Murray Brothers Charity Golf Tournament

Last fall I started working for Gumps Sports Photography. Jeff Gump is the owner. He primarily does pictures for little league teams throughout Jacksonville and other surrounding cities. However, he also does other sporting events, like Jaguar games and special events. He called me last Sunday evening and asked me to shoot the Murray Brothers Charity Golf Tournament. Wow! I was shocked. That is a huge event and I was honored that he thought enough of me to represent him and his company.
Everything started with a party on Thursday, the golf tournament on Friday and then another party Friday night.
The purpose of the event was to raise money for the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. FSDB is special to me because one of my friend's son goes to school there.The festivities began Thursday evening with a party for all the players and celebrities. Some of the students from FSDB provided the music entertainment. They were awesome!! There was a silent and live auction Thursday night to raise money. It was a fun night and a really fun crowd. Friday was the golf tournament. People paid to play golf with a celebrity and all money went to the school. The event ended with another party Friday night. Needless to say at 2am Saturday morning when I finally got home I was EXHAUSTED!! But what fun event!!

here are some shots from the event...

bill murray in his element


murray brothers dancing


auction winner


FSDB musicians


david garrard leads heads to the golf course
(what a nice guy!!!)


a fun group walking off the green


adam wins the crazy pants contest


maurice jones-drew and friends


prepping for the put


josh scobee


ernest wilford


jack del rio




branford marsalis


chris richardson (american idol season 6)


paula trickey and kristi swanson


the friday night band


bill murray dances with a student from FSDB... the reason for the event...

TCE Kickball

It is an annual event. The kickball game between the TCE teachers and students. Sarah Mae and Samuel were so excited to be a part of the game. Samuel played kickball and Sarah Mae cheered.
They were so cute!!

running out onto the field


ready to play


what a fast runner!! and cute too :)


love that smile!


my beautiful cheerleader


she had so much fun!!


and we can't forget our other cheerleader... on the playground :)

Gate River Run 2010

We decided to run the River Run on Friday. The race was on Saturday at 8:30am. I had been running some but not enought to really train well. I decided it would just be for fun and just enjoy being out there. Robert ran and did a great job! This was his first River Run. He was a champ. He and Paul have been friends since elementary school. Robert's wife Joyce is a very close friend. They are like family to us. Its kind of funny, Paul and Joyce both hate to run. So, they cheer us on.
I took my point and shoot camera and attempted to document the race along the way. I am so glad I did. We had so much fun!!!
I did not break any records with my time but had a blast just being out there. It was an absolute perfect day to run.

a encouraging note from my sweet husband left in my running shoe...


glamorous accomodations


there were about a zillion runners


ready to go!


what an inspiration... may i NEVER take my legs for granted...




bridge #1


thank you wendys for the water!!


mimosas on the running trail!!! cool


friends along the way... julie and her sweet miracle baby emma, what story they have!!


full firemen gear, double jogger and two kids... impressive


run forest! run!


the big green monster... aka a very mean bridge


almost home...


we did it!!





i got to come home to these sweet babies!!!

Twins... a boy and a girl

It was a beautiful day for a photo shoot. I was honored to photograph Jennifer and her sweet family. Her twins are 5 and ADORABLE!! They were so sweet to each other, they got along great and they were full of energy. Mom and Dad, keep up the great work with your sweet kids!!