Girls Day

When my sister was here, we spent some time with some of our cousins on my dad's side of the family~ a "girl's day". We even went to the mall!! And if you know me, you know I'm not normally a huge shopper (unless it's for camera or scrapbooking stuff, of course).

I don't get to see these girls too often, so it's just awesome to get together! Not everyone is pictured here, unfortunately, but here are two of my cousins with my sister~



You wouldn't believe it, but we're almost always the center of attention! (I know, sooooo hard to believe!!)





I wouldn't normally think a food court would be a good place for photos, but I really loved the funky stuff in the background, and it was filled with bright, fun lights. Here's my sister, entertaining me and my camera~





Such a fun time...

Izzy

This little cutie is 7 months old!



Izzy is very special to me because she was actually the first little one that I took pictures of that wasn't one of my nieces or nephews... it was totally new territory for me! That was in September, when she was 4 months old. Check out those pictures, too!







She is just as adorable as ever! Smiley and happy... don't you love it?!?!





And how cute is this one~ if you hand a 7-month old baby a "toy" to hold, they're of course just going to put it right in their mouth!





How fun... thanks Sara, for letting me get some pictures for you guys again!

The Twins~ 6 Months Old

For those of you who have been patiently waiting for a few more pictures of the twins at 6 months old... the wait is over!

First, here is adorable Mr. Peyton~



And here is the precious Mr. Landon~







They have grown so much already~ I can't wait for their personalities to come out even more! They're the sweetest little babies, and me and my camera just adore them both!

Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone (all three of my devoted blog readers!) a very safe, peaceful, and happy holiday!!

Berta Was Here

My sister, Berta, was here visiting from Hawaii.

(Sorry~ she goes by Heather with everyone else).



She came... she entertained... and then she left. But, I've got a few pictures to share~ once I get them off my camera and ready to post.

Will be a while.

Miss you already, Berta.

Another Cutie

In keeping with my recent theme of posting super-close-up pics of beautiful baby faces, I absolutely have to include Peyton...!!



Just like Landon, he's already changed so much in the six months he's been with us on the planet... check out this old post, and this one too .

See?

Can't Help Being Cute!

My twin nephews are now officially 6 months old, so we took a few pictures this weekend to celebrate the occasion.



This one of Landon was just a practice one as I was getting my settings all lined up, etc, but how adorable is he?!?! He just can't help it, even just the "junk" shots at the beginning of the shoot are totally cute!

And, just to note~ I took over 600 pictures this weekend, so at least a few of them will for sure make the blog over the next few weeks. Obviously with the holiday coming up, things are crazy busy, so please keep patiently checking back!

Triplets at 3 Months Old

Here are a few more of the pictures of the triplets, at 3 months old...

















I just love this one~



I want to thank the parents of the triplets for once again letting me come take pictures for them... I'm so honored!

Enjoying the Process

Learning how to take good pictures is such a learning process.



I took this picture early on in the summer (June, I think). I remember this particular day really well because something was honestly different for me~ different than any other day I had taken pictures with my camera.

If I'm not mistaken, this was the first day I used a lens other than the one that came with my camera... this was a big step! It marked a "forward movement" (I'd like to think so anyway) and I haven't looked at taking pictures the same way ever since.

I'll say it again~ taking good pictures is a learning process. I feel like I've learned an awful lot since the day I took this picture of my sweet niece Jayden. I still have tons more to learn- I'm constantly reading and researching and practicing (and spending money, do you have any idea how expensive photography is?!?!).

It's all good, and I love every minute of it. One of the best things about the process? Meeting April ~she's an awesome person, she's awesome with a camera, and in a pretty short time she's become an absolutely awesome friend. (And she didn't even have to pay me to say any of that!).

Love the process... I really do.

I Couldn't Wait...

I've been trying to talk myself out of posting these all day! I wanted to do a post of a bunch of the pictures of my shoot with the triplets, with all the pictures together at once- not little tidbits at a time... I don't know exactly WHY that is~ "wow factor" perhaps.

However, it will be a while before I am ready to post them, so in the meantime, I'm way too impatient and I just couldn't resist posting these three pics...







I know............ WOW!!! They're so cute!

Remember These Three?

Remember these three little cuties?



Can you believe it? The triplets are 3 months old!

Stay tuned~ I will post some more of the pictures I was lucky to get to take today... soon. In the meantime, check out the pictures I posted of them back in September. I just can't believe how much they've grown!

November 2008 Top Ten

November 2008 was a little different for me-- I didn't really take as many pictures as I usually do... kind of a "camera hiatus," I guess. It really IS possible to have too much of a good thing, and sometimes I just feel like leaving my camera at home- or even if I bring it with me somewhere, it sometimes just stays in the bag, never to venture out... And really, that's okay with me, because I know that pretty soon I'll be right back at it, with my camera in hand again. I hope that will be the case soon!

So... the usual disclaimer: Here is my "Top 10" list of pictures taken in November of 2008. They aren't in any particular order, and there are lots of different reasons they might have made my list... Some I like because of things I did well technically, some I like because of the subject matter-- some just make me proud when I look at them, as I grow and learn at this whole photography thing.

So, here they are (and one of them --the very last one-- hasn't been posted before now):

My Baby

I take a lot of pictures of other people's babies... this weekend I will be taking pictures of several babies, in fact. I will of course post them when they're ready, but in the meantime, here's a picture of MY baby...



Stay tuned for November's Top Ten list, to be posted soon!