Monday, March 23, 2009

Wanna see a little of what I've been up to?

Well, pretty much all I have done the past few weeks is work on editing the photos from the Dodds Fundraiser from a few weekends ago. I have had a lot of sessions and a wedding in the past few weeks too, so things have been very busy around here! I am also in the process of setting up a new blog...hopefully that will be done within the next week. I'm excited! :)

Johnny is about 2 weeks away from being done with his student teaching, so it will be nice to have him around a bit more when he's all done with that. I'm sure he'll find plenty to keep himself busy though, he always does! (I oughta teach him to edit! ha!)

I thought I'd go ahead and show off some sneak peeks for those who came on Thursday of the fundraiser at Dodds. So here we go! If you see yourself or your family here, please don't be shy, let me know you saw it! :)










































I'll try to post Fridays sneaks tonight or tomorrow!
Enjoy!

Friday, March 13, 2009

One for Chloe!

New floor setup & and Ava story or two...

Johnny helped me get this setup done, so I pretty much give him all the credit for this new setup that I have! I showed him a picture of what I wanted, and he just took care of it for me! Thanks honey! :)



I have to have a piece of plywood anyway because I set up my studio in my living room, and it's carpeted. So we picked out this linoleum to glue onto it (doesn't it look real!?) Then I just put whatever backdrop up that I want, and place the trim along the bottom, and voila! It looks just like you're sitting on the floor with a pretty wall behind you!



So, if you come for a session and want to use this look, just let me know! It's easy! :)

Ava has been busting out the spring dresses lately...she can't wait to wear them for real. I have a feeling she will be wearing a dress everywhere we go this summer!
Speaking of Ava, I have a few stories from the past few weeks I haven't shared. One afternoon I put her down for a nap, and when she got up, I didn't go in her room until that evening when we were putting the girls to bed. Maddie Kate was in there already, climbing into bed, and I heard her say, "How am I supposed to sleep in THIS?!" so I went in there to look, and Ava had found some cheese crackers (I think they were in a purse leftover from church) and apparently instead of eating them, crunched them all up and spread them all over the bed. What would possess her to do this? I mean, that's so babyish! We had to take the bed completely apart and remake it so they could go to bed that night.
Another story: Lately, Ava has become quite the confiscator! She is always sneaking things into her room, bed, or purse. Lately it has been lipgloss (which she is banned from having due to a mishap several months ago involving lipgloss all over my pretty green paisley chair and ruining the pillows on the chair...) and sometimes my nail polish. She snuck some nailpolish last week and painted on the wall on her room with it. Anyway, neither of those things is the real story!
On Sunday evening, we were getting ready to head out the door to church, and Ava had packed a purse so full it was bulging. So Johnny decided to check it out before we left. He found nailpolish, a huge lollipop, and a bag of sweettarts, and a $20 bill. He took that stuff away, and we left for church. On the way to church, he said, "You know, Ava didn't get upset at all when I took that stuff out of her purse, you better check it again when we get to there. " This is true, usually if you take something away that she has stolen, she gets very upset and cries. When we got to church, I immediately took the purse and looked through it, and guess what I found? Johnny's church youth group account checkbook! Ava is the ultimate 3 year old sneakypants!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Two for Jacksen..couldn't make up my mind...!

Once in a while this happens, I couldn't decide which one I liked better, the B&W or color...so you get to see both! :)



Monday, March 9, 2009

One for Lili & Abi



I hope I am spelling the nicknames right! Mom, let me know if I'm not! :)

Carter is 9 months old!

This was my third session with Carter, this time it was for his 9 month photos, and this time his Daddy came along so they could have some family shots, too. Carter is such a chubby little cutie, he did so great this time, much smily-er than last time! Here are a few from his session:













Thanks for a great session! Looking forward to seeing you again soon for the big Birthday session!! :)

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Brooklyn is 2!

I have gotten to take a lot of pictures of this little cutie over the past year. It has been a joy getting to watch her grow! Brooklyn will be two in a week or so, so Mom was on the ball this year getting her pics taken early!
Here's Brooklyn:

Gotta love the heart shaped lollipop!




Brooklyn always gets all serious when she comes to have pictures made, but her daddy tricked her into some smiles this time! :)










Thank you for letting me take Brooklyn's pictures again! Always fun, always cute! :)

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Sophia just turned 2!

I had the privilege to take Sophia's 2 year old photos, and wow, she was a ham! I grew up with her daddy, and he always was one of the funniest guys I knew, so it's not a surprise that Sophia would be so silly and fun!
Here is Sophia:

She's eating lipgloss here...lol!


Just look at that mischievous face! :)






Here she is kissing my Quacky Duck, the stuffed animal that I always use to try to get kids to look! She loved him!






Thanks for letting me take Sophia's pictures! She has provided me with some shots for the "Outtakes" page on my website for sure! :)

Monday, March 2, 2009

Courtney's Senior Pictures

I love getting to meet new people with my job, and meeting Courtney and her mom was a pleasure. This cute senior had a great session, she is pretty versatile, too, like her friend Kelsie who I just posted last week! :)





















Thanks Courtney for choosing me for your senior pictures! Great job! :)