be yourself

judy and her grandchildren....

2012-01-30T18:58:00.000-06:00

a few more photos of sweet baby A....

2011-11-06T09:23:00.002-06:00

sweet baby A and her big brother.....

2011-11-02T11:02:00.001-05:00

an afternoon with the animals....

2011-10-09T16:51:00.002-05:00

love in the park....

2011-10-05T14:29:00.000-05:00

thank you J and K and N and V

for letting me play with you again this year

just a day in the apple orchard...

2011-10-02T10:01:00.000-05:00

thank you

J and A and E

you guys were so fun to play with

a peek at monday's photo shoot

2011-08-17T16:52:00.006-05:00

thank you M and S for letting me run around with little A and M

i had a blast

more senior sneak peeks....

2011-08-16T08:32:00.000-05:00

all about london....

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baby london and his mommy flew from california to wisconsin

to be loved on by their extended family

this is baby london and his mommy

{my second and third cousin}

now we have

{left to right}

london's

grandma-great aunt-great grandma-great grandma-grandpa

four generation photo

london with both great grandmas

four generation photo

cousins

london's beautiful mommy who should be modeling

more cousins

{a gift will be sent to the first BLOGGER to tell me which one of these is not a sibling to the others}

thank you sweet baby

for flying all the way here to see us

and

for being such an angel

on my birthday

oh these kids....

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this little guy works for candy

and

bribes

this is one of his twin sisters. both of the girls are cutting teeth and when that's happening,

it makes for sad little faces and unhappy babies.

i plan on having a do-over with this twin. she really wasn't interested at all in looking at me. and hey, i'm okay with that. we all have those days.

thanks a and a

for letting me play with c and m and l

the last of the photo shoot photos

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smiles all around....

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balloon fun

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not you again...

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baby love....

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thank you L and T

for letting me love all over your beautiful baby

A was an absolute doll to work with. i couldn't have asked for a better or happier baby.

the two of you are incredibly blessed

backyards and windy days

2011-06-10T10:13:00.000-05:00

bokeh and beautiful all in one

2011-06-09T10:42:00.000-05:00

push me please

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aye aye, matey...

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and he's a gymnast....

2010-12-21T08:47:00.003-06:00

want to see more of this little guy on the move

oh i hope you do

come on over

here

to see his precious face

the biggest hearts....

2010-12-03T12:34:00.002-06:00

~i had to throw this one in as "the funny family" christmas card~

how lucky am i that my job lets me play with the most beautiful families. very. and even though i don't normally shoot indoors. i did. it is wisconsin you know. and when we braved it to go outside for a bit. it was only 20 degrees. brrrrr. surprisingly, it only minimally phased us. does that mean we're getting used to the cold. oh no.

anyhow

between laughing and playing and dancing and eating and more laughing

and

seeing the depth of love within the walls of this amazing home

here are some photos i wanted to share with you

and

if you want to learn more about this family and their adoption story

they have a blog

too

and

you can find it

here

thanks S and M and A and M for a great morning

just a few more of the twins....

2010-11-13T09:03:00.000-06:00

when it comes to twins.....

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a story can be told without any words

thank you Z and C for being the sweetest three year old twins ever and for making the photo shoot i had with you one i'll never forget

let's call this

"story number one"

"story number two"

will be ready soon.

a fall family shoot in the apple orchard....

2010-10-18T08:13:00.000-05:00

this would be my pick for the "funny" family christmas card

just look at the faces on those kids

teaching the littlest how to jump at the same time as the rest of the group

this photo stole my heart

future artist

don't you just love the paint still on his fingers

and

of course

two future photographers

thanks J and K and N and V for letting me spend the afternoon with all of you

oh i see....we're doing more photos ?

2010-10-13T17:27:00.000-05:00

"well as long as we're outside, i guess i can handle a few more"

"wow dad, this is so cool"

"but sheesh, you're tall and i'm like way up here"

"let's talk about those leaves that i'm sitting in"

"this is better. i was starting to chafe"

"i know, i know....we're cute aren't we"

"and maybe the next time mom goes shopping we can play some pool"

"you know, just us guys"

maybe next time....

2010-10-06T07:56:00.000-05:00

"today...today is the photo shoot?"

"why didn't you tell me?"

"i'm not liking this and if you think i'm going to smile, you are so wrong"

"actually, this isn't working for me at all"

"but hey, this works"

"and if you think i'm going to let her set me down again, you're mistaken"

"a barn...wait seriously, now we're in a barn?"

"well this isn't so bad"

"and this is pretty good too since i still get to be held"

"oh, my mom and dad. they're pretty great aren't they?"

"and now my coat....that can only mean one thing...we're done"

the photos of the family are fitting for "you capture" themed week

what it is.....continued

2010-09-16T09:12:00.000-05:00

it's having feet dirty enough to make you scream

it's being too small to say "please push me" but trying really hard

it's about contemplating how to make the tire swing move all on its own

it's playing hide in seek in a fire truck

it's finally being less shy around the woman with the camera

it's telling me how you got so much dirt on your face

it's telling me how you're big enough to "pump" if i give you a push

it's dreaming and twirling

it's smiling

it's kick ball with your brother

it's the end of the day

senior :: 2011

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will start his senior year in just a few days

and

then hopefully take the art world by storm

thanks

for letting me drive you all over town to capture these shots

you were great to work with

this one above just might be my favorite

sweet little O....

2010-08-23T08:44:00.000-05:00

okay

crazy lady photographer

do you see that the sun in burning a whole in my forehead

a few more.....

2010-08-19T09:16:00.000-05:00

the new bride

remember this face

she'll be the president of the united states someday

{sorry about making you stand in the rain sweetie...can you see it falling on you}

my beautiful in-laws

the first of many....

2010-08-16T20:39:00.000-05:00

a. a seattle wedding

b. our nephew

c. his beautiful new wife

d. married at the base of a mountain

e. it rained all day

f. everything was perfect

i warned you....

2010-07-08T07:55:00.000-05:00

i think i'll have some little onesies printed up for him

warning everyone

that his cuteness factor

just might be more than the human heart can handle

thank you thank you thank you A

for again

trusting me to document your littlest one as he grows

what can i say....i love kids !

2010-06-23T09:22:00.000-05:00

eleven cousins

~eleven and under in age~

and

lucky me

i got to spend a late afternoon with all of them

it was 85 degrees outside

hot and steamy

and

the mosquitos thought we were dinner

but

they were troopers

and

i'd do it all over again

because

really

just look at these faces

that were looking back at me

i love my job

more of the story and photos

are

over here

i love my seniors.....

2010-06-08T09:26:00.000-05:00

thank you

for being my first senior

photo shoot

this year

you were an angel to work with

and

your beauty inside and out

shines

just in case....

2010-05-26T07:59:00.000-05:00

if there's a chance you don't read my other blog

where more of her photos have been posted

i had to make sure that you smiled today

which is the only thing you can do when you see this sweetheart

sweet thing....

2010-04-21T05:02:00.000-05:00

i didn't notice

during the photo shoot

how

"handy"

this little guy is

but

in almost every photo

at least one of his hands

is up close to his face

even in the photos where i didn't pose him

obviously

this means something significant

don't you think

and

wow

is it just me

or do babies completely melt your heart

too

thanks baby

for being such an angel throughout our entire two hours together

and

for making me laugh

especially

at the very end of the shoot

when i handed you back to your momma

and

you peed all over everything

completely over the moon with cuteness...

2010-04-05T07:36:00.000-05:00

i'm so lucky to have families

that keep coming back for more

this is the baby

that

belongs to this

family

who

just three months ago

looked like

this

and

you know the saying

"he completely stole my heart"

well

i can't even begin to tell you how fast he managed to take mine

oh baby

can you imagine

what he'll do to me

when he's

six months old

seriously

has he stolen your heart

too

and

the big brothers

well

yes

they got their hearts stolen

the day he was born

two weeks old today...

2010-01-05T05:31:00.000-06:00

this sweet little guy

belongs to this family

and

I was beyond thrilled to spend part of my day with him

yesterday afternoon

why hasn't anyone figured out how to bottle

baby deliciousness

tender and tiny...

2009-11-19T14:28:00.000-06:00

a few more photos to go along with these

really

is there anything better than baby love

I don't think so

hand in hand...

2009-11-08T04:42:00.000-06:00

all of these photos

go with my original post and story

over here

thanks again to all you who made my day so special

some of my favorite littles...

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a day in the park...

2009-10-21T13:02:00.000-05:00