my own little model

Ok...so not only am I lucky to have gorgeous clients, I'm so blessed to have the cutest kids around, lol. Could also be that I'm their mom and totally biased, but hey, that's fine. ;-)

Garrett is by far the easiest of my kids to photograph. The kid wants to be a model. His main reasoning for this is that he wants to get paid. More money = more DS games and a mini dirt bike...which I told him he could buy now, but he isn't riding it until he's 16. I know I'm a mean mom. Haha...so anyways, I'm not sold on the modeling idea, so in the meantime he models for me. Gotta love it!

how is it that I get to photograph the cutest kids?!

I mean seriously...look how cute little L is-and those curls. She is such a sweet little girl too. I must say, I love my job!



And stunning eyes to boot! :-)

so she might be spoiled....

Sometimes people tell us we give our little Bella too much attention...that she's going to get spoiled. It's true, we do dote on this little girl, all of us...Damian, myself, the boys. She is more then special to us.
So we all stop and watch her when she dances and then dance with her. So we all jump to give her kisses and "minky" (her word for candy) when she gets hurt. So we all fight over who gets to sit by her when we go out to eat. So she has her daddy wrapped tight around her little finger. I admit to all of this.

What people either don't know or forget is that Bella is a special blessing from God that brought incredible joy to our family after a tragic time in our lives. See...she isn't the first little girl born into this family. No...just over 4 years ago our first daughter and our boys first little sister, Emma, went to heaven. She died just before her due date leaving a gaping hole in our hearts. God is a big God and with his strength we made it through the worst of the pain. We grew together as a family and learned that God gives joy where most people can't imagine it.
We found out that we were going to be blessed with another little girl. And when Bella Grace was born she was our little princess girl. There is no way Bella replaces Emma, but we felt so lucky to have Bella safe and sound with us. Another chance to raise a little girl. So...yes, we do give Bella a lot of love and attention. She is a special blessing that reminds me daily of God's grace.

So...perhaps you can see why we might give our baby girl so much love. We know first hand that life is so fragile. Hang on tight to the ones you love. :-)

chris and his itchy hat

He looks so stinkin' cute in it, but he won't wear it for more then 5 minutes because according to him the fur "itches his ears", lol. At least I got him to keep it on long enough for a quick photo.

things are calming down a bit...

We're busy, busy, busy, here! Our remodel project is almost finished and I can't tell you how ready I am for that. Although I'm already planning which room to attack next, hehe. Then in just a few weeks we have huge things happening with my business...I'm so excited!

I'll try to get back in the swing of things on the blog now that the holiday madness has slowed. Here are a couple of Garrett for now.

we are blessed

This was a humbling reminder of how much I have and how much I can do to help others.

Actions are on the way

Hey everyone! I just wanted to give you all an update on the actions. If you ordered after Friday (the 28th) at noon you are probably still waiting on your actions. Due to the weekend and the New Year Holidays (and the Christmas Holiday) we are still trying to get caught up on getting all of the actions out. I also want to thank you all for the incredible response to the action sale. :-) If you ordered your actions on the 27th or earlier and have not received them, please email me as those should have all been sent out.

Thanks again for your patience! We expect to be caught up by this time tomorrow. Have a blessed day.