Great Neighbors and Friends, Cute Baby

We have been so blessed with wonderful neighbors. I was honored to do a newborn session with them. Their new baby boy is adorable. Thanks Brady and Sarah for sharing the afternoon with me.

Thorn Family- Utah Family Photographer

I did these photos about a month ago. Thanks for being willing to wait patiently for your photos. We had a great time playing around in the leaves, I think I was more covered in leaves after this shoot than even the one year old. Fun times!

Cute Sis and Hubby!

My sister and her husband (and all his cousins :) came to visit over Thanksgiving. Naturally it was a chance to do a photo shoot. Here is her xmas card I did, and I have learned some new photoshop techniques to make those colors pop! what do you think?

where does time go? quick peek for Jill

Can't believe this little boy is 1! How cute is he?

The field is white already to harvest!

This great young man is off to serve a mission in Mexico for our church. He will be an awesome missionary!

Talented Teens

These are two talented teens from a very talented mom. "B" wanted photos in her irish dance uniform. "G" is a great guitar player and has an awesome red electric guitar. They braved the cold and were up to hiking around to different locations. Great shoot and great kids!

A big shout out!

I have been very blessed to be surrounded by an amazing family. I grew up with many talented family members. I had sisters and cousins who have played collegiate sports...me I am not so athletic. I have one cousin who is about to graduate from Oregon State Univ while being a star volleyball player, she has a great story-read it here I think here story will inspire others. Way to go Ashley!

Cute girls

These are the cute girls of my good friend Mandi. We had a great afternoon and her girls were wonderful!

Need an assistant?

Ok so I get this question often...how do you do it all? Well my secret is my assistant :) He is one, does not like to sleep, ignores TV but loves music, and makes me laugh. Here are some pics of him "assisting" me.

He is great at emptying trash bins no matter how high.
He can make a photo copy

He can block anything on the Internet

He does windows

also toilets (yes we sanitized after this)

he will re organize your sippy cup drawer

He can get his own snacks

The best thing is he can do ALL these things in less than 10 minutes- he is very fast! Ok there my secret is out, so to all you moms out there- get an assistant! wink :)

Help Baby Mia

This came across my desk this morning and I had to do something to help this baby girl. Have the Kleenex ready when you read the blog. How often do we take our children's health for granted- I know I do.

This is Mia's story.
Mia has been patiently holding on for the past 3 months. But, she's one of 8 babies in the Seattle Children's Hospital on the Washington waiting list. In order to put Mia on other waiting lists, the McDonalds need $450,000.00 up front for the heart transplant. Sadly their insurance is falling short of paying for the surgeries and health care Mia has already received.

Please help out in anyway you can. Every dollar helps.

My heart aches for this family, and I just cry every time I read a new post on their family blog.

You can go to this link to read up on Baby Mia and donate
http://helpbabymia.blogspot.com/

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween to everyone. We had a great, very long day. Here are a few highlights.

in my opinion the cutest little vampire -ever!

one nerd, one banana, one army dude, and one vampire- how different are these boys?

baby "M" wanted nothing to do with the halloween celebrations. He had the cutest lion costume and this was as close as we got to wearing it. He ended up trick or treating in sweats. Yep, by kid number 5 you don't care.

Amazing High School Senior

This is one great High School Senior, she is really going places. Not is she beautiful and kind, she is also a great athlete. We have been trying to do this photo shoot since last May and our crazy schedules finally came together. Thanks H for sharing your afternoon with me. This is only a few from Saturday- look for more to come.

New Nephew- Baby T

Here are a few pics of my new little nephew. His big sister is still trying to decide if she likes him.
Baby T has the most amazing eyes. So cute!

couldn't decide color or black and white?

brother and sister love...

Big Sis all by herself