Hat Season...

Is quickly approaching... And as a photographer, that is one of the few things that I feel I have to look forward to during the winter months. I search high and low for the perfect hats to add to the perfect picture. So... If you have any FABULOUS sites or stores for some good old hat shopping, I wanna hear about em!
linkyloo's please :)...

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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.