My Las Vegas Friends!

Well, we were back in Las Vegas for 12 days recently visiting with family and friends. My kids and I visited with 8 different families on 8 different days plus 3 more families for a park play day! Busy, busy! Here are some of the sweet faces I managed to capture plus 10 little toes to boot! And while we miss our friends dearly it is wonderful to have these memories of them that will last forever!

Here is the newest member of the first family we visited... Baby Preston!




Next we visited our old neighbors and saw Brandon's best friends, twins Max and Mitchell. They were busy playing in the sandbox but stopped to humor me for a quick picture!




Next we have Baby Christian. He was not is a smiling mood but was content with his Tummy Time! I had the front door open so maybe there was just too much to look at out in the wide, wide world!


And now our dear friends Kailin and Baby Carson! For Kailin I just placed her in front of a kiddie pool that was up against the side of the house for a nice, bright background!




And finally the beautiful Julia! I have enjoyed taking her pictures since she was born and it is so much fun to see the little ones grow up through the "eyes" of my camera!!

Heading Outdoors!

Here we are a couple weeks later with Heidi's outdoor session! Heidi, you ROCK! We survived the smelly alley at the Uptown Mall and you even braved the spiderwebs to meet our goal of getting some great portraits!! Thanks also to Heidi's "posse," Ian and Julie, for all your help!

Don't worry, there are more to come... and some smiles too. :-) This is just the tip of the iceberg!

I am liking the SENIOR SESSIONS!!!

Pretty in Pink!

My first Class of 2008 Senior came by this past week and we had a great time! Even though she tried very hard to convince me otherwise, I have decided that Heidi is indeed very photogenic! BEAUTIFUL eyes, flowing golden-brown locks, and a pink cowboy hat... what more does a girl need?

And we are not even done with the session yet - I am looking forward to doing the outdoor portion next week!







There is such a thing as too much pink! So here are a couple different colors thrown in the mix!!

Family Friends.....

This past weekend we were thrilled to meet up with some old friends we had not seen in about nine years! It was great to catch up and see eachother at a new stage in our lives: as PARENTS! I was asked to capture the kiddies, and had great fun doing so!

This little guy was all business... the business of playing, and would not take a break to smile for me! Too cute!




And this is the cousin of the little guy. Seriousness must run in the family! Everyone started off playing in the splash pool, hence the bathing suits.


Then the kids came out in more proper "portrait attire!" But still no smile......


Move forward a couple days and into the studio. At last, a smile! I had a fan on her and it would switch from a high to low setting. When it was high, she would laugh and giggle......

And then when it would switch to a low setting she would frown and wonder where the wind went?!




And finally, a new little one on-the-way. Isn't pregnancy AMAZING!! I have to get all my pregnancy/baby fixes through other people these days as we are all done having our own!!!

Today's Session

This brother and sister have the most amazing eyes! When I saw Ella for the first time, I knew I would get some great portraits of her, and I was not wrong! Little brother Grady was a bit more difficult, but I managed to capture a few great expressions in spite of his best efforts to avoid me. Enjoy!









And the "always in motion" Grady



At the end of the session we headed down to the river. Here is a quiet, maybe thoughtful, moment for Ella!

Baby Cuteness

Well, I finally found someone to take pictures of here in the Tri-cities! While I am working on getting the "business side" of my business together, I still need my picture-taking fixes. This little cuttie is my neighbors' granddaughter, along with her big brother. Neither were in a smiling mood, but we still got some adorable portraits! My neighbors' yard is blooming with lots of flowers which added nicely to the outcome, I think.

Out and About!

Well, we are definitely getting more settled here in Washington State. We are trying to take advantage of the sites and activities in the area and I snap away whenever possible! Here are a few from "around town!"

This one is from the local classic car show, Cool Desert Nights. This is the scene from our '67 Camaro in the Thursday night open ride.


Here we are at the car show that weekend. As you can see, Alex is soooo happy to be there while my husband chats with the car owner!


This is the Columbia River, taken down near Leslie Groves Park.


And here is a pretty sunset from Columbia Point Marina.


And one more of "The Cable Bridge." I took this from the bike path along the river, and then biked across the bridge into Pasco!