For my birthday the family came up for the day on the weekend and we went out again to the Getty Center and out for a delicious dinner. Here are just a couple of quick shots from my quarter century celebration! First up Allison looking quite thoughtful…

Dad taking some photos of me taking photos!

My lovely mom in the gardens. She was the second birthday girl of course, although she was just a hair over the quarter century mark

My fabulous parents walking down the hill to the garage.

After dinner we headed to a tasty dinner kicked off by edamame… mmm. soybeans.

Me making cupcakes (photo courtesy of Ben who loves to borrow my camera!)

And here’s the tasty results of all the hard work!

And one more just for fun… Mark in the little toy helicopter outside a 99¢ store.

For my birthday today my wonderful husband bought me one of my favorite presents of all time… a new macro lens I’ve had my eye on for a while. This lens is going to be my new favorite toy I can tell! I love that I’m going to be able to take some great detail and ring shots with it and it’s so fun just to play around with. Here are just a couple of the first shots with it this morning right out of the box.

First up a shot of the most recent model I’ve built. This is going to come in quite handy documenting all the model work I’m doing.

And next up just for fun a ring shot of my husband and my wedding bands. They’re not quite as shiny and new as they were when this fantastic shot was taken of them but I still love ‘em! Thank you Ben for my fabulous new birthday present!



And last but not least Happy Birthday to my mom as well! Yes we do share a birthday. Happy Birthday mom!