New neighbors!!!!

Guess who just moved into our neighborhood! Into an apartment about three blocks from us!!
My friend Sarah Jane!!!

And her daughter, Lyric!

Lyric brought her baby over to visit tonight. I got a picture of her giving the baby a bottle because she "was fussy." She put the baby on Mike's lap and gave him strict instructions on babysitting while she was playing.

Of course, then she realized that I was taking pictures and decided to ham it up a little bit.


It's only been about six or seven months since we've seen her, but she's HUGE now. And she talks all the time. It'll be wonderful having them so close.

Images by Lyric Roy

These pictures were all taken by our friend Sarah's three year old daughter, Lyric - without any adult assistance. It was quite amusing to see this little girl carting around my huge camera, which is almost as big as she is. When she put the strap around her neck and let it dangle, it would almost touch the floor. Mike taught her to hold it and tell the subject to "say cheese!" Then she would tell us how she wanted us to pose for the next time - very grown-up, she'd click her tongue and say, "Ok - this time you give her a kiss." or whatever she wanted us to do. Too cute. Then she'd take the picture and say, "Oh, yeah. That's a good one."

Admittedly, there were some that didn't come out this well, but I was quite impressed! Mike says he's going to sign her up for the Scott Potter School of Photography.

Thanksgiving

Yes We Can

Official song site:
http://www.yeswecansong.com

Obama Campaign Site:
http://www.barackobama.com/

Yes we can what?:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/

Is it true that he....?:
http://factcheck.barackobama.com/

Be a part of the video at:
http://www.hopeactchange.com

-Lyrics-

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality.

Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.

Yes we can heal this nation.

Yes we can repair this world.

Yes we can.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea --

Yes. We. Can.



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Election Day

I voted! You should, too.