I took Iliana on her first overnight camping trip this weekend. We went to Dockery Lake up in North Georgia.
She helped set up the tent, then started working on her push pop.
This morning we woke up, broke camp and headed to Vogel State Park to do some swimming.
I took the kids swimming before dinner. Finn does great in the water.
Iliana likes to fill the inside of the water noodle and send water shooting up into the air by blowing into one end.
We're staying in Marathon this week with my in-laws. Yesterday we went to Bahia Honda State Park. We had a picnic lunch and then went for a swim.
Little Finn hung out with his Maw Maw while his Uncle Mike ate his sandwich.
We went to a restaurant in Whale Harbor that had this amazing mural painted on the walls.
Finn woke me up early this morning. I took him for a walk on the beach, then a swim in the pool. After breakfast, he was ready for a nap.
He's still half asleep here.
Melody made this colored pencil sketch of Finn for my Father's Day present.
I photographed Kevin Tressler of Coca-Cola a few months back for the Continental Airlines Magazine. If you fly Continental Airlines, take a look in the seat-back pocket in front of you for your free copy.
They gave me some space on the contributors page.
He was really friendly and generous with his time. All these really cool Coke bottles are part of a packaging project designed by Iconologic.
I have an exciting assignment from Atlanta Magazine shooting a story on honeybees that will run in the August issue. Today we went to UGA to photograph an entomologist.
After shooting, we were fortunate enough to have time for lunch at The Grit. If I only missed one thing about my college days spent in Athens, GA, it would be a meal here.
Lauren is my sister-in-law interning with me. Morgan assisted today.
Shortly after this, I received my steamed broccoli, collard greens and mashed potatoes with gravy. Vegetarian food has never been so yummy.
Morgan worked with me yesterday, too. He's reading the ambient for our first shot. A few minutes later, the sun topped those trees and gave us a killer back light.
Our beekeeper gave us each a bottle of his amazing tupelo honey.
Contrasting with today's vegetarian lunch, yesterday we ate at Fat Matt's Rib Shack.
A PBR tall boy is the perfect pairing for a slab of ribs.
Iliana is no longer a kindergartner. Today there was a brief graduation in her classroom. She's ready for first grade.
But not before she eats her celebratory donuts.
Mmmmmmm....
That smile has donut written all over it.
Finn didn't get a donut, but he was happy anyway.
Our friends Jon and Joanna came to visit us from New York this weekend. Jon and I grew up together and have been great friends since.
We spent Saturday afternoon at the Brew at the Zoo sponsored by Sweetwater Brewing. Sunscreen made for fine hair product, allowing us to shape Finn's first faux-hawk.
Iliana lost a few teeth while I was in Trinidad. Those nubby grown-up teeth have cut through.
We sat and watched the gorillas for while. On Sunday, the grandparents watched the kids while the four of us went to Six Flags. We were able to hit all the rollercoasters, then me and Melody topped everything off by doing the Fearless Freeps. I found a video on YouTube here. We were harnessed to a cable, then dropped from a ten-story height. Melody and I didn't have the breath to scream like the girl in this video.
It was exciting introducing them to Finn. Jo and Finn became good pals.
It was great to see them.
This afternoon, we went to the arch. Tickets to the top were sold out, so we're going to try again in the morning.
Mr. Finn and I make a good team.
I'm in St. Louis this weekend with Melody and Finn. I have a shoot for the Arthritis Foundation Annual Report tomorrow and brought them with me. Iliana is spending the weekend with the grandparents.
We can see the arch from our hotel window.
There's this tiny TV in the bathroom.
The bellboy told me they're looking to renovate soon. I kind of like it the way it is.
