Spring fling! (including Parfrey's Glen an Indiana trip)

Lots of fun times were had by all recently! Jennifer's parents visited and we took them to Gibraltar Rock and Parfrey's Glen on Friday, both of which were awesome. Except when her dad's Blackberry leapt 100 feet off a cliff. Oops.

All photos below were taken with iPhones.

Jennifer and her pa!

Jennifer's folks.

Groovy old tree. Gibraltar Rock had lots of bonsai-type trees growing out of it.

Hiking up Parfrey's Glen.

This triptych looks a lot cooler huge. Email me if you want one.

The amazing falling Keeley Yonda! Actually I didn't fall, but this incredibly heavy, waterlogged balancing pole almost made me!

We said goodbye to the folks on Sunday and drove to Indiana to see Jennifer's sister at college! What a family trippy week! We'd been looking for a new car and there happened to be this little sweetie in Indianapolis. So we bit the bullet and drove it home! We had to say goodbye to Sunshine, our old car, which Jennifer is saying goodbye to here. She was a great car for 10 years, but it was high time, let me tell you!

Aw yeah, Jennifer is inspired by the new vehicle.

Then, ten minutes later in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indy, there was a flash flood! The popcorn store owner ran out of the shop as soon as we bought our nummy chocolate covered popcorn so she could save her car.

That's Jennifer's sister on the left. Bye bye Lauren!

Family portrait on location in Dallas

Ariel contacted us via Facebook because she had been impressed by our images online, and since we go to Dallas regularly, we set up a portrait session. Ariel is a photographer herself (as is her daughter Maddy) and she was into some really creative, unusual setups, which happens to be exactly what we love, too! Their house is incredible--it was the first ultra-modern house in Dallas, and has been featured in various films such as Robocop! Yow!

Graduations galore!

Jennifer and I have been busy traveling up the wazoo lately, to Indiana for her bro's graduation, and then Texas for her sister's. And, as you can see below, an awesome time was had by all!



The mighty DePauw University. It was about 150 degrees that day, and humid! Yowch!




Oops, did we wander into a renaissance festival instead of graduation?!







Jennifer and her bro and sis and I have spent some time perfecting the four-way high-five. We've gotten to the point where we can do it twice in a row with no warmups!




Ryan's last night in the house he lived in for the last three years. Au revoir, SAE!




Wacky family portrait in the wacky wicker hut art project. By the way, we do family portraits now, including wacky ones!







Lauren is ready to face the world!




Someone is righteously indignant here, I should say!







Argos, the family beast, cute as ever.




Lauren tried on a piece of fondant from her graduation cake.




We got Ryan a remote-controlled boat for a graduation gift. Now I'm jealous and want one, too!




We drove a U-Haul from Texas to Wisconsin because Jennifer's parents gave us a some furniture for the new storefront. Here we are, one hour into the 18-hour drive. Still pretty chipper, eh? We hadn't actually tried the Robertson's infamous ham sandwiches yet. . .

We're looking forward to the bridal show at the Madison Marriot West this week (Wednesday from 4-9!) and to continuing the renovation of our brand new storefront. The floor is about to go in!