Thank You to all my customers

Another year has passed and with the blessings and good wishes from all my clients, the year has passed successfully for me and my business. I want to thank all my clients, who have believed in me to capture their precious memories.

I never intended to push my photography to do full time. With many words of compliments and encouragement from people to do so, I have enjoyed focusing more on photography! I am excited to start a new year with some new idea's.

I have earned good friends and trustworthy clients. I have enjoyed each and everyone of you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Happy Holidays from my family to yours!

Christmas baking

The girls didn't have school for 3 days due to the weather. We decided to do some baking a little early. Kasey put on Christmas music, and we got started.

I kept pulling cookies out of the oven and wasn't sure if we were going to have room to put them all! They were a big help in keeping up on the decorating part.

I grabbed the camera and took a few pictures while they decorated. I walked in the other room and came back in and they were putting the left over icing to good use! Kasey had her camera out and they were taking pictures of themselves.

The girls and I had a wonderful time doing holiday baking!

Two Cute little guys

I was going back through old posts and saw this one sitting in a "Draft State" This one most defiantly was suppose to make the blog!!!!

These little guys did an awesome job. These 2 are the cutest little guys I know!!!

Will.... I call "Boots" had a little accident and needed his forehead super glued shut.... I think it just shows the rough little guy he really is. He is all boy!! Leah asked me if I could get rid of the scar, I told her I could. But I am thinking I am gonna print a big one for myself with no cover ups :)


We had a beautiful day to do pictures and they both were so good! Leah let me take them by myself, so we had more playing than pictures :)

Great looking families!

I have had lots of great looking families.... and I am not keeping up with posting them and their stories on my blog!!!

I have enjoyed seeing old friends again, I have enjoyed seeing Men get their pictures taken that I never thought I would see getting their picture taken, and enjoyed just seeing families together just for a nice family picture!

These are just a few I have had to go back and find... I have had lots of great ones!!!

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This is Ben and Suzanne and their beautiful little girl.

I grew up out in the country and within a 4 mile radius was a group of us friends and we would all ride bikes and meet up and hang out. Ben was one of the youngest trying to keep up with all of us and I tell ya, he could keep up fine!! If anyone knows Ben... I can tell you that he did use to be a little squirt!! He has grown up to be a fine young man and has 2 beautiful girls in his life!!

I absolutely loved their colors!!!! So yes it is OK to break rules and you don't all have to be in the same color!! :)

This is the Clarey family... I use to babysit for these boys and it just amazes me how big they have gotten. Her oldest boy is one of the sweetest little guys I know. He was one of my favorites when I babysat!! :) He is going to grow up to be a very good young man! The little one was such a quiet little guy, just wanted to do his own thing. Now he is so funny!!! Just teasing and being silly.

This is Natalie and her family. I met Natalie a few years ago at a bachelorette party. I could never get her name straight because I met her as "Noodle" And so she has always been "Noodle" to me. She is such a sweetie! I really had a blast with her in St. Louis. I met her husband once but had never met her son, so it was a pleasure to meet her beautiful family.

And last but not least Dave and Trish! I have known Trish a long time... I can't even think back to how I met her? I think I have always just known her :) Dave..... Dave and and my dad are friends and so I have known him since I was too young to remember! Can you believe this guy would hide himself from a picture!!! Ha Ha I Know men don't like to have their picture taken. Like I said he is friends with my dad, so I knew how he would feel about having his picture taken. Trish and I talked for a long time about pictures before they actually got them taken. Wasn't sure it was going to happen, but it did! They have a beautiful family and their pictures turned out wonderful!!! Dave I am proud of you for getting a family picture taken and you are going to be so happy in the future that you had these memories captured!!

Happy Holidays!

I will be on vacation starting Friday December 19th until Monday January 5th. I will answer all emails January 5th.

I am almost done with my new site!!! Just a few little things to do and it will be ready. I will prob. just wait until the new year to get it up and going. Some things are changing!!!!

I will no longer carry the coffee table books
I am doing away with basic packages. I will keep the larger ones as that is what I am selling the most of.
I am going to start carrying what I will call "Easel Prints" These are just square prints mounted and look great on and easel to place anywhere in the house. My friend from Oklahoma was pushing me to carry these a year ago and I just never got around to it. I am hoping to get some designs made with some "Saying" and a design to place around the home or to give as gifts!! I am excited to get myself in gear for these!! I will plan on having some parties for these too :) Something different than just pictures will be nice.
Everyones proofs will be private with password protection.

With everything else.... I was too stubborn to ask for help on my new site, and it was frustrating at times, but I did it on my own! I am excited to get it up and going and I'm very happy with the way everything looks!!! I have said before, I am not a big flash fan at all!!!!! This is quicker than most flash sites I have been to.

Everything else will pretty much stay the same.

I am looking forward to Christmas and excited to get spring here!!! I know that is rushing quite a few months by, but I am telling ya, I don't like winter!!!!!!! I have sat around in my P.J.s everyday for a week!!! That is about all you will see me doing this winter.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I am keeping up.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Things have been crazy busy this year!!!! I am keeping up, but I am not sure how? I have had a lot of great sessions and been a good sport about having to stand out in the cold!! :)

I have been pretty good about coming up with a unique idea for our own cards every year, but this year..... just a plain ole card is going out. I haven't had time to prepare for the idea I had. I have had several people say they couldn't wait to see my cards this year. Sorry!!! I will send the idea out next year.

I did a shoot for the Knearem's, yes they are private so no one can see... but when some of you get your Christmas card from them, your gonna love it!!! I was cracking up the whole time I did this shoot! When Jes was telling me about it and drawing me the picture of what she wanted in the Bank, I couldn't stop from laughing at her laughing. I knew it would be cute, but being there and doing this shoot.... I couldn't stop laughing!!!!! These cards are absolutely adorable!!!

When I get the ok to post it online, I will post a few!!!!