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Stacie called me a week and a half ago hoping I could fit her into my schedule.  Her regular photographer, my good friend Jami Erickson, was completely booked and Stacie needed to get some newborn pictures of her newest girlie Chelsea. At the time the appointment was booked Chelsea was almost 6 weeks old and […]

A Tale of Two Sessions

I love it when a client brings something they are passionate about.  Clearly Brad and Kari love soccer and Leyton is following in their footsteps.  (I should have come up wtih something clever having to do with cleats and footsteps there, but it’s too hot and I’m just not feeling funny!)  Leyton was even lucky […]

Just for Kicks

I got an email from Shelly a couple of weeks ago saying that she was going to be having her baby that very night, four weeks early, and she wanted to schedule newborn pictures with me.  Two thoughts immediately ran through my head.  ‘Man, this gal is really organized!’ and ‘How the heck does she […]

She’s Psychic

So we’ve been watching all of this goat landscaping around the neighborhood with great anticipation.  When would it be our turn?  When could we plan our wine and goat cheese party?  When will we have our own version of Old McDonald in our backyard? Unfortunately Murphy’s Law stepped in.  The ONLY weekend we were all […]

Goats

This is it.  I promise.  On our last day of staycation my true love sent to me… a hike.  I’m more of the urban hiking type (walks on sidewalks) so we went outside the box and trekked up to Rattlesnake Lake. This place was beautiful!  You actually park by the lake and then hike uphill, […]

Non-Voyage, The Conclusion

Baby Henry was born on Tuesday so we picked up our staycation on Wednesday.  On this day we did the A#1 thing on our list.  The Duck Tour.  The girls had heard about this tour (in old World War II amphibious vehicles) from their friends and they were eager to partake in a trip with […]

Non-Voyage, Part 2