sunny delight

Taking pictures in full sun presents somewhat of a challenge, one that I've been trying to embrace lately. After all, most of my waking time is spent in full sun, is it not? Here we are lying around at the pool a few weeks ago. I have Allen to thank for taking these. Thank you Allen, :)



I told her to close her eyes and act like she's sleeping....
Of course, squinting eyes are the result of looking directly into the sun-something that can ruin a picture, but I sure think it is adorable here.

We went to the annual 'make a wish foundation' kite festival for a few hours yesterday. Fern ran around saying 'kite. kite. kite.' It's pretty cool to witness your very own child seeing things for the first time. Shortly after these pictures were taken, and while I was attempting to chat with some friends that we met there, Fern ran to the overflowing trash can, picked up a beer can that was partially filled with beer+cigarette butts. Before I could snatch it out of her tiny hands, she poured it down the front of her dress. Let me tell you, that smelled nice!! {I took these photos with my old telephoto (70-200) that I haven't picked up for a few years. It was alot of fun, but wow! it's a big, heavy lens. This was a perfect event to reunite with it and I hope to use it more frequently now.} Here's some more midday sun!

One last sunny shot....remember the coconut we chopped up for the orchids? This is how the local people use the coconut to hold orchids to palm trees. Eventually the orchid will grow into the tree and you can remove the coconut. This one we attached to our betelnut tree.

little hands

I love the hand on the hip here.

Isn't She Gorgeous?

{I was referring to our blooming pineapple, but Fern fits the bill too. ;) }

Blessing by the Ocean

I've got these gorgeous friends who have these gorgeous babies... we all gathered at the beach in Ipan so that these new little people could be blessed with some love and poetry. I was lucky to be asked to snap some photos. {Good thing I brought my camera. ;)}

Here are Luna Isa and Anna!

And here's a couple of my favorites:

Little Anna has the most beautiful eyes. They look extra sparkly here and if you look closely, you can see about 4 coconut tree reflections in her eyes. Gotta love island life...

Ekko, playing with a car while laying down! He is the mellowest of little boys.

Luna and her dad, Tom. And Ekko in back.