Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Preparing for Thanksgiving is so fun especially when you have a husband who loves to eat! He's not picky so we are having EVERYTHING!

There are many things I am thankful for this year. Just to name a few:

• God and His creation
  
• My husband who works so hard for us
• My 3 girls who never cease to give me joy
• My extended family who still likes me
• My friends and their never ending patience
  

Hope you and your family have a great week with whatever you have planned.

I'll leave you with this cutie!

wedding, wedDING, WEDDING!!!!!

We had a great time in Belen, NM for Robyn (my sister) and Robert's wedding. It was a beautiful day and R & R make for a great bride and groom. I thought Robyn might be Bridezilla, but she turned out to be a Princess. They are both so laid back and enjoy anything outdoorsy, especially fishing. They made it easy to be a photographer---especially Robert's family, stopping for a smile every time they saw me! It was hard to narrow it down so I didn't. Here's all 2000 pictures.....or, just about!

It rained. It was sunny. It was perfect!



Getting ready for the big day. Here is another sister, Jaclyn, showing her daughter what she does best.





Not happy with the hour she had to rise out of bed to get her hair done.





Bride getting beautified.









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"I always catch fish THIS size!"



"You always catch fish THIS big."



Trying to redeem himself after that.



Here you go. Here is the groom's cake Robyn surprised her new husband with.



Here is the fish Robert just caught in Hawaii on their honeymoon!



Yes, Robert, that is a train!





A little distracted by the roaring train behind us!





Even brides get thirsty.



Bonding with her new father-n-law with the chin rub.



It's okay. These are his sisters.



Only in NM do we put kids in grocery carts on the dance floor. It makes for wicked entertainment.











Secrets being told to Mom. "Do you think it's too late to get a new photographer?"



One happy bride. That's my sister. She likes to have fun if you are or not!



A few good men. Husband and brother in the middle.







Okay, we'll play along with you. As long as no one gets hurt. It's what they said.





Nothing wrong with ending with a minor biff.



Congratulations Robert & Robyn!!!!

Old Pictures and a Contest

Old pictures are so fascinating to me. They hold so much more information that current pictures ever will. Here is my dad and his siblings back in the day. They are in front of my grandparent's house which I spent many days in. My dad is so cool. I could look at old pictures all day long. I like looking at other people's old black and whites on their blogs, too.

I love blogging even though I don't as much as a should. Know what I love as much as blogging? Reading other people's blogs. I've learned so much from so many. One blog I read is having a great giveaway you have to go enter. You can win a free photo session. Enter at Blue Lily Photography. But, if you win and I don't, I'll be mad, I mean, happy for you!!!

I'll probably look at you a little like this:

E Urf

Do you ever throw away your child's artwork? It is hard not to do when there is so much of it and no where to put it. I decided to start taking pictures of the artwork I just can't stand to throw away. I figure that pictures will last longer than paper and can be stored easier.

Here is my 11 year old's painting that she did in co-op. Thanks to Sheri and Joni for teaching art (time periods, color wheel, techniques, etc.). Here is her pointillism painting. Pointillism is a post-impressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes. I'm so smart! Thanks dictionary.com.

She named this piece "E Urf" because when ever her 3 year old sister sees a globe or map she says "E Urf" for "a earth." Too cute.

Daddy & Daughter Diptych

I can't get enough of this stuff. Someone please stop me from being a Photoshop addict. Or, just get me a job doing this stuff so I have a legitimate excuse! I was not going to stop tonight until I got this done. Here is my daddy daughter diptych. What's a diptych? It's this, you see!

Here is my husband taking our daughter on a field trip to the state legislature. It was an experience they really enjoyed. I'm glad that my husband got to experience this with her.

Families & Glass Go Together

I just love it when the background of the shoot is so unique. These were taken at the botanical gardens. They had an awesome glass sculpture display. The kids loved it. The way the sun would shine through the glass made this a dream! In the picture below we are "off the trail" and got a little reprimand. Hey! It's not all fun on the trail!!! How fun is this family? They were so EASY! I think it's because Mom regularly takes pictures of the kids. That always helps.

My Girls

As I'm preparing to finish some edits of a family shoot I did recently, I am learning how to post larger images here on blogpost. I hate when I go to other people's blogs and they are great photographers BUT they have tiny photos. I just don't want size to be an issue.

Here is a picture I took of my girls. We didn't really plan this shoot. I think we were just on our way to church and I had them in fairly new shirts.