• children & families

    the wal family

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    Another one of those "oh, I know you!" shoots where it turns out that I "know" the mom from town. Our kids go to the same school, and I have seen her around. And now that I really can say I know her, she’s super nice.

    Got to photograph these delicious blondies at the beach, and they were all so cute! The boys were very, very boy (read: very busy) and had that mischevious glint in their eyes. We had some fun running around the dunes and the beach and with the promise that the boys could practice their star wars moves, we got some good shots. Their little sister, was just mesmerized by her big brothers in action. I kinda tried to keep them a little separated from her, as I was afraid she was going to get smooshed or trampled in the middle of things. We did manage to sneak her into the mix for a few.

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    Hope you like the pictures! I had a lot of fun with all of you!

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    be back soon…

    been a crazy busy weekend. a shoot and a wedding shoot yesterday with Beth W, and two shoots today. Been editing and shooting non-stop so no time to post.

    A few quick snapshots from my birthday outing friday night. Thank you to everyone that came by! And thanks B for all the (embarrassing but fun) bday wishes. And thank you to John for dinner and my nice new lens, text messages, and bday love!

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  • children & families

    the syl family

    Getting back into the swing of things and heading head on into busy season.

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    A great family to start off with. They are all gorgeous and so super nice. Mom is beautiful (and one of those people who is just so nice, you can’t believe it) and Dad handsome and a real trooper. The poor guy woke up with a fever, but he really put on his best smiles for the pictures. I felt terrible (especially after walking into the backyard and seeing him with his head on the table) as I know what a thrill all the husbands/fathers have taking pictures with me to begin with.

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    The older of the two boys really had enough of me after about the first 5 minutes, but he managed to squeak out a few more smiles and muddled thru my goofiness with lots of patience.

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    The middle boy was the ultimate ham- full of poses and smiles and sweetness. And such a looker.

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    And the baby- oh, the baby. Off the cuteness charts and I was lovin the baby CHUB. Yum.

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    Their cousins stopped over for a few shots as well. The big boys were born 3 days apart and the best of buddies. The middle boy and his cousin have a little love fest going- it is too sweet! You’ll be seeing these beauties again soon- as we have a shoot for them coming up in the next few weeks.

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    And their house was a little nice too. Can’t forget the other family member who let me take some pictures too.

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    Thank you Syl family. See you soon for your holiday session in a few months.

  • personal

    i say it’s my birthday…

    big whoop.

    It’s still September 11th. So I’m doing my best to be happy as possible. But I STILL can’t avoid watching all the 9/11 coverage and crying.

    So here I am happy and patriotic. Self portrait after today’s photoshoot.

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    And by the way, how can I possibly be 39? Craziness.

    I’m planning on celebrating tommorrow (friday) instead. Going to see Brian & Pat play at JPauls tommorrow evening. Come on down and say hi if you are around!

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    Pretty, huh? I love September sunsets at the beach.

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    and he’s off (too)

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    Timmy started school Monday. And thankfully, he loves it just as much as he did last year. There was some issue over the summer when we discussed that he would be having NEW teachers and a NEW classroom with NEW kids (you know the motto in this house. "Change is bad. We fear change.") but he did change his mind sometime before school started that it would be okay to have NEW things at school (thank god).

    He was a little nervous the first day, but not terribly. Once he found the camera in the classroom, he was all happy. That and the police helmet and he was good to go. There are only two other boys in his class so I’m not so thrilled with that, but what are you going to do? His teachers seem great and sweet (and I’ve heard nothing but great things about them both).

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    Just look at that big, independent, grown up boy! And yes, I got a little teary on the ride home from dropping him off.

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