Bravo to the Muskego High School Music Department - Cast, Pit and Crew, and to all their parents and supporters. The performances of Les Miserables were fantastic. I'm still hearing the music in my head and wondering at the talent and performances!

Here's a photo video set to LEs Miserables music (sorry not the high school's rendition as I don't have access to that). Having no skills or knowledge of music mixing, the transitions are nothing short of jolting. But, the imagery and music do combine to recreate the memorable experience.  Enjoy!

Roger and I were blessed with the gift of a trip to Sarasota, FL to spend the Christmas week with my parents and my sister, Barbie. For the past 5 years or so mom and dad have left shortly after Thanksgiving for their 4-month respite from the worst of Wisconsin winter. Having just celebrated Thanksgiving with them I didn't think that I minded "missing" them at Christmas. Then there's Barbie! She packed up for Oregon about 18 years ago, has only returned once and we've been to her new hometown only once in all that time. So Christmas has been many years without her. Didn't know I missed celebrating with her so much either - until this year....

Our week together in my parents 2 bedroom condo (Roger, me, Barbie and my mom and dad) was far more fun and happy than I could ever have imagined until we were all there this year. We picked up Barbie at the Tampa airport on the 22nd at just before midnight and drove to my parents' Sarasota home. Much shopping happened on the 23rd and 24th. Then, with our family's traditions as a guide we shared Christmas Eve dinner followed by gift exchange. This is when I received the best gift ever. My mom and dad kept saying that this was the best Christmas they have had in many years. They were positively beaming. It wasn't the gifts - it was being together to share the evening together. I still get a bit teary remembering the evening.

More about the trip and some photos later. For now, I created this video of our Christmas Eve to share with you. Enjoy!

Nikki's session was in August. In the craziness of that time frame, her video didn't get made. I feel really good about having done so now! And here it is...

About this time last year my friend was very pregnant, and still running her web development company. Now, she's still running her successful company and raising her [nearly] 7 year old son and her new son who is so grown up! She and her husband have wonderful humor and take such joy in their boys. It is truly my privilege and pleasure to have photographed them for the entire first year with Wesley. I doubt that this is our last session, yet as Wes continues to grow we'll see him less frequently in the studio. Enjoy this peek into our most recent session....

She's our 5th grandchild and she's a beauty. We visited for a weekend - they live in central IA. So we took lots of photos and made not one but 2 videos. So help us welcome Sydney...

With a 6 hour drive separating us, we had to come home with lots of photos and so there are 2 videos....

Extended and individual family portraits and some really special fairies! We had a blast (including pizza) and captured some Awesome Portraits! Enjoy our photo video!

More than 30 white puff balls invited their 2 legged pack-mates to play for an afternoon last Saturday. Here's the result!

Last Friday we took 3-year photos of Sophia and 4.5 month photos of Max. It was a very fun session and here's a little of the result.....

It's been a while since I took the time to blog - my bad!

After a rejuvenating week at High Cliff State Park camping and watching "Squirrel Vision" (nature's "TV" for dogs) we came home and began shooting almost immediately. So 3 families, 2 grads and a boy's varsity volleyball match (which Muskego won - way to go boys!) later, I've finally got everything posted! There are more movies to come and a painting, but for now, here's one of the families in a short Photo Video....