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It’s all about me | Northwest Arkansas Photographer
Posted on August 20, 2011
Or at least my family. 
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a personal post,
and since last night I found three folders full of personal images that I’ve
NEVER EVEN TOUCHED,
I thought it was well past time!
Well, I was going to start out with the oldest, but I realized that so many of these summer photos featured him without a shirt. He is very much against online shirtless photos, so here are two that I don’t think I’ve ever shared.
Rocking out with John’s guitar.
And playing at a local playground.
And a few from this summer.
Turtle. Turtle.
That poor turtle. He wanted to keep it as a pet, but forgot to take it back home with him.
I found it roaming the kitchen and so I let it go.
This one cracks me up. He knew the shirt was on inside out and backwards, but he didn’t care.
Our little Kindergarten graduate.
We had a bit of a sad time at the end of the school year when she realized she wouldn’t have the same teacher. 
She just started 1st grade this past week and is in love with school all over again.
She looks completely like her dad in this one.
The dress she is wearing is an adult dress, one I’ve kept over the years even though I can’t wear it anymore. I had actually pulled it out to donate when she spotted it and now it is in their dress up trunk.
Days before she lost her top tooth.
Just a wee bit excited about the lost tooth.
I’m a little obsessed with her curls. She’s the only one that has my curls (so far, at least, the verdict is still sort of out on the baby) and I just love them.
Hammy ham ham.
This is her standard pose.
And the baby. Sweet, sweet girl who is a tiny little ball of energy right now, so I’m just happy with anything I get from her!!
This is what she thinks of my camera these days.
And messes are her thing.
So, there you have it.
Our summer in a nutshell.
We kinda rock.
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Say what? | Northwest Arkansas Children Photographer
Posted on March 30, 2011
Someone is thirteen.
That can’t be possible.
But it is.
I. Am. The. Mother. Of. A. Teenager.
Yikes!!
He brings me such joy and laughter.
Who else would make funny faces in the mirror with me as we’re
comparing our eerily alike features?
And then laugh at me as I attempt
to dance to a country rap?
This guy!
And I love him oh so much for it. ?
(yes, a country rap. My husband’s newest musical find.)
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Be Mine | Northwest Arkansas Children Photographer
Posted on February 12, 2011
My oldest daughter is in Kindergarten this year. This means class parties with fun games, goodies, treats, and laughs.
I decided to make a little Valentine’s bunting and use it in the girls’ Valentine’s Day photos. They had a good time helping me and they also did a great job posing for the photos. Sometimes that is a small miracle. 
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Full Circle | Northwest Arkansas Baby Photographer
Posted on November 7, 2010
Yesterday was bittersweet. It marked a year since my sweet little Aryah came into our lives a little bit earlier than expected. How can a year have already flown by? It really doesn’t seem possible that the tiny little baby that we brought home weighing only 4lbs 5ozs is now a one year old. That she now cruises the furniture, crawls like greased lightening, or waves bye bye. She is still not walking, and she is still small for her age, but she is such a bright part of our family.
Here she is for her first official photo session with daddy:
And here are a few from yesterday’s session with her first cupcake of her very own.
She didn’t really know what to think of the icing
But she liked the candle.
Mmmm, maybe icing is okay after all.
Oh, sweet, sweet little baby. You are so precious to me!
Fall and Halloween 2010 | Northwest Arkansas Lifestyle Photography
Posted on November 1, 2010
Fall is so beautiful. I adore the changing leaves, the cooler ( but not yet too cold!!) weather, and the beginning of the holiday season. I love all of the oranges and reds and golds everywhere. I love the way the sun filters through leaves. I even love the leaves all crunchy under my feet as I walk across my lawn. In the race for being the best season, fall and spring are completely tied in my heart. I live for them both.
Of course, what is fall without a trip to a pumpkin patch? I actually had grand plans this year. We gathered up a bunch of friends, went to a local corn maze, and I was going to take wonderful photos of us all having fun. Yeah, I sort of forgot my camera that day. We did have fun, but I was obviously disappointed that I didn’t get any photos like I wanted. To sort of ease my aching heart, my family and I planned a small visit to a local church with an adorable little pumpkin market. There were no fancy clothes, nothing really planned, just me snapping happily away as the girls picked out some pumpkins. John even took the camera from me in a rare moment of playing family photographer. I was delighted because I’m not often in the family snapshots since I’m always behind the camera. Yay, John!
And we can’t forget one of my favorite holidays of all, Halloween!! I looooove Halloween. I was able to go to an adult costume party for the first time in years and had so much fun. Not only was it a great time with friends, but I had a blast working on my costume. The actual day of Halloween was interesting because it was the holiday that almost wasn’t. My trusty sidekick, aka My Sister, and I tried to take out six of our seven kids (a certain older child o’ mine decided he wasn’t in to Trick or Treating this year. ) out for a round or two around the neighborhood. Oh, yes, we tried for an uneventful preparation but that wasn’t going to happen. We had meltdown after meltdowns. Wings were crooked, tiaras were tight, gloves were lost, shoes were also lost, and babies were clingy. There were accidents involving thorns, scary zombies, and two very stressed out mothers. We made it work like good mommies, though, and ended up having a great time.
Here is the one ‘good’ shot we got of the kiddos before we left. We were losing light, they were wiggly, there were some tears, and I decided to go for memory keeping rather than perfection. Sometimes that is the best way to go. Also, here is a snappie of my own Halloween costume. I was a masquerade Queen of Hearts.
I hope everyone had a fabulous Halloween and are enjoying this great fall weather.
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Baby Blue Eyes | Northwest Arkansas Lifestyle Photographer
Posted on October 13, 2010
Someone is really cute. Someone has the blue, blue eyes of her sister and father. Someone likes to clap, play ‘Big Girl’ (throwing her hands up in the air) and playing ball. Someone likes blocks, eating, singing to us in her sweet little voice, and crawling all over the place. Someone is teething. Someone let me cuddle her for a half an hour in the middle of the night because no other soothing would do. It was really sweet.
Someone turns a year old oh so soon.
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Great Day for a Sail | Northwest Arkansas Family Photographer
Posted on September 22, 2010
Well, actually, it wasn’t. There was no wind. But it was a great day to take family photos on a sail boat!
It is that time of year when I get to take photos of one of the cutest and bravest little men on the planet. He has grown so much in the last year. And he is just so full of giggles.
Leighton’s parents wanted to do their session this year on their new sail boat. They’ve been hanging out in it every spare moment that they’ve had this summer so it was only fitting that their portraits were there as well.
Here is a little peek into their session.
They are such a beautiful family!! And the love they have for each other! It pours off in waves. I love it.
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Down to Two| Northwest Arkansas Children’s Photographer
Posted on September 9, 2010
School is going well. My bright eyed little girl has bounced into the car with a smile on her face on all but two of the days that she has gone to class. On those two days, she received yellows in her behavior charts. This made her sad. But she is trying really hard and wants to get to purple.
Since she leaves them to do fun, amusing, glamorous Kindergarten things, Paeton and Aryah are left with me to do fun, giggly, stay-at-home-with-young-children things. It’s different and we miss Tates, but we are adapting.
This is how we like to wake up.
Not a bad way to start the day!
The other day I decided that it was time to do Aryah’s ten month old photos while the weather was so pretty. Now, I saw the opportunity for some beautiful light, nicely asked (yelled) at John to please come help me gather the girls up before we lost it. I stripped the baby as John helped Paeton into one of her favorite dress up outfits. We rushed out in the front yard, threw down a quilt, and placed the baby on it. So, Aryah loves to crawl. She’s been doing it for months now but only recently started sitting. This meant that I knew we would have about 1.2 seconds before she tried to crawl off the quilt and attack some pine needles. I was correct and after several attempts, I got one usable shot. I even tried to put her in a doll bassinet to keep her sitting and not crawling out of the frame. That ended up in hysterical laughter because she decided that particular moment was THE BEST time to pee. Back on the quilt she went.
Good thing she is cute.
Paeton is notorious for wanting to have her photo taken when it isn’t really her turn. Who am I to say no to that adorable face?
And look at this!! Both of them together and looking at the camera.
I’m so lucky.
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All Grown Up | Northwest Arkansas Children’s Photographer
Posted on August 22, 2010
Sweet little girl with the infectious laugh and bright imagination, don’t grow so fast, okay? I’ve spent the last five and a half years with you as my shadow. Princess tea parties, playing on the wii, reading books, making up stories, and indulging in your oh so charming and massive imagination. This has made up our little life. You are convinced that you used to be a fairy and lived in “Fairy Tale.” You tell the most amazing stories about what has happened to you in Fairy Tale and like to explain how you came to Earth through cracks in the wall.
You started Kindergarten last week.
Be still my aching heart.
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As Summer Comes to an End | Northwest Arkansas Family Photographer
Posted on August 4, 2010
I’ve wanted to work with older girls for a little bit now to sort of experiment with a few ideas that I’ve had floating around in my head. I’ve worked with a lot of babies and younger kids as well as seniors and adults, but really hadn’t work with the ‘tween’ crowd much. What’s a photographer to do? Well, this photographer starts looking at her friends’ kids!
My friend Bonnie married the love of her life last year. If that wasn’t enough, she also became the step-mom to two beautiful girls. She adores them soo much. I decided that instead of just doing photos of the girls, wouldn’t it be really fun to take photos of all of them together? I’m so glad everything fell into place when it did because not only did I have a lot of fun, but just look how gorgeous they all are! I could have taken a million more frames. Annnnd I sorta had a hard time narrowing things down.
Enjoy!!
Hear that? That is a big ol’ happy sigh coming from me. I’m so happy with these.
On another note, I shall be hopping on a plane eaaaarrrlllyyy Friday morning (like five in the morning early. I think I’m crazy) to go to a workshop in North Carolina. The beach, amazing photographers and good times are coming my way. I can’t wait!!! Please note that any emails or phone calls will not be answered until Monday morning. Thanks!!
