Life :: Canadian National Wakeboard Championships

Well, this past weekend was the Canadian National Wakeboard Championships. Why they decided to run them in the middle of the South Thompson River is beyond me... All the water-ski events (and anything to that sort) generally happen at Shumway Lake.

The sunday we went - for the semi-finals - was unbelievablly amazing. Not a single cloud in the sky, warm weather... Not unlike typical August weather... Unlike this August. The weather this year has been very touch and go... They lucked out running the Canadian National Championships this weekend - had to be one of the most beautiful weekends all summer!

And, I couldn't take anyone but my favorite neice! :) Sofia enjoyed the sun, and relished in the chance to play in the river... Such a little water baby.... and such a ham!!

We saw some good runs... but my favorite photo has to the be following. The poor kid tried multiple times to land his jump, to no avail... until this time. I looked like he was going to biff it, and go down, but he held his ground, stuck it, and recovered... Amazingly! :)

And... like I said, Sofia played in the water, went under at one point, but that didn't faze her... She kept trying to go deeper, but still step over the waves...

Life :: Kylie, Sofia and Shane

Well... Here's a lot awaited shoot!
For nearly 8 months, Kylie and I have been talking about doing a shoot with Sofia. I'm so eager to get some photos of her, and play with my camera, that I was so excited, reguardless of it being cloudy, overcast, and threatening rain (which is did spit on us for a while). It was relatively cold and dreary for an August day around here.

My poor niece LOVED the swing. She was happy to spend hours swinging on it... rain or shine. She screamed when she was pulled out - only to find her love of the slide too...

Once she had enough of the slide, and we returned to the swing... we extracted that crazy grip of hers and wandered around a little. She went and chased the seaguls, and wandered down the pier with us... before playing in the river with Shane - against Kylie's wishes...

She was one cold little girl who was very grumpy when she left the river and went for lunch...

I love photographing her... Get her in a good mood, and Sofia is normally all smiles! She's such an easy model, she just loves to play, and as long as mom is not too far away, she'll smile for hours. I absolutely adore her smile - just lights up a room with the twinkle in her eyes...
God I heart that kid... proud aunt? I think so...