Happy New Year!- Lawrence, Ks newborn photographer

Seems like yet another year has flown by! I wanted to wrap up the year with an adorable little man who made his debut just before Christmas. What an incredible gift for his family!

I have many more of him but it is 4:15 on New Year's Eve and I am still in my PJ's...the shower is calling me!

Thanks everyone for a fantastic year and I can't wait for new things to come in 2011!!

What have YOU been doing?

It seems like I run from one thing to the next these days. It is Monday, the kids are out of school, I am caught up on my photography (whew) and Derek is done traveling for the year. I feel like we can finally sit back and truly enjoy the Christmas season. Or week I should say. No, my shopping isn't 100% complete, but almost. The UPS man knows us well. What did we do before online shopping?

Life with three little people and a business leaves me with my new fashion trend, dark circles! But I wouldn't trade any of it. We have been blessed beyond measure and I know this time in our lives will speed by. So for now we soak it all in and keep running. Here are a few things that have been going on in our household.

Josie got her braces off and is now sporting a straight smile...

but bottom braces are coming in January, her mouth is a bit of a mess.

So thankful for a great orthodontist!

Harper had her Christmas sing-a-long.

Nothing cuter than a group of 3 & 4 year olds singing their hearts out.

Maybe a few picking their noses.

-Josie had a music concert too-

We have kicked off Josie's gymnastic season

Her hours of hard work paid off!

She got 1st place on the bars, beam and floor (resulting in 1st place all-around)

& a 3rd place on the vault.

Looking forward to watching her all season!

I had never taken my girls to the eye doctor as I had no concerns.

This summer I decided they should all go in for a vision exam (it is free for 3 & under)

Ummm...the result, a follow-up visit last week and TWO kids in glasses.

WHAT?

I can blame their dad as I still have perfect vision.

But I must say they are pretty cute.

We are currently taking bets on how long until these beauties are broken.

We have taken in a few great Jayhawk games!

I rarely take my camera but I did this weekend and got some fun shots.

Our seats are pretty incredible this year so it is much more fun to snap away.

This is our view, no fancy zoom on my camera, just a 50mm.

This was against USC...another barn burner. I had a headache after this game!

Hoping for a great season.

ROCK CHALK!

A visit to Santa is a must. My girls requests?

Harper - a nintendo DS

Emme - a nintendo DSi and science stuff

Josie- a laptop

Electronics? What happened to good old wooden toys?

Christmas shopping.

The girls skipping their way to the Toy Store.

Ahhh....I love this time of year.

Now off to bake some cookies!

I hope you are enjoying the season!

Happy Thanksgiving

I write this quick note of Thanksgiving while cozied up in my PJ's. Who can stay in their regular clothes after a day of feasting? Can we say over eat? Oh so yummy though!

I have so very many things to be thankful for and it is always nice to slow down and really take it in. I think as I get older I realize more and more what truly matters and how fortunate I am.

We made a cute little turkey to sit among us this year. The kids cut out the feathers and handed them out to everyone. We wrote a small message of what we were thankful for on the feathers and stuffed our turkey. The small feather could not possibly hold it all...

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Blogging absence

Yes, I am very overdue on my blogging. I have been busy putting out fires...

Ha. Not really, I am just in the "heat" of Holiday season (ok, enough of the tacky word usage). I am trying to put all my time into taking care of my clients. I will be back to share lots of images with all the great families I have been spending time with soon!

Early bird gets the worm - {Lawrence, Kansas family photographer}

I got a phone call from this family in April to schedule their fall photo session. Yep, folks April. A planner and a smart woman to say the least! October is hands down my busiest month. November follows suit but October wins at the most requests. As the leaves were just blooming outside I reached in my brain to try and remember what week is usually "peak" for the fall color. I think we nailed it. The color this fall has been a little more sporadic since we have had the warmer weather, but still beautiful.

Thanks so much for driving over to me (all the way from Missiouri) and being a planner. You make up for those of us who aren't!

such torture to be so close to his sister.

boys!

The sunlight that was beaming through the leaves was awesome!

This has a totally different feel because of it.

Sometimes this is only something we photographers drool at.

Oh, if you could have heard the deliberation over this shot.

Having just celebrated an anniversary we took some time for some photos of just them.

You were great!

Smile dial and all.

There may or may not have been some grabbing going on behind the scenes.

I love it when families loosen up and have a little fun.

Meredith you are a natural in front of the camera.

You are beautiful and so is your family!

Thanks so much for letting me capture it.

And baby makes four - Lawrence, KS newborn photographer

Sweet newborn goodness. She was right at three weeks at the time we took these photos, that still qualifies for newborn status right? They change so quickly! That is one of the many reasons it is so fun to capture them while they are still so fresh and new.

I got to meet this family for a photo session this summer to celebrate the end of the family of three and to capture the now big brother. So of course I was super excited to meet the newest member. A sprinkle of pink can now be found in this household. A little sister to be picked on for many years to come by her big brother. Thanks for letting me come over and spend the afternoon with you all!

She was pretty awake for most of the session, just chillin'.

Awww, some sleep.

Please don't wake me by moving me around lady!

A cute big brother playing with the rocks.

Fall babe

some quick love for his new sister.

Long time friends - Tonganoxie, KS family photographer

We had tried for this session starting in July. Yes, July. We finally made it happen in October! Yay! Let's just say if we wanted to to rain, I just had to schedule this family in. It can be hard enough to nail down a date once, so 3 reschedules (yes, all due to rain) was quite a feat. Funny thing, it did rain on this day but the skies parted by evening and we were able to pull it off.

This is one of my very best friends dating back from the 7th grade. Oh the silly things we did together through those middle school and high school years. Lots and lots of giggling. Now we both have three girls and no doubt will be surrounded by their giggles and drama for years to come. *smile*

They live in the "country" on some beautiful land so there was no need to trek anywhere but their own back yard. So peaceful out there! Enjoy the peek and I am so glad we were able to get this done so you don't have to go shopping for new outfits yet again. Love you guys!

Endless great photos of this one...

Ornery, ornery and more ornery

She had some great smiles but I was drawn to this serious side too

She was enjoying picking all the little flowers,

what girl doesn't?

All three girls have the most beautiful BLUE eyes!

I have known these two together from the very first date back in college.

A pair of competitive athletes, can't wait to see what these girls do.

yes, the dogs have to be included too!

see this is the smile I was talking about!

This image is so peaceful to me, so sweet.