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Kerri Ellis – Special Olympics 400m Freestyle
I do not often post personal material on my blog, but here is a video of my daughter Kerri swimming the 400 meter freestyle race at the Washington State Special Olympics swimming competition, held on May 30 at King County Aquatic Center. Kerri is in lane 3, she starts out at the back of the […]
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Down Syndrome Community Valentine’s Sweetheart Dance
Down Syndrome Community Sweetheart Dance This past Saturday I was privileged to photograph the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Dance, held at the Highland Center in Bellevue. I have been the photographer at this event for ~20 years now, and it is always a lot of fun. The dance may have been held a week after […]
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2014 Special People’s Cruise
Special People’s Holiday Cruise For those of you who do not know about this event, the Special People’s Cruise is an annual event for Developmentally Delayed teenagers and adults in the Seattle area. Local yacht club members provide their boats to take this group on an afternoon cruise around Lake Washington. This event almost always is scheduled on […]
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2014 Puget Sound Buddy Walk
Puget Sound Down Syndrome Community Buddy Walk Here are a few photos from the 2014 Puget Sound Buddy Walk, run by the Down Syndrome Community and held on October 5 at the Seattle Center. To see the entire set of 200+ photos please visit my Picasa page. The photos there can all be downloaded free of charge, […]
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Trip to Phoenix – Mariners Spring Training
Last weekend I was able to travel to Phoenix with my wife and daughter to visit our friends John and Jan, and to catch a little Mariners spring training baseball. I only wish we had been able to stay longer, it was so nice to enjoy some sunshine and warmth! While we were there, Sue […]
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2012 Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound Buddy Walk
Here is a sample of photos taken at the Down Syndrome Society Buddy Walk, held October 7 2012 at Seattle Center. This event was attended by hundreds of people, on an absolutely spectacular fall day. As some of you know, my daughter Kerri has Down Syndrome. The goal of the Buddy Walk is to promote […]
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Happy Anniversary Barb and Paul!
Fifteen years ago yesterday (4/21/1997) I was the photographer at my sister Barb’s wedding to Paul Hopper at the the Henry Ford Estate in Dearborn, Michigan. This is one of my favorite photos from the day. I had to scan a print so not quite as nice as starting with a true digital file (hard […]
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Downtown Bellevue Sunset – November 11
As I was slogging away at my computer late in the afternoon last Friday, I received a phone call from my wife Sue. She was very excited about the “amazing lighting” that she was seeing as she was driving into Bellevue on some errands, and wanted to know what I could see from our house. […]
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