It is hard to believe another year has come an gone! I had so much fun capturing so many new babies, families and moments this year. I cherish all of my clients and am thankful for another great year doing what I love!! Thank you and I hope to see you in 2013!

Recently I had the pleasure of spending an unusually hot day with this gorgeous family and their new baby girl. It was such a treat for me! Baby Haven was a perfect little model as were her big sisters! I enjoyed every minute of this session and just love the results. Congratulations “M” family on your new bundle of love! Thank you for having me!!

Welcome to month 2 of the Blog Circle project. This month’s theme is Anticipation, and even though I had a month to prepare, I just kept trying to decide on what I wanted to do. I had a few ideas, but this one just stood out to me. My kids love ice cream (who doesn’t?) and I always love that excitement and anticipation that comes when they know they are getting ice cream, or any treat really. So a few days ago, I surprised the kids with a trip to a new ice cream shop that opened locally. Needless to say, they were so excited!! It turned out to be extra awesome because this particular ice cream joint does something a little out of the ordinary. No ice cream scooping here, no sir. They start with liquid cream, add flavors and mix-ins, then give it a deep freeze right there in front of you! It was so cool and made the whole anticipation thing that much better since it took a little longer to actually get your bowl of ice cream. I let the kids pick whatever they wanted and Audrey chose strawberry with M&Ms. Gavin shared my white chocolate with Butterfinger. Yes, mommy had a treat too.

While these pictures aren’t perfect, we had so much fun doing them and I really think there are some great looks of anticipation, especially on Audrey’s face as she watched her ice cream freeze. 🙂 Of course I also included pictures of them enjoying their ice cream and the sad empty bowl at the end.

Be sure to follow the circle and see how my friend Erin of Erin Farrell Photography chose to interpret the theme.

Enjoy!

I am SO blessed to have amazing photographer friends who are always willing to swap sessions. My good friend Greta and I decided we wanted pictures with our kids for Mother’s Day, something we both rarely get since we are usually behind the camera not in front of it. We met at a gorgeous field of wildflowers at sunset and the result was magical. I am in love with thee shots of Greta and her girls.