Meet Trent and his family. I met them when they rented the beach house next to my parents place on Emerald Isle, NC.
Trent is a Marine. Trent is shipping out to Iraq shortly to help train Iraqi soldiers. I approached his family to volunteer my photographic services while they were enjoying their short time together before Trent ships out. When I was in the Navy, the photographs I had of my loved ones got me through the long deployments, keeping me grounded and giving me something to look forward to. I hope Trent and his family enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed shooting them.
Trent, keep your spirits up and your head down. Meredith, call us if you need anything. You're in our thoughts.
...back in December.
I proposed to Elizabeth back in December of this year, but it wasn't until this week that we got her ring back from the jewelers. I designed the ring. It was difficult to cast the white gold without any bubbles in it. They tried to do it locally for months, then decided to outsource it to a place in Indiana that had a different casting method (hyperbaric?) and viola, we have a perfectly cast ring now. There is a London sapphire, surrounded by brown diamonds and a garnet on the end (my birthstone, and the traditional wedding stone in Medieval times).
We're running off to St. John USVI in July to have a private ceremony (just us) on top of a mountain at the house we're renting - which happens to be a castle!
My niece Jessica graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro this past weekend. She's pictured here with her proud mother (Loretta Jo) and father (Karl, my brother). Congratulations Jessica!
2007.7.06
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