Christmas is Coming!

Wow.  The title just about says it all.  Christmas is coming and very quickly!  I do still have some availablity before my Christmas deadline of Dec 5th, so if you want to try to get in still give me a call!

This upcoming Saturday I'll be participating in the annual Breakfast & Lunch with Santa which is a fundraiser for MeritCare.  5x7 prints will be $5 each part of which is donated back to the hospital.  Mention my blog when you are there and have my helper elf put a star by your name to get a second copy of the image FREE.  You MUST have them star your name AT the event to get your extra print.  See you there!

Beautiful Baby Girl

I did this session for six week old, Arriah, this afternoon.  She & mom will be featured in an upcoming newsletter for FirstChoice Clinic and on their Christmas cards.  This family was so fun to work with, a pure delight to see how they interacted and love each other.  So, here's a few quick previews :)

Love is in the air!

Fall must mean time for falling in love because the number of engagement sessions I've done in the last two weeks has been crazy!  Summer pictures of weddings will be up soon as well as I realized I hadn't posted any of them on the blog yet!  Also, lots of kids and babies babies babies :)

Here's a few previews of engagement sessions done in the last two weeks.

Fall Special

Fall is exceptionally busy all the time and with this year also being a full time homeschool mom while being a full time photographer I've decided I'd REALLY like to get "Christmas" pictures done for my clients earlier in the season so I can maybe rest the week before Christmas!! 

This special includes your session, a 5x7 print, photocard design, and a gift certificate to use at a future session or share with a friend.  All for $35!  You just can't beat that!

So I'm  offering a very special discount for the next few weeks.  After that I may not have a Christmas discount so now is the time to get on the schedule.  My schedule is booking out at least 2 weeks, if you want to take advantage of this special but can't get the pictures taken until after it expires thats fine, as long as you make the appt before the deadline you can book any available date though the end of November.  Call soon to make sure you're able get on the schedule!!!

Pray for Callie

Hi all, I just about never post personal stuff here, but I would like to request that prayers go out to my friend Callie and her children, Landon (7) , Delaney (3), and Gracie (2). Callie's husband died unexpectedly late Monday evening and all the prayers possible would be great. Condolances can be sent to Living Hope Baptist Church in West Fargo.

Atara is One

I love Atara. I also love her sibs, Eden & Isaiah. We go to church together and our kids are good friends as well. It was fun doing her pictures for her first birthday, of course, she's an active one year old!

More of Sophie

Here's some updated pictures of Sophie. I've been taking her pictures since before she was born! Isn't it great to watch kids grow up and get cuter and cuter?! Her siblings are ABSOLUTELY adorable (and little stinkers!) too!!

Baby booties!

Thought everyone would enjoy this one :) Clearly, these are faternal twins!

Weddings 2!

Another example of whta the wedding coffee table albums look like (think two-page spread, except for the first image which is a single page.) My wedding albums are lay flat style with a leather cover option. Beautiful and timeless!

Weddings!

Here's a sample of what the two page spreads look like for my wedding coffee table albums....

June Update

Ok, so its been about two months since I posted last... but you're in for fun stuff now :) I'm gonna be doing a bunch of updates here in the next few moments so you can see what I've been doing in June (wish I had been just sitting around sometimes!) Here you go!

spoof email from my account

FYI- someone hacked into my hotmail account (not the one I use for my business primarily, but is connected to my PayPal/Credit Card processing so some of you may have gotten email from this account.) And they sent a spam message to all of my contacts, if you rec'd this email please ignore it as it was NOT from me.

Also, realized I haven't posted here in about 2 months LOL I'll get some new stuff up sometime this week :)

nilmdts- lauren

Little Lauren will be arriving soon with a very short anticipated stay. So, we did some maternity pictures. Here's a sweet one I liked :)

ellianna!

We did this same setup for Ellianna's sister about three years ago, same dress, new supercute little cherub!

mighty max

Earlier this year I took pics of one of his big brothers and promised to post some of him once we got them, so here you go! Three month old Max!

Jill & Jason

This incredibly fun & cute couple will have their wedding early this spring so we went out to get a few quick shots for their engagement session. Here are a few previews for ya!

a few to share

So it was brought to my attention (thank you, Liz) that I haven't been updating my blog. Rest assured that its either because 1) I'm busy or 2) I'm lazy. Probably more of number 2 than number 1 but both are equally accurate.

As such, I figured I'd post just a few images from the last month and a half (WOW, it HAS been a long time!) In no particular order.... Hope you enjoy!!

bubbles & baby

We had a lot of fun yesterday taking pictures. Of course, I wasn't sure I'd make it to their house with the little mini blizzard we were having, but I braved it and I'm so glad I did. These guys were a pleasure to take pictures of and it was nice to meet little Sophie, I had done her mom's maternity pictures earlier in the winter so it was fun to see her on the outside :)

Brittany & Ben

What a nice couple. Great people, great smiles, and clearly undivided and unyielding love :) They just seem absolutely perfect together! The triplets you saw last week & their brother will be the flower girls and ring bearer at their wedding. I cannot wait to see how cute they all look together!