A Blessing

Our sweet little one was blessed at our church by her Daddy this past Sunday.  She wore the dress that her great grandmother was blessed in.  It was lovely.

Bedroom Re-Do

 This is my 6 year old's room before:

This is her room now:     (for more photos and a better description, visit our family blog...the link is on the side-bar of this blog).

Here she is.  Reason #3 that I am such a slacker with photography lately.  She's totally worth it though...all my girls are.

BFF

Ha!  I think that phrase 'BFF' is hilariously corny.  I actually took some photos this week of somebody other than my kids....are you proud?  You should be....I am ;)
My life-long friend, Sara, called and asked if I could meet her someplace and snap a few quick family shots for her.  I am 39 weeks pregnant and playing the waiting game, so this was a good distraction.
She wanted her photos in B&W because of an existing family photo wall she has in her home.  I edited them in color and B&W just for some variety.
It was literally a 20 min. escapade of trying to fight the wind and getting the kids to cooperate.  She has such a gorgeous family that I knew we couldn't go wrong no matter how it all went down.  Here are just a couple of the favorites.  Thanks Sara!   I hope you like them.

Crafty Pants

My uber-creative Sister In Law, Summer,  has a great blog that more people should know about so I am just posting a link to her page even though it has nothing to do with photography.  This girl can CREATE.  She just completed an AMAZING headboard.  Go check it out!
http://summerized.blogspot.com/
I wish I had the time to create, but for now my time and energy is being used to create people :)
Someday I will spend more time expanding my very limited knowledge and experience with photography as well as creating some crafty crap that I am always dreaming up in my head .
And I'm okay with that :)

Wild Utah

Our little family of 4 went up to our favorite canyon in July.  Normally, in the middle of July, this canyon is in full bloom.  We were slightly disappointed to find out that it was running behind due to the colder, spring weather lasting 3 weeks longer than usual.  So, we I don't have photos of fields of colorful wildflowers, but did catch a few that were the early bloomers.  I tested out the macro setting on my new lens and it seems to be working just fine :)
By the way, this state that we are lucky to live in sure has a lot of beauty to offer.   What are your favorite places to visit here?  Or, if we haven't had the pleasure of your company here, where would you like to visit sometime?

Few and Far Between

I realize that I don't post on here very often.  I'm sure there aren't many people paying attention anyway, but sometimes I feel a twinge of guilt over this fact.  I think it is a summer thing, or maybe a pregnancy thing.  I don't get out to take photos as often as I normally would.  I am thinking this will change as summer comes to an end, things slow down and I am forced to be inside more due to the cold weather.  Who knows?  For now, thanks for checking up on me (if you do)....I will return soon.