Katie DiSimone :: San Luis Obispo Wedding Photographer, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and beyond

255

Are you ready for this?

05.08.09

(4) Comments Leave comment Send to a friend

Lisa:

That put a smile on my face! Way to go Anna!

(05.08.09)

Jill:

Adorable!!!! Dancing queen...

(05.10.09)

Chris:

Tiene el ojo del tigre todo el tiempo.

Very cool.

(05.11.09)

Christina:

So adorable! Way to go Anna!!!

(05.12.09)

252

Celtics vs Bulls Game 7

05.01.09

If you need Jason tomorrow between 4:45 pm and 9:45 pm, this is how he will be. Please don't call the house. Don't even bother text messaging. He won't eat while the game is on. He won't leave the room. He will get all his chores done by noon and then spend the rest of the day pacing in anticipation of the game. He will be wearing green. He won't cut his toenails or speak about the Celtics chances (and other strange superstitions). Game 7 vs the Chicago Bulls. BIG game. Must win. Please let the game go well. I want him to be happy. I want to be happy. And, I LOVE RAY ALLEN!

(2) Comments Leave comment Send to a friend

Melissa Hageman:

I love this picture. It is reflective of my house when the Angels OR 49er's are playing. Extreme concentration and hope for the win!

(05.07.09)

Kameron:

creepy creeper baby doll in the chair. watch out bulls.

(05.14.09)

251

Baile de Primer Grado- Georgia Brown

05.01.09

Anna had her Baile de Primer Grado! We've been so excited to see this performance because she's been practicing for so long. We knew they had big mexican skirts to wear because every time she practiced, she held her arms out like holding an imaginary dress. We dutifully went and bought the white socks, white shirt, and black shoes to complete the rest of the attire. My only panic moment of the performance came the night before. The teacher sent home ribbons and a request to have her hair braided with the ribbons. ACK! I don't braid hair very well...normally Marcelle (our neighbor) does that for me. But, her house has the flu so we're not going over there for awhile. Anyways, we managed to get the hair braided in time to make it to school by the regular time. The girls were so excited about the performance that they didn't even eat breakfast. This ranks right up there in my favorite parenting moments. Warm fuzzies all the way around.

(3) Comments Leave comment Send to a friend

katie ford:

I love Georgia Brown- Stina and I totally preformed Cinderella there when we were in hs! This is absolutely adorable and a good braid as well.

(05.01.09)

Lisa:

Love it! Wish I could have seen it in person! Tell Anna it looks like she did a great job!

(05.01.09)

Annie:

SO cute! She's a natural!

(05.01.09)

246

Anna is reading

04.21.09

Truth is that Anna has been reading for awhile now. Her school teachers have done an amazing job with her. We never really pushed reading at home (despite my intentions to do so)...so I was a little worried that she'd be slipped in with a crowd of kindergartners that could already read and be the "slow" kid of the class. Luckily, if that was the case, the teachers got her up to speed quickly and never told me anything about it. I'm grateful for the hard work that they have done, because tonight's treat was AMAZING. Anna read a whole book in English to me tonight. She's really quite good at reading in Spanish, but the English reading is something we really don't do often at home. Her teachers prefer her to practice Spanish over English for now. Spanish is a much simpler language to read, since pretty much everything is pronounced exactly as it appears. English is a mess of silent letters, different vowel sounds, and odd combination letters to form even newer sounds. Things like "ph" and "ought" are difficult for new English readers. So, to watch Anna smile as she read this book was all the sappy things that you could imagine I'd say. Warm fuzzies, mother's love, swelling heart, tears in my eyes. She was so proud of herself and I was too. The other special part of tonight was the book that she chose to read. Several years ago my friend, Howard Kolb, wrote a book called "Rainbow Reef" and dedicated to his daughter. He did the pencil sketch illustrations for it as well. It's the story of three seahorses who have an adventure at sea. Anna chose the book off the bookcase and has been asking to read it to me for the past two nights. She loved the story, and kept telling me about her favorite illustrations. I can't wait to show Howard these pictures and tell him how his book brought me this cool experience. To further celebrate and pay some recent kindness forward...I'll send a copy of Rainbow Reef to the first 10 people to comment on this post. In that comment, you gotta tell me what your favorite scent is. Mine is definitely little babies...followed closely by pink jasmine blossoms. If I don't get 10 comments...then I'll assume you are all olfactory challenged and/or illiterate. (LOL...I almost spelled illiterate wrong!) Come on...speak to me...get a book.

(16) Comments Leave comment Send to a friend

Angela Higgins:

your girls are adorable! if you ever get sick of them send them down my way :)

I am in no way expecting a book considering the distance (but I am going to have a look out for it) but my favourite scent is the smell just after it rains. Its heavenly - so clean and enveloping.

(04.22.09)

Angie Nerenberg:

Ok... I'm so not going to pass this up. Hi, Katie. I've been lurking around your blog because I'm a sucker for wedding pictures, and the sweet stories you tell. Now you know.

I love seahorses; in fact, I've had the awesome chance to be helping work on the Secret Lives of Seahorses exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium! Check it out here: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/seahorse.aspx

...and my favorite scent is my mom's perfume when I get a big hug from her. *channeling steven colbert* book, please.

(04.22.09)

meghan:

Orange blossoms. Lilacs. Onions being sauteed in butter. Freshly grated ginger. Toasted cumin seeds. I could go on and on and on with food smells. But I have to say it's the smell of spring that really gets me -- the orange blossoms and the lilacs. I want to drink them both.

(04.22.09)

Annie:

How fun! I've got to go with the smell after it rains, but more specifically, it's the smell of the wet asphalt I love... I know, I'm weird :) Freshly washed bed sheets run a close second, too.

(04.22.09)

Marge:

My chlorine-soaked teenage son! The scent takes me back to my childhood days of competitive swim. I was never a stellar swimmer, but as the youngest child, swim practice afforded an opportunity to be with the big kids, and be one of the gang. Plus, I know Chaz has just had a good physical workout when he's chlorine scented; he's spent time with real friends in real time, rather than cyber friends in the e-world.

(04.22.09)

Kristen:

my favorite scent is my new hubby after he showers. haha much better than his pre-shower smell ;) yay new book!

(04.22.09)

Sharra Clark:

I think listen to your child read is one of the most wonderful things to hear. My daughter has learned to read this year and surprises me everyday with new words she can read. It is a proud moment for a parent.

(04.22.09)

Melissa:

What a great blog! That is such a special moment for you and your daughter to share...and a huge milestone for her! Congrats! My favorite scent is peppermint pipe tobacco...it floods me with many fond memories of my grandpa, as he loved to smoke from his pipe, thus his clothes, everytime I hugged him, smelled of it. Thank you for bringing that memory back alive to me today!

(04.22.09)

Stina D:

I love the smell of fresh cut grass, cucmuber melon, and sea island cotton. Oooh, I wish I was in the shower right now. Those are all soap scents.

(04.22.09)

Sharra Clark:

And I totaly forgot my favorite scent is fresh cut grass.

(04.22.09)

Nancy Ray:

beautiful work, as always.

my favorite scent is what i like to call "clean man." aka my husband after he gets out of the shower and puts on aftershave. :)

(04.22.09)

Nancy Ray:

wow - didn't even read kristen's comment! now i don't feel original. i shall add to my favorite scents my mom's cinnamon cider candles that always and only burns at Christmastime :)

(04.22.09)

katie ford:

favorite smell= ripe mangos

(04.22.09)

L.Zlotnick:

In no order.....favorite smells Gardinas, Ben, after he has shaved. Not aftershave but the combo of shaving cream and him, garlic cooking in almost anything, roses, my dog when he's fresh from the groomer.
A&A would love a book if Kate hasn't already responded.
Love the pictures. Always
Lesley

(04.22.09)

Nikki:

Okay, I know I am #14 but I just wanted to play along too:) My favorite smell is my husband. Seriously. Ever since we started going together I have loved to smell him whenever we hug.

(04.22.09)

Jill:

Well, I missed the top 10 but love that Anna brought tears to your eyes with her reading. Ahhh, I'm waiting for those reading moments...we have other sentimental toddler moments and first words/sentences right now. Sometime we just crack up at what he says. Ok, so on with it my favorite smell...gardenias remind me of Hawaii (ahhh) and of course my son right when he gets out of the bath with his hair still wet, and my husband after he puts after shave on =) Give the girls a squeeze for us!

(04.25.09)

244

Giving back some love

04.15.09

After a dramatic 26 hours and 12 minutes, my website and blog are finally back alive. Thanks for your patience everyone while that unscheduled downtime happened. Believe me...I was just as lost without my own blog as you all were. I got on my computer and stared at it blankly, lost without the comfort of my own site to share my thoughts and photos. I was doing some simple domain name things with my host company which I had not expected would impact the hosting of THIS website, thought it would only affect an old website of mine. BUT, Murphy's Law prevailed. Anyways, to celebrate the rebirth...I'm going to share a secret. There is this program called Skitch that is one of my favorite things of all time. I have been using it for about 8 months or so. Of course, this is only for Mac users because we are, after all, better than everyone else (ok, little joke there). But, seriously this is not for Windows users. Skitch is this little program that allows you to do screen captures on a Mac in a simple click. You just drag and click...voila...instant jpg. How do I use it? For everything. If I see something online that I want to send someone on email quickly...I skitch it. If I want to send a screen shot to a friend on iChat, I skitch it and it goes in a second. If you frequent forums where you post images, you can use Skitch to not only capture your screen image...but skitch even uploads it with the click of one button and hosts it for you to post elsewhere. This is especially cool for bloggers!!! You can skitch anything you see online and easily make reference back to it in your blog.

AND IT IS FREE!!! no spam, no fees. i love skitch.

So, if you click on the image below (which yes, was skitched from skitch's website) you too can get addicted. Now, don't share this secret with everyone. It is something special. Only give this link to people who you owe favors to, or want to kiss up to.

I have to give credit to Pete Lawrence for originally sharing this program with me. Thanks Pete!

(2) Comments Leave comment Send to a friend

Keith Lang:

Thanks Katie!

We're always so happy to hear stories of Skitch helping make sharing easier. And just to let you know, we do plan to release a version for PC as well, but don't have a release date for that at this stage. I guess you could say we want to share the love ;-)

We always love to see how people use Skitch and to hear feedback, so just let us know if there's something pro photographers like yourself would like to see in Skitch or skitch.com

*Beautiful* photos btw!

Keith
skitch.com

(04.16.09)

Philippe:

Hey Katie, we are so glad to see your website back up and running. We were worried for a while there. Glad to see you back!!

(04.17.09)