Well, unfortunately we received word that Makena was not selected amongst the top 5 finalists to go to New York for Parents Magazine Cover Contest. Oh well--we are very happy that she made it this far--it was exciting while it lasted! But it is not entirely over yet! You can vote for her in the Reader's Choice part of the contest by going to PARENTS MAGAZINE and clicking on her picture! You can vote once daily until the beginning of September. THANKS!!

congrats makena!

A few months ago I submitted Makena's photo to a Parents Magazine Cover Model contest for fun. I received a phone call the other day saying that she has been selected as a semi-finalist in the contest, one of 20 selected of ~85,000 entries! We are pretty excited, even if this is the furthest she goes in the competition! But now, we wait to see what happens. They now narrow it down to 5, whom they will all send to New York for a final photo shoot at Parents Magazine studios. We shall see how things go, but if she doesn't make it--we are still extremely proud that she has gotten this far! These are a few of the supplemental photos I had to send in this week!

the 4th and the fair

July is only half over, but it has been pretty eventful thus far! We had the Cliffhouse annual 4th of July party which was really fun this year. We took Makena to the Del Mar fair one day, which she loved! And then of course, there are just some random pictures that I have taken along the way. Anyhow--click link below to see photos!
Some July pics

Just for fun

Just for fun we started doing a little photography/model job in which designers send me the clothes for Makena to model and I take her picture in them. Either I get paid for the pictures, or I get to keep the clothes in exchange. So its a win-win! My friend Holly has been doing it for awhile, and now that I have a camera I can start taking my own pictures. Not that I am near the photographer she is, I just enjoy doing it! So we will see how it pans out, but this is the comp card they created with a few of the pics I sent. Here are a couple more...