Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!!

Christmas is coming! Are you ready??

Just 6 more days until Christmas. I think I would be ready except I got sick the day before my birthday. Still trying to recover from that.

My self portrait.

Taking a picture of yourself is a bit tricky but this is what I came up with.
The next challenge is a family portrait for the Christmas card. Ugh!

Thanksgiving

I hope that you all had the opportunity to get together with family or friends over the holiday.

I had the pleasure of getting some images of my niece and was very happy to have a willing subject!
Unlike my kiddos.

Something to think about

Received from a friend and thought I would pass it on to you.

Paul Harvey Writes:

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.

~I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
~I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
~And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
~It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
~I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
~I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him.
~When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
~I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
~On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
~If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
~I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
~When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
~I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy..girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
~May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
~I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
~I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
~May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
~I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.

These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.

Happy Halloween!

I made both boys a costume this year but JJ did not want to wear his. Matt made a great Praying Mantis!

Visit to the pumpkin patch!

Today we took the family to the Flower Farmer out in Canby.

The boys like riding on the train and picking pumpkins.

Grandpa & Grandma Joyce

I was able to get a group picture after all!!

My Grandpa

He will soon be moving farther away and we wanted to go visit before they left. He is currently in a nursing home to mend a broken hip and is not happy about it. He just wants to go home. It is pretty hard to leave knowing this. The man that has been so strong in years past.

Well this is the same Grandpa I know, plaid shirt with suspenders!!
And hard working hands.

School pictures.

Matt had his school pictures coming up so I made sure that he had a nice outfit for the photos. Well when I picked him up I asked how the pictures went and he assured me that all went well. I asked where his sweater was and he said in his backpack. Then I asked if he wore it for the pictures and he said no! I guess next time I need to make sure that I tell he exactly what he needs to be wearing when the picture is taken. Ugh! So I took some my self when we got home.

This is what I am printing.

And one of the out takes.

Beautiful Weather!

We have been having some beautiful fall weather and the color of the trees is amazing!
Enjoy your fall!!

Tutu cute!

I made this tutu for some of my little girl clients. Love it!!

Sam's sneak peak

Here are two for you! The rest will be available for you by Wednesday. They are just beautiful, as are you!

Enjoy!

3 Month Old Cutie!

I am so lucky to be able to capture this little one. He is just too cute. Here are just a few because I know that you are excited to see them all! Enjoy!
I just could not pass up this look that I got! Gotta love the wrinkles on his forehead!

Amazing Senior Book

I just delivered this book to a senior on Sunday. I had a hard time giving it to her because I wanted to keep it for my self! You can get something for your session as well. Call me if you have questions!

More sneak peaks from Saturday!

Enjoy! Still working but links will be up soon!

Sneak peak for Stacie!

Just 2 for you for now. Still working and will be proofing everyone's at the same time. Will be coming soon! Thanks for sharing your beautiful family with me!

Karen's sneak peak!

Just a couple of images really quick! Enjoy! It was great to see you and BJ Saturday!

Super busy weekend!

This weekend was very busy for me!! I had the pleasure to do 5 mini sessions for my good friend and her friends. I will be getting previews from those up this week. That was Saturday. And then on Sunday I was off to Salem for a little cutie, to do his 3 month old images! Then I met up with a Senior for her senior portraits. We had a wonderful time and she had her own entourage! We even missed the rain for the most part.

Check back for everyone's previews and then your galleries will be up soon! Watch for those email's with your links. I enjoyed meeting you all!!

Huge Crazy Sign in the yard!

This crazy sign showed up in our yard today. I am going to be on the phone tomorrow to find out why it was put up without our approval. It is just huge!! Yuck!

Bound and determined!!

My little one does not like getting his picture taken, well I guess neither does my oldest!! Yikes! So today I was bound and determined to get some. The bigger boys were at the airshow so we went on a drive to find some new places. Here are some that I was able to get! He like feeding the horsey grass and flowers. This horse was my $7 find. Not bad for a $100 horse!




Have a great weekend!!!

Got to go to IKEA!

The boys & I went and we spent 2 hours there.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/

Matt even said he had fun! Just had to share!!

Photography Workshop

Here are some of the images that I captured over the weekend at the workshop that I attended. The children were just too cute!

I had a lot of fun learning and meeting some great photographers here local and across the country as well as Canada!