Aldermanic Race

Notice to the world, I Brian Brinkley am running for Alderman of Wentzville, Ward 1. Please vote for me if you live in the Ward 1. If you know someone in ward 1 have them vote. In the past the total percent of votes was as low as 12 percent of the total available votes. So whoever you vote for just vote.

The Nursing Baby shot

Wow! You have to check out this image. We just took this yesterday. The mother was nursing her baby and the connection is unbelievable. The love that is in this image is palpable. What do you think? This was a fun session, the couple, baby, and grandma was all in the session. They liked a shadowy look so I played a lot with light and dark in this shoot. (not in this image though) The dad said "That image looks like it came out of a magazine." I agree.

Match Game

Does anybody else watch Match Game on GSN? We watch it pretty much every night. It is so much fun to hear answers from 1975. Who is your favorite panelist?

Snow, snow, snow

We just had 5 inches of snow on Saturday night. It was a perfect time to sit in the hot tub and enjoy the wintery weather. Peaceful and snowy, it was great. That is the perfect time to enjoy the snow, when you are up to your neck in hot water. Kari Leigh spent the night at a friend's house, and we (Amy and I) worked Blake pretty hard, so the three of us enjoyed the tub.

Here is a new birth announcement that we just created. What do you think?

New Year new blog

I have finally started my blog. I've been wanting to write one for a while. It seems a nice way to get thoughts down, and share pictures, and communicate to the world. My plan was to start this on the first of January, but we've been really busy. My father passed away January 4th. Here is his obit. He died from pancreatic cancer. We found out shortly after Thanksgiving. A mass of 10 cm was found in his abdomen. He stayed in the hospital till right before Christmas, then waas sent home. At that time his mass had grown to 15cm. He had tried two treatments of chemo, but to no effect.

Pancreatic cancer is bad news. If it is discover it it usually too late. Average life span after diagnosis is 3 months.

The beauty of cancer is that you get to say goodbye. I miss my father very much, but at least we (all of my family) got to say goodbye.