the bad girls are back!

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About four years ago, Marcus and my brother-in-law, John, took our kids camping.  It was on that trip that Alex and her cousin, Julia, formed The Bad Girls Club.  To this day, I have no idea how they came up with the name, nor what its purpose was (I believe their initial intent was to be a rock band, but it was honestly a bit unclear).  After the camping trip, I had the opportunity to take their official Club Photos, one of which you see in the image above (back then, Julia was 6, Alex was 4).  ​

Then two years ago the Bad Girls reunited, and I was given the honour of taking some updated portraits.  In the photo below, Julia is 8, I think, and Alex might be 7 (they're 1-1/2 years apart in age).​

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My sister and her family were back in town this weekend for a lightning-fast trip, and I'm happy to report that the Bad Girls have continued to retain me as their official photographer.  I was thrilled to take their new photo again today, shown below -- Julia is now 10, and Alex is 9:​

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The girls remain thick as thieves, and judging from the weekend's activities, the mission statement of The Bad Girls Club may have shifted from music-making to more literary aspirations:  they hand-made books with cardboard, paper and cloth, and spent most of the last few days filling their pages with what I can only imagine are immensely profound thoughts and eloquent paragraphs.  ​

In any event, it remains so much fun to watch them grow up together.

And the club manager, Henry, remains incredibly supportive.​

And the club manager, Henry, remains incredibly supportive.