Illustrations of Life

The New Blog

2010-12-12T12:51:00.001-08:00

Hey guys! I hope you will follow me over to my new blog. It will take me a while to get it all spruced up but I've got it up and running. See ya over there!!

Christmas Cards

2010-10-20T11:56:00.000-07:00

You may order 5x7 or 5x5 one-sided cards for any occasion once you've purchased a collection for a special price of $35 (a box of 25 cards). For those wanting to purchase only cards the price is $100 for 2 boxes (50 cards).

These are cards I designed and the elements can be rearranged and the colors can be changed in various ways to meet your family's needs.

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These next ones are templates I've purchased from other designers but the colors and text can still be changed.

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Precious!!

2010-10-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

Here's that really cute little preschool girl I said I was going to post on my blog!! Of course, all the kids I photograph are precious but I just adore these glasses on her and her little outfit...

My next post will be Christmas card templates and I know you'll be thinking "give me a break, we haven't even had halloween yet" but I've already had people asking and a lot of the shooting I'm doing now will be used for Christmas cards.

Lundy Sneak Peaks but Shhhhhh.....

2010-10-12T11:37:00.000-07:00

these are going to be a surprise Christmas present for their parents so if you know them keep it under wraps until after Christmas! This is Heather and Alex and their two incredibly cute kids!! We went to downtown Ft. Worth for these so I thought it would be the perfect time to try out some new stuff. Heather and I have been friends since high school and she and her family came all the way from Oklahoma for these so..... many illnesses later (her kids AND mine) we finally pulled it off!!

Yay! Its fall!

2010-09-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

Its so awesome to go outside and feel the cool air! I just wish it would stay this way.

Wow, I haven't blogged in a long time. I'm finding it harder to blog now that I've been tagging photos on facebook. I've been so busy with the kids and helping with Samuel and Brianna's school. And speaking of the school...we're having a pumpkin patch and GIANT hay maze on Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday nights in October as a fundraiser. I think its going to be a lot of fun! I also did the kid's school pictures as a fundraiser and ended up with some REALLY cute models! I can't wait to post one of the cutest little preschool girl I've ever seen but I've got to meet her mom and get permission. It was so funny because Samuel and Brianna were so excited about the school pictures because of all the hyp at school about picture day. Brianna wanted me to paint her nails and they both started trying to pick out their clothes about a week early. It was pretty cute. Here are my two...

I'll will post more after I get permission. Since I did them at the school and I only do natural light I had to work with what was available. There's a nice wood fence in front of the school so I used that. It was a risk because if the sun came out being under trees can cause a lot of problems but it turned out overcast, YAY!...made the back ground evenly lit and I was really happy with how they turned out. We did have some squinters though. One kid asked me if I was trying to blind him with my reflector..haha. One of the squintiest squinters was Brianna.

And, here are some more of a session I did with these two handsome little guys.

A fairy good day....(how corny is that)?

2010-08-12T07:40:00.000-07:00

One day last week I went over to Jennifer Bow's house for a party she was having to give away a bunch of groovy old vintage clothing AND I saw these cool little...well huge really...fairy houses that her two girls had made. I immediately thought of how Brianna would think that was cool. She loves to collect random pieces of junk and trash and make things out of them. So, Jennifer and her girls offered to come help us make fairy houses. Samuel's was going to be an Ewok hut since he's a Star Wars lover. The Bows left around 4ish and Samuel and Brianna were busy with the hot glue gun until after 6. That's pretty much a record for them when it comes to playing and getting along in one long stretch.

Pretty much all they used to assemble the houses were a hot glue gun, nature hike collections, and trash. So, that means it was FREE and they played together happily for hours. Plus, Jennifer says this is a never ending project for her girls so I guess we may end up with fairy and Ewok mansions.

(Crazy color casts on most of these from the available tungsten and fluorescent lights).

Here's the fairy's chalkboard...

Alexis...too little to use the hot glue gun so she just watched Meta and Samuel make hers.

As and artist, I guess, I just love seeing what comes when kids create with their little imaginations! Its just crazy what comes out of their little heads. They all had some great ideas.

And here are a couple from my sessions this week. The first one is my friend, Heidi's kids. Heidi and I go way back. We went to church together when I was in high school and then lived together our first year at Tarleton. Her kids are too cute!

Last but not least, is Jessica and DD's sweet little Ruthie. She looks just like big brother! And, I must say she's wins the award for newborn with the longest eyelashes.

Summer's going by too fast!

2010-06-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

So, this summer as usual we've planted a HUGE garden. I had to get a picture just to remember how tall our corn was this year. Looking back at old pictures of any kind of landscape I almost always wish there were people in the picture. So, just as they were I had my kiddos huddle in the middle of the garden. Samuel was heading to baseball, Mackenzie had been busy eating dirt again, and Brianna dressed herself..oh my.

I think its so cool to be able to grow your own food! I must admit though, I don't think it saves us ANY money. If you've ever planted squash you know they produce like crazy and its hard to think of creative ways to use them. My neighbor gave me a recipe for a lemon pie made out of yellow squash! I tried making it coconut this time and it was good but it didn't quite mask the squash taste like the lemon one.

I really do think I could be amish if they would still let me use my camera! Oh...and wear makeup!!!

I had a cancellation last week so I wanted to try and take lots of pictures of my own kids since I had the extra time. So, here are a few of my crew minus Alexis. She's due for her own photo shoot:)

This is Mackenzie's "I WANT YOU, MAMMA" face.

And, here are a couple of a recent newborn who literally tipped the scales. I'm one of those people who lays in bed at night thinking about all the bad things that could happen. I know...not good. Anyway, I NEVER put newborns on anything high incase they fall. This little guy was about 5 inches off the ground on one of my baby scales when it turned over!! Thank God he was wrapped up in blankets and only 4 or 5 inches off the ground. He never even woke up! Shew!

Katie and Baxter

2010-05-25T19:46:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures I got to do for Katie and Baxter who are getting ready to take a little trip to Southeast Asia. They'll have a really neat opportunity to live on campus with some Asian students and teach English in a non-formal setting. They're going to the same place that I got to go and make some friends when Chance and I went on our trip so I'm really excited that they may get to continue some of those relationships and build many more.

Happy Mother's Day!!

2010-05-09T12:49:00.000-07:00

I guess I can't post without a photo so here is my Mother's Day gift....the most BEAUTIFUL hydrangea I ever saw!! Now, if I can just keep it alive :0

I got my flowers early but I woke up to the sweetest cards from my kids. One had a picture of a Basset Hound puppy and a cute little joke inside. (I'm obsessed with Basset Hound puppies...just waiting until the fence is finished to get one). The other was a card Samuel made all by himself, on his own initiative...so sweet. Those things really put life in perspective for me. They are a good reminder that my kids still love and appreciate me despite all the times I feel like I've blown it as a mom and been less than what they deserve. Anyway...just thinking about being a mom today and how I never imagined that I would love my kids THIS much.

Speaking of mothers...my mom helped me take the kids to the zoo yesterday. We had a toy garage sale and the kids got rid of a TON of toys, YAY! And they all agreed they wanted to go to the Zoo with the money..AND..it just so happened one of the monkeys had a baby! (I'm also a little monkey crazy). We never could see the baby's face because her mamma had her nestled tightly...just hands and feet.

Here are some other guys who posed for the camera.

2010-05-06T19:07:00.000-07:00

Here is the cutest Mini Mouse I've ever seen. She's going to have her first birthday and mom had her all decked out....tutu, hats, cake, balloons. I love it when mom's bring fun stuff!

Now, I can put Miss Aspen Dai's picture on my site since her adoption is final!! Here she is...

And here is the Lee and Boone family. It seems like I always get to photograph such great families. Here is another sweet family and some really cute kids!!

I'm feeling like I'm forgetting someone :0 Well, if so I'll add it next time.

2010-04-25T07:56:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of quick sneak peaks. Here is little Greyor..LOVE that name!

Next is little Miss Addy. Isn't she a doll?!!

2010-04-14T20:06:00.000-07:00

I wasn't going to try and work on these for a week or so but I just couldn't help it! There's not much more precious than a newborn baby and Sunday I got to photograph the newborn baby of Chance's college roomate, Michael, and his wife Heather. It was overcast and they had a great backyard for the shoot. I guess she was worn out from a rough morning but she slept the WHOLE time! She definitely set the record for sleeping the longest during one of my sessions. Here she is...

2010-04-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

Well, we had a blast in Colorado but it does feel good to be home. We've been blessed with the most awesome neighbors. Our next-door neighbors gave us a week at their time-share in Avon, CO. The lodge was minutes from Beaver Creek. Chance and I thought it would be fun to take turns taking Samuel and Brianna skiing. Between awesome friends and neighbors we gathered all the gear to keep them warm. I went up with Samuel while Chance took Brianna. Brianna didn't last as long as Samuel so on the second day Samuel also got to ski a couple of runs with Chance. Here are a couple of clips of the two of them.

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One day we went on a drive, looking for Cooper Mountain (not Copper) and stumbled across some people dog sledding. The sound of all those dogs barking and echoing through the mountains was amazing.

Here are some shots looking down from Beaver Creek.

And, Alexis finally got to do her thing the last day-ICE SKATE! She was fired up and couldn't quit talking about how fun it was.

No doubt vacation planning can be stressful with a family of six but I wouldn't trade for the lessons learned and experiences we had with the kids. We were all in this really tiny space but we didn't feel like we needed anything more. Life even seemed more simple once we got used to things. At the end of the week the kids even thought about all those toys at home they didn't even miss. Samuel was inspired to have a "toy garage sale". So, I'm all over that!

I think we all learned to be more resourceful, making the best of what we brought. We definitely had our moments of conflict. Right before we got married we watched these Gary Smalley videos- amazing BTW! He talked about how those times of conflict create family bonding and he uses the example where he, somehow, got stuck in his garage, hanging upsidedown. His son laughed hysterically while he grew more and more angry. He says that they can look back and laugh about it now and that it's times like that where families bond. My family is still young but I have a hunch he's right. Anyway, weather we have a vacation or a stay-cation I'm committed to keeping it up.

More from Oakdale Steakhouse....

2010-03-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

I don't think I mentioned that Laurie and Stephen's pictures were done at Oakdale Steakhouse on the way to Huckaby. Well, I had another session there and wanted to make sure and put in a plug for them :) Here is your sneak peak, Amber. I'll look for you on facebook and tag some of you there!!

Okay, well the first shot, I guess, could be an out-take. Its what we photographers call a blowout but I still like it and it makes for a good advertisement for the live music at the Steakhouse on Saturday night. Even though her some of her skin is blown I still love this shot.

Laurie and Steven's Sneak Peak

2010-03-05T19:58:00.000-08:00

Okay guys here's a sneak peak! I got your images loaded tonight and couldn't help but process a couple. I'm also working on getting my images on blogger BIG and needed to play around. If they're grainy its just blogger. Also, I seem to do things backwards a lot so I started at the end...that's why your last shots are first :)

Catching Up

2010-01-29T13:26:00.000-08:00

Well, we've been enjoying a nice, slow season. Its nice to have a post where I'm not crazy busy. I'm just savoring life and my sweet family right now. As far as blogging I'll try and catch up on some of my winter sessions. I still have a couple of other sessions to ask permission to post :) BTW if I take your pictures go ahead and tell me if you want me to blog them :) I blog all of the sessions when I can remember to ask.

First, here is my good friend, Katie and her sweet family. I really love this picture of them! I think her kids had the typical reaction at home when the stress of picture time was approaching but they were AWESOME when picture time came! VERY cooperative :) Anyway...here is a precious family who I'm so blessed to know.

And here is Miss Molly. My first senior this year. It was SO cold that day but she was a trooper. Senior sessions are always so much fun!

And a couple more of my SIL and BIL. I totally think my Alexis looks like she could be their child..ha ha.

Just a few of my girls...

2010-01-17T11:34:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple a Mackenzie. It was one of those days she was looking so cute. Just had to grab some shots. Just like all the old folks say "they grow up before you know it".

Here is one of Alexis on her 3rd birthday..

One more...

2009-12-15T11:37:00.001-08:00

IMG_6108web, originally uploaded by illustrations of life.

Here is another from my flicr account.

Trying to fix my "Pixelated Problem"

2009-12-13T20:00:00.001-08:00

IMG_6084web, originally uploaded by 30toes.

I'm trying something new- trying blogging from flickr hoping my pictures won't look so pixelated. I don't know what blogger has done in the last few months but the image quality is not the same and its driving me BONKERS.

Anywho, Jess and DD, here's a little sneak peak for you!

Seniors: Early Bird Special

2009-12-04T12:44:00.000-08:00

Announcement: if you're a senior or know one I'm running an early bird special. If you book your senior portraits by the end of January you can get a free session fee!!!

Ashlii, here is a sneak peak!

If you know Jeremy and Ashlii...shhhhhh ; These are their Christmas gifts for their parents. This is my current favorite location...except for all the stinkin' stickers. Boo! I'll keep shooting in this little field in town until someone runs me off, which is what usually happens when I find a spot I LOVE.

I've been crazy busy with family life and photography. I've got LOTS more pictures to post. Hopefully when the Christmas Crunch is over I'll redo my blog with bigger images and post all of my fall session :)

Fall

2009-10-28T19:26:00.000-07:00

This time I'll start with this little cutie, Mace! If you know Mace SHHHH!!!! :-) His pictures are a surprise Christmas present for his grandparents. I was so excited to use this hat I bought on Etsy.

And, just a side note..I don't now what the heck is going on with Blogger's images. I'm doing the same thing and they are all looking really pixelated. I don't know if they've started sharpening or what is going on but its REALLY bugging me. I'm sensing a blog move in the future if I can't get this figured out.

Next, is Brad and Melody... they are long-time friends of ours and I had the pleasure of taking their FIRST family photos! They are in the process of adopting a beautiful little girl so I'm not posting her pictures yet. Hopefully, when all is final I'll get the okay from them to post some more...

Last Monday I swapped out with Sunshine Peacock and we did each other's family photos. I'm not posting those yet since they will be Christmas gifts but here are few from the evening.

Here is Samuel, who just had his 7th birthday BTW. I'm so blessed to be his mother. It warms my heart to see the way he looks after his little sisters. Oh, the story here with the suspenders...I had planned for him to wear this corduroy drivers hat for a kind of throw back look but, of course, the hat goes missing that day. AND the MINUTE Samuel changed out of his clothes he found the hat under one of the car seats. Oh well...

I plopped Mackenzie down real quick before we went into the restaurant to eat....lovin the light here.

Here's another of Mackenzie...I've slacked on pics with her so another quick one.

Okay, and a recent one of Brianna I LOVE! I got this Carter's outfit at Kohl's..love that place and had to take her picture after telling her she looked SO cute all day!

My Trophies

2009-09-18T14:57:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I've been trying to put little notes in Samuel's lunch box every now and then. I never imagined he might return the gesture. Here are a couple of notes be brought home to me from school...makes my heart go "pitter patter" and reminds me that these 7 years of parenting him have been more than worth it.

Making up for lost time with LOTS of pictures

2009-09-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

Well, as far as family goes I think we're all getting used to our new schedule. Here's Samuel in his classroom the first day of school. He was feeling a little shy but warmed up fast, as I expected. He's had a great experience so far!

Since Brianna's birthday is in July and she's barely five I wasn't sure what to do about her kindergarden. I already had all the homeschool stuff for it so she started school too! We may have to slow it down if we hit some bumps in the road but at least she's learning.

And, here's one of each of the kids. They spontaneously ALL wanted their picture taken the other night after they saw me getting some of Mackenzie. Woo hoo!

Oh, and Mackenzie turned 6 months old Friday and cut her first tooth the next day! She's still TINY.

The rest are of two sweet little newborns I've gotten to do recently.

God is Good!

2009-07-14T10:46:00.001-07:00

We have some news in the family department... no, I'm not pregnant...Samuel is going to Christian school next year! I'm very excited mostly because its undoubtedly God's plan for him! At the beginning of the summer I talked with Chance about some of my concerns about homeschooling this next year. I think homeschool is a great thing but I'm just not so sure it would be the best thing for our family this year. I was ready to go public school this year and he was really wanting to continue to homeschool. We began to pray about our decision..that God would make us one on our decision. (Its

just so important in marriage to be united in those big decisions). So, to make a long

story short, we were invited to the open house at the Christian school in town. We were very impressed and felt really good about it except for the tuition part...youth minister's salary...big family. I just kept feeling like God was trying to show me He

would provide. Well, He did! We found out Samuel got a scholarship for the Christian school! Anyway, I'm just so excited to have a clear answer and looking forward to getting involved at the school.

I can't believe its already the middle of July. This summer has been so good. Here are some shots from our trip to a little beach nearby.

Finally, I'm taking pictures again! I've also been working hard during my break to set up a few things like my new site! I'm so excited ...I've been wanting to get this template for a long time. My site is a template from porfoliositez (great templates for photographers). I'm hosting through them as well. The site is pretty much finished. I'm planning to add some photo packages along with the "a la cart" prices and I'll be running some specials that include free session fees. You can check out the new site here www.illustrationsoflife.com.

So, here is sweet little Abigail from my first session since starting back. She's so stinkin' cute!

And, last but not least, my friend Emily gave me the "Lovely Blog Award". You can get lots of scrapbooking ideas if you're a scrapbooker and if you scrapbook like me you can get premade scrapbook through her, too. Her site is found at http://www.faithhopeandart.blogspot.com/. Toodaloo!

My baby girl

2009-06-06T06:35:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of Mackenzie. It looks like I may have another brown eyed girl. I LOVE brown eyes so that's fine with me. I seriously need to get some more girly shots of her but these were just some quick shots I grabbed while I had her in her birthday suit.

This one has some focus issues and wouldn't be a keeper other than I LOVE this big ol' smile she has here. She gives anyone who catches her gaze this sweet grin.

I'm still hiding : )

2009-05-30T13:23:00.000-07:00

I thought I would go ahead update those of you who are waiting on me to come out of my cave and start taking pictures again. I'm thinking maybe in a couple of months I'll be able to get this sweet baby on some kind of schedule so that I can be a little more productive. I'll make sure to post on my blog when its official. BTW she's doing really well she's just a little unpredictable and not crazy about sleeping in her bed.

A while back I came across this picture of Samuel that I took in the back yard and I just decided I love it. He's got all those big permanent teeth in the front now and man, it makes him look so much older.

Here are the girls givin' each other some love at Samuel's baseball game.

Okay, one of these days Samuel is going to have his own room being the only boy and I'm toying around with the idea of putting up a collage of four square pictures up in his room..all processed like these. I can't decide if I want to do all black and white or a mix of both. (I'll add other shots to the mix). What do you think! Color or black and white?

I thought this shot of Brianna was kind of fun. I'm trying to break out of my little box and try some more creative things with the shots of my kids. Brianna is bouncing on one of those bounce balls here and I have one of Samuel that is halairious I haven't processed yet.

...and a couple of head shots of the girls.

These are some I did just before Mackenzie was born and Brianna came down with the flu the night I took these so that's why the squinty face.

I guess you noticed I changed my blog layout. I may change it again I just really needed to go ahead and use the logo I had designed a while back. Well, maybe someone will read this..its been so long since I posted. Leave me some blog love if you're reading : )

I Heart Etsy

2009-04-03T12:07:00.000-07:00

Being a photographer I've really gotten into looking for cool photo jewelry and have been looking for a locket for forever. I think the first time I heard of hand stamped jewelry it was from my friend, Alisha, when she posted this. (Click on Lisa Leonard Designs). She told me they also had lots of hand stamped jewelry on Etsy. So I had this locket custom made byDonnaODesigns. Here it is. Its about the size of a quarter...

Here's another one of my finds on Etsy. This sweet little hat came from Portland Beanie Company. I was really impressed with the quality of this hat. I sent Nili these pictures hoping she could use them and she already has one of them up on her site! This is my little Mackenzie again BTW.

My friend Julie also gave me some CUTE hats from Etsy I know I will be photographing as well. (Julie, maybe you can comment and remind me who you got them from.) She also told me about some others that were too cute and I'll have to hunt down the site and show them to you. I think I posted the picture of my diaper cake and there were tons of cute hair clips that Julie found on Etsy. Anyway, I just thought I would put in a plug for Etsy and all the people there who are working hard to produce some really unique things. It can be hard in America to make a living making things...ya know?

All 4

2009-03-28T11:33:00.001-07:00

I can't believe I managed to get a picture of all 4 of the kids looking at me!! Anyway, I don't know if this is the best picture in the world but as a mom I just LOVE it! I ordered a hand stamped locket I found on Etsy and had to get a picture of them to put inside the locket. I will have to post a photo and the link when it comes in. Here they are...

I couldn't manage to get the paci away from Mackenzie. She was crying so hard I had to settle for the pacifier. Whew...she cries a lot. Samuel cried a lot and I think she cries as much or more. Oh well...at least I know they don't stay little that long. So, hopefully it will fly by...the crying part.

My new model....Mackenzie Faith

2009-03-17T13:55:00.000-07:00

Well, here she is...Mackenzie Faith. She weighed 8lbs and 5oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. Its a good thing my Dr. induced me early or she might have been 9lbs and 5oz. Since the day we found out our due date Chance has said we were going to have her on his birthday, March 11th and she barely made it. I went in to be induced at 6am and didn't really start having contractions until about 2 in the afternoon. My body reacted pretty slowly to things so by 10pm I was ready for a baby and an epidural. I ended up with an epidural that worked so good I couldn't walk until the next morning. If I didn't have the baby by 12am I would have had to have a C section so there was a little more at risk than missing Chance's birthday. She finally came at 11:39 pm. I hope this doesn't mean she's going t be a procrastinator : ) Here she is....I'm sure there will be more to come.

Winter Sessions....

2009-03-03T08:15:00.001-08:00

Here are a few from my winter sessions. I'm wrapping things up and getting ready for Mackenzie. I'm pretty sure the name is going to stick this time since Samuel, Brianna, and Alexis are all calling her Mackenzie...at least Alexis is attempting to say that long name: )

I guess I won't tell a story about each of these since there are so many different people. I had a lot of brave clients this winter. Some of these sessions were really chilly! Thanks for being such good sports!

Oh, yeah and I just had to process this one with the final proofs. I thought this was too cute...look at that lip. In his defense he had just woken up from a nap and it was quite chilly out.

I don't know if you noticed but I have a new watermark! I had someone at Design Outpost design it for me. I'm thinking when I start back up after maternity leave I'll have a new look to my site. I'm changing my main color from brown to black for what might seem like a silly reason...its really hard to find brown photo packaging. So, I'm just going to change everything and while I'm on maternity leave I'm planning to get a new website, take some time photographing my family, and take some online workshops.

Next, I attached a picture of my "diaper cake" from a diaper shower my friends Katie, Julie, and Chelsea threw for me. I was so impressed with this cake. I'm sure you've seen them before but this has to be the cutest one : ) You can probably see that everything on the cake is functional. Some of the little decorations are hair clips and pacifier holders. Anyway, the shower was a huge blessing and I'm so thankful to have so many precious friends in my life. God is good!

One birthday, two lost teeth, and four Christmases

2008-12-27T18:53:00.000-08:00

December has been the craziest month for us. My baby, Alexis, turned two on the 6th. She wasn't feeling great, barely recovered from an ear infection. We took her to one of those jumping places with just our immediate family and my mom. She had a pretty good time but wasn't quite herself. Here's one of her tasting the icing to her cookie cake.

Not long after her birthday her "big girl bed" came. I always fret about the adjustment of getting the little ones into a bed when they can actually get out!! You never know what kind of war it will be keeping them in the bed. It went so much better than I imagined. She loved it and I think it was because she loved being in the room with her brother and sister. I'm sure it made her feel more included.

Next, it was time try and get some good shots of my own kids for a Christmas card. Its almost impossible to get a good shot of three kids together that young so, although this one's not perfect its the one I used.

I also ended up with some shots I really liked of Samuel and Brianna. Alexis was on the move and I couldn't catch a really good one of her. I still have so many shots to process from that day. You may notice Samuel is missing a tooth in this one and now he's missing the other one, too. I'm glad I was able to capture this snaggle-toothed smile.

Samuel and Brianna were also in a Christmas musical at church. It was just about the cutest thing I've ever seen! Brianna really doesn't like attention so I figured she would chicken out and Samuel was complaining of looking like a bumble bee the week before BUT they both pulled it off and made their mommy a really special memory. I'm so thankful to all the adults who worked and continue to work so hard with the children at our church.

Next, I'm posting some random shots of our four Christmases. Some of the ones of my dad, step-mom, and two sisters are from a visit a few weeks earlier. I didn't manage to get my camera out each time so I don't have pictures from each Christmas. Sometimes when I have my camera with me its like having another child because it takes so much of my attention and I'm better off leaving it in the case. (The white balance is probably all kinds of wonky in all my indoor shots. I upgraded to the 5D and couldn't help but take a lot of indoor shots since its specialty is low-light.)

The first two are my two teen-age little sisters, Allison and Melissa.

This is Christmas at their house.

This one is from Christmas at our house with Chance's dad, step-mom and little sister, Lacey.

I think this one is my favorite shot of the month. I really wanted a low-light shot of the kids in front of the Christmas tree before tearing into all the gifts.

Well, I think that's enough for now : ) Next time I'll share some from my December sessions...

Christmas Cards

2008-11-12T12:58:00.000-08:00

Its time for me to start thinking about Christmas cards for those of you who are interested in Christmas cards. I LOVE Christmas. Its one of my favorite times of the year. I think I love just about everything about it. The food, the smells, the decorations, giving gifts, shopping....

I've just purchased some great Christmas Card templates from a designer I just love. If you have had a recent session and want to use your images for your Christmas card or have an upcoming session the cards will be $35 for a package of 25 cards. The square one is 5x5 and the rectangles are 5x7. Here are the examples....

Announcement

2008-11-12T11:57:00.001-08:00

Well, it just occurred to me that some of you may not know that we are expecting our fourth child in March. I thought I should probably let everyone know that I plan on taking a long break from photography after the baby is born...probably at least 6 months. I will make sure and send an e-mail to everyone on my list when I get back into the swing of things. If you want to make sure I have your e-mail let me know. You can also check my blog to see if I've announced my return : ) Anyway, I know it seems a little early to be planning these things but I'm now booking for December and just wanted to make sure that anyone wanting pictures before March will have the chance.

Well, I can't post without any photos and here are some recent ones. This first little guy was so easy and photogenic, too. His sweet baby sister is below. She wasn't so happy towards the end of the session but that's to be expected with the little ones. I love her sweet expression here and her long eyelashes.

October

2008-10-28T18:33:00.000-07:00

I'll start by sharing from a couple of recent sessions. Here are two brothers from again, another really sweet family I got to meet and photograph.

This was a pretty quick session as I think little Will tired out after crawling all over the place. I just love his twinkling brown eyes.

After wrapping up these sessions we had planned to head to Pagosa Springs, Colorado with two other families with kids around the same age as ours. We've had this trip planned since this summer and we were all praying for good health. It seemed impossible to keep 7 kids under six healthy for the week but for the most it worked out. Chance got really sick the Saturday before we left and even had to miss his brother's wedding. He just got up Sunday and started packing. I know he didn't feel great but after taking it easy a couple of days he was good to go. We had sooo much fun. We did some short hikes 3 out of the four days and then rode a train from Durango to Silverton one day.

This little guy LOVES trains as you can see by his attire. Its just so cute how all kids have thier own little interests. His face was so glued to the window I'm surprised I got this shot.

I think Alexis's expression here is just after hearing the whistle of the train. We were running a bit late (I know you can't imagine us being late with 7 kids trying to be somewhere at 8:15 in the morning) so instead of squeezing us in the back car we got almost the WHOLE front car to ourselves.

Here's one of Mati and Zeke sitting in this cool stump thier mom, Katie, and I spotted on one of our hikes.

Here's a sweet shot of Chance and the kids while they're all laughing at Mati hamming it up. ..followed by some more random hiking shots.

We also celebrated Samuel's sixth birthday on the trip. I can't think of much more fitting for him than a week with friends. I just loved this shot of him while the kids were playing a hiding game with pinecones one morning.

The lazy days of summer have passed.

2008-09-30T20:48:00.000-07:00

Its amazing how fast things can change. It seems like just yesterday I was bored and tired of being home. Now we're back into the routing of the school year and things are crazy busy but its good. Samuel and Brianna are both playing soccer and that's what takes up the most of our time these days. Its Brianna's first (and last season) and she cries every game...mostly the whole time. Dealing with her is really a struggle but I've vowed not to be hard on her and defeat the whole purpose of her playing... FUN. She enjoys practice most of the time and is at least getting good exercise. Samuel, on the other hand is really fun to watch as he's improving and really enjoying it.

Here are some shots from some sessions I've done so far this fall. I just love this one of little Levi.

These are from an engagement session and there were so many vary different shots. Here are a few of my favs.

Here are the shots from the last session I did. They were brave enough to come out in the rain and wait for it to calm down. The lighting was perfect just a little tricky trying to find a place to sit.

Summer Sessions...

2008-08-25T18:28:00.000-07:00

This post wraps up most of my summer sessions with the exception of one I forgot to ask permission to blog. The first one is of Mr. D who was quite a trooper. I chased him around as I do all of the little ones and got lots of great shots. He even fell out of my wheelbarrow and hardly shed a tear (probably not using that prop again. I've had nightmares of kids falling while I'm taking their pictures..YIKES!)

Next is little Mrs A. There are tons more from this session I could share as well. I LOVED the location for these. These were taken in Chandor Gardens which is a really beautiful place with a waterfall, stairs, ponds, bridges, and flowers and pretty cheap to get in. The only downer for photogs is their hours are really bad for lighting. We did this session at 9am, when they opened, but needed to be earlier for better lighting. She's such a pretty little girl and she looked so sweet in her little brown dress.

The last ones here are of one of the sweetest families I've met. They were just so friendly and patient after traveling over an hour and endured at least 100 degree temperatures.

Cutie Pies

2008-06-28T20:47:00.000-07:00

I just have to share some from this session. These are my friend, Marilea's grandkids in her beautiful back yard.

My Babies

2008-06-13T19:23:00.000-07:00

So, we have one of those credit cards where you can get rewards like gift cards when you spend $$. I decided to use the cards to clothe the kiddos so why not buy coordinating outfits? I rarely take my kids out for a full session like I would with other people so last night I took them out for pictures in their new clothes before anything happens to them. I LOVE Brianna's dress! I wanted to get a matching one for Alexis but they were out of that dress in her size. I was also really excited because I got some natural smiles from Samuel. He always gives me that smile where he lines up his teeth and pulls his bottom lip down when I say "look at me".

Happy Birthday, Mom!

2008-06-10T12:16:00.000-07:00

Saturday we went to Joe T Garcia's for my mom's birthday...yum! If you've never been its a really good Mexican food restaurant on the north side of Fort Worth. It's really pretty outside. There are fountains and lots of awesome landscaping. Here are just a few shots from the night.

And, here just a few from some of my recent sessions. I may have to add more of these later.

Schools out for summer!!!

2008-06-01T08:37:00.000-07:00

We got finished with Samuel's school a couple of weeks ago and we've been singing Alice Cooper around here. Is that who sings that....."school's out for summer"? Anyway, its getting hot and time to pull out the kiddie pools. I told Samuel and Brianna we could have a water park in the back yard and we've had all of our water contraptions set up in the back yard. The first day we had our next door neighbor over (4yr old boy) to join in on the fun. Samuel was so pumped he told me twice that day that it was the best day of his life, with veins bulging out of his neck. Man, I hope he's always this easy to please : ) He was so excited I didn't get any good pictures of him. I had a hard time keeping my focus on him with him contantly moving so here are some of Brianna and Alexis.

You'll notice Brianna is giving me some much sweeter expressions and has gotten used to living with the paparazzi. Now I just have to work on her letting other people take her picture so that I can be in some with her. I might add she doesn't mind taking pictures one bit. In fact, she took my profile pic up there to the right. I set it up for her and she fired away and got several shots in focus at f 2.2 handheld!

Alexis never got in the water but I needed some pictures of her in her birthday suit. I used these shots of her to make my first storyboard. She was dancing while Samuel sang her a song.

One for the family....

2008-05-23T13:47:00.000-07:00

I didn't have a shoot this week so that I have some time to blog. I meant to capture this first picture at the beginning of the school year. Samuel and Brianna are in Awana at our church. They're 21 months apart so that puts them one grade apart according to the school year. This year they were both in Cubbies together which was very exciting for me since last year Brianna cried every time I dropped her off. This year she got to be in Samuel's class and she really grew and changed a lot. She's much more confident and doing much better concerning her fears of men. She's really sensitive and had some issues being scared of men. She used to say "I don't like mans". But that's a thing of the past. I haven't heard her say that in a really long time now that I think about it. Anyway, here they are together one last time and then next year Samuel will be in Sparks .....or something like that.

For these two I just needed to take advantage of some good light and cooperative kids out in the yard. Chance was dancing around and doing something goofy behind me. Go dad!

And finally, here are a few shots from some of Samuel's baseball games. He's really liking baseball this year. He's been much more into it than last year and not spent as much time picking grass but I have to admit he has used his glove to play in the gravel quite a bit. He's in coach pitch and he's been hitting pretty good. I have to mention that because I taught him to hit.... Chance likes to tell people that. (He probably does it wrong : )

Last but not least a couple of the girls while they sit around at the game and hope for the snow cone fairy to come.

Another Fun Senior

2008-04-29T13:45:00.000-07:00

Whew! I'm on a blogging roll! Here are some of my favs from another senior I got to do this weekend. I didn't post any similar to the senior before to keep from being repetitive. This is Erica (I hope I spelled your name right). She was so great to let me drag her all over town to try some new spots. I love these because they're a little more artsy. Mendy, the last one is in front of that wall you told me about. She was in full sun about 6:30pm and I think I nearly blinded her but I love how it turned out.

Bluebonnets

2008-04-24T19:26:00.000-07:00

Man, I never know what to title these things. So... in our world we've been in a really busy season, but I'd rather be busy than bored. I wanted to take the kids pictures in the bluebonnets since I've seen so many in bloom this year. I tried to get a few shots the other night while we were on a walk. These bluebonnets were in someone's yard. Its an extra large lot with some bluebonnets way in the back. Alexis didn't last long at all she'd not been feeling well, at least that's what I'm hoping. Any of you who know her know that she's sweet 99.9 percent of the time. I've seen lots of tantrums in the last couple of weeks so it may be the end of her innocence. She's sixteen months and been saying "no" and "stop it" more than I would like : ) Anyway, she wasn't crazy about walking by herself in the tall grass and threw a big fit after she saw her brother and sister were getting a big lollipop. I guess she won because she ended up with a lollipop.

Samuel has started taking violin lessons so I wanted to snap some of him with his violin. I'm not sure if he really likes it at this point but he's doing well. I think it will be good to expose him to different things so that he can find something he's passionate about. At this point his favorite thing to do is ride his bike. He's been riding without his training wheels for a couple of months. He loves to ride his bike when we go on walks and circle in the driveway while he shoots the breeze with the boy next door.

Something Different

2008-04-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

I got to do senior pictures for a change and it was really fun! She brought lots of other cute outfits but here are just a few. I threw in the one where she's in the air just for fun. I had always wanted to try something like that and she was more than willing to try it out even in those heels! As far as my own kiddos, maybe I'll have more to share soon.

In case you're wondering about our trip to China it was awesome! We made some really great friends and God was so good to us in the way he took care of us and our families. If you want to know more just ask and I'd love to talk with you about it!

Finally!

2008-03-11T20:27:00.000-07:00

Yes, I'm finally updating : ) Its sad that its taken me so long. So many things have happened. Samuel has lost two teeth, its snowed, we had Valentine's Day.....tonight's post will have to be a quick. Chance wants to upload some video (and I'm really hoping he'll get into taping our family and putting them on DVD's because I REALLY don't want to do it...the DVD part). Maybe the pictures will speak for themselves and hopefully in about two weeks I'll have A LOT to share. Also, I've been changing things around and I'm trying to figure out how to resize and sharpen my images for the web correctly. I can't really tell if I did it right until I post and see how they turn out.

The Girls

2008-01-28T19:56:00.001-08:00

It finally warmed up a bit this weekend so I wanted to get a couple of shots of the girls together and of course that didn't work out but I'll take what I can get. I'm determined to capture some sweet shots of the girls together. Brianna is finally coming out of some of her toddler moodiness and she's becoming so loving and nurturing with her little "Cheeto". They're so cute together. I still managed to get lots of Alexis.

A Couple More

2008-01-12T19:15:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple more. I had these saved in a different place and then remembered. These were done on an overcast day. I LOVE the lighting from an overcast sky.

First Day of School

2008-01-12T07:06:00.000-08:00

Samuel started school....well home school....on Wednesday. I really debated when to let him start. He really shouldn't start until next year but he'd be one of the oldest in his class with his birthday in October. I really didn't want to rush things and end up stressed out but he's been BEGGING me to start. He really loves it! He loves the one-on-one time, all the busy work, and most of all he loves not having to take a nap anymore. We're doing his school while the other two sleep so that's working out pretty good for now. Of course, I had to snap a few photos to document his first day. He's holding up Pointer in one because he had to learn "Where is Thumbkin". As for public school, he'll probably be there one day. I really loved school (the social part) and I think there will be a time when that works better for our family. I would also like to teach again one day.

The next one is of Brianna's little ring she 's started wearing. Its so sweet to me how she keeps putting it on everyday and then putting it back in the box at night. I told her if she can keep up with it until her birthday I'll buy her a real one. As for Alexis, she's had the measles, I think. She's feeling better now but she has almost a full body rash. I think its driving her crazy to stay cooped up....its driving me crazy. She had a fever for 4 or 5 days and now she's pretty much back to normal with the exception of the rash and being a little tired. I'm keeping her quarantined : ) until the rash is gone. I guess measles are pretty contagious from what I've read.

The rest are some from some recent and not-so-recent sessions. And a BIG "Thank You" to all the friends that have been brave enough to try me out and help me get started. I have a few more from past sessions that I'll save for next time...

The next one is one of my all-time favorite shots! Her eyes are gorgeous!

Christmas Pictures

2007-11-29T20:23:00.000-08:00

I took the kids out to get some pictures for our Christmas card. These were taken in front of an old feed mill. Alexis is wearing a crocheted (had to look that up) hat that her Aunt Kelly made her. The kids all had them on at different points but Alexis was the only one who made the final cut wearing hers. I know I've said it before but it is sooo hard to get a picture of the three of them together. This time I decided instead of bribing them with the candy I would go ahead and give it to them to make them happy...or give them a sugar high or whatever : ) I actually took them out twice that day but the morning was just too cold and no one was happy. Our second go round went much better and they even hammed it up for some men working at the feed mill who were watching. I was really excited to get a good one of Brianna. She's my hardest one to photograph and I got some shots of her with really cute expressions.

Quick Post

2007-11-15T13:11:00.000-08:00

I'm going to try and get a quick post in before the kiddos wake up from their nap. The first photo's are from Samuel's 5th birthday. Since his birthday is so close to Halloween we let him have a costume party. Usually he's all about doing crazy things to get attention so you'd think he'd be all over dressing up. In case you can't tell he's supposed to be a pirate. I couldn't talk him into letting me get crazy with his costume so an eye patch was all I could really get out of him that afternoon. On the other hand Miss Brianna who doesn't normally want to have attention drawn to herself (I can relate) wanted to go all the way when it came to being a princess. Its hard to see but she's got glittery makeup and stickers on her face along with some glittery shoes. Alexis was asleep for most of the party so no cute costume for her : ( The kids had a great time. They were surprised by pretty much the REAL Snowwhite, a clown, a cowgirl, an indian, and a boatload of pirates! I made Samuel a dirt cake with gummy worms. Oh yeah, and here's the recipe....someone asked me for it.

Dirt Cake
1 pk of oreos
1 container of cool whip
2 pk of instant pudding (vanilla or chocolate)
1pk of cream cheese
2 1/2 c of milk
3/4 c powdered sugar
6 T butter

Crush oreos and put aside. Mix pudding and milk. Set aside. Mix cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar until blended and then add pudding and cool whip. Mix well and then layer with crushed oreos in container you choose. (You can use a flower pot and sick a fake flower in if you want). Refrigerate at least one hour and serve.

And last, I had to get some of the kiddos in the fall leaves. No time for hair and makeup that day. Fall's too short around here. Here is one of each of the kids.

Puppy Love

2007-10-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

Man, it seems like I haven't blogged in forever. We've been so busy like everyone else in the world. Samuel is about to finish up his last week of soccer. He turned 5 on Tuesday. Its funny how monumental birthdays are to kids. Suddenly, he thinks he can do EVERYTHING! He's been trying to do all kinds of stuff for me like fold up the stroller and put it in the car. He's changing out his own DVD's way up high above the TV. I really don't know how he does that I guess he grew or something : )

Well it seems like we've been planning it forever but I finally got to take our friends' FOUR little girls out for a photoshoot. They are so stinkin cute (as you'll see). The oldest one also happens to be who Samuel says is his best friend. ...which is just fine with us. It is such a blessing for our kids to be friends with these girls. We have so much peace being able to leave them all to play together knowing their parents have the same values and strive to teach them the same godly things we strive to teach our own. Well, I don't think we can leave Samuel and Lily completely unattended : ). I took all four girls out the first time but it got really dark so I took Lily out again (Jasmine's next) for some more and thought it would be cute to get some shots of Lily and Samuel together since they're buddies. When they sat together for a picture I heard Samuel say "really? I always wanted to marry you, too". He had a big grin. Then he said "no means no Lily" which was a joke because that's what her daddy told her to say to keep Samuel from kissing her. This conversations was taking place just before the silly shot of the two of them. Next, we headed to church and they were still talking about getting married. He looked at me with a big grin (he was in the front seat talking to her in the back) and said "ok Lily when i get tirty I'll let you marry me". That was pretty much the end of our adventure. There are a couple shots of Samuel and Alexis at the end since they were with me as well. Next time I'll hopefully have some of Jasmine and Brianna to share.

Squeaky shoes!

2007-10-10T08:46:00.000-07:00

I titled today's post squeaky shoes because that's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of this cute little two-year-old. I got to photograph a friend's little girl this weekend. She had the cutest little shoes that would squeak every time she took a step. She was sooooo busy and reminded me of how I chased Samuel at that age. Her mom said she didn't like to have her picture taken but I never would have known. I brought along a lollipop in case she cried. She never seemed scared but I couldn't resist trying to get a lollipop shot...I mean the sucker even matched her shirt! Too fun! So here she is shoes and all....

And last but not least.... I got to do all the pictures for Samuel's soccer team. That was a little scary for me since we're new to the world of soccer but here he is. He looks so big to me in the picture.

Yes, I'm still blogging

2007-09-29T20:27:00.000-07:00

The kiddo's have had snotty noses around here. It's way too much work in photoshop to clean a snotty nose so I haven't taken too many pix of my crew. Tonight's post comes from a month or so ago when I was trying to get a colorful shot of Alexis...who is now crawling BTW. You know how it goes. Overnight she's into everything. She's really happy, though. She can explore new things and follow all of us around.

I'm working on a real website so that I can pass out contact cards with a simple portfolio or gallery. I was looking through some old pictures when I came across one I had overlooked.

Long Post....

2007-09-17T12:29:00.001-07:00

This is gonna be one booger of a post! I'm trying to go in chronological order since there's so much here. The first couple of shots are from a trip to visit Amy Coffey and her little girl, Maya. I 've known Amy for quite a while but just recently discovered she was into photography. She has such a creative eye and I LOVE , LOVE , LOVE her style. I've been so inspired by the work she does alongside her role as a devoted and loving wife and mother. The kids had a great time and of course, Amy and I had plenty to talk about : ) Here's one of Maya. Isn't she precious!Just one more of Alexis...
This one of Brianna probably doesn't suit most people's taste but I just stumbled upon this pose and was drawn to it.
And, last but not least....more of the newborn photos.

This is big brother giving him a kiss.

Sweet Baby!!!

2007-09-15T20:13:00.000-07:00

I have been anxiously awaiting today's photo shoot! Some really good friends of ours asked me to take their newborn baby's pictures. I've been thinking about it for months!!! I just wanted to share a couple. There will be more to come. (I also have some to share from a trip to visit a friend and her precious little girl. ) AND.....I'm taking pictures for Samuel's soccer team Tuesday!!! Yikes!

Testing

2007-09-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if I'm really the tutu kind of girl but I needed to practice with this background for a newborn. I thought maybe the tutu would add a little color. So here's Lex in a tutu again. Her hair is mostly blond but it looks a little red sometimes....so who knows ...maybe she'll be a redhead.

Quick Post

2007-09-08T20:01:00.001-07:00

I know these aren't the best but it is soooo hard to get these three to sit still and all look my directions. But I needed to try and get some more of them all together. I had to do a crazy dance and act like an idiot to get them to look my way. They were pretty happy after I figured that out. Alexis was a little too happy. She's not in great focus... she was so excited about my dance she tried to fly away.

I still haven't quite figured out the right way to convert to black and white so maybe it looks ok.

BIG logo

2007-09-04T19:59:00.000-07:00

Okay....so my new logo is a little big. All who know me know I'm not a techie so I did my best playing around with some HTML to get the thing on there. Maybe someone who knows more about this blogger stuff than me will help me out. I guess a blog entry with no photo would be a little boring so here's another of Alexis. BTW she says "uh oh" now when something falls and its soooo cute! It sounds more like "uh uh" but we know what she means : )

Lex

2007-08-30T06:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a new one of Lex (that's what I call her...not really her official nick name). Brianna calls her Little Cheeto. I have no idea why. She just started calling her that and it stuck....we don't even eat Cheetos : 0 I think Alexis is about to crawl. She keeps getting herself onto her tummy and even somehow sat up by herself once in the middle of the night. She has started talking or repeating the sounds she's heard. She says mamma, dada, bubba and hi. She claps her hands and does the little indian thing with her hand and mouth. I guess she's nine months old in a few days.

I've been working on a logo so that I can give out contact cards. I'm hoping that will bring me more picture taking opportunities. I will probably end up going with something TOTALLY different but here's what I have so far....
Well, that's all I have for now. You may see a lot of soccer pictures from me soon. Samuel starts in a week or so. His games will be on Saturdays so I know that will work out better for the grandparents.

Yukkk!!!

2007-08-16T18:59:00.001-07:00

I love photographs taken in allies. I love the color, the texture and just all the old stuff... so yesterday I decided we would try out a new location. Just a side note...when we were home getting ready to leave I was fixing Samuel's hair and as I gelled him up he decided it would be a good time to confess that he dropped my toothbrush in the toilet earlier that day. Ooooh, I know smoke was coming out of my ears. I made him take me to the bathroom to show me which toothbrush it was (hoping it was Chance's : ) and nope, it was mine. The one I just used to brush my teeth!!! RRRRRRrrr!! He knew I was mad. Then he said "mommy, do you forgive me." Man, I really didn't want to yet but how can you not :( Bittersweet. So, we went on our way to our "photoshoot". I bribe them with candy and stuff when I do this, BTW. This time it was Sonic. For some reason there were a lot of mosquitos so we had to be quick. I think my favorite from the day is the last one of Samuel. Next time I'll try and get a bunch of Alexis. I just didn't figure it would be a good idea to plop her down in mosquito ally.

Party Pix

2007-08-04T20:10:00.000-07:00

I know its been a while but here are a few pictures of Brianna at her party. She had so much fun I think she smiled the whole day! Speaking of her birthday...a few days before her birthday I was trying to coach her on the way to church. She got in with all her accessories, of course. She had her sunglasses on, her toy phone and a pink purse loaded with other junk. I was giving her a really serious talk about how she needed to tell people thank you if she got gifts. In the middle of trying to make my threats her toy phone randomly rang and she politely said "hold on, I have a call." Gotta love her.

I'm throwing in a few of Samuel and Alexis for fun. I'm trying to work on black and white conversion and getting better catchlights. I haven't figured out exactly how to sharpen for the web so the images may look a little soft.

Camp

2007-07-30T08:55:00.000-07:00

We went to Jr high/preteen camp with Chance this summer. All five of us stayed in this tiny room so that was an adventure itself. God definitely showed me we can survive without all the things we think we "need". Chance was the speaker so he was able to help me with the kids. The camp was near Austin. On the way home Chance got the idea to go on into San Antonio and stay another night. When we passed through Johnson City we noticed all the streets were lined with flags. We rolled down our windows like a bunch of nerds and asked what was going on. A lady told us they were about to bring LADY BIRD down the street....yeah, the street we were driving down. So we pulled over and camped out next to some bikers and watched the hearse come down the street. I know its kind of weird but it was cool to sort of witness history. Anyway, we went on into San Antonio, checked out the Zoo, Rainforest Cafe, and the hotel pool. The hotel pool was the best part about the trip if you ask Samuel and Brianna. The kiddos were so tuckered out they slept almost the whole way home and most of the next week :-)

My first post!

2007-07-29T06:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, I think I've finally figured out this blog thing. I'm still working on saving my images for the web but here are a few for now.