The Gonzalez Family

On Monday, July 19th, my younger brother, Todd, passed away. We miss him very much. The funeral was on July 26th and he was buried at the Orem cemetery. His obituary is found at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=todd-ransom&pid=144246519 . Our family also created a website in his memory at http://www.toddransom.org . It would be great if everyone could go visit our website and share any memories you have of Todd on the memory blog. We are trying to get enough hits so that it will come up when someone does a google search. Thanks everyone for your love and support during this very difficult time for our family! We have felt such an outpouring of love and we feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family members.

My friend is giving away a Photo Shoot in July or August in Utah Valley. Check out her website at www.emilylesher.com. Below are the details: Photo Shoot Giveaway! It’s time for another photo shoot giveaway! This Giveaway will close on Friday, July 9th, 2010 at midnight. You may enter up to three times: •Leave a comment on this post •Become a fan of Emily Lesher Photography on facebook •Post this giveaway on your blog This shoot is good for a family photo shoot, engagements, or head shots! Included in this giveaway is an 11 x 14 print from your session! ENTER! ENTER! ENTER! Photo shoot will take place in Utah Valley and must be scheduled by the end of August. In other news, I am booking a limited number of sessions through the end of August 2010. If you have thought about hiring me to photograph you, or your family, or your little people, or your pets, or your engagements . . . then you need to act now! My time in Utah is quickly coming to a close and I will not be in the area...

On Halloween night Israel and I decided to go see "Wicked" on Broadway. We weren't able to get tickets when the show came to Utah in the Spring and we were dying to see it. On Saturday I went down before the show and entered the ticket "lottery" and won the chance to get two tickets on the front row. The show was absolutley amazing! It is officially our favorite Broadway show. We had a great time visiting James and Celeste in New York. I will post a picture of Mikey and his cousins in their Halloween costumes when I can get a copy. Mikey was "Woody" from Disney's Toy Story.

For Labor Day, we decided to take a quick, 24-hour trip to California (since we get free flights on JetBlue because of Israel's job). We flew into Long Beach late Sunday night and stayed in El Segundo. On Monday we went to Manhattan Beach and Mikey loved it. He loved playing in the water and he kept trying to eat the sand. We had fish tacos for lunch, did a little shopping in Santa Monica (at H&M) and had some of our favorite ice cream before flying home that night. It was so much fun!