Lately the weeks have just been flying by at a furious place, with so many little things coming one after the other that it’s really hard to keep track. Jennifer and I are both home only on weeknights; one of us always have something going on. Between the volleyball/hockey/softball games, photo shoots, mom’s/dad’s nights out, and all the little random events here and there, our schedules are quite packed.

The girls have been taking swim classes twice a week. Anna started around June, and Tara a month or so ago. The progress by both continues to amaze. Anna recently has started doing the crawl, and she moves through the water so quickly that I wonder if competitive swimming might be in her future. It sure would be a great way to exercise. Tara is very comfortable in the water, but she’s also very headstrong, so she and the instructor don’t always agree on the proper technique for swimming.

My trip to Singapore is coming up in a few weeks, and I haven’t really begun to make arrangements, but I suppose I should start soon. After a couple hot weeks here I decided that I really don’t like hot humid weather, so hopefully they have a cold snap. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, hopefully I can at least avoid tsunamis and dengue fever.

The shoot at Hawaiian Tropic turned out great, all things considering. I started out with a busted softbox and an uncooperative model, but eventually everything turned out ok and I walked away with about 300 usable photos. I borrowed a second flash unit and liked it well enough that I’m going to buy my own so that I can use it for fill on such events in the future. Currently there are a couple opportunities on the calendar, but having a couple days of “normal” is getting harder to find, so we’ll see what happens.