The week in recap

Hey everyone! Sorry it has taken me so long to add to the blog. It has been a real busy week for me.

To start off Tuesday was pretty laid back. We went into queens to see uncle Chris at work. The kids loved it. They got to see him in his uniform and take a ride in the police car. They thought that was so cool. I made sure to tell them that, that ride should only one they ever take in a police car. They also got ice cream out of uncle Chris!

Wednesday was a little stressful. Had to go into New Jersey. I was really excited about it. It was the first time that I actually went into Jersey besides driving through. However, I got lost for 2 hours and had no clue as to where I was. Thank god for Carrie. She was one of the moms of the families that I took portraits of. Also a big THANK YOU to her as well. When I spoke with her on Monday she informed me that she had other families for me to take portraits off. I was great. Later on in the evening I needed to go to another family who was a little further way. I did portraits of this family back in 2006 when they lived in Long Island. I again got lost of an hour. At this point all I wanted to do was pull over and cry. Brandy called to see if I was at Kim's yet and I told her no I was lost. She told me to stop driving, that it didn't matter because if I kept going I would just get more lost. So you a probably think can she get so lost. Well the answer to that is the have no road signs. And if you happen to find one they are only on the streets you turn on to. It is not like back home where where the avenues and streets are all marked.

On to Thursday, hung out with the boys in the morning and then on to Brooklyn for portrait of Brandy, Chris and the girls. I did sneak few in of the boys. I had never been into Brooklyn. It is really beautiful. They laughed at me because I found someone "stoop" to take portraits one. Well out here you just don't go and taken photos on someones front porch. Later on that night we head down to the South Street Seaport. Which is one of my favorite place. We ate and enjoyed the music and the view of the city.

Beach day. We took the all of the kids to Smith Point beach. It was so much fun. The waves were the biggest that I have ever seen. The lifeguards were very busy. I tried to ride the waves with Chris but it didn't work out real well. They were so big and fast it took me right down. The kids had no fear and were making me pretty nervous. They woke up Saturday morning and wanted to go to the beach again. They weren't real happy when they found out that I went to Long Beach to take more portraits.

Saturday was another day work. I got to see a lot of New York. The families that I did portraits of were families that I have done in the past. It was great to see them and to see how much the kids have changed in a year.

I hope to take off home around 10am. I not sure if I will be able to make it all the way through with out stopping and am pretty tried. I love coming out it and taking portraits. But, I love going home and doing the same. Enjoy the photos and I will let you know how the ride home was.