Yee-Haw

Enjoyed an evening riding horses last week. Ah-mazing! Riding horses always reminds me of my Dad. He used to be a cowboy way back in the early days. Now he rides the huge Army stallion, trying to tame the beast. He serves our country well. What an evening to reflect and spend time with wonderful friends.

Curliques

Wow! These 3 kiddos are blessed with incredible cute faces and adorable curly hair. We had a great time eating crackers and cheerios to keep their interest engaged. I forgot my smarties...nearly lost control but the cheerios saved the session. Little Miss was standing on one of the chairs all by herself, when noone was looking. About gave me a heart attack. So fun! Thanks for letting me capture your gorgeous children.

Double Dog Dare

...You, to NOT smile at this little guy enjoying a super hot day! Happy Summer!

Lock and Key

Wow! Ashley, Ashley! You are gorgeous! You stole this photo shoot, lock and key. This gorgeous gal is graduating this school year. We had fun stomping around a local farm getting bit by a swarm of mosquitos. We made it through! So glad you like you photos.

Pouty

I recently inherited a new background...a piece of siding! I have plans to give the wood some fun painting treatments! I finally have my new camera, nick-named 007, a Canon 7d. Just had to try out my new camera with my new backdrop on two totally adorable kids. These siblings came over for a play day. We had a good time. Little man was not so happy but smarties cheered him up a bit. His pouty face is so kissable and cute. Little Miss is a firecracker cowgirl. Right after the photos were taken we had a severe storm roll through, complete with tornadoes. Little Miss matter-of-factly declared, we'll just die from this tornado, like duh!

Llama Assistants

Last week I photographed this stunning family. Geesh, it is impossible to take a BAD photo of stunning people. A dear family we know let me use their old run down homestead as the location. When I arrived their herd of Llamas were grazing the area. One llama is particularly friendly, Kuzko. He came right up and licked my window the steamed up my windshield. I honked the horn to see what would happen. Yep, he was startled. The wipers amused him as well. Finally I had enough fun so got out of the car. Kuzko helped me rifle through the trunk and find my equipement. I guess photography is boring to him so he left. The lovely Mom of this family took our family photos during Christmas as a swap. This school year they hosted a foreign exchange student from Australia! I loved her soft accent. The kiddos held together longer than anticipated so we had some fun times.

Vintage Theme

My kiddos were cooperative this morning and humored me with a photo shoot. I borrowed a vintage looking dress for Mia and found a fun knicker suit for the baby. With my fun wagon and a lots of tall grass we got some fun images. The baby is 10 months old today as well. It was really hot...at 9:00 am...and sticky humid. Sidney is still waiting for some amazing weather to clear out the heavy air.

Calf Branding

 

I attended a calf rounding, branding, immunization, and neutering about a month ago already. Time flies! Mostly I manned the camera and watched kids. My hubby did give me a try in the wrassling ring. It was great fun!

Perfection

I am really late in publishing these pictures. Words are insufficient for the glowy-loveliness of these photos. We met around 10 am across from the Sidney Park in a large open lot overgrown with tall grass. I was a little worried about snakes but we did not encounter any. The boys helped me tramp down the grass for an awesome location with perfect light. Combine perfect light with a gorgeous family and you have perfection. Little R was about the cutest thing ever.

Fancy-Dancy Prop

Had my little P-man try out this prop found last year at a garage sale. Love it! He is getting so chubby and cute. My husband actually allowed me to give him a faux hawk for this photo session. I am drooling over his cute onesie too, one of my newest designs!