Toucan at Dallas World Aquarium

October 10, 2010, Dallas, Texas

This toucan was hanging out in a cage at the Dallas World Aquarium. The cage he was in was a feeding cage, where visitors could come up and, with a handler's help, feed the bird right out of their hand. He was very curious about the sound of my camera shutter.

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Israeli Soldier at Holocaust Museum

July 2000, Jerusalem, Israel

During a trip to Israel in 2000, I visited a museum at Yad Vashem, which is a collection of museums, sculptures and monuments dedicated to remembering the holocaust. At this and many other historical sites I saw members of the Israeli Army, not to protect but actually to study. This soldier was particularly intent and I can only imagine what was going on in his mind. Even though this was over ten years ago, I still think of this moment when I'm stressed or sad and then my problems don't seem like that big of a deal anymore.

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Madison the Teddy Bear

October 19, 2009, Aubrey, Texas

Madison is my second oldest, and she has been full of energy since she was born. She's also cuddly, very sweet and curious about everything. At any moment, whatever she's involved in gets 100% of her attention because she stays very focused.

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Bald Eagle

July 2, 2010, Gainesville, Florida

During a visit to a training zoo, I had the opportunity to get up close with two bald eagles. In this shot it looks like the eagle is getting ready to fly off, but in reality I think he was just stretching!

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Sunset at Chicago Navy Pier

July 15, 2003, Chicago, Illinois

This photo was taken during a trip to Chicago right after mine and Casey's honeymoon. We were at a party at Navy Pier on this particular night.

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Emma the Diva

October 18, 2008 - Aubrey, Texas

This photo captures Emma's personality so well. She's always posing, acting and being dramatic. She's quite a leader and is almost always in the middle of some kind of performance. I hope she'll go easy on us as a teenager!

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Honey Pot Ants

July 1, 2010 - Gainesville, Florida

These two honey pot ants were hanging out on a blackberry vine. They would rush apart and then back together. It didn't look like they were fighting -- I got the impression they were passing something back and forth, like food. I had a lot of fun with this one.

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