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End of Summer days…

well not really as far as the weather goes. School started this week, so my free time has come to an end. I started a new job with Deer Valley School District and so far it has been a great move for me. I literally work down the street.  My days of commuting are over, which gives me more time to spend on what I love best.. family and photography!  Though I have some families that I have worked with for many years and I will greatly miss interacting with them on a weekly basis.  Though hopefully we will all keep in touch!  Ellie also started school this week.  She loves it and even had the opportunity to ride the bus. It’s amazing how much little kids love the bus.

Last night Chris, Tiffany and Macy came over for dinner and to play a little Wii. It was so fun.  After dinner we let the girls go outside and eat Popsicles.  It was Macy’s first time, though she did it like a pro.  She had hers down in no time, while Ellie literally took about 30 minutes. It was everywhere!  They didn’t let one drop go to waste either. LOL Here’s a few pictures I managed to capture, though trying to get them was like pulling teeth.. they wanted nothing but their yummy treats  :)

I scrapped

I know it’s amazing.. I haven’t scrapped since last November. I’ve been feeling pretty crafty lately, so I actually sat down and managed to get a couple of pages done….. drumroll please……

(Garden Pop kit by Kim Jensen at FPD. Fonts are Rosewood and Sergio Script)

(Jack & Daisy Kit by Holly McCaig at Inspiration-Lane.com)

I’m completely “rusty” so I have to get back into the groove, but I feel like these are a good start. I am way behind!!! Ok off to actually do some work… oh, I still have vacation photos to show too :)

Mr. Jonathan (Newborn)

Today I got to visit my former coworker and friend Kim and her new little boy Jonathan. He is so sweet and has the cutest little head of hair. I swear his lips are perfect too.  He tried hard to fall asleep, but it seemed like every time we moved him, he woke up. Poor guy.. I’m sure he slept well after I left :)  Kim looks awesome too!! Here are a few from the day:

I still have to post some pictures from our vacation.. Hopefully by Friday I can get those up and fill you all in with some details! In the meantime, have a great week!

Jessica & Danny - Wedding

Last weekend I had the awesome opportunity to shoot Jessica and Danny’s wedding!! They were amazing and sooo much fun to work with. They were willing to try just about anything! I love that!!!! Plus they were so photogenic!! I couldn’t have done it without the help of Lawrence too. He helped me out a ton that day (even if he did shoot canon.. lol) Here are just a few random ones of the two of them…

I will have to post more of the reception soon… that deserves a post of its own! Thanks again Jessica and Danny!!

The “K” Family!

Jeff, Ellie and I headed over to our friend’s house to hang out and take some family photos. We had a great time and Ellie loved all of the new toys. It’s amazing how someone else’s toys can be more exciting than your own :) I guess that’s true for most things right?

Anyway, they have the coolest red couches.. I love red. It’s my favorite color, so anytime I see it I want to take pictures of it. I did exactly that:

The rest were outside. Even though it was hot and soooo humid.. we managed to get some great shots. Even the dog was cooperative :)




Tomorrow I’m shooting a wedding up in Cave Creek and then Sunday we are off for our vacation!! I am soooooo excited to get out of this heat! If I have time, I hope to get some photos posted of the wedding before I go, so look for those :)

Welcom Jace!

Little Jace was born to Sherri and Jeff on July 2. He is so sweet! He definitely gave me baby fever. He really fought falling asleep for a long time, but in the end we managed to get a few sleeping shots. Here are a few favorites from the day:

I also have took some family photos on Saturday for my friends Doug and Fonda.. I’ll try to get those posted tomorrow. We had a pretty uneventful weekend around here. It’s basically too hot to do much. Next week we are off to our trip to California and I can’t wait! I love Disneyland, and now that Ellie’s a little older, I think she’ll appreciate it more. We are also going to go to Legoland. I’ve heard it’s great for young children, so hopefully that’s true.

Happy 4th and musical memories!

Happy 4th of July everyone! We are having a very quiet day. I woke up at 5 am to Ellie crying and saying, “mommy I sick” the next thing.. she threw up. Yep.. happy 4th! Actually I think it may have been something she ate, because she’s been just fine since then!

I grew up in Phoenix, and even though I moved around with my mom and stepdad, I still spent every summer here in AZ. I remember going to see fireworks every summer and eating cake and icecream. Seems like every year we celebrated my birthday on the 4th.. since it was only 2 days later. I also have vivid memories of singing my heart out to ABBA… so in honor of that memory…..


Mixwit

My little fish Ellie

Ellie is a complete fish. I mentioned before that she loves to swim and is taking swimming lessons and it’s paying off. Yesterday we went over to some friends of ours to go swimming and I swear we were in the pool for over 2 hours. My hands were so wrinkly and I completely sunburned my back.. oh well, it was still a great time. Here are some pictures of her in the pool:

I just love my camera.. I know I’ve said that a million times, but check out the cool drops of water it captured while swimming… so cool :)

On another note, I started with a personal trainer… I had day 2 today and it is kicking my butt BIG time. I swear I’m so out of shape… but that’s what it’s for right??? I’ll keep you all posted of my progress.. assuming there is some LOL!

Another Social Media Addiction

Ok, so Holly has introduced me to another fun piece of social media:

PLURK

It’s so fun.. really you should check it out. I still like Twitter, but this is great too :)

MIA

Where the heck have I been??? Really I have no excuse. I blink and another day has gone by….*sigh* Tonight I’m excited to watch SNL.. I love George Carlin and I’m so sad he died. He was hilarious. Ellie started swimming lessons and is swimming like a fish. She loves the water and now we are on the summer quest of finding our friend’s with pools :) At our old house we had one, but Ellie was so young that we barely used it.. now she can’t get enough and I’m actually wishing we had one. Maybe next summer. I wanted to share a large family shoot I did last weekend. Talk about fast. It was so hot out so we took the large shot and then did the smaller families one at a time. Despite the heat, everyone was great to work with and managed a few smiles!! Here is a group shot and then I made a few story boards.. which of course are available to anyone :)

We don’t have too much planned for the holiday weekend. Our house is still being remodeled and the lights people need to finish up next Friday (who works holidays???) so we are pretty much stuck!

On a bright note.. my mother will be officially done with her treatment this Thursday! Radiation hasn’t been to kind to her, so thank goodness she only has 4 more days left. She did awesome through her chemo and radiation and now the end is in site! We plan on celebrating Thursday night! Yeah!!!! I’m sure I’ll take some photos! Ok I’m off to veg out and watch some TV! Have a great weekend!!

AJAXed with AWP