FABULOUS Weekend....

I had THE greatest time in Utah this past weekend! I got to hang out with a group of wonderful ladies and their cameras!!! Yay us!
We went to a fabulous spot with beautiful models for a fun little (BIG) photoshoot.
Take a look at these kids... Can you say GORGEOUS?!?!?







I had some fun time processing these with textures... the location seemed to call for it!







Thank You everyone for a FAbulous weekend!!

sneaking in One last post....

before I leave town for the weekend. Just a few snaps I've taken over the last few days. I've been trying so hard to get one of my kids to cooperate so I can play with my camera. Hmmmm.... maybe I should just start taking pics of myself....maybe not! :)
Have a great weekend! "See" ya on Monday! :)

Fieldtrip to the Discovery Center...

... with Haley's class. It's a fun little place that's all hands-on for the kids. Jack kept telling me that he was doing lots and lots of magic tricks. We're definately gonna have to bring him back there.

jack making paper cup flying saucers fly through the wind tunnel..


Haley on the do-it-yourself elevator swing thing...


one of Haley's friends helping with a liquid nitrogen experiment. Isn't she cute? :)


Jack at the wall of bubbles...


I had to get a picture of this sign. This is what i feel like everyone is thinking when they see me with my camera and lens around my neck...

WORD... to your Mother!

totally makes me giggle... :)

Big Big Ow-eeee

Poor J flew off the slide last week and hit his head on a brick. It split it right open all the way down to the skull. I did take pics of it, but i won't share them cuz i don't want to make anyone pass out.
Anyway... Cliff was gone so I had H call our neighbor while I held J. She came running down so that I could take him to the hospital to get stitches. The girls were screaming more than he was cuz they were so worried about him. H was sure that it was all her fault. Well... as soon as J saw me put my shoes on he started screaming that he was all better and to take my shoes off. There was NO WAY that I was going to get this kid to the hospital by myself. After finally getting a hold of Cliff, he suggested that we call our other neighbor, friend, and surgeon to have him come take a look at it. He told us it would benefit from stitches, but instead of traumatizing J any further, we held him down and let the neighborhood surgeon apply steristrips to the gash.
They were supposed to stay on for atleast a week without getting wet. To try to help with that I went to wal-mart and bought every kind of boyish band-aid I could find. Well... That worked for a few days, but last night he ripped that whole dang thing off. Ewwwww.... it was ugly and I'm sure is gonna leave an ugly scar. We're still trying to keep it covered while it tries to heal. He insists on being his own doctor with the band-aids and today I found him like this......
I'm not sure how many band-aids are on his head, but i'm sure I'll have to buy more soon.

Brothers Love...

I've been trying to get some great shots of my boys for a few weeks now. I can not seem to get them to sit still long enough for me to get an in-focus shot though. Especially now that C is crawling. He comes right for me with a big old grin.... headed for the big black box attached to my face..
I thought i'd share some i have gotten though. I hope these two are always the best of friends...




just sweet little j...

and one of my favorites that shows just what i mean about that crawling little dude...

It's been a while

since I shot a senior boy. This guy was just relaxed and ready for whatever. He wanted some pics with his dirt bike and dumb me thought he meant action shots. Well... he meant just WITH his bike. Since I'm the boss though... I made him get on it so I could try to get a jumping shot.
Hey - when I've got my camera - You better listen! :)
Thanks J!

So Gross!

but i had to share. J had been playing outside (apparently without shoes) and I brought him and laid him down to change his diaper and this is what I found...
I couldn't pass up taking a picture of those cute, dirty feet. I don't think i've ever seen them so black!
but hey - I still love those sweet, dirty little toes!

Tis the season for Family Sessions...

... I guess!
This shoot didn't start as planned. We got to our first location and it was closed to the public because of a wedding. We drove around downtown trying to find some fun places and found this cool little church my blogging friend Laura told me about...

I tried to have fun with it's crazy architecture..

this little dude was loving givin' me the sweet somber looks..

but he did have some smiles in there afterall...


Mom plans on doing an old fashioned trains, planes and automobiles theme in the little boys room so we couldn't pass these up...


And then we made it back to the original location and snuck on since the wedding party had simmered down a bit...



Thanks for the adventure guys! I hope you had as much fun as me :)

I coulda taken pictures....

ALL DAY LONG of this family! They were so easy goin' and just fabulous infront of the camera. The live over an hour away (past boise), but saw my last senior pics infront of this cool red barn and decided to drive out to have their pics taken infront of it! How cool is that?! I was feeling a bit a pressure, but I "think" i came through for them ;) Here's just a FEW of my favs so far...


they even let me take em to a different location... I think it was worth it :)


Thanks so much J family! What a fun time!

cute little family...

The mom and baby of this family were my very first clients EVER! I begged "K" to let me take pictures of her with her last pregnancy almost exactly 2 years ago. And then when baby "K" was born, I begged her to let me practice with him too...
What a compliment to have them come to me this time around and actually ask me to do it. :)
Thanks guys! Enjoy your little sneak peak...



And for those of you who are curious to see my very first clients...
Here's Pregnant "K" taken with my old Kodak P&S before I even knew what an SLR was :P

and since I can't find baby "K's" pics on my PC anymore, here's a link to my first practice client with my first DSLR: BABY "K"

lots and lots of FUN = lots and lots of PHOTOS

Jack and I finally got out for a little photo adventure for his 3 year pictures. He was such a good little dude for me. We had a blast going from location to location. I let him choose where and how he wanted to pose and it was so fun to see what he came up with. We got some fun fun ones and some i can't wait to blow up and put on my wall. Happy Birthday again big boy! I love ya!


i don't know what the grumpy looks are about... he really was in a good mood the whole time...



I'm not sure what kind of pose this is, but i'm pretty sure he thinks he's cool stuff!



At one point, I asked him to put his elbows on his knees... well... this is what i got :)