December Tomorrow?!

Wow, time is flying! I'll be wrapping up editing on a bunch of sessions this week... the last couple weeks I've been shooting a lot, which means I'm running behind in my editing! So thank you to all of you families who are so patiently waiting for your photos. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I have the pleasure of photographing one of my favorite families each year, our neighbors! We thoroughly enjoy our weekly hang out with them to watch The Office on TIVO & our sporadic "tea times". Here's a little sneak peek from their session.
This first shot is just so sweet I had to put it first.

...and the ladies... :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have so many wonderful Thanksgiving memories spent at my Grandparents home, eating dinner at the "kids table" with all my cousins. :) My Grandma Gayle would make these AMAZING rolls each year that dripped with butter - so good! I made 3 dozen of them today to enjoy with family tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving Chelsi, Ian, Sasha and Demri! We miss you guys and we're so thankful for your friendships! God has given me so, so much to be thankful for! I love that worship song that says, "If I don't praise your name, even the rocks will cry out. If I don't praise your name, even the mountains will shout."

Josh and I are so thankful for our little toddler and his joyful heart and our sweet, sweet girl. These following photos are for all of you families out there with toddlers. :) I hope this will come to your mind and make you feel better when you wonder why you can't get a nice easy shot of your two year old (especially right before nap time). Ha! My brother Matt was nice enough to try to get a family shot for us when were together for his 30th birthday, while my mom danced by the camera trying to get Jude to smile. Hilarious. We had a good laugh and Matt suggested we use these for our Christmas card! We love our Jude bug!

Moving On...

I got to photograph the O family a couple weeks ago and capture a bit of their life in their first home (that they outgrew), which they just sold, and have probably moved out of since we took these pictures! I loved getting to use their beautiful backyard as a setting and their living room, bedroom, and adorable son Wesley's room (who you may remember seeing as a newborn on my blog 6 months ago). Here's their sneak peek. :)

Kashia . class of '09

Kashia & Megan were both so energetic and easy to photograph. I really enjoyed their shoot. It's fun when friends think to do their senior photos at the same time. It makes it even more memorable.
Kashia has such a genuine smile that shines through in a lot of these. (Kashia, I'll never forget how hard we were all laughing together in that field... good memories!) ;)

I love this first shot, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the real her...

Megan . class of '09

Here's a sneak peek for Megan! (Kashia, yours will be up next)

I love this first shot!

. Order Your Christmas Cards! .

Because of my crazy schedule this fall I didn't get to follow through on mini-Christmas card sessions like I'd wanted to, as some of you know. But I'd love to offer something so fun for all of my clients this year! If you'd like to use your photos (taken from a session this year) for your Christmas card:
. just choose a card from below
. email me and let me know what photo(s) you'd like placed on it
. and let me know what text you'd like on it (text location will remain the same, so keep in mind space)
I'll complete your order and email you the JPEG (that is then digitally yours to keep) so you can take it to any place you'd like to have printed! These are 5x7 & 5x5 single sided photo cards.
And the cost is only $35!! 12 different card designs to choose from.
Payment options are Paypal (use button on right side of blog), check or cash. Once payment is received I'll email your card to you. Merry Christmas!

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Josh and I usually mail out about 75 cards each year and you know what's so fun about that? We get about 75 cards back from friends and family! Then we tape them to the inside of our front door so that every day, as we come and go, we get to see your smiling faces! It's something Josh's parents do too, and I love the tradition!


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It's sort of therapeutic for me to sit at the kitchen table, with a cup of tea, stuff envelopes and work my little addressing system. It's fun to make a get-together out of it too and invite friends to bring their cards to stuff and address, while listening to your favorite Christmas CD. It gets me excited for the holidays! :)


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And the square 5x5 ones:

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