I got to go do the second half of Anne Marie’s maternity session this afternoon.  She picked the location since we’re still so new to the area and I immediately fell in love with it.  They had cut all the tall grass but there was water, trees, rocks, even a little pier to take advantage of, photographer heaven.  It was a lot of fun to explore the park with the kids and just stop and snap a few pics as we went.  I couldn’t wait to get home and download them for a closer look, I think this is my favorite from today… many more to come as I catch up on proofing =)

The kids and I went over to McGee’s house for a play date and lunch with the fabulous Miss Meredith this morning.  Ok, ok, so it was for the kids aaaand the mom’s – we got to subject them to our cameras 🙂  Mostly Meredith, who was the perfect size to fit into my snowman costume.  Have you ever seen such cuteness? She loved it, hat and all.  And I can’t tell you how many times she fell over trying to walk in it, she was comical!  But it’s nice and fluffy so she pretty much just bounced off her belly 😉  I could totally relate, both to the trouble walking and the big belly!! While we were there I […]

Isn’t he just adorable?!  But backoff ladies….I hear Taryn is interested and called first dibs 😉 Cute and he’s going to be a great big brother in just a few weeks!  I did Anne-Marie’s maternity session yesterday and had so much fun.  Brick was totally into being photographed, which is surprising, because his mom loves photography so he’s no stranger to the camera!  I loved it!  Anne-Marie was just glowing yesterday and looked fabulous, I can’t wait to dive into proofing.  We hope to get together during the week sometime before Thanksgiving to do a few on location outdoor shots before the baby comes too.  Think cool grassy fields.

Of all the days I’ve missed home, today has been the hardest.  Things are settling in and today, for the first time in years, my brother and his family are visiting my mom and stepdad all the way from Oregon for Thanksgiving.  It’s soooo hard to be away knowing everyone is there, especially when you don’t get to see them that often.  It’s a shame, but my brother has never met Ty, can you believe that, and he’s over 10 years old!  He got to meet Taryn when we went to see my grandfather in Oregon before he passed, T had to go with me because I was nursing and Ty couldn’t be out of school during the trip.  It’s […]

In some ways it feels like so much longer (in a good way!) and in others it feels like just yesterday we had our feet in the sand in Hawaii saying "I do".  So much has happened in 3 years, we found out right after our honeymoon that we came home with a little souvinere from Hawaii, now named Taryn 😉  Being pregnant and having her in the first year of marriage seemed like a lot, then 2 weeks after she was born Jason’s adoption of Ty was finalized, 3 weeks after that, the storm hit and everything changed big time.  Living away from home for months, in various places, with both sets of in-laws, rebuilding the house over the […]