They Were Never Posted!

Whoops! I forgot to post some Christmas pictures of the little ones in my life. We had an impromptu shoot at my mother-in-law's house at the beginning of December, and this is the result!

Happy New Year!

Wow! Welcome to 2009, which should prove to be an amazing year! What better way to kick off the new year than by celebrating my neice's first birthday?! Savannah is a New Years Eve baby and Kirk's family celebrated in style on New Years Day! I love this little girl like she was my own, and she had a blast pulling tissue paper out of bags and listening to all the noises her new toys made. If I may say so, by the way...Savannah is going to be one of the best dressed little girls in town too!

Bubbles, Slides, and.....

The Smith Family! Meet Thomas, Michelle, and little Kaylee. Since the birth of their first baby girl nearly a year and a half ago, the Smith's had not had a decent family photo taken. I sure hope I gave them a bit of what they were looking for. Thomas gave Michelle a photo package at Olan Mills, but little Kaylee had other things in mind when they got to the studio. Busy as she is, they were unable to get any good photos. Thomas was a groomsmen in our wedding, and Michelle and I have grown our friendship while avoiding our silly husband's conversations. Needless to say, an outside playground location was the best idea we could have had to keep the kido occupied. After slides, bubbles, rocks ( I have never seen a child get so excited about rocks before), slides, and more...meet the Smiths!

Backtracking!

With my getting married and the holidays around us, I haven't been shooting with Danielle in a while. I have, however, made one more investment into the world of photography, purchasing Lightroom!! I expelled all my free trial options with the various email addresses I have, and figured I needed to just buy it already. Before my wedding, I tagged along on a few shoots, including engagement photos of April & Justin, the wedding of Chan & Deanne and the 3-month shoot of baby Parker. I am now having a blast playing with all the functions/settings/editing options in Lightroom on photos from those shoots. Enjoy!

sweet, sweet parker!

The bear/lion face big brother kept making

Mommy & Me Session

Ahhh....my little old man! Crystal has been wanting some shots of her and her sweet boy before he gets too big. We had a great time trying to keep the dogs out of the shots (we were in the sunroom at my in-laws house), keep my father-in-law from walking in during the intimates, and keeping Cale from getting too fussy. I am also very excited to finally have a picture of me and my sweet old man too--Crystal was looking through the images on the camera while I held him and she shot the last picture of us! Enjoy!

The pooch, Frances, who insisted on being a part of our shoot!

SELF-PORTRAIT: My first photo with my little man!

My Happy Place!

The farm is my happy place! Kirk's dad owns 70 acres in Hancock County. We took Brian & Terrisa there one afternoon after our group had a game night. There are always perfect rays of sunshine coming through, animals wandering around, and fish to catch! Just a few shots from my happy place.