• personal

    life is a carnival

    Well, when you’re 7 years old and have a yard and a big imagination it sure is!!

    Timmy and his friend Sean built a whole carnival in Sean’s driveway in under 2hrs. Impressive, huh?

    They were donating all the proceeds to their school. There was can knockdown.Waiting on tips (with a mouthful of pretzels).Tennis.Snacks.Races.Games of skill. (throwing a mini basketball into the mini soccer net while riding the roller coaster.)Feats of strength and accuracy. More snacks.Prizes for the winners!Teamwork.And then Timmy came home and started part 2. Hope all of you had a fantastic weekend- mine was great and very busy. Will have lots of client pictures to post this week so stay tuned.

  • babies,  personal

    introducing….baby charlotte

    Not only did I photograph Christine & Jayson’s wedding, I got two amazing friends, a Timtom and now a brand new baby girl to fawn over. It’s all a good deal!!  Yes, we’re cousins (well, Christine and John are cousins) but we’re those extended kind of cousins you don’t really see at family stuff so since the wedding, we make sure we see a lot of eachother.

    Charlotte was 3 weeks old at the time of the photos and after they all came out and spent the day at the beach with us, we came back home and I did a super fast set up and shoot of Miss Charlotte. My first newborn(ish) at night and using all off camera flash instead of natural light. A big change for me, but I’m getting there with it.

    Charlotte slept all day at the beach (yes, she was under the umbrellas in someones arms the whole day. yes, she was covered in layers from head to toe. yes, she survived the beach and was, in fact, quite happy there. yes, Christine is very brave!) so I knew there was not a chance she was sleeping for our session. And I was right.

    So excited to have one girl in the family!!

     

  • babies,  children & families,  personal

    introducing…baby joe

    So happy I got to take some pictures of my newest nephew, Joseph Rothwell . He was born on May 18th and weighed in at 8lbs and 6oz. So now with the addition of baby Joe, each of the adult Beyrer siblings (John, Joseph and Inez and their spouses) have 3 boys each. So all 9 cousins/grandchildren are all boys. And unless a baby girl suddenly drops out of the sky and lands on one of our doorsteps, the 9 boys will be 9 boys.

    Baby Joe is adorable (even though he peed all over me) and looks just like his brothers did as babies. And like his daddy.

    Very proud big brothers! We figured taking the binky away from Quinn was really not worth the fight. It was either have him sitting on the couch with the binky and being in the picture, or no binky and NO picture. You gotta pick your battles.My favorite!This baby has huge hands and feet- he’s going to be a big boy (well, he already is but you know what I mean).I think James is pretty enamored. All I could think when seeing this picture is Joe saying “Hey lady, come thismuch closer so I can punch you…” Sorry dude, you got years and years of Aunt Beth photos in your future. You can suffer and commiserate with your other 8 boy cousins who also don’t like getting their picture taken. Squish!!

  • bsquared business,  decorating,  personal,  photography,  product,  school

    7 for Sunday

    Ok, so it’s really 10 but that just doesn’t have the same ring to it, now does it? So it’ll be 7 with 3 bonuses. I have so many older pictures that I never got around to posting, so here goes.

    1. The boys can now ALL make this face. Including John who used to torture his sister with it across the dining room table. Ah, traditions.

    2. A few weeks ago I put Jack & Patrick to work (read: slave/child labor. It’s not just for third world countries.) making some bsquared welcome packets. They weren’t too pleased, but they got the job done. And then I packed up a pretty little order to go.

    3. Pulled out the macro lens for a few dandilion shots. Which were in front of someones house next door to a client who’s orders I was delivering. Well, at least they didn’t call the cops about the weirdo lady laying on their front lawn.

    4. I have the best & nicest clients. One of my most favorite blog stalkers (Laurie) brought me some Christmas Story wrapping paper when she saw it while on vacation. Must be Italian.

    5.  Bought myself some new shoes that I just adore. No blisters, even after wearing them for an 8+ hour wedding day. And I adored the packaging. I got a pair of red and a pair of cream, and I just bought them in black, metallic silver and pink cause they’re SO cute and comfy. And the red ones totally match my office and branding. Of course I saved the boxes for the office too. Love! You can find them here: Tieks

    6. Also bought myself a new camera bag that totally looks like a pocketbook. I needed something smaller than the whole gear bag and I love that it doesn’t look like a camera bag- makes it easier to be sneaky in places you aren’t supposed to shoot. It’s extra nice to have if I bring the camera to the boys game and we go out to dinner or something afterwards- I can bring the camera with me and not worry that it’s unsafe. (the whole inside is padded and has removable dividers to fit your camera/lenses/cards/batteries, etc.) You can find it here: Epiphanie  and I have the Lola.7. We had some uninvited guests living in our garage. A sickly looking momma raccoon and her 3 babies. The momma would sit in the tree in our backyard at like 5pm everyday and then just waltz across the backyard on her way to the sewer in the front of the house. It was then that her welcome was over. Buh-bye.8. The boys artwork (self portraits) were featured in the high school lobby during the school budget vote. I think the art teacher just loved that they are twins and that their pictures are so similar. (sorry about the crappy iphone pix, but I didn’t have a real camera with me)9. While we’re discussing the boys, I’m very proud that they both made the National Junior Honor Society and were inducted last month. They get to go on the overnight trip to Washington DC this fall (very exciting!) and are already really looking forward to that. The .4 that separates their overall averages is still an issue around here, but I think they’re starting to get past that.

    10. Almost forgot one thing- if you already “like”  bsquared on facebook, due to some recent changes (including charging business pages to “reach” more people as your posts might get lost on peoples busy newsfeeds. ugh.) if you want to be sure you’re seeing all of the bsquared posts/updates you have to hover over the “liked” button and check/click on “show in news feed”. And if you’re on facebook and don’t yet like bsquared, please go and like it! bsquared on facebook.

  • baseball,  personal

    total baseball overload

    Two weeks ago, the boys played a travel game in the morning and a little league game in the evening. Kinda funny watching them play on the same team in one game and then on opposing teams the next. Being a complete non-athlete myself, I don’t know how that works.

    First was the Royals vs. the Blue Demons.

    Johnny.James.Jack C.Anthony.Mike.Parents. Dog.Schmitty.I like a dog that’ll stand on your head. Like a hat.James.Glenn.Jack.Johnny & Anthony.Jamie.Johnny.Jack C.Patrick.Mike.James.Patrick.Michael.Schmitty.Coach Tom.Mike.Johnny, Mike & Jamie.Anthony.Jamie.Patrick.They won!A little celebratory Mr. Softee. I still want to know how the ice cream guys know exactly when to show up at the fields. Maybe it’s like some sixth sense that you’re required to have before you can drive the truck?A few hours and a load or two of laundry later, it was time for the little league game. Patrick started at catcher.Jack at first. A little hitting and pitching from Zach.Johnny, cracking himself up between plays.Danny.Glenn who is on their travel team. Nick.Mike who is also on their travel team.Johnny. Travel team as well.Unfortunately, they lost this game but they couldn’t have been happier with the “all baseball, all day” thing they have going on. I think some of this weekend’s games are getting rained out but at least the boys were at the historic Mets game last night for the first Mets no-hitter ever.  (are you so impressed that I knew that? It’s only because I saw it on Facebook on friends statuses.)