Mommy and Me video

I shared this on facebook but forgot to share it on here. This is a little video I threw together of all of my favorite photos from my Mommy and Me mini sessions I did. I loved doing these sessions they were so fun I enjoyed seing the special bonds that the moms have with their kids.

Stephanie - Mommy and Me Session

I have had so much fun doing these Mommy and Me mini Session. I think this should become an annual special. I had the opportunity to photograph Stephanie and her adorable daughter...who has some gorgeous blue eyes. Here is a quick little peek. 

I am getting ready for a weekend full of family time. Hope everyone else has a fun Memorial Weekend. Remember while enjoying the 3 day holiday weekend to take some time out to honor those who have died in our nation's service...and those who are currently deployed and away from their loved ones. A big THANK YOU for all that you do and sacrifice.

Jennifer - Mommy and Me Mini Session

I was so excited when my friend, who is a fellow photog, asked me to do a mommy and me session for her. She has some adorable kids - my little Austin was actually named after her son (I was his teacher in Nursery and thought he was the sweetest little boy...who would of known his mommy and I would become such good friends later down the road). I enjoyed our little session. And now more than ever I think she is "Supermom". Any time I try to do pictures with my kids I almost end up in tears because I am so frustrated, and I only have 2 kids. lol. I admire her more than she will ever know. I am so glad Jen e-mailed me a couple years ago because I don't think I would have developed such a great friendship with her otherwise. (I am a keep to myself type of person, outside of photography of course). So thanks Jen for being such a wonderful mother to your kids and being my example. And thanks for being such a great friend - who I think knows me better than anyone.

Here is your preview:

Oh I must also mention that she is full of many talents - she made those adorable skirts that her and her girls are wearing. LOVE THEM!

William's Newborn Portraits

I finally had a minute to post a little preview from a newborn session I had last week. Will was so wonderful to work with, he slept most of the time and even gave us a cute smile. I had some fun new props to work provided by The Happy Top Shop.

Here is his little preview:

This first picture I have already shared but I love it so much I had to include it in his preview!

Libby - Mommy and Me Mini Session

 Here is a little secret of mine - I have always wanted twins!

And Libby's mini session makes me want them even more! Our little session was full of cute chattering and a lot of energy! I think mom was afraid we wouldn't get any good photos, but the truth is I could of done a whole big post from all the fun pictures we got. These twins were everywhere and I LOVED it.

They sure do love their mommy!

Here is their mini preview:

Bridgett - Mommy and Me Mini Session

Check out these two cute chics! This happens to be my cousin and her daughter. I am so happy they asked me to do a Mommy and Me session, I think we laughed the entire time. It was a lot of fun.

Here is their mini preview:

Vanessa - Mommy and Me Mini Session

Vanessa wanted more of a scenic background for her session. I love the outfits she picked out for her and her daughter, very cute and perfect for the scenic shot. I loved how they turned out.

Here is her mini preview:

Tracy - Mommy and Me Mini Session

I has so much fun last week with all of my Mommy and Me Mini Session in Pocatello. My first session was with Tracy and her adorable kids. I couldn't believe how fun and easy they were to photograph. Her kids give me a glimmer of hope for photographing my own kids when they get older (right now they are little monsters when it comes to photos). Tracy is giving these photos to her husband for Father's Day - I know he is going to love them!

Here is her mini preview:

 

Cute little peanut!

I had to share this picture from my session today. What a cute little peanut this guy was. Sooooo adorable!

And a big thanks to Jennifer Hill with The Happy Top Shop for the cute elephant set. She is wonderfully talented and makes the cutest things!

Jamie - Class of 2012 Senior Rep

Here is a full preview of my Senior Rep for the Class of 2012. Isn't she gorgeous. I had a lot of fun photographing Jamie.

 

Kinzley 18-Months-Old

I love it when Kinzley's mommy brings her in for pictures. She is such a doll and so fun to photograph. This was just a mini session so this won't be a full preview.

Here is sweet Kinzley:

My Senior Rep for the Class of 2012

First off Congrats to all of my Reps for the Class of 2011, they will all be graduating in the next couple of weeks.
I wish them all the best in the new adventures they decide to take.

And now I am very excited to try something new to introduce my Senior Rep for the Class of 2012.

Here is Jamie:

make sure to pause the background music at the bottom of the page before playing video.

A big thanks to my sister-in-law for helping me video tape while I photographed, we had a lot of fun!

Temple Project

I was sorting through some of my pictures from last year and I came upon my temple project I did for my brother. His wife really wanted a picture of the Idaho Falls temple with the distressed, antique look to it. But my brother wanted it more of a black and white picture so I combined all wished and after a few test prints this is what I came up with so he could give it to her for Christmas...

We printed it out at 16x24 and he had a gorgeous custom black frame put around it.

I must share the before picture because it took a lot of work to fix it up, lol. I had one evening to go to Idaho Falls and take a picture of the temple. Of course it had been a very gloomy day, plus I barely made it up there before before dark.

Believe me I am NOT proud of this picture and I can't believe I am even posting it, lol. It's horrible but it's all I had to work with.

Thank goodness for photoshop!

Elizabeth is Turning ONE

I had so much fun with this little cutie. She was so easy to photograph and kept me laughing with the cute little faces she would pull and with those gorgeous blue eyes she couldn't take a bad picture. We got to have a fun little cake-smash session too...oh how I love them! Elizabeth wasn't very interested in the cake though, she wanted to play with the balloons instead. I am so glad her mommy brought her into me to be photographed. And I am so excited to be doing a Mommy and Me session with both of them on Friday. Can't wait to photograph this sweetie again! 

Here is a preview of Elizabeth: