Emily and I attended Flashbulb Moment in Chicago last weekend for a great time of photography and meeting with friends, old and new!

You can see more pictures from the day at: http://photographybyjackmcdonnell.blogspot.com/2011/04/flashbulb-moment.html

I love the view from the Hancock building observatory!

This is the great group of young people that came out for Flashbulb Moment.  I appreciate it guys!

My sister Emily is so beautiful, on the inside as well as the outside!

Cars look tiny when you are over 90 floors up!

Eli has been working on learning graphic design, and just recently, he started a blog.

Check it out at:

graphicsdude.blogspot.com

He will be posting future designs and projects on that blog, so be sure to check back often!

Keep up the good work Eli!

We love to see how creative you can be!

Yesterday, we pulled out the trampoline for the first time this year, and the kids had a blast taking turns on it.

I pulled out my strobes and messed around with some nighttime photography while they were bouncing, and we got some pretty hilarious shots!

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel with Brent and Kaity to Alabama for a week of revival meetings. Also, before we headed to Alabama we stopped at the Gellos' house in Florida. Here are some pictures from our trip.  

FLORIDA:

Beautiful Flowers! (I can't wait till we have flowers again here) 

At Tyler's baseball game

It was great to see Rick and Bethany again! :-)

Taking walks, getting fresh air and sunshine was wonderful.

ALABAMA:

I enjoyed playing the piano for the week. And Brent did a marvelous job on the trombone!

I absolutely loved working alongside Kaity, teaching the children.

New Friends, Rebecca and Melody.

The kids all loved the balloon swords and dogs that Kaity made them on the last night. 

Pizza + Friends = Fun!!