Boys of Summer

OK it is not summer around here or even close to spring- could we please get some non-windy warm days? Opening day of baseball was this week. My J is so excited, he loves the dirt, his friends, and a great game. It is so fun to go to the games and visit with friends and watch all the silly things our boys do. Boys are to fun!
Sorry on these photos I was shooting through a chain link fence- I did my best.

thanks for looking
j

My new favorite wall

I had some square gallery wrapped canvases made of my boys for my hall wall. I love how they turned out. You can have the same done with your photos by clicking on the link below, go to view products, scroll down to consultation, and submit your photo with info on what size you want your canvases.



Generation Maps does a beautiful job and they are easy to work with. If you live in Utah you can see their work and my photos in person at the Utah County Macy's photo labs.

j

#3 is baptized

Last Saturday was a great day. Our third boy "J" was baptized. In our church when a child turns 8 they can choose to be baptized. This is a big step for the child and deserves family, friends, and food. It was a wonderful day for a wonderful kid! Thanks to everyone who made the effort to be there with "J" Here is a look at his baptism announcement- I took his name off of the top, so that is why there is a blank space there.

Beautiful Girl

Again time has gotten away from me and I realized I had not posted in a while. I have been out of town for some R and R and I have been busy with photo sessions. Here is a session I did today for a cute girl who is turning 5. We did some "urban" photos in downtown AF and at the American Fork Tabernacle. Thanks Jill for sharing your darling girl.

J

Before and After Book for Elase Medical Spa

I have been doing some work for Elase Medical Spas. They are based here in Utah and have other locations in Florida. Their services include botox, laser hair removal, lip fillers, skin resurfacing. I love their new Draper location, their friendly staff, and the feeling in their spas.

One of the projects I am doing for them is designing a custom before and after book. This will be a hardbound coffe table book with before and afters of all their services. They will be able to have numerous copies of this book at all their locations. I have interest from dentist and orthodontists about doing similar books. Each book for each client will be unique with their branding, fonts, and colors related to their business. If you know of business owners who might be interested in this service please have them email me at skyphoto@afconnect.com

How you know you have all boys?

Almost on a daily basis things happen in the house of boys, that make me say "A- Ha! this is how you know you are raising boys." (some day I want to turn all these "A-Ha's" into a book) this moment I have titled ...

"W" stands for weapon

My preschooler had to find something that started with "W" for the sound box at his preschool. I suggested a "w"aterbottle. Oh no that would not do because the word "w"eapon starts with "w"-

Yes he wanted to take a weapon to school. So we settled on the weapon that looked least like it could harm anyone. He took his rainbow colored light saber. Here is a picture I posted a while ago of him fighting off all the imaginary bad guys in our yard with his "w"eapon.

Featured on Prettysisters.com

Hi everyone,
I have been a part of an organization called Pretty Sisters. I love this group and the women in it. This month they spotlighted myself and my business. Here is the link
http://www.prettysisters.com/news.php/article/80?osCsid=7045123dcdbb24ea9ee0156bf799f710

I encourage you to check out this group of amazing women!

j

#4 starts soccer

our 4th boy has been so anxious to play soccer with his older brothers- well that finally happened two weeks ago. He loves it and loves being just like his brothers. We now have four boys on six different teams- augh!

cute engagements

sorry it has been a while since I posted- I have a crazy blessed life.

I was able to shoot K and M's engagements last week. We had a blast

in downtown AF, the old star mill, and Sundance. They were good sports

and very willing to go with my ideas. Good Luck with your wedding.

It is Great to be 8!

My number 3 turned 8 yesterday. It has been two days of celebration. He is an awesome kid,
who loves to be friends with EVERYBODY and loves to play sports.

On Monday he had his party with all his friends.
After cake and ice cream we went to a gym for dodge ball, soccer, and basketball.
It was loud and crazy!
The next day (his actual bday) we celebrated with our family and Grandma. It is now a tradition that my oldest plays happy birthday on the clarinet to the birthday boy. It is also tradition that they get two cakes, one with friends and the other with the family. Usually I am lazy and buy both cakes. This year I thought I would make the family cake. Well that was not a wise decision for a sleep deprived mom of 5 boys.
I made the cake and had put parchment paper in the pan so the layers did not stick. I took them out of the pan to cool and left the parchment paper on so they would not dry out. Later that afternoon I went to frost the cake and the frosting went on surprisingly smooth. When we went to cut the cake the it was hard to cut through and all the frosting came off in one layer. Oh look, I left the parchment paper on and had frosted right over it. We had to take the cake apart and get all the paper out before we could serve it. I will definitely buy a cake next year :

Sisters

Lately, I have been able to spend allot of time with my youngest sisters. Last week we went up to Sundance and took some pics. I love it up there- I wish I lived closer.

As you can tell my sisters got all the looks in the family- oh to be 19 again!

thanks for looking,

j

I love my clients

All my clients are wonderful, but this group of clients have been with me since
I started my business. I have taken photos of these children as newborns on up
to their school days. This was a group of 11 cousins and we were shooting in my small
studio (11 was definitely my studio's limit) They were giving the pics to their mom-aka Grandma - for her birthday. Even though it was a handful it was so much fun, and I fall in love
with these kids each time they come to me for photos. Happy Birthday Grandma B!

Indoor Soccer almost over

We have been so busy at our house, between my work schedule, the boys sports, and Blaine's church and work responsibilities- it gets crazy. Oh and we have had an extra boy staying with us (read below) and my sister needed to stay with us temporarily. Well my sister and exchange student have moved out and indoor soccer has come to an end with a two week break before outdoor season starts. My Ty improved so much over the indoor season, he usually plays goalie or defense, but this season they needed him to play offense. He was able to score a couple of gorgeous goals for our team. He works so hard practicing it is fun to see him improve. Go Champions!

sorry the picture isn't that great as I was shooting in low light through some dirty glass- I did what I could :)

thanks for looking,

j

Good Bye Sung Chul

For the past three months we have had a korean foreign exchange student staying with us. He just became such a part of our family, just another boy added to the mix :) We called him "our brother from another mother" Ty and Sung Chul became extremely close and have started emailing. Tyler wants to go to South Korea so bad, but this mom could not send her child oversees. We are hoping Ty will be called to serve a Korean mission and then he could go baptize Sung Chul. Good Bye friend we will miss you!

jami

Jedi Master?
So yesterday morning I am doing dishes and look out my window to see my fourth boy taking on the universe with his rainbow light saber and rainbow backpack before preschool. I love four year olds and their imagination! He makes me laugh everyday.

Determination

From the time my youngest was born he has been very determined.
Determined to get my attention,
determined to stay awake,
determined to move and roll over,
today I caught his determination with my camera...







It looks so good I can almost taste it!

I am so proud of myself!

You know you have a teenager when...

Ok we officially have our first teenager in the house-and this is how I know
1. he reached the "official" age of 13
2. he asks his mom to drop him off at the corner and he will walk the rest of the way (I am so embarrasing in my red mini van)
3. He gets more phone calls at night than I do
4. You open his bedroom door and it smells like Axe Body Spray
5. Lastly, you spend thousands of dollars on braces only to hear them whine about how bad they hurt. But isn't he so cute in braces. (He had to get them in BYU blue of course)
Augh- I am a mom of a teenager!

Here are some photos I took for a friend this morning, we wanted pics of her and her baby girl, and 4 year old boy. The baby was having none of it, so we did what we could, but her 4 year old loved having pictures taken just of him. Aimee had me take these pics to suprise her husband for valentine's day- how sweet!

New Designer 8x8 book for Children or Families

Hi everyone,
I have been working on a new design for an 8x8 book for families, babies, and children. The color in the book can be the sage green you see, or blue or pink. We can customize it to your wishes.
My introductory price on this book is $125. We can use photos I have taken for you or you can provide photos (must have permission from the photographer if they are copyrighted) I can turn your color photos into b/w. Email me with any questions,
skyphoto@afconnect.com
Thanks for looking

My Joys...

I only have two of my five boys who are home with me during the day. They all grow up so fast.

I am so blessed to be able to stay home with "my guys" we have fun "hanging together" They truely are the joys of my life.

thanks for looking

jami