grateful

as promised

here is more of my family.

This is my sister Susan and her family. You may have "met" them here before...at least their girls.

 

As you can see, their girls are very expressive.

Lots of laughs. :)

I loved the fall scenery at this location.

This was too cute..I had to include it. :)

Love Taylor's hand on her hip here. Kind of like "ok, I'll do what you tell me to but I think it's weird."  LOL.

Sherry.

Taylor.

         

Yes, they are twins. No, not identical.

And, a couple with their bikes. All of these photos were actually taken on the trails where they like to ride.

And one last parting shot.

 

Thanks for looking!

Hope your Thanksgiving was good! No turkey here, but still lots of good food and time with family. And many, many blessings to be thankful for.

Have a great day!

meet my brother and his family

This is my big brother and his family.

Well, my only brother but still my big brother.  :)

We did a shoot on Saturday afternoon. Started off at the beach. It was so bright and sunny..and windy..but we got some shots.

Then we headed to the park.

Here are their lovely girls.

This is Shayna. Don't you love her eyes?

Stacey..she just graduated this past year. She and I are only about 7 1/2 years apart in age.

 

And this is Salina. The middle daughter and Jonas' buddy. :)

Here's a couple of Dave & Helen doing what they love to do.

   

And one more of the girls.

Thanks for letting me tag along with you guys. :)

Stay tuned to meet more of my family in the next week or so.

Happy Tuesday!!

Dianna & Arlen

A couple of Saturdays ago I had the privilege of helping Marcy shoot a wedding.

We had a blast! :)

Here are some of my favorites from the day.

First off, the dress and shoes. I think Marcy and I were so pumped to get this shot that we could have packed up and gone home after and been happy.

Well, maybe not quite. ;)

Here are some detail shots.

The wedding was outdoors. It was set up beautifully, and we had perfect fall weather.

We headed out with just Dianna and Arlen for a couple of hours before the ceremony.

One of the first stops was the beach.

I think this is my absolute favorite of the day. Aren't they stunning?

Lovely bride.

       

Then a stop at Gaslight in Morden.

Can you feel the love? :)

Shot the rings there as well.

Then we headed to the yard where the wedding took place.

Arlen getting a little help from his mom.

      

The wedding party.

      

And on to the ceremony...

Instead of unity candles, they used sand, and included the bride's daughter.

Married!

Caught this shot sometime during the reception.

Seriously, she is the sweetest thing ever!!

 

And, last one.

The tent lit up during the reception.

Thanks Arlen and Dianna for letting me be a part of your day! Wishing you a wonderful life together.

Thanks Marcy for putting up with me for 12 hours. ;)

because

I feel like I should blog about something..but I have lots to do. My week is turning out busier than I thought.

So here's a few photos from a little shoot a couple of weeks ago. 

This is my niece Hailey.

She's four going on fourteen! ;)

(If you know her, you know what I mean. We call her a little grandma.)

Love these summer toes.

Hopefully I'll be back here soon. Jonas' birthday is this weekend so I'm sure I'll be blogging about that. :)

Happy Wednesday!

sneak peak for Anne

And we're back folks!!!

John did walk in the door today with my computer. Yay!! :)

So first things first. These photos are from a shoot earlier this week, and I wanted to get these up for Anne. She has the two most cooperative little boys I think I've ever photographed.

(And they're super cute too to top it off!)

We went to the Thresherman's Museum for these.

 

 

 

See? Aren't they sweet? :)

Thanks for a fun time guys!!

(BTW blog readers..I've found a way to post larger photos..are they too big now?? Not sure if I'll keep it this way.)

 

Dan & Melissa

 This past Monday I did an engagement shoot for this very fun, cool couple!

They will be getting married in October, and I'll be shooting their wedding, along with my very talented friend Marcy, who helped me out with their engagement shoot as well. Thank-you Marcy!!! (these photos were also taken on her yard...I think I need to convince her to move some of her old buildings onto my yard! hehe) 

So, here's a mix of our faves from the shoot...

Love the light on the next few...

Marcy brought out this love sign..I'm so glad she did!

    

 

 

 

Dan & Melissa, you guys were great!! (I hope the mosquitoes were worth it for you!) Really looking forward to your big day!! :)

Well, have a great weekend everyone!

P.S. Regular blog readers, in case you've forgotten how my family looks and wondering what we're up to, I'll be blogging about us again next week. I've just had lots of other photos to get through this week.

P.P.S. If you care to, check out Karen Russell's blog post from today. There's some pictures of a little book one of my classmates from Karen's online photography class put together for her as a thank-you, and one of the pics Karen posted on her blog is of a photo I took...look for Jonas with his wagon. (I hope that made sense!)

Landon

 Another baby!

This is my friend Anna and her 2 month old Landon. I took these yesterday and wanted to post some for Anna before we leave for the weekend.

We started off in their bedroom. (they have a gorgeous house!!)

 

Then on to the living room. The "S" is for their last name in case you're wondering. :)

He's wrapped in a blanket Anna sewed.

A peek into Landon's room, which looks like it's from the pages of a magazine!

And a couple in this little basket from their living room.

Is he adorable or what?!?

Jonas saw these and said, "baby Wandon...he can't pway yet?" He loves Landon but we've told him Landon is too small to play with him right now. :)

Well, we leave for camping in a few hours. Our first time with Jonas..we'll be tenting it. Should be fun. :)

Have a great weekend!!

sneak peak

I spent some time with my friend Melissa a few days ago.

I got to take some photos of her new little Logan! 

First on the black.

Then the couch which was a little cold for him. :)

And some loving from mommy and big brother Joshua.

    

Hope you like them, Melissa! :)

the bride

Here is the lovely bride from Saturday.

engagement photos

My friend Dianna asked me to do some of her wedding photos in June. It's exciting, but a little scary for me 'cause the wedding only happens once and I am not exactly a professional photographer. She has faith in me though so I was willing to give it a try. A couple of weeks ago we did some engagement photos for "practice" and I'm glad we did...it was lots of fun! (plus I'm a little more at ease about the whole thing now! ;)

Here are some of my favorites:

I'd like to share more but I'm not happy with how the photos are showing up in my post so I'll leave it at that. (those jaggedy edges in the photos are not supposed to be there!!)

Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend!!