Podoll Family

The best thing about living on a Coast Guard base is getting to know some great CG families! I have had the privilege to be friends with Joellen, her husband Nate and their adorable son! They are leaving the island soon for new CG adventures. I cant believe how fast the year has passed by but we made some great memories along the way. They gave me the chance to do a family shoot with them and here is a preview of the shoot.

I wish you guys the best and I hope we get the chance to see each other again in "America" lol!

GinnieF Photography

It is OFFICIAL!! I am finally restarting my photography business! I love being a stay at home mommy but I have missed being creative and capturing peoples memories for far too long! Recently my husband was a sweetheart and upgraded my camera to a new one that has a ton more features and well, it does really cool stuff!!! So I am trusting in the Lord for His favor and getting things going. I do now have a website again~Yay! It is exciting to see where this new chapter will take me in my business. If you would like to check out my website:

www.ginniefphotography.zenfolio.com

Fathers Day 2012

Fathers Day is a bittersweet day for me! Many people are fortunate to have one great dad in their lives and I was blessed with two! I am always talking about my daddy, Rick, who lives in Florida who my son adores and with whom I very close with. He has been (and continues to be) an incredible father and best friend to me and I love him very much.

I don't get to talk often about my real father, Jerry. He passed away 7 years ago this past March and I miss him dearly. He never got to meet my husband or hold my children but I know he was so very proud of me and I feel his presence often. He was a man of many talents and hobbies. He could fix anything and was a friend to anyone.  (I know you are looking down from Heaven smiling while watching your grandkids play and grow). So even if you are not close to your father, just be thankful for him. I am so glad I made the effort to spend time with my father before he passed away because that is time I can never replace!! Happy Fathers Day to everyone out there who is a father or is a very important father figure to someone!

And here is a picture of the best dad in my house! I love you hun and thank you for all that you do for us! You are an incredible father!

Buffalo!

Another thing we like about Psagashack is finding the buffalo. There are signs posted that say "Caution loose livestock". They mean it!! There are buffalo, cattle and even horses that roam around the area. When you come up on them it really puts new meaning to the term... Road Block!

We even got to see a bunch of young calfs! they are so cute!!! Matt was picking at me and said "Yeah they are cute and they taste good too!" ~ Mean boy!

Kodiak~Surfers Beach

We love exploring Kodiak but we don't get the opportunity very often. Matt is usually underway and I certainly don't feel comfortable walking thru the trails with the kids by my self (Bear territory). One place we have briefly explored was Psagashack. It's about 25 miles outside of the base down a mountainy twisty, windy road! So of course the first tie we went I got car sick! Well this weekend the weather was awesome and I decided to drive! We made it past Psagashack and found the very popular "Surfer's Beach". It was beautiful and well worth getting sick for-on the way back! lol I got to take some great pics!

We even noticed a small group of whales playing just behind the surf! I took some shots but they were too far off. This was the best one I got of two whales surfacing:

It is days like this one where I like living here and getting the opportunity to experience these things!