November 2009 – M. Sullivan Photography

November 19, 2009November 19, 2009 M. Sullivan Photography Artwork

“Turkey” by Sophia

I volunteered in Sophia’s classroom this morning. Today was the day that the kids were working on a Thanksgiving turkey. One by one, I painted each child’s thumb and palm brown, then painted their fingers red, orange, yellow and green. After the painting was complete, they stamped their hand on a piece of paper. Voila! – a turkey. Tomorrow, after the paint has dried, they will add a beak, feet, eyes and a waddle. It was a fun morning. The kids had some free time after they finished with other projects at their table and made the hand print turkey. Sophia decided to color a turkey for me. Actually, she colored five different turkey pictures, but this one is my favorite. 🙂

November 13, 2009November 13, 2009 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos

Weekend Get Away – Family Style

We spent last weekend at my niece’s wedding in St. Cloud. The weather was perfect (sunny and 63 degrees) and the wedding was absolutely beautiful. Sophia was very excited about wearing her new dress. Sebastian was not so excited about wearing dress pants, a white button down shirt and a tie. I also made him get a haircut earlier in the week. Let’s just say that I was not his favorite person last week. I wish I would have taken photos of the wedding or even the reception site. Kayla and Jason did an amazing job with planning every detail of their wedding day. Since I am normally on the event planning side of weddings, it was nice just to sit back, relax and enjoy the evening. I was also having a bit of camera/lens envy checking out the professional photographers that captured the whole event. Luckily, Mike realized that I was looking at the cameras and lenses and not the two male photographers.

Here are a few photos I did take of Mike and the kids during the dance.

Sebastian and Sophia both had a great time enjoying the food, music and dancing. They also loved staying overnight at a hotel with a sleep number bed and swimming in the hotel pool the next morning. I think all of that made up for having to wear dress clothes to Sebastian.

November 11, 2009 M. Sullivan Photography Landscapes, Photos

Sunrise

We had an amazing sunrise this morning. With my bathrobe still on, I ran outside to snap a few quick photos. I’m sure the neighbors were wondering what I was doing with a camera aimed across the street at them. These are days that we love living in Duluth.