These Are The Days of Our Lives...

Mullins Family Reunion July 09

2009-08-13T07:40:00.007-04:00

Deck Hockey Nationals

2009-05-26T10:48:00.004-04:00

Brandon was asked to play in the Deck Hockey Natinals for the town of Hudson, MA this past weekend. The nationals were played in Leominister and there were teams from all over the U.S. There was even a Canadian team that played. Brandon had never played before and picked it up really quick. He had a wonderful time and had some great plays and a great goal and of course a few penatlies. He played with his friend Zach and Nolan from ice hockey and met allot of new friends. It was a great time. Here are a few of my favorite photos from one of the games (my battery died in my camera so I only shot one game)

Brandon is #7

Enjoy!

SC here we come!

2009-05-12T11:49:00.008-04:00

In March Jill and myself went to visit Dana in SC - I had a GREAT time!. It was so nice to hang with best friends from grade school and catch up. Dana was a great hostess and just spoiled us with special surprises. I feel blessed to have such wonderful friends. I also enjoyed taking candid shots of Dana's kids Ava and Charlie - check out how beautiful they are.

I am planning on traveling back down to SC to take their family portraits at the end of the summer. I can't wait!

Love you Jill Dasher and Lana Kane!

First Day of School

2008-11-04T10:32:00.002-05:00

I am so behind! I only have one photo of Brandon at work from the first day of school. I need to play catch up on here.

Summer Beach Photos

2008-09-09T16:00:00.006-04:00

Some photos from our beach visits to Salisbury this summer

Are you reading for some FOOTBALL....

2008-09-08T16:07:00.009-04:00

Brandon has begged us to play football for a few years now and we finally gave in. He is playing for the Razorbacks and is loving every minute of it. We have had two games and he has scored a touchdown in each game and has made some great catches and some great tackles. Here are some photos from yesterday's game against the Nashua Force.

2008-09-08T16:02:00.002-04:00

Meet Robbie. He is playing hockey with Scotty and will be living with us over the next 6 months. He is a great kid! These were taken at Salisbury Beach

Summer Visitors

2008-08-28T12:22:00.002-04:00

Here are some photos of my handsom nephew Stuart. He flew up from VA to visit us in August along with MeMe and Paw Paw. This was Stuarts first airplane ride and his first time at the beach. We really enjoyed having him visit us and hope he comes back next year.

Prom

2008-07-30T09:55:00.001-04:00

I am so bummed I only have these photos from prom since my external drive "died" on me and I hadn't backed up a bunch of shoots - i had sent these to my e-mail at work so I only have these 3 but at least i have them - one thing to note - after each shoot back-up - back-up back-up

Recent Photos

2008-07-29T08:58:00.002-04:00

Boy am I behind! I have so many photos I have not uploaded on my blog - geez! Well here are a few from the NECCC photography convention I attended. My favs were taken in the 40's glamour setting. I love the look.

Thanks for looking :-)

Martha

Fishing

2008-04-16T10:01:00.002-04:00

It is finally spring here - whew! what took so long! The fishing derby is this week so Scott took B out last night to do one of the things B likes to do - fish. We had fun and B caught 4 fish. Hopefully he will catch the big on at the Derby on Saturday.

First Lacrosse Game for 2008

2008-04-14T16:30:00.007-04:00

We had our first lacrosse game yesterday. Brandon did really good. He scored the first three goals in about 3 minutes so they moved him on defense and he did a great job passing to the players and had several assists. We beat Hampstead yesterday. We are really excited about the season. Here are some shots from Brandon's first game.

New Scrapbook Pages

2008-03-27T09:36:00.001-04:00

It has been such a long time since I have created a scrapbook page. Over the last month I have been working on these. It felt good to get creative again and put some of my fav photos on paper and emblish them. Enjoy!

Lilly - 3 weeks old

2008-02-08T09:16:00.000-05:00

Meet beautiful Lilly. I photographed her a few weeks ago and what a beautiful little princess. I can't wait to photograph her again. Here are some of my favorite photos from the shoot.

Snow Snow Snow!

2008-01-30T09:56:00.000-05:00

We have really been hit hard this year with snow. Brandon and his friends have REALLY enjoyed playing out in it. Brandon will go outside for hours and play. These photos were taken on Christmas vacation week at the high school. Brandon has been asking to learn to snowboard so he took his snowboard and low and behold he did pretty dang good at it. He made it down the small hill several times. He cracks me up with his eagerness to learn.

2008-01-30T09:46:00.001-05:00

2008-01-30T09:46:00.000-05:00

Reindeer Cookies

2007-12-12T09:07:00.000-05:00

How cute at these? I saw these on Joanna Bolicks blog - what a cute idea for school X-mas parties. She and Cole made these recently. They are basically peanut butter cookies with a red m&m for the nose, mini semi-sweet chocolate chips for eyes and broken pretzels for antlers. She found the receipe in Woman's Day. Thanks Joanna for the idea!

Indiana Ice Thanksgiving Tournament

2007-12-09T19:53:00.000-05:00

For Thanksgiving we went to Chicago to watch Scotty and his team play in a Thanksgiving tournament. We played the LA Kings, Michigan and Wisconsion. Here are some of my favorite actions shots from the tournament.

Enjoy!

Yummy Chocolate Pretzel Treats

2007-12-07T11:19:00.001-05:00

Don't these look awesome? I found this receipe on Becky Higgins blog and wanted to share the receipe. I know what I am making this weekend :-)

1 bag pretzels
1 pkg. M&Ms
1 pkg. Hershey "Hugs

"Place pretzels on baking stone or sheet. Place a Hug on each pretzel and bake at 200 degrees for about 8 minutes (just watch for the Hugs to melt). Remove from oven and promptly place a couple of M&Ms on each pretzel, pressing into the melted chocolate. Allow to cool before serving. At room temperature, this takes SEVERAL hours. I would recommend making these the day before you plan on eating/delivering. Or you can put them in the refrigerator to speed up the process.

Halloween

2007-11-01T13:54:00.000-04:00

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. This year we had great weather and the kids really enjoyed themselves. Brandon choose to be "Michael Myers" from Halloween this year. So fitting since his middle name is Myers (my maiden name) He really enjoyed himself this year with his friends. Some of the photos were taken at the school parade and before I foget check out below the CUTEST little Peter Pan you ever saw (ha ha ha h a)

Hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Halloween.

Topsfield Fair

2007-10-23T13:11:00.001-04:00

When I think of Fall one of my first thoughts every year is The Topsfield Fair. It has been a family tradition since Scotty was little. This year we went with the Riley and Earl. We had fun riding the rides and checking out The largest pumpkin. I wish Scotty would have been able to be with us this year. We miss you Scotty!

I can't believe that my little Brandon rode "The Appolo" and that Scott rode it with him. Brandon barely made the height requirement. They were in the front row and this ride goes up so high and upside down. Scott swore he would never ride this ride again and Brandon wanted to go back on it. My son is nuts!

Apple Picking

2007-10-04T09:47:00.001-04:00

My favorite time of the year - FALL in New England - I just love it and today was a perfect day to go Apple Picking - these photos were taken in Windham at Apple Acres after our hockey game on Sunday. The Smith family accompanied us along with Nana - what a great day and we got lots of yummy apples!

Mini Golf with MeMe and Paw Paw

2007-10-01T10:11:00.000-04:00

I am a total slacker. Here are some photos from August when my parents visited. We played mini-golf twice and had alot of fun. It was also the first time that week they got to see the "other" side of Brandon when he didn't win. Let's just say he wasn't happy about being beat. (ha ha ha)

First Soccer Game - Sunday, September 16

2007-09-18T20:28:00.001-04:00

We had our first soccer game this Sunday and won against Concord! Brandon scored 2 goals - woo hoo!

First Day of School

2007-09-12T19:16:00.001-04:00

Opps I am behind in updating my blog - what is new though right? So here are a few photos from the first day of school. School started Wednesday, August 28th. It was a nice warm day and the kids seemed all happy to go back to school - yeah right! Enjoy!

A day at the Beach

2007-08-17T13:03:00.001-04:00

What a fun place! Sailsbury beach - we had so much fun and the kids each caught 2 fish.

Fishing Fishing Fishing

2007-08-17T12:59:00.000-04:00

Brandon is so into fishing this summer. He fishes about everyday down by the Pond. He has gotten really good as you can see.

I found this older photo the other day....

2007-07-18T09:14:00.000-04:00

look at that little face.... Ahhhhh This was taken at least 3-4 years ago while pumpkin picking. I came across this photo and my heart just melted. He dosn't have a baby face anymore and there are lots of teeth missing now (hee) I love you B!

Lookey What I got!

2007-07-18T09:05:00.000-04:00

I am so excited! I went to a photography convention this past weekend and I came home with this Epson 1400 printer. What I love about this printer is I can do 11X14 prints and the quality is FAB!

Woo Hoo!

Brandon turns the BIG 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-11T21:42:00.001-04:00

I can't believe it B is now 8!!!! Oh my gosh the time is just flying by! What a great day we had! It was sunny and in the the high 70's We rented a moon bounce and the kids loved that and they all enjoyed swimming. Brandon got lots of cool gifts. What a special day. I love you "B" man!

My baby turns 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-10T10:36:00.001-04:00

Pappy turned 1 on Monday the 10th - he has come along way. He isn't as "shy" anymore and is just the cutest little puppy around. He is very "sweet" and we are so glad he is part of the Crowther Clan now. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPPY!

Last Soccer game

2007-06-24T16:34:00.000-04:00

We had our last game today and we got to play a U12 game. Brandon looked soooo small comared to these players. He may be small but he is agressive and fast. He scored two goals!!! I was so proud of him.

This photo cracks me up - look how small "B" looks compared to this U12 player

Lacrosse End of the Year Party!

2007-06-16T13:02:00.000-04:00

Hereare some shots from our end of the year Pool Party - all the kids got trophy's and had a really fun time as you can see.

Soccer

2007-06-15T22:13:00.000-04:00

Hurricanes VS Sweeden - We won this one - yeah! Brandon did awesome! He scored 5 goals. Here are some photos of "B" and his friends.

We Won We Won! woo hoo!

2007-06-15T22:06:00.000-04:00

Last Sunday the Lacrosse team played in the Hampton Tournament. We played Sea Coast, Rye and Hampton and won all three games. The boys played great! What a great day for a tournament - gorgeous sun and warm. Go Warriors!

Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse...

2007-06-05T10:25:00.001-04:00

We had three games of Lacrosse this weekend and we won all three! Yay! Here are some photos from Sunday's game. Brandon did a great job and scored 5 goals in this game. He also got to play goalie and did a good job. We beat Timberlane like 20 - 2. We also had soccer tryouts this weekend and a soccer game. Brandon scored 5 goals in soccer too. His new lucky number must be 5.

Memorial Day Weekend - Meet "FRED"

2007-05-29T09:40:00.000-04:00

We have another guest at our house - it seems like not only Mallard Ducks like our pool but do bull frogs. Meet "FRED" we found him on Memorial Day. Brandon had Lee and Nick spend the night and the next morning they were in the back yard and Nick found "Fred" and Brandon caught him. Even Shaggy and Pappy enjoyed the bull frog. Fred did make a weird sound at all of us and we all looked at each other. After we let Fred go we all went to Canobie Lake Park. What a PERFECT day! We had so much fun and Brandon got to finally ride the Star Blaster after a few napkins were added to his sneakers (bad daddy!) We rode so many rides and of course Brandon ate way to much for dinner and got sick last night. He also was sleep walking and talking in his sleep. We so lucked out with the weather this weekend! woo hoo!

We have a new "House Guest"

2007-05-22T09:39:00.000-04:00

Meet "Ducky" our new house guest. Ducky has been enjoying our swimming pool this year. He is a brave one dosn't even fly away when Shaggy is barking at him and the kids are out by the pool. This "quacks" me up! Check out Shaggy examining our new guest (ha ha ha)

Warriors VS Exeter

2007-05-22T09:34:00.000-04:00

We had our 3rd lacrosse game this past Thursday - Warriors lost by 1 goal. We played really good and I was very proud of Brandon. He passed really good and almost scored a goal! I love watching him play this sport. We played in the rain on Friday against Londonderry and won but I couldn't take any photos because of the rain and we got rained out on Sunday.

Scotty and Pappy just chillin over the weekend

2007-05-22T09:32:00.000-04:00

Pappy is getting more comfortable with all of us. Here is a shot from the weekend of Scotty and Pappy chillin and watching a little ESPN together :-)

MOTHER'S DAY

2007-05-16T10:47:00.000-04:00

I can't believe another year has gone by and it is Mother's Day again. Brandon and Scott were in Montreal for a hockey tournment from Thursday to Sunday and got home on Sunday around 3ish. While they were away Scotty and I had a good time, we ate out, talked alot and watched movies together. On Sunday, Scotty came downstairs around 11:00AM and said Happy Mother's Day and gave me a big hug. The boys got me a Digital Photo Frame - it looks really cool and I need to read up on how to use it. I think it will be cool to have at work. Brandon made me this at school - There is nothing BETTER than a good homade gift. I just adore this. I do see a resemblance do you (ha ha ha)

Lacrosse Game

2007-04-30T19:26:00.000-04:00

Brandon had his 2nd Lacrosse game against Timberlane. It was a cold, rainy and dreary day but we had a great time. I am so loving this sport! Brandon did awesome he got 3 goals and we ended up winning. Woo hoo! I can't wait until the next game.

Fishing Anyone?

2007-04-27T09:06:00.000-04:00

Scott and Scotty came back from Chicago this week. This week was also Spring vacation for the kids. We decided on Monday night to go fishing at Hedgehog. Brandon was so excited. He really loves to fish. We caught two fish and had a relaxing evening. Here are a few shots of my fishermen.

Easter 2007

2007-04-26T09:24:00.000-04:00

Brandon and I went to Viriginia for Easter this year. It was a last minute decision. I booked our flights on Weds. night and we flew out Friday at 6:00AM. I wanted to go in and see Lucille who was very sick in the hospital. She is like my 2nd mom and I felt I needed to be in VA at this time. I am so glad we went in. I had so much fun seeing my family and best friends. Brandon had a blast with his cousins and i barely even saw him. We can't wait to go back this summer.

I wanted to share some photos from the trip.

Enjoy

Magazine Publications

2007-01-23T11:50:00.000-05:00

I have to tell you this was a dream come true. One of my goals in scrapbooking was to get a cover so to get two!!!! woo hoo!

Winter Fun!

2007-01-23T11:48:00.000-05:00

I just completed this page for My Daughters Wish. The photos were taken last year at this time. School was not cancelled.

First Pappy Page

2007-01-23T11:46:00.000-05:00

Meet our new Addition!!!!!

2007-01-22T16:51:00.000-05:00

My new baby boy!!! Meet "Pappy" named after Scott's dad. Funny story - the Friday before X-mas we went out to look at new TV's and came home with Pappy! We never even made it to Best Buy.

We totally fell in love with him - just look at that face! He is 6 months old now and he is half Laso Apso and half Cavalier. He is very laid back and he loves to eat. Shaggy is taking him pretty good - they have only had fights over bones and food. They are so cute together. Here are some shots before his haircut :-)

X-mas Card 2007

2007-01-22T14:33:00.000-05:00

I didn't wait around this year - I took the photo of the boys at the end of September because every year I struggle to get them to cooperate for me, so we decided to go to Hampton Beach one late afternoon and of course Shaggy had to come. This was the best one of out of about 100 shots. As you can see Scotty does not seem excited (heee)

January 2007

2007-01-22T14:05:00.000-05:00

Ohhhh I have been so bad! I have not blogged since October! I guess I have alot of catching up to do. A big part of the reason I haven't been around is we started MAJOR renovations to our house. We raised the roof of our home (no roof for 3 days and nights) and we completely re-did our entire kitchen. It is going on 4 months and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. My house has been turned upside down for months and stuff is everywhere and the DUST!!!! oh my gosh I cannot believe how much dust there is. Anyhoo - i will post some photos later of the befores and afters of the house.

Here are few photos from the Raven X-mas photo shoot I got

Enjoy
Martha

Cyclones VS Maine

2006-10-28T15:47:00.000-04:00

Here are a few photos from Brandon's game last week :-)

Fall Shots

2006-10-25T16:50:00.000-04:00

What a weekend!

2006-10-24T14:53:00.000-04:00

We had such a crazy weekend. I had 3 outdoor photoshoots, Brandon had 3 hockey games, 1 soccer game and a floor hockey game (we didn't make it to that one) + he went to the Haigh Harvest at school. Scotty had 3 hockey games and we are trying to move things around in our house to get ready for the renovations.

Here are a few photos from Saturday's shoot. This is Raven and she is only 6 and just gorgeous. She is surely a natural when it comes to modeling.

Friday the 13th!!!

2006-10-13T11:09:00.000-04:00

Today is Friday the 13th and another gorgeous day in New England only in the 50's today but lots of sunshine. I totally want to photograph some of this beauty this Sunday.

I thought I would share some more photos

Happy Friday everyone!

This is a photo of my parents, I took it of them last year when they came to visit. Their first photo shoot with their daughter (hee)

This is my baby!!! I just love my Shaggy. This is when he was a puppy a year ago. Happy Friday from my Shagmeister!

Hockey Shots

2006-10-13T11:04:00.000-04:00

I can't believe I captured this shot of my son Scotty in net. You can see he caught the puck in his glove. This is the best action shot I have captured of him from his high school hockey. I also didn't know he was that flexible (hee) also some other shots

2006-10-13T11:02:00.000-04:00

This is a comp card I came up with to advertise my photography.

Scrapbook Pages

2006-10-13T11:01:00.000-04:00

Here is some of my latest work.

Fall Storyboard

2006-10-12T16:25:00.000-04:00

I made this storyboard from a few shots of the neighbor kids last year.

Photographing Babies

2006-10-12T16:20:00.000-04:00

I so love to photograph babies - they are so dang cute and I just have so much fun with them. Here are some of my favorite baby shots I have taken :-)

The Beach

2006-10-12T16:15:00.000-04:00

I know some of you have already seen these photos on My Daughters Wish but I thought I would share with the relatives who haven't seen them. Here are a few shots from Hampton Beach and other photos

Thursday

2006-10-12T13:18:00.000-04:00

ahhhh it is Thursday and after a bad rain storm last night it turned out to be gorgeous today. The sun came out around 10:00AM and it got up to around 70 degrees. I took a nice walk at lunch and feel so much better.

Here is another favorite layout of mine

Soccer

2006-10-11T21:38:00.000-04:00

Brandon has really done awesome in Soccer this year. His very first game we won 13 - 2 and he scored 11 out of the 13 goals. We are so proud of him and have been approached by coaches for him to play travel soccer and indoor soccer in the winter. Here are some photos of Brandon "dangling"

I LOVE FALL!!!

2006-10-11T16:26:00.000-04:00

Don't you just love Fall? It is my all time favorite season. Today was a typical fall day in New England - 60 degrees and beautiful. The foilage is about at full peak and I feel horrible that I haven't gotten out to photograph the beauty of this special season.

Here are some favorite photos from last year around this time.

The Butterfly Garden

2006-10-11T13:29:00.000-04:00

I was so happy to capture these photos at the Butterfly Garden. I have been making my own cards and using these are some of the cover photos.

2006-10-11T06:52:00.000-04:00

Some Photos from the First Day of School

I finally got a BLOG!

2006-10-10T15:45:00.000-04:00

It took a while but I finally bit the bullet and decided to see what this blog thing is all about. I just hope this first post works - now to play and figure everything out.

Be back soon I hope (hee)