"Don't Chase It"

The funny things you hear from other family members. As we were heading off somewhere a few days ago, we noticed the neighbors all staring up into the sky. There was a small funnel forming. Being from Oklahoma....scene of the movie "Twister", part of Tornado Alley, training ground for storm chasers.....and being a photographer and having my camera with me, she actually thought I might just ignore it. It never actually touched the ground, I think this was the closest it ever came, so no real danger from it.

Friends

Karrina has joined the local homeschool group and is having fun with some of the different activities that they do and meeting new friends. This is Natasha and Larisa, sisters that are also part of the group and some of her best friends.

Cheerfest '09

When there is anything dance, cheer, or tumbling related in the area, Cindy and Karrina want to check it out. Sunday, Cheerfest '09 took place at the Telstra Pacific Events Centre in Manukau City. It is an international cheer competition with teams from New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. It was fairly small this year with only a handful of teams, but they are expecting it to grow and be a big event in the future. Cindy may be taking some of her own teams to compete next year.

I'm Such A Fungi

I went out looking for something to shoot a couple of weeks ago with nothing in particular in mind. While driving down a small road in the middle of nowhere, I noticed there were a lot of these scattered around under the trees. I drove on to see what else I could find, thinking there should be something a bit more interesting but came up with nothing. As I was driving back, they caught my attention again. The color on some of them was really intense, the bright reds and oranges just jumping off of the dull brown of the old pine needles. I wasn't expecting this, but I had found something to shoot!

And they're off.....

The same track that I go to the car and motorcycle races at also has horse races. The horses were running one day and I had a few minutes and my camera so decided to stop in and check it out.

9 Years

It's been 9 years already, believe it or not. Doesn't seem like it's been that long. This is a couple of shots from our special birthday photo shoot that we have been doing every year. She's 9.......going on 19.

NZ's Next Top Model

Riding the wave of success from America's Next Top Model, a number of countries have created their own version. We are currently in the middle of season one in New Zealand. While attending a fashion show at one of the local malls, Karrina spotted one of the recently eliminated contestants and wanted a picture with her.



And here are a few from the fashion show. The show was not associated with NTM.