Sunset Swing

We were all done, the camera was put away. Then I see a Olympus (I don't use Kodak, haha) moment. My daughter taking a sunset swing.... It was amazing!

friends like no other...

So I am riding in the car last night, telling my friend many different things she doesn't know about me, and only few do (like Lizz and Jess). She is laughing hysterically, and crying at the same time. While in the driver seat is my husband, egging her on and finishing my stories. There is not much she doesn't know about me/us or vise versa with them. I figure we might as well tell eachother everything since we will be vacationing together in February. Then..... I wake up this morning thinking.....

1. I can't believe I would tell her that.

2. She must think I/we are nuts.

3. I have to call her and see if she remembers.

4. I wonder if she told Dave?

At this time I am laughing hysterically as well, while I am laying in bed. Well I guess you better lay it all on the line while you can, as I sit here and type I realize she hasn't called yet today!

Big Beach

The girls love the big beach. I was going to take these pictures, but I figured why not let someone else do the photo taking for me on my family for a change. I took a few and then let my friend Rachelle take over for the rest of the night. They are so natural looking by the beach, I love it!

Our turn

Well first if all it was our 8 year anniversary yesterday, and what better than to have our family pics done on that day. I took the night off from the salon and did what I have wanted to do for 2 years, new family pics.... a full shoot, not just a few here and a few there. Well about 280 pictures later I got what I wanted. Thank you Rachelle for doing this for us, we are grateful. We had a great time. The girls love the "big beach" (thats what they call it.) So keeping them focused was a little hard, but we did well. So know you can enjoy a little of "our family" since that last couple postings have been of the shoots I did (which I loved) of my friends.

Our turn... pt.2

Just a little kiss
my all time favorite from the shoot
showing affection
my hubby and I

footprints in the sand

family shots....

Well this is the whole family, followed by entries of a few of my favorite shots. These boys are so cute and dark it is unreal. We really had a great night. The last photo is my all time favorite. We couldn't keep this boy out of the water, I look up and the sun was setting.

my guatemalan boys!

These are our friends little boys, nothing is cuter than two dark little guatemalan boys.... They sure had fun with auntie Leigh taken the pictures.

My new favorite....

There is just something about this moment.....

Sunset love shots.....

Well as seen in previous blog entries I have done a lot of beach shoots, but this one was different. I did some family shots, but also did some "sunset love" shots (my name for this) of my friends Rachelle and Dave. Enjoy! I am jealous, I want some of these shots, well our anniversary is On Tuesday and we will be getting our pics done that night, how perfect!

big girl beds.....

Daddy said we had to be "5", well close enough. He caved and decided we could have big girl beds before we started big girl school, which is in 12 days...... The question is, "who sleeps on top?" Well we take turns weekly, every Sunday we switch. So far, so good. There room has gone from baby toddlerish to big girl chic look, it is so sad for mom!

boat or dock?

This is what happens when an excited little girl rides Papas boat and gets off to fast. She tried to get off the boat and Titan got ahead of her. She fell b/w the boat and the dock, it was not a cute site! For the rest of the weekend she waited until the dogs and everyone else was off the boat before she even attempted tog et off the boat.

our home away from home....

Well a lot of you ask where is the cottage? What is it like? Well here it is, our home away from home. We have a beautiful beach (after a weekend of hauling 13 yds of sand). We keep up on it pretty well now. Every year we use it a little more, and with me only working one Sat a month, we get to use it more. We look forward to going up there this winter and snowmobiling and finishing up a few paint, and kids room projects. Thanks mom and Randy for our little"home away from home." These days my girls like the cottage better than the house.

english muffin pizza time....

When I was growing up we always had "make your own english muffin pizza night." Well being at the cottage w/o the master cook (my mom of course) this weekend put my cooking skills to the test. So Fri. afternoon we had english muffin pizzas. They were the best especially when your at the cottage. The only thing that could have been better would be if my parents were there to share it with us... next time!

Just something about feet, sand and water....

I am really into feet with sand and water these days. Maybe it is because I have had 4 photo shoots at the beach in the last two weeks. I just love how the camera captures it, especially with the little added kids prints. How cute is that?

Cute family!

This is another beach shoot of some friends of mine. The weather was and we got there right before the sun was setting. The kids were great for me, and I just followed them around while they played for an hour. It also helps that it is such an adorable family. Thank you Chad and Lizz for the opportunity. These were 5 of my favorite photos out of the 116 I took, I am glad I don't have to pick the photos, well excpet for one for my house!

PRE- beach shoot

I wanted to find the perfect setting for the beach shoot, so I found it. Then I practiced with the girls. They layed down and watched the channel, and up came a sailboat. It was cool and of course I love using them for models. Cory played with the girls in the water and on the pier while I shot the photos. We then went to Fricanos for dinner and made it a family event. The best part is that next week is our family photos at the beach.