It's was a chilly afternoon...{Family Session}

...but it was a wonderful day for family portraits. We finished just as it started sprinkling rain.

...a beautiful family...

...we got to shoot at their home, and it was gorgeous...

...they still have lots of fall colors still hanging in the trees...

...we hiked up the little hill & visited a couple different places...

...beautiful smiles...

Thank you for a great session. You have a beautiful family. I will have the rest of your images ready for you by the end of the week.

It's November... {Specials & Product Spotlight}

...and this is posting later than normal.

I've been fairly busy over the last few weeks with portraits & holiday planning. I am not offering any specials for the month of November, except the November 11th, $111.11, which was offered through Facebook. If you haven't friended me yet, be sure to do that soon, I will periodically have specials & offers only listed there.

Holiday Portrait pricing is still in effect & a link to the price sheet can be found at the top of the blog. Holiday Pricing is valid through the end of December. I will not be taking Holiday sessions after December 12th, & orders placed after December 1st will incur a $20.00 rush fee to be gauranteed delivery by Christmas.

{Products} Speaking of Christmas, I offer several different items that make great holiday gifts. Keychains, calendars, dry erase boards & photo books just to name a few. Gift certificates also make great gifts.

There is still some time to book a Holiday Mini-session that includes customized Christmas cards. Prices on mini-sessions start at $65.00

Enjoy a great day!

3rd session--JMK {Family & My Life}

My 3rd session yesterday was my own kids & my family. I enlisted a bit of help from my sister for the ones that I'm actually in (which definately gave us lots of laughs)

...my little family...

...one of my most favorite images of the girls together...although they won't ever look AT me...

...the little cuties again...

...of course, we all can't look at once...

...the cousins, Lil' Fuzz Head, Bugs & B (who really doesn't have a nickname)...

I'm sure there will be more 'Holiday' inspired photo sessions with my girls over the next month, in search of the perfect image...it's always much easier to get those images for my wonderful clients.

Thanks for your help Am.

the 2nd of 3...Cute Couple...{Portraits}

My second session on Saturday was for some dear friends, whom I've known for a long time. They were lots of fun to shoot, we had lots of laughs. Even the 'FurKids' were well behaved.

...enjoying a little time on the swing...

...then we spent a little time on the porch, before bringing out the kids...

...and everyone got into their gear (Bruno, although not matching, decided to sneak in the photo too)...

...out for a walk, enjoying the fall scenery...

...sharing more laughs & lots of love...

Thank you for a great session, you guys were wonderful. It was lots of fun to have some laughs with you. ♥ I will have the rest of your images for you by the end of the week.

1st of 3...A Family of Three {Family Session}

It was a super busy day for me yesterday. I did 3 sessions. I started off the morning doing some family portraits for my sisters family. It was still a bit chilly out when we started, which didn't make for a very cooperative little boy, but overall we got some great images.

...he somewhat decided to go along with getting photos made...

...but it wasn't very often...

...he had, had a scrunched up face with super squeezed together eyes, I asked him to relax a bit & just smile like a nice boy...

...up in the tree, freezing, but cooperating at least...

...it was good to see them smile so much...

I will have the rest of your portraits ready for you by the end of the week. Thanks for a good & chilly morning.

Luke, YHS, Class of 2010 {Senior Session}

This afternoon I had the opportunity to photograph another YHS 2010 Senior. We consider Luke my mom's other son. He has lived at her house with my little (now in college) brother for a couple of years now.

...Such a serious fella in photos...

...This one is one of my most favorite images from his session...

...shortly after this, he balanced on the rails, I was just hoping that he didn't fall down to the dry creek bed below...

...one of the few times I actually got a little smile out of him, he's not much into getting his portraits made, but he did a great job...

...Luke is a great basketball player...

...Saving my most favorite from this session for last...

I'll have the rest of your images ready for you at the end of the week. Thanks for a great session.

Halloween Adventures {My Life}

This year has flown by, maybe not literally flown, but it has gone super fast! I can't believe it's already November & the Holiday season is upon us. At our house, Halloween, although not a holiday, but a fun day to dress up & make funky food, kicks off the holiday season. It seems that once Halloween is over, the rest of the year is gone before you know it.
Miss Grace is almost 9 months old & weighs in at 19.5lbs & 28". She enjoyed her first halloween, and dressed up as "Cinderelly's Mouse".

...carving--or better described as sampling--her first pumpkin...

...Anna & Daddy working on disecting the seeds, so we could roast them...

Anna enjoys all the projects that holidays & changing seasons bring. Her favorite so far has been painting, anything painting. So she got to paint a couple pumpkins, one we delivered to Great Gramma & one we kept instead of carving 4. She also got to make a construction paper pumpkin with googly eyes, several color pages & turned 2 mini pumpkins into characters for our table centerpiece.

...Masterpieces on the rail...

We had a little "Frankenfeast" for Halloween. The girls' favorite cousin came to visit & we had some fun halloween treats. Mummy Dogs, Pumpkin Pockets, Ghost Berrys, Goblin Popcorn, & Black Widow Dip, all washed down with a little Blood Thirsty Punch.

...Pumpkin Pockets (stuffed with ham & cheese) & Mummy Dogs...

Anna enjoys all of the Disney princess movies. I'm pretty sure we've seen everyone of them at least a couple of times. Her favorites are Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty. This year she went as, in her words, "Cinderelly, Night & Day" and her sister was one of the little mice. I had lots of fun making both of their costumes.

Enjoy your week...I've got a busy one. 2 sessions during the week & a Saturday that is full of 3, so check back soon, there will be lots of new photos this week. YAY for Holiday season.

Only 8 weeks until Christmas!

Pumpkin Patch & a lil' Pumpkin {My LIfe}

This past weekend we took our girls to the pumpkin patch to pick out their Halloween pumpkins. It was a great day & fun adventure. Although, we still haven't done anything with the pumpkins, hopefully before Saturday evening we'll have them either carved or painted.

...Miss A posing for the camera, she wasn't feeling 100%...

...Gracie girl hanging out in the dirt, happy as can be....

And our newest little pumpkin, arriving in mid-March, will be a little boy.

...waving to the world out here ♥...

Enjoy a safe Halloween. We're having the girls' favorite cousin over for a Halloween feast. We'll be having some Pumpkin Pockets, Mummys, Black Widow Dip, Strawberry Ghosts & Blood Thirsty punch before heading out to do some trick-or-treating, the first for both kiddos. I'm not sure who's joining us, but we'll be in the company of Cinderella & one of her mice, and a big ol' pumpkin. It's possible that Fred Flintstone or a Farmer will join.

Family of Four {Family Session}

This morning I got to photograph a good friend & her family. The boys are adorable & things went pretty smoothly. We had to shoot in between bicycles & walkers, little did we know, that where we were scheduled to shoot was the cross country bike race course for the day.

...the whole family...

...they brought their wagon, & I'm so glad, I ♥ this...

...enjoying the fall leaves...

...♥...

...the littlest man was VERY busy...

...and the little man, was a very good smiler today...

Thank you for a wonderful morning. The rest of your proofs will be up by the end of the week.