Joy

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.
- Eileen Caddy

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Family Photography: The M Family

It is truly an honor when my friends ask me to photograph their families.
I love working with my friends, it's awesome to capture memories for them,
all while creating new memories for all of us!

My kids and I went to Dallas for a week to visit our good friends
Kimi, Scott, Matthew and Josiah (JJ).
While we were there we took some time for some family photos!

Here are a few sneak peaks Kimi!
Thank you for the distinct honor of allowing me to photograph your AWESOME family!

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Trick-or-Treat

I have a treat for you!
Here are some adorable little ones all decked out to get some candy!
Enjoy!

My two favorite men!
Micah is dressed as a baseball in case you were wondering,

My sweet Snow White and her friend Tinker Bell


I LOVE this shot of Sophia...just not sure which way I like it better. Color or

black and white... Which do you like better?

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Theme of the Week -Baseball-

My kids were under the weather for most of the week, so our theme of the week was the shortened condensed version. But we still had a great time learning and playing!

{All the Baseball Details}

Playtime: Throwing and catching

Learning Fun: Baseball Team Geography, Player Position activity, Logo Matching

Books: Eddie, Harold's little brother; Casey at the Bat

Letter, Numbers & Shape: B, 5, circle

Art Time: Coloring, cutting and gluing baseball girl

Activities: Trick-or-Treating as a baseball

Inspiration and Resources:
Baseball Players Position Activity
Cut and Paste Baseball girl

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Child Photography: Naomi and Micah

The Christmas season is fast approaching. It's time to get those photo Christmas gifts and cards ordered. I took some photos of my kids on Sunday and had my friend snap a few of the whole family so that I could get our Christmas card ready! At least one part of my Christmas giving will be done on time.

Book your session before October 30th to be photographed before November 22nd and you will receive 25 complimentary Christmas cards from your session!!! Start thinking about where you want these memories captured, what you'll wear and give me a call today! I can't wait to photograph your family and help you capture memories!

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Never stop dancing...

I pray that my children will never lose their wild abandon to just dance when the moment strikes them. I pray that they are always encouraged to follow their dreams. I pray that they would realize that the love of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ gives them freedom to be themselves...and I pray that they never stop dancing.

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Child Photography - Naomi turns 3

My sweet little girl recently turned three.
I don't know how it's possible that I have a three year old,
Well, really I "KNOW" but you know what I mean.The time has gone all too fast.

We celebrated her three years of life with lots of fun surprises.
Daddy took her out for breakfast.
I then took her out for her photo session.
Then we went to church (where daddy works) for lunch
and to share butterfly cake with everyone.
After nap time we spent time just hanging out
and let her open her presents while little bro was still sleeping
(that was a great decision on our part...he would have been all over her stuff).
We had a "nice" dinner at her favorite resturant (IHOP).
I say "nice" because she was acting SO crazy and made me want to hide under the table!
But we just loved spending lots of time just enjoying our little girl.

The days go fast and the years go even faster.
We're going to soak up every little ounce of three year old Naomi!

We love you sweet girl and we feel so blessed thatGod chose you to be part of our family!

Here's one of my very favorite images from the day!
I made her a special outfit to wear and she was so excited to get new clothes that mommy made.






This is my other favorite from the session! What a cutie!

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Child Photography - Baby E

You may remember a couple of months ago when I was giving away a session and one print to a family in San Antonio through Give Away Today. The photo session was won by someone who no longer lived in the area but they were sure to pass it on to some of their friends. I love it when friends share and bless other friends...really who could ask for a better friend than someone who shares the gift of memories!

I was so excited to find out that the family who received the gift from their friends has a sweet little girl. We waited until little E turned six months old! I cannot imagine doing this session any sooner because it has been SO HOT all summer long. Today was the perfect day for this session. The weather was nice and it was a little cloudy. I am so glad I got to meet Sarah and Rich and their sweet little girl. I had a great time working with them. Rich is in the Air Force so they are far from home (I can relate) and they don't know where they will be moving come next year. I am so glad that I was able to help them capture some memories of their sweet little girl and give them some photos to show off to grandmas back in Utah! Hi grandmas!!

Okay, I know, enough talking...here are a few of my favorites from the session. I had a really hard time narrowing it down! Enjoy your sneak peaks!!!

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Child Photography: Naomi and Micah

I realize that I have not shared any recent photographs of my children on this blog for a while! Well, here they are. My kids are such funny little people. They are growing up so quickly. I cannot believe that pretty soon I will have a three year old. She's not a little toddler anymore. Naomi makes herself known and she knows what she wants. Micah is such a great little dude. He loves to follow his sister around and he's pretty content to play by himself as well.

I love it when they play together and allow me to capture them in their natural state of play. I love capturing these memories and I know they will cherish them when they get older. I had a great time photographing them while they were playing outside, running around and playing in the pool. I know Naomi has some crazy hair in this first photo but that doesn't matter to me. I was able to get both kids looking in the same direction and while I don't always like the posed photos sometimes it's nice to see their eyes. So, while Naomi's hair is a little messy it just shows me what they are like in real life.

I'd love to capture these real life moments for you and your family too.

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Storyboards

I always love creating a collage or storyboard from some of my favorite photos from each session. Remember these custom storyboards can be created to be any size and include any number of your favorite photos.

Here is one that I created for Blake and Lydia.

I created a couple for Susan and Dan to choose from and they choose the first of these two.

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