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Ok… maybe not the crafty person I want to be- but I sure do LOVE crafts.. if someone does them with me!

A while ago I took up knitting and it has been one heck of a journey. It wasn’t until my good friend Crystal shared a pattern with me that I just LOVE. This one is so simple- just the speed I need. So I have been making hats like I was supplying a store front! Ok , well maybe not THAT many, but I have a few….and more yarn to use to make more

I know that many of you have been asking for pictures and I have finally gotten around to taking them- it’s just hard showing how cute they are without a little baby to model for me. There is ONE image I have of a little one that has one on, on THIS post.

here are my hats that I have created:)

these are cute, huh.

Another crafty thing my good friend helped me do was these ADORABLE flower head/ hair pieces. Large ones look great on older children.. small ones are great for those adorable babies.

Which style do you like best??

I think I like them all, but the little coral flower bunch is going to look so cute on a little baby girl

I just wanted to give you a quick update on things…

The pregnancy is still going strong and we have about 9 weeks left till baby comes Whooop whoop!!!  I personally wouldn’t mind if it happened just a wee bit sooner…. well.. then again…. my doc will not be available… so maybe I should be careful what I wish for

Things are still a little tricky for me but I am holding strong and ready to rock my camera! I have decided that  to help me pass the time, to accept and open up my book for a few sessions for the month of July. If you are interested in a session, please check the calendar for availability.

This week and next holds a lot of excitement for me… and I just cant wait. I have days lined up filled with toddlers, a newbie, and tons of family photos… I really am excited and cant wait to share the images.

I know these images are a little old, but I just LOVE them and had to share some cuteness.. I really am excited to play with another newbie soon!!! It makes me all giddy!

Hopefully for the month of August, we will be moving into the new house, getting ready for baby, missing my older kiddos, and make some more hats for my little man. My first hat- which I call my “test” sample, didn’t come out too shabby. I do have to admit that it is really hard to NOT buy pink yarn.. Its so darn cute. hopefully though in these next NINE WEEKS (YAH!) I can make my wish list of images I want to create with this little one. As far as maternity images go for us… that one is still on the burner. I have an idea of what I want to do, but REALLY starting to think it’s a bad idea… and I know.. I know… as I tell ALL my clients- one day I’ll look back and regret NOT doing it. I almost wish someone could see into my head and see the vision I want to create.. now that would make it a LOT easier!

Well, my friends, I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday. As for me… I will be waiting on our water situation to turn around… Now that is some DRAMA! If you don’t know THAT story, its on facebook and my personal blog.

Happy day to you all!

I am stretching my legs again and hoping back on my horse! I have booked some sessions to get me thru life’s bumps and humps. Yes, I am probably making more bumps and humps for myself by “working”, but this momma can’t take it anymore

In the next few weeks I have booked myself and let me tell you… I am GIDDY with excitement.

Today a fellow friend and photog stopped by to borrow some nb goodies her her own session she was doing and I have to say that I am biting my nails in anticipation for my upcoming newborn session. YAHOO!!!

Tonight as I was just surfing the net- waiting for bedtime, I came across this you tube video and I just HAD to share… it is so sweet.

I hope you enjoy it

Yeah yeah.. I am a little late… but so was summer, so I am calling this my SPRING CLEANING post

A few days ago I headed up to the studio to do some light cleaning, but got sucked into deep cleaning. I decided that it was time to let go of some stuff that I just don’t use… so without further ado.. (did I spell that right??) Here is a list of some items that I NEED to get rid off.

Yeah… some reason i did not catch THIS big ‘ol totally NOT in focus pic.. excuse the crappy image

Not too sure on how I missed this easy focus, but you get the image

Dk wood frames- (1) 8×10, (2) 2 1/2x 3 1/2, (4) 4×6…… $10

Orange Peel Background

Click the link above to read more on OPB- they are VERY nice and easy to use!

A) single panel. This is a head shot I did with it as the background

B. 1 panel – RIGHT SIDE ONLY~ NOLA Doors

This set is from the freckle sale. One panel has a slight misprint/ color streak. Not too noticeable. You can EASILY remove any area either in PS or by posing.

If you would like to purchase and help me empty out the studio, please send me an email

If you would like anything to be shipped… of course shipping charges would be added

Hopefully here in a few weeks I will have more to clean. I know I have some large chairs that need to go!

well… I guess its time to spill the beans. If yall have been following my personal facebook page, you might have caught the hints.. I know there was at least one family member that said it was so obvious.

I dont know why I am so nervous actually saying it out loud, BUT…. we are expecting another baby. This will be baby number 5 for us.

I don’t know if you remember that dream I posted a while back…. it basically was a dream that I had a baby on September 20th. well to my big surprise we are expecting baby #5 on September 16th. If only my dream told me what we were having! It would be GRAND to have another little girl!

This pregnancy has started out odd. New symptoms and some of the same. Still sick, but holding well. I have to give a big trophy to hubby for taking on everything while I just stay in bed lately. He has been great with taking care of the kids as well as my needs. He even still tells me how beautiful I look as I stay in the same clothes day after day and basically don’t move from my bed. I just can’t do it. THANKFULLY my doc started me on meds ASAP which has helped but you know that yucky taste you get in your mouth with pregnancy??? ugh I cant stand it nor can I get it to go AWAY! So far the things I crave are to the extreme. For example.. if its sweet- it needs to be VERY sweet! If its spicy- better make it MORE spicy, same thing salty and sour. Its like my taste buds are lacking.

Overall I would have to say that things are going pretty well. My daughters school is suffering so if you or anyone else you know has some free time, I could really use some help with that. She really needs someone by her side to get thru her lessons. Of course if you feel the need to take my kiddos for a fun day, I won’t stop you either

I know some of you might be giving me that “look” of “Another baby?”  but you know things happen in God’s plan and in His way. This is a blessing to us- scary, but a blessing. Because this pregnancy feels different to me, I am prepared for the worse- again it will be all in His plan and His hands. I am being monitored weekly due to my weight and how sick I get and tomorrow we have an early ultrasound to make sure things are progressing properly.

So… AHHHHHHHH.. we are having another baby!

Business wise, I appreciate everyone patience with me in responding to emails and phone calls. I will only be accepting 3 weddings this year as well as being very limited to studio sessions. Please always call or email to check the schedule. During my down time I am hoping to be able to do some knitting and also doing some on-line workshops and spending a little more family time and eating myself big

Much Love ~

Don’t freak out… I know its not normal.

But there are just some days where I cant get my head or my mouth to stop talking…and lucky for you all.. hehehehe.. I have a blog where I can just talk and talk and talk and talk…if need be

I just have to say what  a great day it was today. The weather has been so beautiful- I just couldn’t help but to get out in it today- all by myself WooYaAa. It started out great by the kids getting up on their own- gotta love that! And then I stretched my brain muscles by doing 5th grade math. Umm, yeah.. there is a reason why I am not a teacher, a tutor, or a math professor… I SUCK at math. I am just glad her math books come with teacher books. Good Gravy! After I burned up a few thinkin wheels, I made a mad dash out of the house for some errands and a wonderful lunch date with a beautiful friend of mine. I have missed seeing her and laughing with her. She is amazing.. S- thank you for the lunch date- I needed that!

In between my errands I had to make a stop to mail off a Fed-Ex. Never have I done that before – and so after a few phone calls on where I could go to do that… I found my way to Money Depot. When I walked in it just felt so nice. They had a wonderful smelly incense thingy- loved it- and the gentleman that helped me was so nice. You forget what great customer service feels like until you are treated wonderful and wonder why there are so many icky- not-so- nice people in sales and retail. I will be doing all of my shipping from there- I don’t care if I have to travel. Money Depot has made it all worth my while.. and they give you a treat for doing business there. I mean, I am not the one to pass up some chocolate

By the time I got home, the kids had completed their school work… that to me was like a mommy orgasm! I was so happy and so relieved. I think I even squealed in delight when I heard that. To make my day even better.. I got a call that my new phone was in. Yippee Skippy. Now I no longer have to use my dino phone nor sit and watch my hubby play with all his apps. hhehehe- ok that sounds funny. Some of my clients were lucky enough to hear my phone when it has gone off- and what is funny about it is everytime, they look around with this terrible look on their face of “what the heck is that?!” Finally I have a REALLY neat and fun phone- with games and other stuff to keep me occupied and away from my laundry. Lucky me.

Yes, it was a great day- and I am fully blessed for it. Thank you Lord.

To make tomorrow better…. it would be great to get a full nights sleep. I am so tired of a cranky, fever getting, I’m-not-going-to-sleep-for-you- baby. I have watched so many episodes of Doogie  Howser- I could probably recite them.

And because a post just isnt good without a photo… here is a yummy pick for you to dream about eheheheh and i will tell you- they are GUUUUUUUUUUDDDD

What a crazy and long day! Enjoyable but Loooooooooonnnngggg.

Started out with a meeting for little charlie joe and getting him set up on speech. That little monkey still has no words yet. Its funny how we parents cant wait for the little ones to talk and then we spend the rest of our lives wishing they would just be quiet… for five minutes.. PLEASE. – Well I hope I am not the only one

After that- I got all dolled up for my radio interview. As I was leaving my husbands says ” you know its radio- they cant see you, right”? Well I know but I wanted to feel a little bit …special… important.. professional- at least until I open my mouth to talk LOL

I tell you …that is the MOST nerve racking thing. There – on the table- was that microphone STARING at you. And then for some odd reason I got STUPID embarrssed by talking into it. I dont know what I really sounded like but in my head I am hearing a 12 year old goofy kid rambeling on and on and not really making any sense. That is the excited little girl inside of me- jumping around and hyped up on sugar! Ahhh oh well.. I am sure I busted that whole interview- ok it actually makes me laugh. I am such a dork!

After I left there and stood in the parking lot to air out my sweaty arm pits… I did some not -so- fun errands… then I did one of those round trip drives- which are NOT fun I tell you.. to pick up all the kiddos and head out to oreintation for preschool.. ok SUPEr excited about that. I know he is too. Long day, but enjoyable

So I guess you are waiting to hear about the top 12 angels this week…… here are your top Angels…….

These Two Cuties… are tied

oops! These two are tied too! Its a close race kiddos!!

And here we have a THREE way tie…Hmm. how do you choose??? I think they are ALL adorable!!

OK I tried to get these all lined up pretty, but it is just not working for me tonight.. i am tired and HUNGRY.. and I just noticed that while I am typing this.. I am saying this all in my head with a southern accent.

weird.

Well I guess its nitey nite for me- MAYBE I will be able to sleep in tomorrow! Wouldn’t that be exciting?? It looks like a long day of laundry- ugh. Maybe…. I will be blessed by one of those fairy tale creators that will come in in the middle of the night and do ALL my laundry- including putting it away.. ahhhh… a girl can dream, right?

~loves

Tuesday. Blah!

my morning started off with my hubby gone without saying good-bye. I dont like that because I feel like I forgot something all day. The the jeans that I tried on – that should have fit- seemed to have shrunk 2 sizes. dang washer machine! There was no coffee in the coffee pot – boo hiss boys! And to top it off… baby woke with a full diaper of yucky smelly stuff.

Tuesday are ok, but I go to bed on Monday’s not really looking forward to Tuesdays. Its therapy day- which means dragging ALL the kids to town and trying to occupy them during therapy. And I guess its not THAT bad.. I am whinning I guess. Lil’s therapist is a doll- so sweet and caring- and my mom does feed us lunch while we are there.. but its the chasing the baby around the hospital that makes me tired! BUT… on the good news side.. I get to meet a new little baby girl that will be really sweet.

I am really not a Negative Nelly today. In fact as bad as the day started… I am going to have a great day! I am dressed and ready for the world.. well almost. Still need to make this mug look a little pretty. I am still sporting that sleepy scary morning look. Here in a few I will wake my snoring daughter, pump up some good music, clean up a little in here, start dinner, pack up for a session and enjoy the day that God has planned for me

This weekend we celebrated our sons birthday- that little turd turned FOUR! Here is a sweet pic of my little man.. Love you lots buddy! You make my heart smile so much! I hate seeing you get bigger but enjoy the person you are becoming. You are such a sweet loving gift!

(this image is from my non- work camera. meaning I am just capturing that day from something i do not need to think about. exposure, settings, aperture, lens, etc.. its just me enjoying my moments- so there fore these images will not be textbook perfect!)

as much as he can drive me a little coo-coo, i love him more!! I so wish I could bottle him up. He can say and do the sweetest things! Like for an example… he is sitting at the bar, not eating his cereal that he begged for and is singing… ” good morning mom, good morning sun, good morning toys, good morning owl”……….no idea where the owl part came from, but its still cute!

well… I guess it’s that time. I hope you all have a great Tuesday. And if not, do what I do and break into that chocolate stash you have hidden in the corner of your closet and eat in peace!

I am trying as hard as I can to get all these wonderful sessions edited and posted, but life as we all know it, has a few surprises for us – when we least expect it.

Today I had planned on knocking out these sessions because I was going to have very well behaved kids and have some extreme focus.. WELL….. I guess its part of Murphy’s Law… I dont know who the heck he or she is… but I am not liking that person very much. My day did not turn out like I had hoped. With trying to get all the little details lined up for Angels of Hope, Dover Days, sessions and weddings…. my little guy’s small diaper rash turned into a huge bad diaper rash that resulted him into screaming all day, crying, not wanting to sit, stand, crawl or lay down. My poor guy was just miserable.. and one of the hardest things to do is to sit and watch your kid be miserable. On top of all that.. my computer decides to crash on me UGH. silly thing. Thankfully its all back up and running – for a little while at least.

Totally off topic… I have been gloomy for like….a while… on my weight issue – now I know some of you are way too sweet and say “please girl, you are not fat”, but I am the one that looks at myself in the mirror and it’s  not a very pretty reflection. In fact, when I see that girl in the mirror, only one word comes to mind…”dAaMMnnNN!!!” So my hubby so graciously agreed to get me an exercise machine since getting out of the house is near impossible. My first task was to put that sucker together. I got half way and then needed to call in the help. I believe in every piece of THING that you must put together, there should be a set of directions for the men and then one set of directions for women… the women directions would have pretty colorful pictures and EASY directions to follow. Just saying!  We got it all put together and I looked at my heart rate machine and thought it looked weird.. umm, yeah.. HELLLOOOO…heheheh I screwed it on upside down. I thought it was funny. Charley on the other hand just gave me THAT look!

So there it sits behind my couch waiting for me to lose some weight and inches. Tomorrow….. that will be the day!

To start the weekend off productively (hopefully) here is a sneak peek of 2 pics of my Colorado newborn…. I cant wait to share that story with you!

So I am in the midst of my editing of the last wedding we shot. One of my fave parts of going thru the images and finding the ones that are just “priceless”…. of course those do not include the Bride & Groom- it’s almost ALWAYS photos of my team working! Sometimes its just funny… and sometimes…. well.. lets just say those photos get to meet my delete button FAST!

Being a photographer is a wonderful “job”…. It suits me well because I am so happy and comfortable being BEHIND the camera… but it seems that my hubby sneaks in photos when I just don’t expect it.

Here is a sneak peek of us “working”

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