Shawna Noel Photo Blog

June 10, 2008

Bye-bye Honda, hello Subaru

Yesterday I drove my Honda Civic over to the Subaru dealership and traded her in for a shiny new Subaru Outback Sport. It was a sad day, sorta. I loved my Honda Civic, but she had a lot of miles on her and it was just her time to go.

The new car is all kinds of fancy :: It's got an iPod plug-in, a compass, outdoor temperature, heated seats (great for the summer) and all-wheel drive. And it has loads of cargo room to lug all of my photo equipment around town.

Here she is (no name yet ... anyone have any ideas?)

Me in the driver's seat :) (Photo by Kory Wallen)

Senior photo with the car !! (Kory's great idea)

And of course, a jumping photo ::

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June 9, 2008

Filed in: Personal

Non-wedding weekend

This weekend we had a break from wedding season ... but I still couldn't put the camera away :)

Here are some photos from my non-wedding weekend ::

We traveled out to Scenic State Park in Minnesota to go hiking and kayaking.

Here's me enjoyin' the kayak ::

After we explored the park by kayak, we hiked on some trails around the park. That's where I met this guy ::

Pretty views of the lake ::

Trees! (We don't have many trees in North Dakota, so when I see them I get very excited and take too many photos.)

Trees from the kayak ::

Trees from the ground ::

Grass is exciting too, especially with dew ::

On Sunday I hung out with some of my favorite subjects -- Megan, Claire, Ezra, and Elias -- at a family get-together.

Here's Ezra ::

Ezra doing yoga ::

Elias hiding from Megan during a quick game of hide-and-seek ::

Megan hiding from Elias ::

Megan and Claire ready to go home ::

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June 8, 2008

Filed in: Families

Claire is two!

I've been taking of photos of Claire since the day she was born, and it's just amazing to see how much she's grown up in two short years. She's full of fun and spunk and I love being around her. Plus she's got the cutest little girl giggle E.V.E.R.

Here she is, laughing it up ::

A juice break ::

Loving her mama ::

Some cute details ::

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June 6, 2008

Filed in: Weddings

Tara and Mitch

Last weekend we were in Carrington, N.D., for Tara and Mitch's wedding. It was our first wedding of the year without any weather-related issues. Just a gorgeous day! I hung out with the girls as they got ready in the morning, and Kory met up with the guys as they finished up their golf game. Tara and Mitch are both very relaxed, easy-going type of people, so we had lots of fun spending time with them :) And Mitch's got a special way of making Tara laugh at a moment's notice. It's awesome :)

Here's some pretty light in a patch of dandelion ::

Tara getting ready in the morning ::

Seeing each other for the first time ::

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June 3, 2008

Filed in: Families

The Munsch Family

When we were in Minneapolis last weekend, we met up with the Munsch family in Wayzata for some photos of their triplets, Jack, Cooper, and Henry, and their 2-year old Lily. What a cute family :)

Check out these little guys. Their eyes are so stunning!