Cohen: 4 days old

We shot these in about 10 minutes at baby Cohen's grandparents house. He's sweet as can be. I like babies a lot. I like other people's babies a lot. I don't want any more babies of my own. :)

Hair Lady's Family

Summer does my hair so I like to call her my "hair lady." She is the best and I'm thankful she takes the time in her super busy schedule to fit me in. I love her family so much and got to spend several hours at her house before I traveled back to Dixieland. One of these days I'll have to post a picture of my new hair too. Summer went crazy on me and cut it all off. I have a few wisps here and there, but I lost 5 lbs in the process.

HollyDays

We had a super fun, super cold Christmas this year! Hope you all enjoyed yours as well! I will be up in Utah County the weekend of Jan. 15th for a shoot and I have room in my schedule for 2 more.... (families, babies, bridals, engagements) - email me if you're interested. Happy New Year!

Half Birthdays

My life totally changed 6 months ago.. on the 15th day of June, 2009. There were little things going on that I thought were pretty major (our 11 year old dogs running away, putting my photography business on the back burner, contemplating moving cities, preparing for Aaron to work out of town for 2 months, being on doctored ordered "house arrest," and the list actually does go on but I'll stop...) THEN, the day came that the babies were born. I was so ready for them to be out of my belly.. sooooo ready. And in these last six months that they've been alive, I've become a better person... I think. (Maybe ask Aaron about that first.) But I really have had my eyes opened and I'm trying to relax, remember and enjoy each day and each child, practice patience, totally rely on and appreciate Aaron for all he does for our family. Wow has it been hard, really really hard. Super hard. But I needed this. Aaron needed this. The older kids needed this. We still need it and our family needs it. We will continue to learn how to be good people, but for now, I just wanted to say Happy 6 months to Maggie and Jones. We love you guys a lot and can't imagine our family without ya!

p.s. I'm hoping not to make others jealous by posting the following pictures.. can I help it if my children were blessed with gorgeous locks? I mean the hair is flowing. ;)

Ryan + Angela Wedding

Waaaaaaay back in October, Ryan and Angela chose to be sealed together F.O.R.E.V.E.R. ( That's a super super long time.. think about it. ) Their wedding day was a lovely one and I'm glad I was able to break free from the babies for a bit and just hang out (and take a few pics here and there.) Thanks go out to Aaron for taking care of the children ALL day and even getting up the courage to bring all of them to the reception for about 15 minutes. Cheers to Aaron! .... and Ryan and Angela

Relations

Wow. Wow. We pulled it off. Impromtu fam pics with all the grandkids over Thanksgiving. No matching outfits, no candy in the camera bag, no well-behaved kids. Totally awesome. Dad was loving every minute of the mayhem.. (not!) In the end I think we got a Christmas Card-worthy shot for mom and dad and a few cute ones in between.

What most of the pics looked like

My kids and Maggie's tongue

Millie and Shelby: BFF Cousins / girly girls with attitude

Maggie with Gpa Dave

Hot Stuff Owen

The one that worked.. you think?

And when it was all said and done, we loaded in our car and headed back "home" to this.

What's Been Goin' On...

This year, Halloween was one of the saddest days ever. I cried a lot. I am a baby. I knew it was the last time I'd be with my family and friends for Halloween.. at least for a while. I knew I'd have to say goodbye to my neighbors and of course, my house. It's been hard and I knew it would be.. but the kids and the babies are off schedule and don't fully get what's going on yet. Millie keeps asking me when we're going to go home. But...... our new neighborhood and home are perfect. We love where we are and we know we're supposed to be here right now. It's beautiful and w.a.r.m. and the people of Santa Clara are super nice to us. :)

Emtpy House. sad.


saying goodbye to best buddies

Halloween party at school on last day at Edgemont








More goodbyes to our favorite neighbors





Trunk or Treat.. don't I look so happy?


Millie's favorite person in the whole world.. her babysitter, Bryanna


Driving away from our cul de sac for the last time.. bawling..


Our moving truck pulling up to our new house!





Overwhelmed?


Grandpa Dave to the rescue

Gourmet meal out on the patio.. (still needs lots of work.. don't mind the high chair and wreath in the background)




The new homestead. Love it.