You’ll have to bear with me over the next couple of weeks….. I’m working on putting together a photo album from our Aussie adventures and editing through photos that I haven’t looked at literally in months. It’s wonderful to relive our trip and bittersweet as it makes me miss Eileen & Ian who are living there now. Here is a beauty that I think may have to be a canvas in my stairway…. what do you think? Cheers 
A big shout out to Amanada & Regan Neilands for pulling off a fabulous event. The day raised more than $2000 to send to Haiti! Way to go! Here is a shot of their family in the “Fun Photo Booth” I had set up.
And here are a few more photos I wanted to share. I took over 90 children’s photos in just a few short hours.
It was a great afternoon and a lot of fun! Thanks so much to all the sponsors who helped to make it such a great sucess!!
I wanted to blog about an event I’m involved in this weekend. If you are a friend of mine from facebook, then you’ve probably already heard about this, but just incase I thought it was worth posting again. You can’t help but hear hourly updates on the radio about the devistation in Haiti. I think at times it’s easy to feel completely helpless to do anything to help all these poor people who have lost literally everything. Hopefully in some way I can help make a difference. This weekend I’m going to be volunteering and taking photos at a Children’s Carnival in Exeter with all proceeds going to Haiti. I’ve copied the write up from the facebook posting. The event is being organized by Amanda Neilands and she writes…..
FUNDRAISER FOR HAITI
We have been talking to our kids about what is happening in Haiti. They wanted to help but weren’t sure how to go about it, so after many many interesteing ideas, Cassidy came up with the idea to have a princess party. Drew thought that maybe something for the boys would be nice as well, so we have decided on a carnival. The following will be at the carnival:
DESIGNERS FASHION CORNER
They will be painting nails and doing make up on all the girls that would like it
Bouncy Castle
Preschool Castle crawl Maze (with mini ball pond)
Crafters Station
Face Painting and temporary Tattoos
Balloon Animals
Musical Costume Parade
Giant Snakes and Ladders
Parachute games
PRESCHOOL FUN ZONE
A floor piano and ‘tiny tot’ piece – this adorable little footprint pad that makes funny sounds as the child walks on them – the PreSchool Toy Zone (assortment of age-appropriate toys) and our pop-up tent & tunnel
all from http://www.par-t-perfect.com
PROFESSIONAL PICTURES BY SANDRA REGIER
We encourage the little ones to wear there princess dresses, pirate wear, super hero costumes etc if they like
We will also have a princess and pirate for you to meet if you so like.
Admission will be $10 per child, as well accepting any donations on top of that if you can.
100% of the proceeds will be going to Haiti via Trivitt Church
Please invite all your friends to this event, we want as many kids as possible out for a really fun day and a great cause!
Need more info or want to volunteer to help out in some way?
Send me a message via facebook, or email amandaglavin@hotmail.com or phone (519) 235-1054.
Wow! It’s been way too long since my last post! I made a deliberate decision to limit my computer time while my kids were off school for the Christmas holidays. It took a couple of days to get used to but boy did it ever feel good to have some down time. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family who are all growing up far too quickly.
I’m so looking forward to all that this New Year brings! A year ago I would have never imagined that I could travel half way around the world, open a studio and shoot another destination wedding! I can’t wait to see what 2010 will bring! I’ll be blogging all along the way so check back for updates. I’m going to try post some photos of my kids in the next couple weeks as well.
Cheers! Sandra
Last week we were talking about Christmas shopping and I asked the kids to each make me a list of their favourite items. Rachael came to me afterward and said…. “Mom, I really don’t need anything this Christmas, so maybe instead you could sponsor a needy family or something instead.” – my heart melted. My 12 year old girl who would love a camera or new clothes really felt that the needs of others were probably more important. We chatted and I have something in mind for her (don’t want to spoil the surprise) – but she also did come up with a small list of things she would like under the tree as well. This blog post goes out with kudos to my “Fred” as we loving call her! This photo is from her birthday this past January…. we love you Fred!!
Today’s blog post goes out to my youngest daughter Caroline. Caroline is a creative spunky fun loving kid and today she is turning 11! Sandwiched between 2 older sisters and 2 younger brothers she is truly the middle child of our family….. it’s a tough job, but someone has got to do it! Happy Birthday Caroline ! I hope you have a fabulous year!!
