I Shot in Manual

Lake Michigan, just after the sunset!

So I just joined a photography group that meets
every other Sunday!
It is free and
it is given by some local
photographers!
They already taught me so much.
I shot the whole night in manual,
I am so proud of myself!
Total # of photos taken
that night 667.
That was just in 3 hours.
I'm really excited about our next
photo shoot.
They are dressing
their daughter up
in a tutu and we are heading
to the city!
Urban ballerina :)
Can't wait.

Number 98

It came in the mail today!

Here it is...
little ol' me in the
Modern Bride Magazine,
100 Things They Love :)

I would like to thank my
family, my friends,
Hobby Lobby for their great
selection in paper,
and having their ribbon
half off since, I can't even remember when,
to all of you that have supported me,
purchased from me &
inspired me!
Indeed, the price I pay for
working with all of this paper
is having dry hands &
many paper cuts!
A special thanks to my
husband for dealing with
the hundreds of thousands of
paper scraps that end up in the
nooks and cranny's of our house :)
for those of you that create, you'll understand!

In your spare time!

If you have time and want to try and win something for free
go here

I promise you won't be mad!

We Celebrate you, Sweet Caylin!

Six years ago today

my life changed
forever!
Today, I had some hard moments.
Moments where I was fine
and then all of a sudden
I was choking back the tears.
I think of my sweet Caylin
everyday! She will always live on in
my memory and my heart!

I want my girls to know
they have a sister in heaven!

So today,
we released 6 pink balloons
into the
sky!

Only they got stuck,
when the wind blew them
quickly over into the maple tree next to us!
We had to laugh :)

June 30th is always a difficult night to fall
asleep for me, since that is the night I
went into labor. {Caylin was born around
1:30am July 1st}
I wasn't able to fall asleep,
and right around that time
I heard little footsteps come into my bedroom
and the little sweet voice of
my youngest say,
"mom, I can't sleep,
can I cuddle with you?"
Just at the exact hour I
needed some cuddling!
Thank you Addie,
I treasure your sweet
spirit!

Practicing my Photography Skillz!

This has to be one of my favorite pictures of
Addie! She was just laying on the floor,
watching some cartoon. I just said her name
and she looked at me!
LOVE it!

Such a great smile. I'm loving how fast this
camera takes the pictures!

This is a classic shot of Addie saying I've
had enough mom!

So I guess I'll just bribe her :)

I'm thinking it would be best to
send the "Mother of the Year" award
right to my home!

Enjoy your day!
Hoping to take some more pics soon!

I'm Taking the Next Step!!!

So I finally took the plunge and purchased this super nice camera!
It's very intimidating compared to my little point and shoot!

I also purchased the 17-55mm f2.8 Canon lense for my first lense!
So far I am really happy.

I took some photos of the girls yesterday, inside.
Usually I would've had to have the flash on, but not with this baby!
The pictures looked so natural and fab!
Still working on getting them uploaded so that I can do some editing!
As for right now I am trying to think of a name for my
photography biz!
Got any suggestions?
I have a few thoughts, but nothing is
jumping out at me yet!

First Trip to the Lake {of the year}

We are truly blessed to have Lake Michigan pratically in our backyard!
{Okay more like a 5 minute drive}

Alaina is finally getting to like the sand. Texture is something that takes awhile for her to overcome {sensory issues}

Addie could not leave that poor duck alone!

Wading in the freezing cold water... probably only 52˚ Crazy kids!

It always feels about 10˚ cooler at the lake then our house!

Making that perfect castle.

The climb up the dune to make it to the other side!
These things are not fun to climb!