'Bubble Boys'

I love these cuties!

Whenever we are at my parents house, my mom always gives my boys bubble bath time. They are ALWAYS asking me to do the same! Usually, by the end of the day I am just ready for them to be clean and in their pj's and heading to bed. One early evening they were acting crazy so I asked if they wanted to just take a bath with the bubbles they were undressed and ready to get in before I could even start the water! LOL

They were having so much fun in the tub playing and laughing that I quick grabbed my camera and snapped a few pictures of these cuties!

My New Camera Bag!!

I saw this bag a few months ago in 'pink' I thought I have to have that bag! So checked the jill-e website and was in major sticker shock. I thought "Yep, I'll NEVER EVER get that bag!"

Then, I found this amazing website called Adorama and there it was!! The exact bag that I wanted! So I went ahead and ordered it and of course it was out of stock and would a few weeks before I would get it! boo..

A few weeks past and I hadn't heard anything so I called them and they had stopped selling it in 'pink', WHAT? I was really disappointed that I would get an adorable pink bag.

So after much thought I went with the 'Deep Brick Red' jill-e Bag! I am not disappointed at all. It is classic, roomy, and just amazing! With all of my equipment in the bag I still have extra room. I may just have to get a new lens now to fill that space! :) ha

Now on to the pictures of my pretty bag!

All the pockets are great!

It has an attached wallet...I LOVE that!!

The view from the inside all empty and roomy.

The inside with all my lenses and flash. My camera body will go right in the middle.

My Boys

Here are few of my favorite pictures that I took of my boys this fall!

Taking pictures of your own children is ALWAYS a great challenge, but in the end it is very rewarding. Any photographer would have to agree! :)

Sweet Brothers

I LOVE Kaleb's feet in this picture!

Notice the 'Silly Bands' lol

Wow, those are so out now...I'm glad that I let him wear these for his pictures to show what he loved at this moment in his life.

Holden { 3 months }

The Ketelsen Family!!

I had the privilege of photographing this sweet family again.

First Christmas as a family of 3!

This little cutie is growing up WAY too fast!

I can hardly believe that he is 3 months already.

Baby's FIRST Christmas

Until next time!

365 Challenge

Let's see if I can do this!! I am going to Challenge myself to blog everyday this year! Sometimes it will be a personal story of something funny my boys did or just maybe what we did that day. Always followed with a picture! Hopefully, most of the posts will consist of a sneak peek from a recent photo session that I have done!

To start off my year of blogging I will post a few of my favorite pictures from Christmas with my family.

Brayden playing Wii Dance in his new, cool, Rams mohawk hat, my Sister-in-law made for him!! This cracks me up.....too busy dancing to stop and go to the bathroom!!!! BOYS!

My very first homemade carrot cake! YUM!!!

My attempt at getting a cousin picture!

We already had family pictures taken in the snow this day, so they were done! The family pictures look awesome from what I have seen. I can't wait to get them back and print some for my wall!

I'll post a few when I get them back!

My super cute niece Anya in her new hat!!!

The 'G' Family Sneak Peek!

This family was so sweet to photograph! Her boys are really close to my boys age and reminded me of my own. I even had the privilege of meeting her sister-in-law a few days ago for her session too! (Sneak peek coming soon) What a great family they both are!

Thank you for this opportunity!

{ Project LIFE }

WOW! This fall has been so extremely busy for me! It has been great! I thank all of my repeat clients along with the many new families that I have had the opportunity to meet!

Between sessions, editing pictures, and working at the salon I barely have time for my own family! I am looking forward to the Christmas season relaxing and being off to spend time with my family and then jumping right back in, in the new year!

Many exciting things have happened in the last few weeks one being that I booked a wedding for June 2011!! :-)

Another one of the exciting things that I am about to begin is "project LIFE"
Let me explain this to you.....
Many of you know or will know now, that I am adopted!
I was 3 days old and God had a plan for me and boy did He ever!! When I was born my (birth mother) wanted to give me a better life and chose to give me up. I Thank her and God everyday for that selfless and I'm sure very difficult choice that she made! I have great parents and an amazing family!! I think how different my life would be today if she had kept me or even worse.....had an abortion.
Praise God that she didn't!
I know that feeling of getting pregnant and being scared! I did. I chose to get married and keep my baby and he is now 7 and in 1st grade! :) Tony and I are still married and we also have another boy and he is 4 years old! And who knows maybe one day we will even adopt?!?
Now that you know a little bit of my life, you will understand why this new project means so much to me!

A few weeks ago at Women's Bible Study a young girl from Fontabella, a local maternity home, came to speak to the group! She talked for around 10-15 minutes I would say, and about 9 of those minutes were spent with me praying for how I could help this girl! I wanted to give her maternity clothes, baby clothes, or even just talk with her. But I still felt that wasn't it. I thought what else is there and then BAM! It hit me, I wanted to take pictures for the girls.
At first it was just going to be newborn sessions, but now I am going to take maternity pictures of the girls that live in the house and some of my work will then be hanging in the home for all to see! I am so excited to be giving these girls such a gift, A gift that God has given me!! I believe that these girls deserve beautiful pictures regardless of their circumstances! This is something that they otherwise would not be able to have done and I feel so blessed to be able to give it to them! After each of the girls have their babies, I will then do a newborn session with the baby and mom and baby together. From each session the girls will receive a framed gift print from me.
I am calling this this "project LIFE" well because they chose LIFE for their baby!
I am looking forward to meeting these girls and more girls that will come there in the future! Pray that this will be a success and that I can touch these girls lives by doing this for them! Just to let them know that life does get better and that God loves them!
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I would love to know your thoughts about this too!