A whole bunch of cuteness!

I had the opportunity to take this adorable families pictures. With 5 kiddos, I expected a lively bunch, but they were SO well behaved and absolutely knew how to work the camera! And it was a good thing too, since it was FREEZING when we shot these, so we finished in record time! Thanks guys!! Looking forward to doing it again! (Or I just may borrow your kids for some modeling!)

Hope you enjoy them! I have NO idea how you're going to pick a favorite, since I can't even do it!

The very "stylin" {H} Family

My husband works with the cute gal, and she told him that they needed a cute Christmas picture, but it was going to be challenging to work with their active little people! We had to schedule it around lunch time, which was better than trying to do it during nap time (you know the lesser of two evils!!) and even though they were busy, and maybe a bit hungry, we managed to have some fun and get some shots! Little Z was VERY opinionated about being held still for pictures. But to me, it tells the story of what their life is like right now.....absolute chaos....and at the mercy of a 2 year old! So I hope you enjoy the pics A!!





I tried getting them to "take my picture".... A got the idea!


But Z just wanted to take one of himself!!


Little A, is taking ballet, and learning all the poses. So she had to show me a few! She really loves to dance!


She had such adorable tights, and I wanted to get just a shot of them, but she didn't quite understand why I wasn't aiming the camera all the way on the ground! Isn't that stinkin' cute??


The leaves proved to be a great distraction!


Amazing what can happen if he stands still for 2 seconds!


Mom had the most amazing scarf, that a friend MADE for her! I MUST find out how she made it! And even though I don't sew that much anymore.....I might just bust out my sewing machine to put one of these together! This is just the flower at the neck. But it was absolutely beautiful!


One quick hug for mom....and then he was off again! (Boy have I forgotten how BUSY a 2 year old is!!)


Cute kids!



Just checking to see where mom was! (she was guarding the curb, to catch him before he ran in the street!)


This just makes me laugh.....it's just "LIFE"!




This one just makes me giggle! (Sorry Ang!!) I call this the "mommy time-out"! Just go to your happy place, and it will all be good in 10 seconds! (I know that's not what was really happening, but it's just how the moment was frozen!)


Thanks guys!! I had a TON of fun!

Kick-off the Holiday Season!!

For the past 2.5 months, I have been rehearsing for a fabulous Christmas concert that will be held November 28, 2009 at the Tabernacle on Temple Square. The concert has 2 shows; one at 5:30 and 7:30. The tickets are FREE, and can be obtained HERE. If you need more than 4 tickets (the max you can request on-line), just call the 800# and you can request more! Make sure you arrive 30 minutes prior, since there will be standby seating, to ensure you get a seat!

The choir is directed by Merrilee Webb (who is ULTRA FANTABULOUS!!!) and she personally arranged 5 songs, and worked closely with a composer for 3 other songs! We are a group of almost 375 ladies, who share a passion for music! Needless to say, the music is AMAZING! And who can complain about FREE!!!

Click here to be taken to the ordering page!

Hope to see you there!

Sneaky Peaky for J & J

Here is a little sneak peak at the yummy-ness for Jodi! I had so much fun photographing their sweet family. We were a bit bummed to find most of the trees baren, but we still had a great time! Their adorable little girl reminds me so much of my little one at that age! Thanks so much for asking me to take your family pics!

Here are a few of my favorite shots!



And this one just makes me heart feel super happy! Gotta love the little sneaky-kiss back there! Well played Jodi!



Hope you enjoyed you "little" peak! I have a TON more to show you!

The FUN {K} Family!

This adorable family lives in our neighborhood, and we are SO glad they moved in! It's been really nice to have another friend for both my daughters. They allowed me the opportunity to shoot my first group shoot! They were fantastic!




I can't even tell you the story behind what caused this belly laugh, but it's just hilarious! She didn't want to bust out the "real smile" even though she had just gotten her braces off just days before! And she just happens to be my oldest daughters BFFLAIH (Best friends for Life and In Heaven){Doesn't that make you smile?}


They think this one shows their personalities....one nice....the other sassy!


Yup, this is the sassy one!


Check out those gorgeous blue eyes and the DIMPLE to die for!!! He tries to hide it by not smiling....but I managed to find it peeking out!


This little cutie is my youngest daughter's BFF!


She absolutely adores horses! I brought this little guy as a bribe for her to behave for me, and I think it worked some serious magic!


Climbing a tree is always FUN!


These guys just make me LAUGH! I can think of two guys that I know that have giggles that make me giggle. One is Chef Duff (From Ace of Cakes) and the other is Pat! His giggle and smile are just contagious! And anything to make me laugh is a good thing..right?




Thanks guys for allowing me to practice with ya! I had a blast!

Senior Portraits {Part 2}

So I'm finally getting around to finishing up his senior photos. I've been busy with a few other photo shoots, so of course the family ones get pushed to the back burner!

He wanted some more with his guitar.




He really liked this one with his trumpet. I've decided that it's much more difficult to get a feeling of "playing" with the trumpet, and sometimes just holding it was just plain awkward


These next two are my favorites!

Photo Shoot & Leaf FUN!

This past week, we ventured out to take our family photos. Surprisingly it wasn't hard to pull it together....just get us there at the same time! Thanks Teresa for doing our pictures! I snapped this one when she was shooting the big kids!



Then there was something hilarious over yonder, and I turned to find this....

Not sure what the joke was....but it must have been a good one!

Then we were pretty sure that Carissa was "finished" and we wouldn't get anymore of her willingly....see evidence below


So we decided to wrap it up. That's when we saw this wonderful pile of leaves (that I'm sure one of the farm workers had painstakingly raked "just for us") that we let the kids have some fun in!






And nothing is funner than getting buried in leaves!




I've been a bit relieved over the past few years that I haven't had to rake up leaves since we don't have big mature trees yet, but now I can go to the farm and utilize all their leaves (as long as they aren't wet and muddy!)and have all the fun of playing in their leaves! And boy did it tire her out! Must remember to do it again before it snows!