A Visit to the Pumpkin Patch!

One of my favorite evenings of the year - the visit to the Celebration Pumpkin Patch held at our Church - Community Presbyterian Church of Celebration. The girls loved picking out their favorites {and posing for pictures as you can see}...they seem SO big to me all of a sudden! There were some parents there with infants and they were propping them up among the pumkins for pics - and I was very nostalgic to think that it was not too long ago we were doing the same...time really flies - just trying to hold onto every precious moment!!!

Stacey Kane coming to Celebration!

I am SO excited because the AMAZINGLY talented photographer Stacey Kane is coming to Celebration next weekend. I have been working with Stacey for over a year now in the wedding-side of life. She came down from Maine last Spring and shot Kathryn and my new headshots for the EC website and is coming back to shoot our girls for holiday cards!

If anyone is interested in this special opportunity to have one of the BEST and most respected family/children/wedding photojournalists in the country [her work has appeared in Martha Stewart Weddings, In Style, People, US and a number of books to name just a few!] get in touch with Stacey to set up a time to meet up with her in Celebration or over at BoardWalk [great background locations there!] where she is staying. Sessions are $150 with all photos posted online afterwards. Her email address is: stacey@staceykane.com or phone is 207.653.2356 - she will be here Oct. 19-22nd. Check out her blog for some of her latest work!

Cleaning and Crossword Puzzles

Crack us up - Check out Gracie in action doing the dishes and working on her crossword puzzles...hmmm, perhaps a reflection of spending so much time with 'the Grandma's?' :)

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Last week brought much needed cool(er) breezes so PG and the girls broke out the kite and had some fun in the park in front of our house!

Mommy off to Antigua!

Well - I am off yet again! This time to Antigua for the opening of a new Sandals Resort! I will be there for the whole weekend hosting the who's who of bridal media on all that is new with Sandals Weddings!

Daddy and the girls will be just fine - but I always hate to be away - especially over a weekend!! Could be worse I know - but I will be rooting for team Galaxy soccer team {Patrick is the coach for the 3rd season!} from afar and missing all the great things that a fall weekend in Celebration brings.

Down for the Count...

Well, our little mad-blogger has been absent after a stong start this weekend. Poor Annie has been down for the count with a fever, sore throat and bark-ey cough for the past 3 days...they are always so little and sad when they are sick. She has been here at home with me all week [with some quality Gramma care in between] and I take her to the Dr. this afternoon. My guess - Strep Throat. Hope we get a stong antibiotic to knock it out and that it does not make its way through all the rest of us!

Gracie at the Park

Nothing beats a morning at our favorite Spring Park in Celebration!

Best friends

It's Annie again! this is my best friend Katie she is 7 1/2 too and i have known Katie since i was 10 days old. she goes to school with me at montessori school of celebration fl in the green room in second grade i hope you liked meeting my friend Katie. annie bye.

Sunday Morning 9/30/07

Hello its Annie again. every day now i am going to type its fun. this picture is from when i was in cayman islands on an iguana at the cozy sandy beach i ran in and out of the water its annie bye.

Hi from Gracie

Hi I'm gracie grinnals ilove my big sister annie she alreddy made a blog and since i dont now how to type she is typing all this for me she is still teaching me how im almost 4 years old i go to montessori school to im in preschool and annie's in second grade WOW it's gracie bye.

Hello from Annie

hi its Annie its my first blog picture IM EXITED yay yay yay i lke it. im 7 1/2 years old. I go to montessori school of celebration fl. bye Annie

Some pro pics

We were so lucky to have the amazing photojournalist from Maine, Stacey Kane in town back in March to shoot our new headshots for the Engaging Concepts website. Kathryn and I brought the 4 girls with us and Stacey was kind enough to turn her camera around and capture a few images of each in between our shots. Gracie was running about a 102 degree fever that day and was a total trooper [no surprise there!] but you can really see it in her eyes. We are really excited because Stacey is coming back at the end of the month to shoot the girls for our holiday pics - can't wait for those!

Welcome to our Blog!

Hi! Welcome to the Grinnals Family Blog. I have been blogging for my business for a few months now and it is long past time I start one to share news and updates from Celebration and most importantly pictures - because lord knows there are PLENTY trapped here in my computer!

These first shots are some of our favorites from the very fun shoot we were lucky enough to do for "Family Circle" Magazine last year taken by the uber-talented Eric Larson. They do a one-page feature each year on a family living in an interesting hometown and of course Celebration certainly fit the bill.

I am going to start a little backwards with this and put in some favorite shots along the way but will soon be blogging in 'real time.' Looking forward to it [and look for some 'guest blogging' from time to time - never too early to get started as a blogger :)!].

Smiles - Rebecca

[photos: Eric Larson Light-of-Day for Family Circle Magazine]