And baby makes....five!!!

My dearest friend was expecting her third child and even though she is a whiz with a camera, you can’t very well take pictures of yourself, your belly, two other children and your husband all by your lonesome. She asked me to come spend some time with them and help capture this wonderful time in their lives. I was so thrilled. This would be one of my first with my new camera and it made it all the more exciting that it was my best friend. April is a beautiful person inside and out. She has a beautiful family and I love them all so much. To be apart of this exciting time even for just an hour or two is such a gift and honor. I hope I gave her images she can cherish for years to come. I hope that she can look back at them and remember all the excitement and happiness that comes with a new baby. This family was such a pleasure to shoot. They were so easy to work with. Always willing to do what I asked of them and not too many complaints were heard. I got lots of smiles, laughter and love from them. You can see how much they love each other and how much they are looking forward to meeting their new little guy. I hope you enjoy! (Baby Liam arrived April 13. Weighing in at 8 lbs, 21 in long, and a head full of black hair) Congrats momma and poppa!!!!

Man this playing catch up is tough. I am only adding a few of past photos and it is so hard to figure out which ones to post.

Any who, in my last post you got to meet my mom, now I would like
for you all to meet my husband. He is such a gift and a blessing. God knew it would take a strong man to live with and love me. He knew that this man would have to be some one I could not only respect but who would respect me. In this man I would find kindness, love, morals, and strength. This man would give me room to grow, help lead me down the right paths, show me things I had never seen, and yet keep me grounded. My husband is an amazing man. He never ceases to fascinate me. He can make me laugh when I want to cry, pick me up when I am down, and makes me believe that it will be alright, even when it isn’t. On top of all that he is an amazing father. He never fails to be there for our boys. Weather its playing baseball, video games, or talking things through, he is always there for them. He will go above and beyond to see them smile or hear their laughter, even if he has to make a complete nut out of himself to get it. In turn the boys think he walks on water. They look at him like all kids should be able to view their fathers, as their hero. They want to do things just like dad, they want to look like dad, they want to work like dad, and are always on his heels. And yet their dad patiently deals with his toes being stepped on. He seems to have an answer to every little question asked and a reason for those questions that they don’t understand. Now before all of you get sick, with all the love being dealt out, he has his faults. They are few but still there none the less. However, the few faults he has are worth suffering for the man and father he is.

My mom

Something a little different, meet my mom. She is a wonderful, loving, kind, dependable, brave, strong, unselfish person. She makes me proud to call her my hero, best friend and mom. My mother has had some major medical issues to overcome (not going in to) but, thanks to God she has survived them and became a better person because of them. To see all that she has gone through and still find the time and energy to be a part of my boy’s lives, just makes me respect and love her more. You can see how much they love each other just by looking at their faces. I am so glad and so thankful that I have been able to share my children with her. It makes her happy to be with us and me happy just to watch the three of them interact.

The Boys Falls Pictures 2007

As you can already see, my boys make very good subjects. I try to hold them down or bribe them really well long enough to get some pictures out of them at the turn of the seasons and of course on or around their birthdays. We live on a small farm, so there is always something to use for a prop. Here are the boys fall pictures 2007. (remember old camera and I still trying to play catch up to present date)

Blessings come in all shapes and sizes

Mine, is hidden beneath a wealth of golden blonde hair, bright blues eyes, and possesses a wonderful smile. Joseph is my now three year old. In the photos he had just tuned two. Joseph was born four days early and had a condition with a large name, which in the end meant his intestines had collapsed. He was rushed off to Egalston and into surgery at 15 hours old. We spent almost a month at that amazing hospital, waiting and watching him fight. We knew from the beginning that he was a fighter; he had that look about him. He would grab your finger and you knew his little hand held strength. He can smile and you know that his heart holds so much love and kindness. I don’t know if because of what he went through as a newborn or if it’s just the way he is but each and everyday is a new day to him. He has always had such life and spirit about him. When you look into those eyes, you see a love of life, people and things around him.

Now, with all that also comes an amazing temper, an out spoken nature and unbelievable amount of stubbornness. When he gets mad everyone knows he is mad. He has no problem in telling you or for that matter showing you how mad he is. He can stay mad for a few minuets, several hours, or he has even been known to still be mad about something two or three days later. Good or bad he is still truly a blessing. We are so lucky to have been given such an amazing gift. Now I will share a small piece of him with you all.

Starting some where

You know it never crossed my mind that when I started out that I should also write a photography blog. I understood the need for links to my photos and even a contact e-mail, but blogging about what I was taking pictures of was the furtherest thing from my mind, until a friend asked me where she could find my blog at. So I decided then that I would give it a shot and if no one bothered to read it no big deal, because heck, I didn't even have one a month ago. I thought it might be best to go back to the time I realized I was going to give photography a go. You know the whole start from the beginning. So, I looked over some of the photos I have compiled on my poor hard drive and decided to start here. Please be kind........these were taken BEFORE I had the new big camera!