Yay, I think I’m caught up! Caught up with voice mails and emails, and everything else life threw at us this busy weekend. If you’ve left me a message this past weekend about a session, you’ve been replied to! Another thing on my list was  a blog post, so here I am.

If you are interested in a end of summer/fall session with me, please contact me quickly! I have ONE session left in the last week of August, two session dates left in September, and two session dates left in October. Please contact me to know those dates, and for a full price list. I would absolutely love to work with you, and would love to see everyone with lovely portraits for their Christmas cards.
Tonight I am doing a stylized shoot with two lovely ladies at a nearby lake. I am thrilled to show pictures, and very excited to be shooting near water, which (sounds weird ) doesn’t happen alot for me!

Something else I am excited to show everyone, pictures of me and on e of my best friends! My bestie moved away this past weekend (*sob*) and the talented, and lovely Lacey Browne took pictures of us together, which was a dream of mine to be able to do before she left. Lacey took the pictures, and I edited, so if that sucks, it’s my fault. We seriously have SO MANY gorgeous images from our shoot…. (thank you again, Lacey!)

AND, Lacey was kind enough to take a few of me for my website.

Hope everyone is having a lovely start to their week!

I admit it. I don’t hate Monday’s. I don’t adore, love, or jump for joy on Monday’s. (ok, maybe some Monday’s ) but I can’t abhor them along with the rest of the world either. Monday’s are, to my over-organized self, a balm to the soul. I love weekends. I love Friday’s leading up to the weekend. But Monday’s are organize day. Monday’s are the same routine every week, the only day of the week that 99.9% off the time, I do the exact.same.thing. I get groceries. I go to the bank. I come home and vacuum, make appointments, and return emails. And in the summer, spring and fall, we go outside and play and do yard work in the afternoon/evening, or I have a session while Nathan has a bible study with an (awesome) group of guys. Every Monday. Like clockwork. Very rarely do we deviate from that plan. Monday mornings when Landon wakes up he says, “Mommy, it’s grocery day! And then we get to go get stickers at the bank! And then we get to go outside!”

Now, we do go outside other days. And we do have to make a second run to the grocery store later in the week sometimes. But, really, Monday’s are where it’s at. A fresh new week, fresh ideas,  exciting adventures, happy faces ready for a new day. Monday get’s to me once in awhile, but it never gets me down. I like Monday’s.

1. Yay for Summertime! It seems as though we *finally* have some constant summer weather! I usually like summer but am really a fall/spring girl, but this year I am enjoying the warmth and heat. Our in-laws have a pool we love swimming in, and Emma and Landon are such water babies. They pretty much run around in their swimsuits all day long, and it’s pretty much the cutest ever.

2. Time for fall sessions! I am really starting to book up, so if you would like to schedule a session, please do so very soon! With this nice weather, it’s the perfect time for family portraits, and the perfect time to be thinking about lovely fall portrait’s for Christmas cards! I’m booking into September at this time, so hurry!

3. I am still looking for one more maternity model for my casting call! If you are going to be between 32-36 weeks from August 1st-October 31st (and I know alot of lovely ladies will be!!!) please contact me for details!

4. Ah, Emma. Such a doll, and such a crazy child at the same time. I have never ever seen a child climb this much or be this…uh, wild…I guess that’s the word for it. We love her to death, but wow. She does, however, look like a little angel in this picture, so maybe that makes up for it?

5. We’re trying to get some travel dates squared away for a possible trip to Portland, OR in the beginning of September. Keep watching for the announcement, I’ve had alot of people call me about doing sessions in the Portland area, and as soon as we work out dates, I will announce a few sessions dates available, but they will go quick!

6. Landon loved his birthday, and, of course, his presents. This coming Saturday is one of his aunt’s birthday’s, and when he saw the present I had wrapped he kept saying, “That’s for me, right Mom? I can’t wait, I know that is for me!” Haha, you have a little while to wait little guy.

7. I will also be having Christmas cards to show soon. I have some lovely designs this year, and I think they will be perfect with family portraits! Stay tuned for that as well, and a early holiday special in the beginning of August.

8. Every morning Landon goes in to see Emma when she has just woken up, or to wake her up. He runs in there and gives her hugs and kisses and says the sweetest things. This morning I was listening and heard, “Good morning baby! How are you? Good morning lovey, how’s my baby girl? My goodness Emma, I think you grew last night!!” Haha, I love it, SO.STINKIN.PRECIOUS!

9. Siblings are pretty much the best ever.

10. Have a lovely Tuesday afternoon and evening!