I have a very good friend that is a manager at the Hard Rock Cafe Seattle. Mat (pictured below) is not only a restaurant manager, but also a very talented wildlife photographer. If you happen to visit his site, you will see wildlife of the animal kind just to be clear. He invited my family down for a friends and family preview of the cafe, which was very cool. We also got a guided tour and my daughter was thrilled to be able to pick a couple songs to be played. The location and view from the rooftop deck is fantastic. Oh, and the food was good. I recommend the granny smith apple & provolone burger! The official opening is on Wednesday, February 10th.

The touch screen at the table

Alyssa rockin' the Hard Rock Stage

Mat, the manager at the Hard Rock. Thanks for the invite, dude!

View from the rooftop deck

The kids and the sign

For my son’s birthday, we bought him tickets to the MLS Cup (that’s like the American soccer Superbowl for the non-soccer fans out there). One of his favorite moments from the whole day was meeting and getting his photograph taken with his idol and fellow goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Very happy little man!

PS - This was obviously taken with my point and shoot camera, which doubles as my video camera - Panasonic FZ28 if you want to know what I use for a knock-around camera.

Here is a new portrait of each of my two oldest kids (I have three, but one chose not to participate). I was itching to shoot and they were handy targets!

My son dressed in his Sounders FC kit. This image was take outdoors with a couple flashes

I took this image in a dark hallway with a couple of flashes to simulate daylight.

My amazing little five-year-old has graduated from pre-school! Here is a photograph from his slideshow. Very fun!

Here is another image of our beautiful little neice. Very fun!