It is the most wonderful time of year

...to go back to school! This week not only did the older boys go back, but my 5 year old the kindergartner (is that a word) also started. So four of the five are in school. It is a little quiet around here and baby M is searching the house for his brothers.

Ok for you moms who do not have teens - just a warning- the cuteness of a 5 year old turns into...
an attitude of an 8th grader- you know what he is thinking "my mom is the biggest dork"
oh look we caught a glimpse of a smile- I think I mentioned a girls name and he cracked a smile.
A big shout out to all the moms who survived another summer- it was great for the first 6 weeks, but by the last two weeks of summer weren't we all ready to send them back :)
Congratulations Moms!

j

I need serious help :)

This came through my email today - hit a little to close to home- those who know me well will laugh.

MY LIVING WILL
Last night my husband and I were sitting in the family room. I said to him,‘I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine,and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.’

So he got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my diet coke.

Elase Models...My first commercial shoot

Saturday I did my first real commercial photo session for Elase Medical Spas. We were getting photos for them to use in ads for their non surgical lipo service. So we focused in on the abs- yeah wish I had abs like that. The models were great and Emily with Elase was awesome to work with. Check out www.elase.com

More from Portland

Learning from the best

I am currently in Portland at a photography workshop. I am learning so much and taking sooo many photos. Here is a quick look at some from yesterday. I will post more later. A huge thank you to Megan, Emily, Martha, Kay and my wonderful hubby, with out their help with my boys I could not have come out to Portland. Thank you, Thank you!

Sibling Session Part Two

These are more photos that go along with session from my last post-
Hope you like them Amy, your kiddos were a dream to work with!

Beautiful Girls

Recently I did a photo session of some cute siblings. There are so many great photos I had a hard time picking which ones to post. These are the younges two girls of the four siblings.

Amy, I will post the other ones tomorow. Your girls were so great to take pictures of.

Fresh Newborn

This is a beautiful newborn girl I had the pleasure to photograph last week. Baby "K" comes from the cutest family. Rochelle and Bob I hope you enjoy your sneak peak, thanks for sharing your family.