Family!

Life has been a little bit crazy for us lately. It just seems we are always running and always going. With 3 kids and 3 dogs, my time is limited. I don't get to accomplish and do as much as I would like and everything is so rush, rush, and hectic most of the time.

I can seldom get my boys to sit still long enough for me to take a photo of them individually - much less all together. But sometimes when all the stars are aligned - I can get the family together for a group picture and half way get them to cooperate. And here's proof of that : )

Teddy, David, Me, Ralf, Ben, Andy, Will & Kuma

Oh, and I am really happy in this photo. Even though I've had my braces on for 2 years now - I'm still a little awkard w/smiling, so sometimes I smile w/o showing them : )

Eli - 3!

I had the privilege of taking my great friends, Eric & Erica's, son, Eli's, 3 year old pictures. We took them at a nearby park (the same place as his two year old pictures). It had rained the day before, so it was a bit muddy - but he did great. We were able to capture a few great "Eli" shots.

Here's a few of my favorites.... I love them black and white. I think it's timeless : )

Happy 3rd Birthday, Eli (on May 9)!

We love you!

Merry Christmas!

I wish you Happiness and Joy always.

May God Bless you this Christmas Season and Always!

Front of Card

Back of Card

From our family, to yours.

Even Kuma got her own Christmas Card this year. I'll deliver them to her vet and her groomer.

Jacob and fun!

My next door neighbors asked me to take some photos of their son for Christmas. We went to a local park and I brought the boys along. I got some great shots of Jacob and some of my boys too - which is always great.

All 4 boys (Ben, Jacob, Will, & Andy)

I love this! This is something you see on an advertisement. Nice mom, right? Ha!
We didn't see any snakes .... thankfully : )

A few of Ben...

A few of Will ....

A few of Andy ......

CHEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZ!

Will and Jacob : )

Wilson's Christmas Card

Typically every year I do Eric's family's Christmas photo and then their card. Always great to see them and be able to do this for them. Love, love them!

I think their card turned out cute. Eli's gotten so big and adorable : )

Cousin, Nena's, Family ....

Nena asked me to come over and take photos of her family and her kids. I was happy to do it. I haven't seen most of them in awhile - so it was nice to see them again : )

I took several pictures - but only this one came out. Sadly, my camera is having a focusing problem and needs repair! Time to send it off - a total pain!

But anyways - here's a group shot of her family : )

Playtime outside = Camera Time

Sometimes - I like to take the camera outside and try and shoot a moving target. Why, you ask? Well - I'm hoping to get one great shot that I can actually hang on my wall or put on my blog.

Did I get anything this time, you ask?

Andy - sat still for half a second. This is the only one almost in focus of him : )

And my neighbors daughter - she smiles for me typically. She likes for me to take photos of her. Or ... at least I hope she does : )

And my sweet girl ....... KUMA!

Not a real successful photographic day - but there usually aren't many when it comes to my kids. However - I will keep trying : )

Happy Day Everyone!

Boys ....

I have wanted to and needed to take photos of the boys for quite sometime. I have lots of frames to fill around the house with updated photos. But as you know - getting 3 kids (especially boys) to cooperate for a photo - is quite a challenge.

I managed to bribe the guys to get them to let me 'try' and take some photos. And even a bribe didn't guarantee me a long attention span. Benjamin would not smile and there was a father and son fishing in the pond next to us and they were much more interested in that instead of having their picture taken. They would give me this cheesy "cheeeezzzzz" while looking at the father/son fishing.

I am not 100% happy with these - but they'll do. They can fill the blog and I'll try again later to fill my wall frames.

Will, Andy and Ben

Ben, Andy and Will

David thought this would be cute. Didn't totally work - but it is cute : )

Andy, Will and Ben

David's arm is in this one. He's holding the light meter. My settings weren't quite adjusted yet - but they were all sitting together - so I snapped the photo. Not great exposure - but all 3 of my boys looking at me : )

Andy, Ben and Will

Andy

Ben

Will

Ben and Andy

Sweet boys!

Will, Ben and Andy
Remember the cheesy "Cheeeezzzzz" I mentioned? Will and Andy have it down : )

Andy

Andy and Ben

Ben
My boy is 8! I can't believe how big he is. I wish for time to slow down .....

I don't like the shadow on this one - but Ben looks sweet : )

Will

Andy

Will

Andy, Will and Ben



I am alittle worried about my Christmas card I will have to soon make. I hope to catch them in a much more cooperative state or it may be bribe time again : )

Jamie is a Senior!

My babysitter, Jamie, is graduating this coming year. I am so excited for her - but so sad for me. She has been an extraordinary blessing to our family! She started babysitting for us when she was 13. Ben was 3 and Will was almost 1. We have really grown to love her and are so thankful to have her in our lives.

We did Jamie's senior pictures this summer while she was home for break. We had a lot of fun! Alot of locations and alot of outfit changes : )

Here are a few photos from our sessions....