Outtakes

Photographing seven babies is not easy.









These were the best we could do! (Sorry Rudy)

Goodbye Grampy

Raph's grandfather Rudy passed away yesterday. Like my own grandfather, he was optomistic to a fault. Just last week he told us that the doctor had told him he could live to be 110. He was a man who was proud of a job, and spent the last years of his life working at the Ringling Art Museum in Sarasota, FL. We went and visited him there once and he was so proud to introduce us to his coworkers and show us around. He lived his older years with total dignity - driving and working until the very end - a condition not all of us can be lucky enough to endure. We took this picture of Makili with Raph, Larry, and Rudy in 2008, but I wish Remick could have met him too.

(A lot of) Scenes from Our Fourth

We had a GREAT Fourth of July party. The weather was blissful and we were so lucky to see so many friends and family. Thank you so much for coming and spending a splendid day with us.

In no particular order are some of my favorite pictures, and sadly, I've already pared this down. There are just so many. So many cute babies.

Gabrielle.
Zoia.
What do three and four-year-olds talk about?
Gardiner doing some shucking.


Kids making felt balls.
Remick giving Rudy a REALLY BIG LONG hug. (we had to pry him loose)
Happy Birthday Makili (thanks Ann-ma for the Lightning McQueen cake)

Happy Matty with Rhiannon
Clyde (coolest name ever.)
Stephane.
Costa and Edie.
Will.
Watching the baby birds (who might have gone hungry that day as they were right above our heads.)


Grandma Gina
Jack using wool to insulate his ears and to embellish his chest hair.
Lucy.
The Swann family.
Remick tasting the icing on the lighthouse cake.
Rachel.
Gabrielle.
Beal Representation!
Oliviann
Matty and Tim and Rudy.
McCall clan.

My big 1-year-old.
Fullerton Fam.
Remick and his Opa.
So cute.
Laura and Oliviann.
Nicole looking much more serious than she is.
Oliviann...
Painting themselves.

Self-painted boys.
Caroline and Suzanne.
Tim and Rudy.

The RV has landed!

Summer Hours

So I was in charge of planning the play date the second time around. Unfortunately, I didn't take "summer hours" into account when planning, so we ended up at Renee's house AGAIN, which I can't complain about. Makili and Remick both loved the pool and because my new friend, Beth, came along with her kids, who are the exact ages of Makili and Remick. Their names are Noah and Asa, and Asa was at the TOP of my list of names for both kids, so I sort of think that means we are automatically qualified to be friends...

Anyway, here is little Rigs again.Makili biting into a pear with gusto.
Auntie.
Noah
Asa.

Might Just Seize Up

I am so busy at the moment (when things are supposed to be slower and more lazy!) that I might just seize up and stop functioning altogether. We had a little escape last night (pics to come) which was nice, but also learned en route to the escape that my parents are coming two days earlier than I thought. And while my parents will insist that there is no need to clean for them, who are they kidding? And two days after that Raph's brother and his family arrive, then we have the party with Lots of friends and family to prepare for the next day. I'm opening the clay studio for the next three days for my friend who is in Greece (I trying to feel really badly for her, I am), and I have to sell flowers at market tomorrow, work on Thurs and Fri. Makili is sick, Remick's getting teeth (or at least that is the excuse I am giving to the fact that he has started putting everything into his mouth again - pine cones, acorns, etc.) BUT enough of my ranting about how crazy this moment in time is. I wanted to post a few picture from our first market last week! It was so exciting. We made about $150 in our first week! We don't have huge goals for making money, but it definitely is nice to see a return on your investment of time and energy...

Here is Coralie in front of our first week's bounty! This week I'm going to take some more close-ups because they are so beautiful...
My friend Steve, our first customer, bought a "Jar of Joy" for $3.00!