Saturday, June 27, 2009

Photo Party

I loved photographing these three families...The three sisters/moms worked hard on hair and clothes in one room while I photographed in another...It was great!! These are a few of my favs...







At the end of the session we braved the 100+ degree weather outside for the last few shots...I was reminded how much I love shooting outside in natural light...but I was also reminded how much I hate the heat of the summer here!!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Schema

While I was going to school to get my degree in Elementary Ed the professors were always talking about schema...I guess it is just a fancy way of saying background knowledge...anyways...last week while we were in Utah...I learned a lot about my kids' schema...

Christian, Nina, and I were on a walk with G-pa and G-ma....Christian spotted an old tree...most of its limbs were cut off so it was just a large, tall trunk with a few large stubs of branches (can you picture it?)...Christian shouted... "Hey look at that cactus!!"

When we told Matthew about the house we will be living in up there we told him that there is an upstairs and a downstairs...He was beyond excited...He said, "I can't wait to tell my friends at church that our house has an underground level!" (instead of basement...in case you weren't following the theme...:))

My sister was holding Grant and he spit up on her...She said it was gross and went to get a rag. Matthew said, "Hey that's nothing...are your kids adopted...because that is just what babies do..."

And then just a funny from Nina...
We were at church...and she was NOT being reverent. The lady in front of us gave her some paper and a crayon to draw with. She said no...so I asked her, "Please Nina, won't you draw me a pretty picture?" She looked at me, handed me the paper and crayon and said in a very sweet voice, "No...you do yourself."

Monday, June 22, 2009

{Brehen Family}

Before our trip to Utah I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph this amazing family!! It was a refreshing change to work with older kids that I don't have to chase :)












Sunday, June 7, 2009

storyboard

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Slippin' and Sliddin'

FUN in the SUN with FRIENDS



Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Crazy Christian!!


There is never a dull moment in our house...largely because of CHRISTIAN :) We love him dearly...he keeps us on our toes and keeps us laughing...these are just a few of his funnies from the last couple weeks.

Grandpa: "Christian do you know what PB and J stands for?

Christian: "Ummmm...yeah....Choose the Right!"
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Grandpa: "Careful Christian...you just socked me in the kisser!)

Mom: "Christian what happened?"

Christian: "I just kissed him in the socker..."
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Lately we have been counting to 3 a lot with Christian...it gives him a chance to "rethink" his choices. On Sunday he had a suggestion to make our counting more effective/enjoyable. (He was totally serious when he said this!)

"Mom when you count to 3 why don't you say..."one....two....three....READY OR NOT HERE I COME TO PUT YOU IN TIME OUT!!"