Happy Mardi Gras ya’ll! Today was very un-fat for us here. Garth returned to work after a four day weekend, Jack cried his way through 6 hours of daycare, and I made 16 bow ties and caught up on some e-mail. We’re living a short card-ride away from the big easy so [...]

My very first apartment in Everett, WA had high walls and seriously thick moulding. I purchased strand after strand (after strand) of red christmas lights and ran them up and down one wall in the main room. I would plug them in and the entire room would be soaked in red light. [...]

The Insectarium was so amazing. Garth and Jack both ate some crickets. I got up close and personal with some cockroaches, and we strolled through a butterfly garden.

The Saint Louis Cemetary no. 1 was amazing! Highly recommended.

We wandered the french quarter, had breakfast at Cafe du Monde, rode the St. Charles Streetcar, [...]

Oh Utah, how lovely it is!
Lat week we spent five days in Garth’s hometown. Our first full day in Salt Lake was the 24th of July, which is a state holiday in Utah. Sunshine. American flags. Funnel Cakes. We woke up early and made our way to the ridiculously crowded [...]

It’s the largest 3 on 3 basketball tournament in the world, and my family has played for 12 years. To say that we play may be misleading. We gather, wear matching shirts, lose a few games with shots that don’t touch the rim, and passes that hit spectators, then we wander around downtown [...]

ssshhh! Don’t tell anyone! These are the test prints for the 2009 Hawker family Hoopfest shirts. I adore test printing, mostly because I like printing on “scrap” paper and hugely because I really love my subject.

We are leaving shortly for Spokane via New Orleans/Salt Lake City. Garth is doing the dishes [...]

hiya friends. Lots going on here. And even more will be happening shortly! First, what we’ve been up to:

I had a great 30th birthday. Garth brought me breakfast in bed and later put an extra large and wide seat on my bicycle (I had to promise to not be offended). [...]

Stephanie was lovely. Logan was beautiful. The Temple was extraordinary.

I love photographing weddings. It is an honor to be involved so intimately with a bride and groom on this most precious day. I invite myself to all of the events. I nudge my way into the brides dressing room and [...]

It’s definately not the quickest trip I’ve ever made (I once traveled to Chicago, then Las Vegas, then back to Chicago, then back home in one weekend!) but it sure seemed like it. I didn’t even get to visit with all of the people on my list! (Ashleigh, Anna, and the Plouzek clan, I’m [...]

I was slightly terrified of it too. I always want to make sure that I’m never a problem for anyone around me. My parents’ golden rule when I was growing up was, “don’t embarass your parents in public” and when it was broken one would feel the death grip of Dad, or feel [...]