The Best Gift Ever

The Best Gift Ever
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Dayton could not wait for Christmas morning so he could get his long awaited GUN! Well it finally arrived and he is so excited to have it. As scary as this little man looks he is the sweetest boy on the planet. For more Christmas Photos click here.

Brett Meyer

Brett Meyer
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We had a wonderful opportunity to spend the holidays at the Meyer family cabin in Ninilchik Alaska. We had so much fun spending time with family and playing in the snow. One of the highlights for me was going into the back country to get some photos of the boys on their toys. The shooting conditions were perfect, subzero temperatures and high winds. The moment I took the camera out of the pack my hands were numb. Needless to say I did not get many opportunities to shoot but was able to come up with a few great shots. Thanks for the great time Meyers!

Give the Gift of Cooking

Give the Gift of Cooking
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"Give the Gift of Cooking with Allen & Petersen Cooking & Appliance Center"

www.aphome.com

www.vikingonly.com

Happy Holidays!

Dave

The REAL highlight of Christmas

Nativity2
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

The highlight of the  Christmas season should be on the birth of Jesus Christ. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the parties, the gift giving, the good food and all the fun that comes with Christmas and forget the real reason we are celebrating, the birth of Jesus Christ. I hope we can all step back a moment and refocus our attention on him.

Strobist: One SB-600 camera left with homemade vacuum attachment snoot 1/8 power

Plush Moose

Plush Moose
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

I finally received some of my lighting equipment and stayed up all hours of the night getting used to them. Trina had a good time as well helping me come up with fun ideas and getting creative with things we had laying around the house. For this shot we used on of my SB-600's and put it in my new Micro Apollo softbox, with the flash on about 1/128 power. I have a few more photos that we did posted here.

Grandma's Hands

Grandma's Hands
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Project with Grandpa

Project with Grandpa
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa this weekend. The kids where so excited to do projects with them. I was able to catch what apparently is a rare moment, Grandpa doing projects with the kids. Usually Grandpa is working or doing something Grandma has tasked him with. We are thankful we got to take part in such a moment. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa, we love you.

Cere (aka Cereal)

Cere (aka Cereal)
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

There is no substitute for a late night snack of cereal.

Strobist: One SB-800 camera left above shooting through diffuser.

Nothin' like an Alaskan Man and a Snow Shovel

Dayton was so proud of his efforts, he actually was the one to request
that I take his picture! Hope he still likes doing this when he's
13. :-) Fat chance.

High waters or capris?

Sydney fell in love with these pants almost two years ago. Are capris
still in?

Sydney, working intently on her Christmas project

Have we mentioned how much Sydney likes to do projects?

We're on our way to the Temple

Dayton and Sydney told me that they are in the car, going to the
temple. When she was picking out clothes after bath time, she
informed that she needed to pick out a pretty dress. Grandma and
Grandpa just got back from the temple and Sydney must have caught
on. :-)
Trina

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Gifts
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

Having lots of family can be both a blessing and a huge pain in the neck. Each year as we get toward the end we add the stress of coming up with something to send to our family members and friends to tell them that we appreciate and love them. I of course look to the local merchants to come up with something that does just that, but each year I am vetoed and my wife proceeds to stay up all hours of the night working on her creative ideas that end up saving us huge chunks of cash.

She is so good at coming up with a cute idea that we can make from things we have around the house. I am not sure how she does it, but each year I end up amazed at the beautiful things she makes. I hope each of you enjoy her long hours and creativity ( I sure do).

Trina's Creativitiy

Trina Card
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

Trina has such an amazing ability to be creative. She decided last night that she was going to make this card for some people in our ward to congratulate them on their adopting children. I am always amazed at what a great job she does making these cards from scratch.

1st attempted family photo shoot...

Was a little disasterous, ending with Sydney getting a spankin'
because she refused to smile the 'entire' time. Funny thing though,
she ended up with more smiles than Dayton in the favorites. How did
that happen?

Refinishing a dresser

I love doing household projects, especially when a power tool is
involved. :)

Finished cake

Gum Florets

I got this really cool cake decorating idea while waiting in line at
the grocery store. Flowers made with gum. :-)

Wifey

TrinaThanksgiving08
Originally uploaded by dave_mdavis

We celebrated Thanksgiving this year at Brandy's house and as always enjoyed the wonderfully decorated home she has. I of course walked around with a camera hanging from neck taking whatever photo I could. I really like this one of my wifey, isn't she cute!