• children & families

    Sunday’s shoots: [mini-session] the rya family

    A good friend of mine and her family. They used to share a locker with us down at the beach, but we have since all outgrown our little tiny closet, and now we both have our own lockers down there. Their middle child and my twins are the same age and their dad is my boys religion teacher. So lots going on between the two of us!

    Their little girl was far less than happy to see me today. I think we managed to nab a few shots of her though. Hopefully enough for a card anyway! The boys were so great and did everything I asked of them- so thanks, guys! Img_0338sl Img_0409sl Img_0406sl Img_0394sl Img_0442cbw

  • children & families

    Saturday shoots: [mini-session: the amb family]

    Can’t get away from the good looking kids! Loved these two seriously irish looking ones. They were FREEZING but they really pulled it together and did a great job. And the little girl was sorta upset about her temporary tattoo on her arm that wouldn’t budge. So I promised her I would photoshop it out– which I did. Loved her in her poofy red dress- princess of the woods! And the little boy couldn’t have more twinkle in his eye. Such a lady-killer already. Oh, these parents are in BIG trouble!Img_0155sl Img_0304sl Img_0233sl

    This was the last shoot for Saturday…now on to Sunday’s three.

  • children & families

    Saturday shoots: [mini-session] the bart family

    Our good friends wanted pictures of their three beautiful girls for Christmas. The oldest is John’s goddaughter and my extremely reliable, wonderful, babysitter. Isn’t she just gorgeous!!?? She’s so grown up, I can’t even stand it. The middle daughter cannot STAND having her picture taken and just barely tolerates me. Barely. We had quite a bit of eyerolling there. She didn’t like it for her communion this spring, and she didn’t like it today either! The littlest one is the biggest love- always gives hugs and kisses, even if you just saw her five minutes before. And her froggy- this frog has been with her since she was born and dosen’t ever leave her side. He even goes to school in her backpack every single day.

    You may recognize Dad as Mr. Incredible from a blog post back in September. He is the sweetest guy (well, not so much when I interrupted his Michigan football game to take pictures. The middle daughter gets that anti-photography gene from her dad, no question) and ALL kids love him. And not only is mom very photogenic, she is an amazing labor and delivery nurse. Don’t know how she works and keeps those girls together so well!Img_0076sl_3 Img_0085sl Img_0095sl Img_0142sl Img_0113sl Img_0121sl Img_0125sl

  • children & families

    Saturday shoots: the cle family

    What a fun bunch this family was! It was a great start to the day. Although it was realllllly cold. I looked extremely fashionable in by ridiculous hat and Uggs, but had to keep warm! I kept telling dad to loosen up, just cause he was sooooo uncomfortable in front of the camera. I think I got a few of him getting loose. The kids were great and real troopers in the cold. I think they had some fun. The little girl was totally freezing and had definitely had it by the end. Got some great ones though. More good looking families- love it! And thanks to the whole family for laying in the cold, wet grass! I think it paid off in the end!Img_0011sl_2 Img_0034sl Img_9826sl Img_9863sl Img_9902cbw Img_9885sl Img_9944sl Img_9961sl Img_9949sl

  • personal

    big, giant boy {aka…no more highchair}

    A big day for Timmy. No more highchair. It has ended it’s run and is now residing in the attic with the rest of the old, well used baby gear. He hasn’t used it at dinner for a long time now, as he much prefers to sit at the table in the regular chair. We tried the booster at the table for a while, but he gave that up too, and now uses that as a cushiony seat to put on his ride on car. We were using the highchair at breakfast (mostly for containment so I could be sure he was eating while I was making the breakfasts, packing up the lunches, and getting the boys ready for school) but he now likes to sit at the counter with the big boys. Waaaaah- he’s so BIG! Sad that he’s growing up but happy to get that thing out of my kitchen for good!!!Img_9770mgn