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December 31, 2011 My Facebook status read:

“We are about to say good-bye to Twenty-Eleven
What’s your 2011 Moment to Remember?”

So many responses of moments…
babies born, degrees achieved, rock star moments witnessed, deployments, proud parent moments, and soon to be babies on the way.
We also had clients/friends share the moment they will remember most as being their Shoot or Wedding with US!!!
This is the one that makes us take a deep breath and say….YES, this is Why our job is SOOOOO much more than just a job!

This brought us to take today and simply reflect on this Chapter in our Life we called “Twenty-Eleven”
Our day of reflection has been filled with the things we love doing on our personal time:
Going for Country Car Rides, Listening to New music, Talking the day away, all while drinking Starbucks.
This gave us chance to reflect on the many Moments of 2011 that Touched our Hearts….

I will start by sharing our most personal favorite moment of Twenty-Eleven to remember….
The vision of the BOSTON Skyline aboard a Ferry Boat on our 16th Wedding Anniversary
and walking in the ocean with the seals along Cape Cod MA is our Favorite Twenty-Eleven Moment to Remember!

More Twenty-Eleven Moments to Remember….

• The client’s gasps of joy and tears in their eyes because of the images of art we created looking back at them.
• The times with friends at places we love like Skyline Drive, Dino-Land, Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks, and our cherished
  Evenings on the Observation Deck with Wine and Dear Friends Singing their Hearts out.
• The Parents who have always stood by us and believed in us.
• The many smiles friends have brought to our faces, like when a dear friend makes a surprise appearance upon our doorstep.
• The Live Music we enjoyed Waterfront. Music that inspires us to believe: that you have to “swim” no matter what life brings
• The Ghost Stories told till the wee hours as we await a new arrival.
• The New Life we held in our arms
• The Family on the Farm who made us feel at home.
• The Dance we danced in the Rain.
• The October Snow and the friends we shared it with, making their dream come true.
• The 22 Foot Inflatable Slide I went down hand in hand with bride & groom.
• The Bellies to Babies.
• The Rat Rod in the Rain.
• The Celebration of One Year for the smallest survivor.
• The many days I have felt pretty because of one special artist.
• The smile on a bride’s face as her love of horses shines through when she rides down in her very own horse and carriage.
• The feeling we had in our hearts when a rock star’s stage changed from a crowd of screaming fans to a crowd of family and friends the day he said I do.
• The picture from Budapest as our Snapp-Shot Sharpie stone shines from afar.
• The stories of Strength captured within our images.
• The youngest of models handing me a sharpie stone she had signed her own love on after a shoot.
• The first ride back on the bikes.
• The force of a train going by as we worked track side.
• The feeling we had when we were given the title of babies first shoot.
• The neighbors who are always there for us in time of need.
• The most beautiful place two hours could take you from home.
• The many nights we simply….came home.

Years are the Chapters in our Lives….
Chapter Twenty-Eleven, we gained some friends, lost some friends, smiled, cried, celebrated life,
celebrated 16 years of marriage, captured stories of real life and loved every moment of it.

As we close this yearly chapter…we leave you with this traditional moment.
An image we share quietly together no matter how cold we like to hike to this spot and capture……“The Last-Light of Twenty-Eleven”

As we look forward to chapter Twenty-Twelve we vision…
New clients who will also turn into new Friends, Good Health, Happiness, New Music, Many Journeys together ….
and of course we look forward to growing as Photographic Artists!
We’d like to leave you with music lyrics from one of our favorite bands we listened to today,
“Red Wanting Blue” song “Love Remains” off their new album “From The Vanishing Point”
“Don’t give up
You can keep up, keep on moving
Chasing the Sound of the Sun somewhere going down”