Thursday, July 31, 2008

I go to bed late, and get up early, and it affects me the rest of the day. A Soy Carmel Macchiato helps a little, but then my energy flags and I wish I could go back to bed....

But not her... not my highly engertic 6 year old. She had to get up early today too.. and she did not have the aid of a sugary coffee drink to lift away the tiredness. But when we arrived home at 8:30am.. she was already planning on making a recipe and having a tea party, unbeknownst to me.

This girl I love knows that she must ask permission to use anything in the kitchen. This rule was set in place after this same girl at the age of 4 mixed a wonderful concoction of dark chocolate syrup, expensive Italian tomato paste, and expensive French mustard into my carpet.

No...Don't say that.. I wasn't mad at all... Nope.. nary a raised voice left these lips. I was totally in control of my emotions.


So, she knows this rule and trys to abide by it, but all the condiments in my fridge must call her name on a daily basis, because I sometimes come out to the kitchen and find a mixture of red chili paste and soy sauce and mayo and lemon juice and peanut butter... And no, she never eats it..she just wants to mix it up and see what happens.

Today she asked if she could make tea and serve strawberry jam sandwiches to her "friends". I agreed, but should have known she would try to sneak something else in... When I went to light the candles I found expensive sliced Bing Cherries mixed with the jam.

Why does she always have to use the expensive stuff??? I snapped a few pictures of her little party because I do love her and her quirkiness, but if you ever come by and see my lack of condiment supply.. you will know why!

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Friday, July 25, 2008

A fun 1st birthday session..

Princess M was turning the Big 1 that day. She was in a very comtemplative mood, and was wondering what all the fuss was about. Her mamma had dressed her in a darling flowered top and pink pants, but try as I may... she would not smile for me. Even when she got a hold of the delicious chocolate cupcakes... nary a smile was upon her face.

Maybe she realized that growing older wasn't all it is cracked up to be...

Maybe she wasn't pleased with her gifts...

Maybe she didn't like some weird lady sticking a big black camera in her face...

Whatever it was, I captured her mood that day. That is what I do. Her serious little face is so precious!

She played with the frosting for about 10 minutes before realizing she could acutally eat it.
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Yay.. my patience paid off. She finally took a bite!!
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A beautiful Mommy and Me picture...
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I look at this picture and wonder.. what are those serious eyes thinking??
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Happy Birthday little one. Thanks for letting take some pictures of you. :)

Saturday, July 19, 2008

And finally.. the rest of them..

I have been giving you sneak peeks all week at my latest senior session. J was such a cutie and really had lots o' fun posing. She was absolutely a natural...

We went over to a country club, and ran around using their gorgeous God-made backdrops. :) We were very polite of course and said hi to all of the golfers, who wondered why I was laying down in the dirt, or why J was fighting with the trees. :) Our effort paid off, and I think this was one of my favorite sessions to date!

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In the words of Christian from Project Runway (um.. yeah.. I watch it!) "Fierceness!"
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Brilliant Color..

Another sneak-y peek-y at my senior session. I am having such fun editing these! :)


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Monday, July 14, 2008

One Senior..

A sneak peek at a gorgeous senior I photographed Saturday. I love when I get home and have lots of pictures to work with!!

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Stay tuned.. more to come!

Friday, July 11, 2008

Shades of Gray....

A recent session... You know me! I love black and white. :) These expressions on his face just kill me!!

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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Ohh.. my son turned 9 last week...

Well.. it keeps happening. Every stinkin' year, the kids get another year older. I try as much as I can, to prevent their birthday from happening.. but I am not able. :( It ticks me off greatly.... I just don't like the loud time clock that reminds me, as soon as I shut my eyes for a second, my child will be heading off to college...

But see.. here's the weirdness... I actually love celebrating the actual day my child came into this world. Since I was able to talk, I have wanted to be a mom, so it is no surprise to me that I love making my kiddos favorite cake, and picking out the perfect present for them, and making their favorite breakfast, and just making the day all about them...

And they get all this for the low price of $19.99!!!!

Sorry.. I got carried away when I re-read that last paragragh. It sounded a bit like an infomercial, so I just went with it....

We made sure the day was special for him... Here's the rundown of what he requested...
Breakfast - Donuts (Yay.. I didn't have to cook)
Present - Money for gameboy games (Yay.. I didn't have to think)
Cake - Chocolate with Chocolate Frosting (Yay.. oh wait.. I actually had to work on this one.. FYI, I made a Dark Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with a layer of Peanut Butter Frosting followed by a layer of Chocolate Ganache courtesy of Food and Wine magazine.. I know.. I went a little crazy... What's new my people!)
Dinner - American Food with family.. so we picked Red Robin as it was halfway between here and where most of my family lives... (and again Yay.. I didn't have to cook!!)

Here are a few pictures to commerate the day.


My handsome men...

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My brother and beautiful sis-in-law... who were laughing at the silly birthday card, which made them blurry. :)
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Trust me... it was that good!

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And lastly..sniff, sniff.. my sweet bubba's birthday portrait, complete with a Fauxhawk. I love it!! He..well, not so much.. but there is a bright, shiny, silver lining to this post...

..He still listens to me when I style his hair.
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For now.

Oh.. and lastly.. he requested some more laser tag with Daddy and friends, so he still has that to look forward too. He is a lucky dude.. and so are we. We love you buddy!!

Saturday, July 05, 2008

A new project..

So, I have lots of pictures to post from last week, as it was my son's 9th birthday.. but I will get to that later.

For a few months now, I have been collecting and sorting through images to make a huge photo wall in my living room, and it has been hard. I have taken a lot of pictures, but not very many are making it into my folder. The pictures don't have to be recent, but they do need to speak of our family, so that when people see the entire wall.. they get the message. :) I will be posting lots of contenders for my wall in the next few weeks... Feel free to tell me if you think they shouldn't make the wall!

If you know me (and my daughter) we love to snuggle. If we are having a bad day, you might find us in my bed, under the covers, snuggling together. It makes everything better! And I truly cherish the ability to do that with my bubba.

So, my point is that I have this picture in my head of Hannah's face while we are snuggling... Her eyes are usually closed, so all I see is looong dark eyelashes. And this girl has the most kissable cheeks you have ever seen!! And, I don't know if this makes me a bad photographer (ahhhh!!) but I haven't been able to capture that moment to my liking.. mostly because I am not about to whip out the camera when we are snuggle bugs.. I have to re-create it later.

Apparently though.. I did... almost 3 years ago... I found this picture this morning....

No words needed....

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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Fun Family Photos...

I met this gorgeous family last week to shoot a family picture before their son goes back to serve our country for another year. This family made my job fly. What fun. :)

They had all just gotten back from a vacay in Palm Springs, so they were all pretty tan... I felt like I should rub some dirt in my pasty whiteness just so I wouldn't blind them! Hope your eyes recovered, guys. :)


Here are a few of my favorites for a sneak peek.
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See.. what did I tell ya! Bee-yooo-ti-ful, huh. :) Thanks for letting me into your world for a bit. I had a blast.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

I go to bed late, and get up early, and it affects me the rest of the day. A Soy Carmel Macchiato helps a little, but then my energy flags and I wish I could go back to bed....

But not her... not my highly engertic 6 year old. She had to get up early today too.. and she did not have the aid of a sugary coffee drink to lift away the tiredness. But when we arrived home at 8:30am.. she was already planning on making a recipe and having a tea party, unbeknownst to me.

This girl I love knows that she must ask permission to use anything in the kitchen. This rule was set in place after this same girl at the age of 4 mixed a wonderful concoction of dark chocolate syrup, expensive Italian tomato paste, and expensive French mustard into my carpet.

No...Don't say that.. I wasn't mad at all... Nope.. nary a raised voice left these lips. I was totally in control of my emotions.


So, she knows this rule and trys to abide by it, but all the condiments in my fridge must call her name on a daily basis, because I sometimes come out to the kitchen and find a mixture of red chili paste and soy sauce and mayo and lemon juice and peanut butter... And no, she never eats it..she just wants to mix it up and see what happens.

Today she asked if she could make tea and serve strawberry jam sandwiches to her "friends". I agreed, but should have known she would try to sneak something else in... When I went to light the candles I found expensive sliced Bing Cherries mixed with the jam.

Why does she always have to use the expensive stuff??? I snapped a few pictures of her little party because I do love her and her quirkiness, but if you ever come by and see my lack of condiment supply.. you will know why!

teaparty1

teaparty2

Friday, July 25, 2008

A fun 1st birthday session..

Princess M was turning the Big 1 that day. She was in a very comtemplative mood, and was wondering what all the fuss was about. Her mamma had dressed her in a darling flowered top and pink pants, but try as I may... she would not smile for me. Even when she got a hold of the delicious chocolate cupcakes... nary a smile was upon her face.

Maybe she realized that growing older wasn't all it is cracked up to be...

Maybe she wasn't pleased with her gifts...

Maybe she didn't like some weird lady sticking a big black camera in her face...

Whatever it was, I captured her mood that day. That is what I do. Her serious little face is so precious!

She played with the frosting for about 10 minutes before realizing she could acutally eat it.
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Yay.. my patience paid off. She finally took a bite!!
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A beautiful Mommy and Me picture...
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I look at this picture and wonder.. what are those serious eyes thinking??
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Happy Birthday little one. Thanks for letting take some pictures of you. :)

Saturday, July 19, 2008

And finally.. the rest of them..

I have been giving you sneak peeks all week at my latest senior session. J was such a cutie and really had lots o' fun posing. She was absolutely a natural...

We went over to a country club, and ran around using their gorgeous God-made backdrops. :) We were very polite of course and said hi to all of the golfers, who wondered why I was laying down in the dirt, or why J was fighting with the trees. :) Our effort paid off, and I think this was one of my favorite sessions to date!

jess050

In the words of Christian from Project Runway (um.. yeah.. I watch it!) "Fierceness!"
jess043


jess038

jess023

jess022

jess019

jess004

jess005

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Brilliant Color..

Another sneak-y peek-y at my senior session. I am having such fun editing these! :)


jess001

Monday, July 14, 2008

One Senior..

A sneak peek at a gorgeous senior I photographed Saturday. I love when I get home and have lots of pictures to work with!!

jess010


Stay tuned.. more to come!

Friday, July 11, 2008

Shades of Gray....

A recent session... You know me! I love black and white. :) These expressions on his face just kill me!!

july8d

july8h

july8f

july8b

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Ohh.. my son turned 9 last week...

Well.. it keeps happening. Every stinkin' year, the kids get another year older. I try as much as I can, to prevent their birthday from happening.. but I am not able. :( It ticks me off greatly.... I just don't like the loud time clock that reminds me, as soon as I shut my eyes for a second, my child will be heading off to college...

But see.. here's the weirdness... I actually love celebrating the actual day my child came into this world. Since I was able to talk, I have wanted to be a mom, so it is no surprise to me that I love making my kiddos favorite cake, and picking out the perfect present for them, and making their favorite breakfast, and just making the day all about them...

And they get all this for the low price of $19.99!!!!

Sorry.. I got carried away when I re-read that last paragragh. It sounded a bit like an infomercial, so I just went with it....

We made sure the day was special for him... Here's the rundown of what he requested...
Breakfast - Donuts (Yay.. I didn't have to cook)
Present - Money for gameboy games (Yay.. I didn't have to think)
Cake - Chocolate with Chocolate Frosting (Yay.. oh wait.. I actually had to work on this one.. FYI, I made a Dark Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with a layer of Peanut Butter Frosting followed by a layer of Chocolate Ganache courtesy of Food and Wine magazine.. I know.. I went a little crazy... What's new my people!)
Dinner - American Food with family.. so we picked Red Robin as it was halfway between here and where most of my family lives... (and again Yay.. I didn't have to cook!!)

Here are a few pictures to commerate the day.


My handsome men...

T39thbday

My brother and beautiful sis-in-law... who were laughing at the silly birthday card, which made them blurry. :)
t39thday2

Trust me... it was that good!

t39thbday3

And lastly..sniff, sniff.. my sweet bubba's birthday portrait, complete with a Fauxhawk. I love it!! He..well, not so much.. but there is a bright, shiny, silver lining to this post...

..He still listens to me when I style his hair.
t39thbday4

For now.

Oh.. and lastly.. he requested some more laser tag with Daddy and friends, so he still has that to look forward too. He is a lucky dude.. and so are we. We love you buddy!!

Saturday, July 05, 2008

A new project..

So, I have lots of pictures to post from last week, as it was my son's 9th birthday.. but I will get to that later.

For a few months now, I have been collecting and sorting through images to make a huge photo wall in my living room, and it has been hard. I have taken a lot of pictures, but not very many are making it into my folder. The pictures don't have to be recent, but they do need to speak of our family, so that when people see the entire wall.. they get the message. :) I will be posting lots of contenders for my wall in the next few weeks... Feel free to tell me if you think they shouldn't make the wall!

If you know me (and my daughter) we love to snuggle. If we are having a bad day, you might find us in my bed, under the covers, snuggling together. It makes everything better! And I truly cherish the ability to do that with my bubba.

So, my point is that I have this picture in my head of Hannah's face while we are snuggling... Her eyes are usually closed, so all I see is looong dark eyelashes. And this girl has the most kissable cheeks you have ever seen!! And, I don't know if this makes me a bad photographer (ahhhh!!) but I haven't been able to capture that moment to my liking.. mostly because I am not about to whip out the camera when we are snuggle bugs.. I have to re-create it later.

Apparently though.. I did... almost 3 years ago... I found this picture this morning....

No words needed....

hannah10x10

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Fun Family Photos...

I met this gorgeous family last week to shoot a family picture before their son goes back to serve our country for another year. This family made my job fly. What fun. :)

They had all just gotten back from a vacay in Palm Springs, so they were all pretty tan... I felt like I should rub some dirt in my pasty whiteness just so I wouldn't blind them! Hope your eyes recovered, guys. :)


Here are a few of my favorites for a sneak peek.
reinicke8

reinicke11

reinicke5

See.. what did I tell ya! Bee-yooo-ti-ful, huh. :) Thanks for letting me into your world for a bit. I had a blast.
 

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