The Story Behind the Photo: Father's Day Edition

In honor of Father's Day I wanted to share this photo of my Dad and I. 

Seriously, how adorable is this photo? 

I was definitely a surprise for my parents. When my Mom discovered she was pregnant with me they originally thought I was twins and my father thought it was the most amazing thing in the world. Thankfully, for my Mom, I was just a singleton...a really large singleton.

I'm definitely close with my Dad and really this photo is just the start. I talk to him every day and honestly cherish the time I had with him in high school after he retired. Another favorite of mine? The 2 1/2 hour drive from ISU to our house when he would pick me up. 

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

The Story Behind the Photo: Hugs for McQueen

Cars weekend is coming up soon and when I saw the announcement for it, I immediately thought of this photo: 

I was covering the first Cars weekend as press, which sounds really official, but I was there as a blogger. Anyway, we were able to take a sneak peek and have some up close and personal time with the cars. The kids both loved them. Aaron's head almost exploded, I'm pretty sure of that. 

The photographer for Disney's PR team was there and pretty much fell in love with our cuties. He asked if he could snap some photos of them for press material and being the PR person that I am, I jumped at the chance. Then that photo happened and I beamed. Jilly gave them pure Disney magic. 

This photo was used as a stock photo for the weekend in all of the press materials. I love it so much and love that they were able to have some extra time with Lightning McQueen.