end I know the pictures will mean that much more to them. :)

Thanks to you both for a great shoot...here are a few sneak peeks of your pictures - I'll post more soon. :)

Memorial Day Weekend

How I love 3 day weekends :) My usual weekends are so jam packed with things going on that I love having an extra day to spread things out into. This weekend was no exception.

I do admit though, I am a guilty of taking Memorial Day weekend as purely a holiday, but I sometimes overlook the reason it is there...to honor the fallen soldiers who have sacrificed so much....and I do appreciate them and their lives that they gave...so I am taking this time now to say "thank you" to those soldiers who have passed, and to their families who have endured such a harsh loss.

I also wanted to share a few pictures from Sunday and Monday this weekend where I got to relax and do fun stuff with my family. Sunday was mainly relaxing at my grandfather's house, Dan BBQ'd, and playing with Caydan on the Slip n' Slide....it started as me just putting my feet in the water, and ended with me being completely soaked from head to toe....it was all fun though. :)

First, an update on Avery's garden....some beautiful growth back there....our grapes are doing wonderfully!




And our tangerine tree is still tiny (about a foot tall) but has many little baby tangerines growing on it :)




And the pretty flowers that I thought we lost after last summer...they grew back beautifully and have the first flowers on it since we bought it two years ago! (I thought they were supposed to be purple though!)







Then there's Caydan being a cheeseball when I'm trying to take a picture of the other plant we have - he stuck his head in the picture and insisted I take it...here's what i got :)







And then Caydan playing in the water....this hose is half the reason I got soaked...




And my grandpa coming outside to play too...




Poor Caydan! That is not nice Grandpa!! :) (Caydan was NOT happy, lol)




And then inside for some of Dan's delicious BBQ - Teriyaki burgers, ribs, corn on the cob (from the So Fresh Market!), and mac and cheese....yummmm




Then Monday it was off to Fiesta Hermosa...a huge fair in Hermosa Beach held every Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend....

Here's Caydan on the drive there - he wasn't really sad, I just wanted him to make a sad face cause it was cute. :)




See, now he's smiley! :)




A cute mural off of Pier Street that I took a picture of from the car window as we drove by :)




The extremely packed Hermosa Beach Pier




First stop - lunch time! Happy Meal for Caydan and the BEST Philly Cheesesteaks for me and Dan :)







Couldn't resist taking a picture of "Killer" the Pimp Chihuahua...lol :)




Caydan played the catch-a-duck game and got a dinky little stuffed puppy that he now carries around with him everywhere. :)




The swing ride for Caydan - just a kiddy one though...it went suuuuper slow. :)




Then Caydan got carried back to the car because we were all exhausted (how come I can't get carried anymore!!)




Look at that happy smile :) He's probably smiling because he gets carried and I have to walk! lol




And this was Caydan shortly after getting in the car...EXHAUSTED.




We then tried to go to the movies to see Wolverine - but it was sold out, so we went home, relaxed, and went back to the movies at 8pm and watched Wolverine (EXCELLENT movie) and then went back home and slept!!!

Perfect weekend. :)