raising heller

here’s some pics of lily and jackson that are really good (admittedly, i’m a little biased). jack’s really yucking it up for the camera.

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to anyone who cares, here’s some new pictures of the children.

click on the above image to view the gallery.

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so, here’s a test of wit and skill. which child is which? or are they even ours? i challenge any of you to this attempt this feat.

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so we have this place nearby that takes really cute portraits of the kids called emages (pronounced, emma-jez) and they were doing a whole session of portraits out in this tulip field. we thought it would be cool to take lily and jack to get their picture taken, but as it turns out jack couldn’t make it so he sent an old (and very concerned) little bald man to take his place. these are just some of the proofs that they put online which is why there’s a little “emages” watermark on all of the pics.

EDIT: jana says that they’re daffodils, not tulips.

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these are a long time coming. jana had taken a bunch of pictures and it’s just taken me a long time to put these up. par for the course, really.

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so, a couple of friends of ours were in town and one of them is a fantastic photographer and she took a bunch of pictures of jackson for us. so, thanks kristin, and you all enjoy these fantabulous photos.

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i’m sorry that it’s been so long since i’ve made any updates. this is the toll that two children can take on you. plus i’ve been really busy at work (see below). these are a bunch of pictures of jackson since he’s been born. there’s also a few of lily in there around halloween. hopefully after Christmas, i’ll be able to update the site more often. i have some videos that i’d like to put up as soon as i get enough time to edit them. no more excuses.

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here he is. jackson jet heller born wednesday, october 19th, 2005 at 6:03 am. he weighed in at 7lbs. 2oz. and was 20 & 1/4″ tall (snakes are long, not babies). he’s totally healthy and we’re stoked (and possibly a little nervous) to welcome him to his new home.

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so, saturday september 3rd, i went to see a band that i’ve been eagerly anticipating for a while now. the retribution gospel choir is a musical surprise comprised of two men from bands that i’ve been heavily into for years. alan sparhawk from low and mark kozelek from red house painters. seperately these respective bands are the embodiment of mellowness, but when their forces are combined, the rockers buried deep within their hearts are set free and unleashed on the crowd.
this new side project is definitely still rough around the edges as they are themselves figuring out just where they want to go, but the spirit of it is there and resonates clearly. they played mostly obscure covers from bands like the rolling stones, and pink floyd and occasionally played a tune from their own catalogs. below are links to photos that i took as well as some videos that i shot. i hope you dig it.

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our friends, brady and dena, had family in town and dena’s father is a photographer. well, he took some really great pictures of lily and brady and dena’s daughter, maddie. check them out.

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