Extreme Kite Flying!

What an amazing weekend at the beach. We thought we would give the summer one last sha-bang! We went to Seaside with a couple of our friends and we all had a blast! The first day that we got there it was gorgeous and then the next day we were in a bit of a wind storm...which was perfect extreme conditions for the kite competition that Jake entered (see below). Here's to an amazing summer and to the bummer of being back on a schedule and missing my kids. Here are a few more of my favorite shots of the weekend.

This was Kenz chasing after the runaway kite that was lost in a transfer. Did I mention that she is pregnant with her second!Here's one shot when the kids were all playing at once. It didn't last long because just a couple seconds after this shot they were all crying from getting sand in their eyes.
First approach into the water. It was a bit deceiving because it was a pool that had been sitting in the sun. When they hit the ocean, there was a bit of shock setting in.
Here's one of Kenz, the rockstar. It was so nice to spend the weekend with them because we don't get to see them much since they moved to T-Town.
This was Jake telling us that Jamie didn't look so great and he thought he was going to puke! No puke went flying but he did look quit ill!

Tease

This is a little som'em, som'em for my friend Amy. She has been waiting patiently to see these shots, and she is going to just have to wait longer for the "shoe concept" one because I am off to the beach! I'm not all mean though A, I gave you this little one. Talk to ya when I get back.

Love is in the air!

I don't even know where to begin with these two. These are my good friends Casey and Danielle of Mind/Castle Studios up in Seattle. I met them a few months ago and instantly we had the kind of creative connection where you feed off of each other nonstop and your mind finally just goes into shut down mode or implodes. Well, they came to stay with me to do a little project for the site and in return I took pictures of them for their website. I am so glad that I was able to capture their beautiful love story and I think you will be blown away when you see what project they did for me and their sheer talent alone. Thanks you both for a brilliant week and for all your time that you put into me and my family. We are blessed to have you in our lives and I look forward to our next endeavors! This is a tiny peak at your shoot and I am on disc 3! K

Judah

Our wonderful friends just had a brand new baby boy and I am just sitting here wondering what went wrong tonight. They came over to show off little Judah and I am sure that I was suppose to drop everything, wash my hands, scoop that YUMMY baby boy up and sit and just smell him and hold him forever. ....But....that's not what I did. I put everything down once I got a glance at him and I went straight for, you guessed it, MY camera! What's wrong with me? You can see why I did though, right. He is a little angel and I knew with every bone in my body that his parents would be amazing at this, and they are! I am sending Deidra a badge in the mail for her natural birth (she so deserves a mother champion award). I just wish that society would start catching onto my trend and start giving mothers more awards, because we don't get enough praise;) Thanks for coming over tonight and sharing your little blessing with us. These were just a couple snap shots that I got with available light (1600).

More SweetPea

I just had to put more up of this awesome family! Here are a few of their favorites...I just can't get enough of these guys. Thanks "J" and "C"!

Shots of the Week!

These are my favorite moments of the week that I wanted to share. The kids and I went to Oaks Park spur of the moment because I wanted to check it out for another shoot. We had a blast and the kids thought it was the fair (that we missed this year). The carousel out there is beautiful and that was my favorite spot to shoot the kids.
This was on a walk to feed some deer that live close to us. The deer weren't out but the walk was worth it to see the love between these two. I love this age, where they love hanging out and they are each others bestfriend.
And this one just melts my heart because all the kids are growing at a rate that I just can't wrap my head around, but Jake still makes them look small.
I can't wait to see what this week has in store for memories. This is the week before they go back to school, so we better live it up!

New backdrop

I got a new backdrop the other day and I was dying to try it out....sooooo...I brought it out to the middle of the cul-de-sac! I had fun with the neighbor kids and I think the backdrop is going to work out just fine! I have ideas brewing already...now I just have to find the right models....hmmm?