Beyond The Lens Photography

 More of… “The Off Season Chronicles”

A few weekends ago Joe and I had a rare outing without the kiddies.  We went with a few friends to check out the big city!  We ate dinner at this restaurant called Primehouse.  If you are ever in the city and want a serious meal….go here.  The food is amazing.  We then ventured to a Rangers Hockey game  at Madison Square Garden.  I have to say it was a bit different.  I enjoyed the experience, but more than anything else, I had a blast hanging out with great friends, and just being…

Debuting on the blog for the first time…this is Bonnie and Steven (cute right?) I see a family session in their near future!

 And Megan and Brian.  Two of the coolest people on the planet!

 Work it, Work it……

 One of my favorite shots of the day.

 Steven had a tongue issue most of the day…I don’t know why..but…it is what it is!

 Random pictures…but none no more random than taking a picture from the guys that we asked directions from…

 We’re waiting to cross the street, I turn around and say…”Guys look here!” and I get this total 90210 thing…LOL!

 LOST…but I think there’s an app for that.  Um, I didn’t have it!

 The menu at the restaurant.

 In the midst of eating we realize, we left the hockey tickets in the parking garage 12 blocks away.  So we break up into groups.  Brian and Joe go to the car to get the tickets, and Me, Megan, Bonnie, and Steven head to Madison Square Garden.  Only, we get there first and Steven starts to lose his mind.  Not only is he OCD and likes things to be “just so”.  He is also a die hard Rangers fan (notice the jersey) and completely started freaking out!

 I’m just taking pictures…

 Steven called Joe and Brian 14 times in 3 minutes.

 But we finally made it in!

 And obviously had a kick ass time!

 More random pictures with random people….who IS this guy?

How often is it that we all stroll through our lives as if each breath is a given?  As if each moment is owed to us?  As if every person is only exsisting to be part of the world that revolves around us?  Not just today, but every day….

I am thankful for my boys.  My healthy, wonderful, heaven sent, sweet boys!

And Joe….My gravity… who brings out every ounce of me that ever thought about being good…

“The Off Season Chronicles” starting now…

As most of you know wedding season 09 has past for me.  Though I am still in touch with my clients, and hard working for them still, I am all done shooting weddings this year.  That being said something has to grace this lovely blog.  So in the next few days, weeks, and months I have cooked up a few ideas to keep you all coming back for more.  One of those items will be some of the things that Joe and I did with the kids over the summer and the fall. 

I am a bit backwards, but I am starting with this trip we took to a local orchard in October.  We literally live 3 minutes from this orchard and have never stopped in to pick anything.  Joe and I decided we wanted to try our hand at canning over the next year, so it gave us a perfect opportunity to stop in to the orchard.  We picked blue berries, raspberries, and tons (seriously TONS) of apples.  It happened to be on that more than perfect weekend we had in October when it was 70 or something like that.  It was such a beautiful day and the kids had a ball.  Noah ate his weight in blueberries, and we found out Branndon has no standards when it comes to the perfect apple.  It doesn’t even matter if it has worms!  It only matters how many bags you can fill in 4 minutes!  Christian also showed us his juggling skills.  Our day ended with a storm blowing in and a rare rainbow over the Litchfield Hills.  We really did have a great time and we wound up picking enough apples for like 20 quartz or so of some seriously amazing apple sauce.  My parents showed Joe and I the basics of canning when they visited in early October.  Here are a few pictures I took of our trip to Ellsworth Orchard and Berry Farm.  I would highly recommend anyone stopping by there in the summer and fall. 

The Fullers/October/Ellsworth Orchard and Berry Farm

Thank you all for popping in.  The blog will be updated quite a bit over the off season with lots of different fun things going on.  Be sure to come back and check on things, and of course stay tuned for the 2010 wedding season.  I have met with some really amazing couples that are going to knock your socks off!!!

Sunday was Noah’s 3rd birthday, and as most of you know, I am really selfish with my boys when it comes to their birthdays.  I don’t do parties or really anything else.  I have to be the first one to tell them happy birthday, they get an obnoxious amount of hugs and kisses throughout the day, they get to pick their favorite dinner, I usually make a homemade cake, and the whole day we just spend time together as a family.  Because when it comes down to it….nothing else matters!  I can’t believe Noah is already 3.  I know it sounds cliche’, but it seems like yesterday he was this little bean in my arms!  Noah is an absolute joy and I feel so honored that God thought enough of Joe and I to allow us to be his parents. 

Noah turning 3 eating his birthday cake

I took the opportunity on Sunday to take the kids out in the yard and grab some pictures of them. Here are some of the shots I got…

Noah, Joe, and I play this game called “Who do you love the most”.  I’m sure all of you parents out there are familiar with it, but let me just fill in the blanks.  Joe or I will ask Noah: “Who do you love the most?”, and no matter who is asking the answer is always “You!”.  Here is a sequence of that conversation

Here is Branndon, being sweet as pie…can anyone see his halo?

“The big one” (at least that’s what I call him these days) AKA Christian!

Here they all are together.  I love how different they all are!

These are the shots I took while we were singing happy birthday.

And then he devoured the cake

Thanks for stopping by to see the kiddies.  If you know me at all you know there is nothing more important to me than being a mom to these special guys.  I can hang out and be me, I can be a great wife, and take some cool pictures, but all of those things run a distant second to these little dudes