Pictured below are my 2009 Christmas card choices!  If you’ve done a mini session with me you get to choose one of these designs for your 50 cards…  so have fun choosing!   A number of these lovely designs were done by my lovely cousin Tamsen of Creative Clicks Photography in Ontario, Canada.  Any of the cards that have front and back also have the option of just coming as just the front.   Also, the pics you see of me and my lovely family (the green polka dot card) were taken by the absolutely wonderfully talented Rachel of Rachel Ludwig Photography…   isn’t she amazing?

If you’ve had a session in 2009 and would like to order Christmas cards with images from your session please email me…  we’ll work something out!

If you are still interested in booking a session or mini session (might do another date) then please let me know ASAP!

Thanks

Remember this absolutely beautiful mama to be?  Well, she is no longer a mama to be, but a mama!  Chase entered this world a few weeks ago and I had the privilege of taking his first professional pics.  It’s been fun to capture so many special times in Len and Char’s life, thanks guys!  This session was a baby gift from a friend, isn’t that sweet?!  If you’re looking for an idea for someone who just had a baby – ask me about gifting a session!

Without further ado, welcome Mr. Chase to this world.   He was a trooper during the session…   even found his finger (for some reason I didn’t grab any of those pics to post…  super cute!  might have to remedy that…)  and calmed himself down.  What a good boy!

What a munchkin!

with his yummy mummy

mmmm  sweet little baby parts.

and what newborn posting is complete without a crying baby at the end?  they all get to this point eventually… 

Thanks for letting me come Char….  hope you will see longer nights soon!

For those hoping to book a session this fall for Christmas pictures and cards please let me know now!    The end of November marks the cut off for Christmas cards and pictures, so please get in on time and book now,  I’d love love love to have you

I’m a little behind thanks to this little nasty thing called the flu that has clung onto me for the last 5 days… grrrr.  So, next week will be busy, stay tuned for a whole bunch of sneak peaks!

My mini session set today was a success, if there is a lot of interest in another one I might consider that, so feel free to ask!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

I am so excited to share this shoot!   These are beautiful people and very very dear to my heart!   Even though this shoot was the one in which my beloved camera gave out on me, and we had to improvise with a couple different cameras, I am in love with how these pics turned out and how we were able to capture their family “essense”.

E and I go way back to 1st grade, I can say that she is my oldest friend that I am still in contact with.   20 something years later, 2 family moves across country later, 2 husbands and 6 kids (between us!) later…   and we are still going strong.   I admire E for the godly mom, wife and friend that she is, and I cherish our friendship so much.

Thank you guys for putting up with me and my camera issues, and for letting me into your world – not only for this photo shoot, but also through our friendship.  I’m glad that you could come enjoy dinner with us afterward (how I managed to get that on the table I’m still not quite sure) and am already looking forward to next time!   I hope you enjoy your sneak peak as much as I do

We’ll start it out with a fun family shot…   I love how Naomi’s squished in the middle.  Cute.

boys.  old cars.   can’t go wrong.

girls.  pretty red door.  again, can’t go wrong.

heart heart heart.  SO them.

isn’t she lovely?!

funny silly girls…

better get used to it Liam…

goofy fun squooshy faces

the kiddos

Thank you Sun, for having the perfect placement in the sky for this picture.

That’s a wrap folks!  Thanks for stopping by… come again soon!

This wonderful couple just celebrated 25 years of marriage, and to commemorate the occasion asked for some family pictures.  I gladly obliged, and we were able to find a date that worked for everyone – surprising easily!

That part was easy.  The actual start time of the session was about 2 hours after the original time, due to border line ups and a BIG BIG mistake I made (I will never ever forget my battery at home in the charger again!)….   but in spite of it all I’m SUPER excited about the shots we got, and hope they are too    Later that day my camera “broke down” and I am SO glad it didn’t happen during their shoot, with the battery disaster already taking up so much time.

I had so much fun with this session …  and was reminded at how easy shooting adults is, I only had to pull out one lame joke   Thanks again guys…   we’ll be in touch soon!

mmmm, fall colors…  and lovely people…  love it.

love me some good heels.

aren’t they adorable?  they had no problem getting all cozy for me

i heart this shot.

more hearting.

good lookin’ bunch!

the sibs.

the parentals.  adorable once again.

mom wanted some lamp post pics…  i’m pretty sure this will suffice!

last but not least…   one more family shot.

as you can tell by the amount of pics I posted…  it was hard to pick favorites!   lots of fun stuff.

Hope you enjoyed!

Oh, how I love these kids.  They’re crazy and funny and cute and fun all in one!    Noah just turned 2, so what better time to get some updated pics.  You’ll notice that there are more pics of Chloe than Noah.    Lets just say …  while 2 years old is such a fun age (minus the body wrenching tantrums and strong desire for independence!!) it is also one of the hardest ages to photograph!   But, we got him…

Look at me, I’m 2!

and I’m 3 and a half!

love it!

and a few more of Chloe girl…