I loved this session. Loved, loved, loved.... I have the radest clients! This family is so relaxed together and in love with each other, it was so easy to capture this. It didn't hurt that they are all stunning! The bond between Angela and Alayna is so strong, it truly moved me as  I thought about the relationship I hope to have with my daughter when she is older. 

Thank you for sharing that with me. 

John and I have always felt strongly about supporting the education needs of our children, when it comes to both joyful and productive learning. When our youngest stopped showing interest in learning, it set of some alarms for us and with the support of our extended family, made the move to home learning. I am only in week two and it is heavenly.  I realize this could be a homeschooling honeymoon, however it flows so well with our life, I believe the bliss will last. I am doing office work early morning, my best time, and home schooling in the afternoon. This allows sessions to take place late afternoon and weekends - so far this schedule has worked phenomenal with bookings and the family. I feel overwhelmingly blessed to be able to make this choice. How many jobs allow you to do this? 

I am finding my entry into homeschooling, creative, eye-opening and full of love - I am loving watching my child learn and having the opportunity for her to teach me more about her and the way she works. 

On the work front I am excited about the fundraiser we are supporting at Planet Kids. We are gung-ho to help raise the awareness of the need for new toys for Santa's Workshop. Remember when you contribute you are entered to win the over $1000 portrait session and 

presentation items that I am going to be offering. 

I am also thrilled to report that most of my fall sessions HAVE NOT been rained out. I remember about three years ago when three weekends in a row hard rain forced the rescheduling of sessions. Sessions this year have even received some sun. 

I have also been busy working on some interesting and SEXY plans for next year. But.. this blog post is getting too long, and you probably have something you should be heading off to do, so  more on this next time. 

This is the fourth year of the event and it is something both Christine and I look forward too. Thank you to everyone who made it out and for bringing donations to the food-bank, and thank you to all you parents who put so much into playing with your kids and one last thank you .. thank you for the kindness and treats you showered on Christine and I. 

Here are a few sneak peeks, you can see some others on my FACEBOOK PAGE 

To those of you that participated keep an eye on your in-box on Tuesday. 

Please call Christine to book your time. THERE ARE LIMITED TIMES AVAILABLE. 

I often forget how important it is for me to take some time to be with my photographer peers. I have to say, in general photographers are kind of a quirky bunch, and if you are with the right kind, they let it all hang out - which makes me feel right at home. 

One of the conversations that was presented to us was "Emptying Your Cup" - forgetting what you know, resetting and seeing things different. 

On the dark drive home I had lots of time to ponder this and realized it is an approach I am going to push to the front of my consciousness more often, and not just in terms of my photography and business. 

We make so many assumptions, so often, we see people the same way, we react to things the same way and I am definitely guilty of that in my family life. 

I feel so refreshed and happy today - it's a good day. 

I have tons to blog, many shoots, look for lots of share's coming up. 

Oh, and Utah came to the studio for the first time yesterday! It went great, but I just got an email from this mornings client saying her daughter loved Utah - he totally showed me up -