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I spent the last few days giving this place a bit of a face lift and transforming it from a blog to a ‘blogsite’. Which really only means that I disabled my outdated old website and used the fantastic plugin available from prophoto to move my galleries and content over here to one centralized place. And since the majority of the images on my old site hadn’t been updated since 2008; trust me, this was a good thing.

Sooo, now I can finally say….”back to regularly scheduled posting”. But we all know that there is nothing regular about my posting.  So I guess I should say…”back to infrequent posting with hopes to do better!”:)

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For this senior session, we actually had to meet three times to capture the variety of images that she was hoping for. Once downtown, once in a field, and once at her  second home (the softball field). It was so much fun trying such completely different looks and so well fitting for a girl who wears a lot of different hats and does it all so beautifully.

 

 

 

January 31, 2012 - 8:58 pm

Becca V. - Kelly, the new look is beautiful!

February 1, 2012 - 11:29 am

admin - Thank you, Becca!

trick or treat

Five years ago it was a knight, his princess, and a dragon. One of those nights when it felt like it took all we had just to get them ready and out the door. One of those nights where they could not wait to put on their costumes and transform into their characters. Where there were tears, but giggles of excitement too. Where there were sugar highs. And sugar lows. And at the end of the night, there were worn out kiddos with a mom and dad who rummaged through all the candy and stole the butterfingers.

Last night it was Cleopatra, her princess, and her mummy.  One of those nights when it felt like it took all we had just to get them ready and out the door. One of those nights where they could not wait to put on their costumes and transform into their characters. Where there were tears, but giggles of excitement too. Where there were sugar highs. And sugar lows. And at the end of the night, there were worn out kiddos with a mom and dad who rummaged through all the candy and stole the butterfingers.

The circumstances of the last five years may not have changed all that much. But the little people? Well they have changed so much that comparing these pictures side by side made me stop and catch my breath. And then pray a prayer of thankfulness. For the gift of experiencing it all with them.

November 1, 2011 - 8:59 am

Robin - Love seeing pic’s of them little! It’s amazing and encouraging to see how fast time flies during long-mom days :)

November 1, 2011 - 9:56 am

Gram - Takes my breath away too and puts a lump in my throat of how quickly the time is passing! Love them so much!!!

November 1, 2011 - 6:24 pm

MelissaM - I’ve been waiting for this post all week. Love it! Your kids are so beautiful. The pictures are darling!

November 2, 2011 - 10:43 am

Ashley Krieg - They are just beautiful children- and their costumes are FAB. Good work, mom :-) !!

November 4, 2011 - 8:37 pm

Erika - Just precious! Your kiddos are just too cute. They really got into character! Loved seeing them at Trunk or Treat. :)

November 10, 2011 - 9:51 am

Sandi - Oh I love all your costumes from both years! So Gorgeous! And what wonderful photos you captured! Love it all! Gorgeous Family!

November 12, 2011 - 1:24 pm

Katie - What an awesome post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful pics and your kids are GORGEOUS!!

November 17, 2011 - 9:22 pm

Julie Sellers - I love this post!

the pirate princess

When little Miss M turned 3 this summer (sniff, sniff, why do my clients grown up SO fast!), her mom planned the most awesome pirate princess party. Complete with a beautiful costume made by Stirling (the same talented lady who made her lion and kitty costumes) and super cute pirate decor and invitations, the entire thing was DARLING. But in true 3 year old, fashion, Miss M decided about 3 days before the party that she didn’t love pirates as much as she once had. She had a new love. Spiderman and Batman. And I LOVED that her mom ordered her bright red and yellow superhero cakes, even though they didn’t match one other thing at the otherwise perfectly matched party.  Because being perfectly matched didn’t mean they weren’t perfect. I think in the eyes of this 3 year old little girl, nothing could have been better.

October 23, 2011 - 4:09 pm

audra bender - those are sooooo cute!!!

costume time

My kids love to dress up for Halloween, but are having the hardest time deciding what to be this year. They really do like to match (which I love of course), but  so far they are having a hard time merging their Egyptian, Star Wars, and Native American theme ideas. It will be interesting to see who wins out, or if they all decide to go their own way.

Last year, they had no problem. At the advice of my then 4 year old, they decided to be ninjas. And they took their costumes quite seriously. My goodness, I love these guys.

October 16, 2011 - 6:56 pm

April - This looks like a fun location to take my kids for some costume pics! Do you mind sharing where you took these? Thanks :)
By the way, LOVE your work! You do an amazing job!!!

October 18, 2011 - 8:01 pm

MelissaM - Your kids are soooo adorable. Love these pics!

October 20, 2011 - 9:46 am

ellen hargrove - kelly,

this post is adorable! i am in love with the pictures… and how seriously they are taking them!

thanks for sharing…

ellen

October 20, 2011 - 7:19 pm

admin - Thanks Ellen! Hope you guys are doing well!!

October 20, 2011 - 7:21 pm

admin - Thank you, April! I don’t know the exact location, but we took them in downtown Tulsa just a couple blocks east of our church (which is at 4th and Detroit). We were on our way to a church function and I just had them hop out of the car on our way there to take these.

November 10, 2011 - 9:52 am

Sandi - Awesome!