Squeaky Clean

He's almost out grown bath time.  He prefers showers most of the time. 

This night he chose a bath, and when that sweet face was framed with swirling soap

 I had to grab my camera.  

Squeaky clean and oh so sweet.

I love this boy.

Bikers

Santa gave the kids new bikes for Christmas.

It took Elijah all of about 20 min to master the 2-wheeler with no training wheels.

He's so proud.

Mills was already a pro.

Yes, she's sporting a tank top in December!

And to complete her biker look she had to go put on her new "leather" jacket!

Now I can't wait for the time to change and for some sunshine after work for possible family bike rides.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and you're already kicking 2015 in the butt!

New family member

So for months and months I've been looking for a new pet.  

Cute and cuddly but low maintenance was the criteria.  

Then one day a friend posted on FB that three kittens had been abandoned on her property and she was

 looking for homes for them.  I pretty much knew as soon as I saw that sweet face I'd found our new pet. 

 Elijah named him Casey Jones, but basically calls him "meow meow" 99% of the time.  

He's been such a fun addition to the family.  

The kids love to play with him and he's a total snuggle bug when they've worn him out.  

I've never been a huge pet person.  I like animals, I just didn't grow up with them so unlike most of you I 

don't feel the need for a fur baby in my house.  This lil guy has won my heart though.  

I'm sure glad he's joined our funky bunch.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from the green ninja and I!

Sawyer

I haven't done a newborn shoot in years, and never in the first week of life.  I was so excited when my dear friend told me she was expecting and quickly informed her I would be showing up at her home soon after she gave birth to capture her precious boy in all that newborn magic.  I had dreams of a sleeping bundle easy to pose and perfectly still...a dream model right?  Yeah, he was not on board with that plan.  Little Sawyer, just like his mommy, was wide awake and full of energy.  So although my expectations were far from reality we rolled with it and I still see so much beauty in these photos and the details of his first week of life at home. 

Congratulations Stephanie and Donovan!

He is perfect and I can't wait to watch (and capture) him as he grows.

Malice in Wonderland

This collaboration of creativity was so much fun!  

Sydni loves all things make up and is honing her skills to one day win Face Off on Syfy.  

She wanted to do a creepy Alice and Mad Hatter styled shoot 

so we came up with some ideas and I had a blast!  

Now I really want to do some more Halloween styled shoots.  Anyone game?

Practice makes perfect

He's filling the house with music.

Granted, it's Yankee Doodle and Rockin Robin.