Birthday Weekend
May 19, 2008I’m lucky because my birthday falls on the Victoria Day long weekend so we can go away for it! We spent the weekend on an island off Seattle with our close friends Keri and Tai, and their son Tenzin. On Friday we relaxed on the beach all day- it was so comfortable, not too hot, not too cold. I ended up getting a burn, but not too bad of a burn considering how long we were there. We had a perfect birthday dinner (my fav: burritos) and an AWESOME extreme ice cream cake that Keri made.
Keri is only 6 months pregnant, but when I saw her, it knew ‘it’s time‘. Time for her maternity photo shoot! She lives on a picture perfect acreage, so we walked around a bit for photo time.
For the record, the beat up old Ford truck is not theirs, but it did make for an interesting trashy scene : )
And I’m hoping that these last two images will be the epitome of what our summer has in store for all of us- nothing but good times!
Keri Travis: I LOVE the photos Les!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy to have my pregnancy captured by someone so talented! The photos of Tenzin are out of this world! You can take our photos anytime! :)
Julie: These are great! I LOVE #6 & 7! Awesome job!
Csara: Gorgeous, gorgeous pictures!!! Wish you lived near me so I can have my photos done by you.
Sue Carlson: AKA Grandma Sue. Love the pictures. Are you going to sell any?? Let me know-I wouldn't mind getting copies of a few of them. Thanks.
Sarah Laine: These are great! Thanks for sharing!
Priscila: OMG!! I just love your pics. I've been a subscriber of your blog a about 1 month and I just love every image. Thank you for sharing them with us.
gracci: Happy birthday, Leslie! Why are you working on your birthday??? Anyway, love these!
Leslie: Thanks everyone! @gracci- I've wanted to photograph my pregnant friend for so long now, it's almost like it was a birthday present to me :) @grandma sue- contact Keri and she'll hook you up! @Priscila- thanks for sayin' all that nice stuff! you rock! cheers!
mark brooke: ohhh wow what a great shoot!
Lynn Hochwald: Thank you for the awesome pictures of Keri and Tenzin. Can't believe she is only 6 months! Maybe twins? Beautiful work! Great Grandmom Lynn (in Irvine)
Sólveig: Hello Leslie and happy birthday! I'm one of Keri's friends from her Sweden-time. I love these pictures and like she said in her email, she looks like she is due any day now.
kimberlee: hey leslie! happy (belated) birthday!!! these shots are great - i love the one third from bottom where she's backlit. gorgeous!