Pichette Photography | Capturing Life My Way

Habelman | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-15T14:25:00.001-07:00

The last of my February sessions!

Mr Carter - 8yr

Mr Brody - 4yr - He was shyer at first, but pretty soon we found his giggles! Tatum was here for a tiny bit of his session while she waited for her bus and he told her she was his new best friend.

Miss Myla - 9m - She is the sweetest little thing. Didn't hear a peep out of her! All smiles all the time!

Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-15T13:56:00.003-07:00

Two more posts - and I think we're caught up on our February sessions :) Did I mention we had a LOT of February sessions?!?

Miss Lillyana - 4m - You may remember Ms Lilly from her pumpkin session this fall. Here momma has some awesome ideas and I love seeing what she is going to come up with next. The 2nd picture of Ms Lilly is a piece we actually have here in the studio! :)

Mr Harrison - 7yr - His dad actually brought in his motorbike, which I thought was super cool!

Miss Michaela - 15yr - Once again - it was super creative! Most older kids came and posed - so I love the idea!!

Mr Paul - 4yr - Paul is in my daughter's class and he is the shyest kid I have ever met. I was soooo excited when I got a smile out of him. :)

Miss Addison - 2yr - This little one was full of giggles and grins and are we done yets! :) She was hilarious and we had a good time. I love the one with her glasses on upside down - the girl has style! :)

Mr Karter - 9m - His blue eyes speak for themselves!! I have a cake smash scheduled with him next week and I cannot wait!!!!

Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-15T13:42:00.001-07:00

More from our February sessions! :)

Miss Addilyn - 1yr - I've been taking Addilyn's pictures for one year and this is the 1st time we got smiles!!!

Miss Alyssa - 5yr
Miss Elizabeth - 8yr
They're momma works at Lauren's Flour Shoppe in Tomah and Miss Alyssa is modeling a tutu from My Mommy Boutique, also in Tomah.

Miss Rayna - 11.5m - I get to do a cake smash with her this weekend :)

Miss Sophina - 22m - She wasn't thrilled with the idea of taking pictures, but I got a couple of grins out of her.

Mr Benjamin - 22m - He loves Elmo, the letter B, and sticking his tongue out (which I may or may not have got him started doing ;)

Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-15T09:50:00.000-07:00

I know - I promised to upload some more pictures that weren't entered into the cutest kids contest and I got sidetracked. This house has been full of sickness lately. With four people in our house and four weeks in a month - the odds are not in our favor. I think (I'm scared to say it) that we are all back on track now. So, here are a few more from our February sessions.

Miss Sophia - 10m - her color one was adorable, but I find this b&w image striking
Mr Andrew - 2yr - sporting his dad's uniform
Mr Hudson - 9m - he's a cowboy one minute and a farmer the next ;)

Printed DVD | Senior Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

We are in the process of working our senior packages - however, for everyone that purchase a package that includes a senior DVD or if you buy the senior DVD outright, these are what they now look like. Printed keepsake DVD case along with printed DVD.

Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-09T10:40:00.004-08:00

Since we're halfway through our 2012 cutest kids contest, I figured I'll spend the next few days I will finally show some of the other images from their sessions. Now mind you, some came in for their 10 minute sessions / some actually had sessions already booked with me - so there are a few with outfit changes - BUT that's the reason why. Either way - these are a bunch of adorable kids!!!

Miss Kathryn - 3m - this was her Valentine photo
Mr Keith - 18m - this was his Mr Serious face
Miss Elly - 6m - she wasn't sure about the whole deal - BUT, she's adorable even with her serious face
Miss Kaylee - 2yr - paint, paint, paint. definitely one of the most creative :)
Miss Addisyn - 7m - she was nervous - but we got some smiles

Jai, Dakota, & Hunter | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-08T18:21:00.002-08:00

boys. boys. boys! lots of boys :) these little guys were too funny - we had a blast goofing around.

Ethan and Family | Child & Family Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-07T13:25:00.000-08:00

Ethan is already six months (you can see his newborn images on day 579). Look at those eyes!!!!! I am loving all the new backgrounds - and there are still 4 more than I got a shipment order for. You have no clue how excited tracking information makes me!! ;)

Love You Forever | Wedding Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-06T09:44:00.000-08:00

Tegan has been home sick from school for two days - and now that we finally have a break from the puking, I finally have had some time to get some work done. Lots of editing going on - but I really wanted to get this video together which has some of my favorite wedding and engagement pictures in it. Goes hand in hand with the $1000 wedding special we have going on right now. Ask me for details ;)

March Specials | Child & Family Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-05T17:33:00.001-08:00

Here is our special for sessions during the month of March. We have three Saturday appointments available for the entire month - the rest are booked. Because of this - we opened up four Sunday appointments. We are also available during the week (day, afternoon, evening) AND we will be available all day during spring break. We are working hard on getting our website ready for April ;) New packages to be unveiled - who's excited?!?

Brick Background | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-03-01T18:03:00.000-08:00

FINALLY! Our brick has arrived. Some adorable models if I do say so myself. PLUS, we got our orange, lavender, navy, and gray backgrounds in as well. Now only 7 more (3 are for newborns and should be here tomorrow or Monday) to go. We had an insane month (February) here at the studio ... so now it's time to focus on cleaning my house, updating the website, AND doing some real sessions that last more than 10 minutes :)

Contet Age 9 to 17 | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-29T14:05:00.001-08:00

Contest entries - ages 9-12 and 13-17. Once again, to vote you need to go to the Pichette Photography Facebook fan page and like the picture of the child you are voting for, OR you need to email pichettephotography@charter.net and tell us the name of the child you are voting for. :)

Contest Age 5 to 8 | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-29T14:02:00.001-08:00

Contest entries - ages 5-8. Once again, to vote you need to go to the Pichette Photography Facebook fan page and like the picture of the child you are voting for, OR you need to email pichettephotography@charter.net and tell us the name of the child you are voting for. :)

Contest Age 2 to 4 | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsinn

2012-02-29T13:59:00.002-08:00

Contest entries - ages 2-4. Once again, to vote you need to go to the Pichette Photography Facebook fan page and like the picture of the child you are voting for, OR you need to email pichettephotography@charter.net and tell us the name of the child you are voting for. :)

Contest 2 & Under | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsinn

2012-02-29T13:41:00.003-08:00

FINALLY!!! It's time to vote on these cute kids. You can see all their cute little pictures here - but if you want to vote, you need to go to the Pichette Photography Facebook fan page and like their picture, OR you can send an email to pichettephotography@charter.net with the name of the child you'd like to vote for. :) We had a lot of fun doing this - and we're so happy with the creativity of each and every single parent! :)

Ethan Veloso | Newborn Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-28T14:49:00.000-08:00

5 days new!! Ethan slept almost his entire visit - BUT, we did get eyes on his last picture. Check out the cutest kids contest images coming out tomorrow to see that one!!! :)

Cinderella | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-27T15:47:00.001-08:00

We even make Cinderella work when she comes into the studio!

The Veloso's | Maternity Newborn Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-26T13:39:00.001-08:00

3 weeks early - Ethan was ready to join the rest of the world! I was a little surprised when I got the phone call last Sunday that Ethan was here since we had just finished mom's maternity photos the day before. I also can't stress enough how important it is to get your newborn session scheduled as soon as possible - and I'm so excited that I got to spend Ethan's 5th day of life with him. Because we are running the cutest kids contest - and Ethan made it just in time to join the contest - I can't show you his newborn pictures YET - but, how adorable is his family picture?!?!

Elly Kopperud - Part 2 | Senior Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-23T12:40:00.001-08:00

Miss Elly - part 2. I feel like a VH1 top 20 countdown (in which case, I should technically be saying part deaux). Elly is a gorgeous girl and I honestly can't pick whether I like the light series or the dark series better. I will give you a hint though - to hit it all during your senior session, schedule your senior session 2-3 hrs before sunset! That way you get the mid-sky bright, yet not harsh sun and you get the sun set darker photos.

Elly Kopperud - Part 1 | Senior Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-23T07:53:00.000-08:00

I have a lot of favorites from this session - thus the reason there is a part 1 and a part 2. Part 1 are from our super secret location in the Tomah area. It is by far one of my favorite places to shoot! The sun couldn't have been more perfect - crisp, lower in the sky, not harsh. Perfect! Watch for part 2 where we got use our our more dramatic lighting since the sun was going down! ;)

Naked Cowboy | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-20T17:44:00.001-08:00

Every once and awhile we even have naked cowboys at our studio!

Miss Elly | Senior Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-18T18:21:00.000-08:00

Spring (technically winter but it sure feels like spring) in Wisconsin. Perfect sun. Gorgeous model. All the reasons why I chose photography as my career. Today could not have gone anymore perfect. Sorry, all you get is a preview though!! ;) **& Taiya if you catch pneumonia because you were running around in the snow barefoot - I am NOT taking care of you!!!!

The Veloso's | Maternity Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-17T13:27:00.000-08:00

Meet the Veloso's. They are expecting a little boy to enter the world in 4 weeks and counting. Serena looks AMAZING for being 8 months pregnant!! We were a little depressed because we REALLY wanted to go outside, but those 30mph wind gusts just weren't fun to work with. We acted all tough and headed out - only to be back inside after about 5 minutes.

The Hart's | Family Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-17T06:27:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of spending Saturday afternoon with this adorable family. Logan was a very typical 4yr old boy ... full of energy, wanted to play with cars, and could be bribed ;) Bribery is my new best friend - as are the bags of skittles we go through here at the studio. I didn't want to go high-key white on the first two since they were keeping to the gray's ... but for the final image - we went high-key and I love it!

Miss Brooklynn | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-15T07:54:00.000-08:00

Here is the cutest of Miss Brooklynn's session. The absolute cutest you can't see because it's for the cutest kids contest - but soon!! Very soon!!! :) I have to say - I am very impressed with how creative everyone has been. Pinterest has changed the world!!

Wedding Packages | Wedding Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-14T10:45:00.000-08:00

I have sick children. Well .. one sick child at the moment. However, the other child informed me that this morning his ears were hurting and he's not feeling well - so I have a feeling that just as one kid is getting ready to go back to school, the other will be home. I don't get a whole lot accomplished when I have sick children. In fact, I'm sitting with NINE sessions that need editing. I think I might just do a few of them after our nap. Yes, on sick days, we get a nap!

So, to counteract the feeling that I'm not accomplishing anything - I decided to run a special for one week only. After all - there has to be a few people who get engaged today. SO, for them, I am throwing out a 20% off special. We only have our ultimate package listed on the website but, we do offer smaller packages depending on what you're looking for. SO, if you get engaged this week (or over that last several weeks) and you want to kill two birds with one stone, you can book the ultimate DJ & Photography package for 20% off .... :) See, I can accomplish something before nap time. I feel so much better!

Silhouette | Maternity Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-12T09:52:00.000-08:00

Giovanni & Serena are expecting a baby!! :) Prince Ethan should be arriving any day now (or sometime in the next month) and we can't wait to meet him!! But first, we had a fun maternity session with his parents. It didn't quite go as planned :( We really, really, REALLY wanted to do some outside pictures (and we did), but those 30 mph wind gusts just weren't making it easy. So, we improvised and did most of the session indoors which is where we came up with this silhouette!

Cake Smash | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-09T11:43:00.000-08:00

We've been working on creating some packages at the studio. One that we came up with is our Cake Smash package. It is $150+tax and it includes: a session with 3 outfit changes, a smash cake from Lauren's Flour Shoppe (in Tomah) that you can design the way you want, a disc of all the images, and an 8x10. Although we've done cake smashes in the past, Miss Madalyn was our first package participant. She was definitely one of the most dainty cake eaters we've had!!

Miss Brookelynn Sneak Peek | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-05T19:16:00.000-08:00

How adorable is this sweetie? And there's more - wait til you see the REST!

Cutest Kids Contest Update | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-03T15:13:00.000-08:00

We had an anonymous donation today that it made it possible for everyone to do a FREE entry to the cutest kids contest. How exciting is that?!?!?! So, the entry fee has been removed, the appointments are first come first serve, and we are having a blast! Creativity is all up to you - so get your thinking caps on!!!! Oh, and appointments are FLYING out the door - so make sure you schedule your appointment SOON so that you make sure we can fit you into the schedule!

Miss Kathryn Sneak Peek | Baby Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-03T15:09:00.000-08:00

Miss Kathryn came in today for a cutest contest entry and a 3 month session. She reminds me sooooo much of my daughter at this age, right down to the spikey hair! You think this is cute - wait til you see the entry for the cutest kids contest!!!!

More New Products New Floors | Studio Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-02-01T18:07:00.000-08:00

We have more new products at the studio (and still MORE coming)! We have always used one lab for all our professional prints and we LOVE them. They deliver 90% of our products the next day after we order (the last 10% - 8% of it comes in two days - 2% of it longer depending on the item) and we have never, ever had a problem with them! We did decide that two is always better than one - so we added a new lab to our resources. They are just as amazing - and while not as fast (simply because the items they offer take longer to make) they still make it within the week!

The newest item going on our price list is: coasters! These are super cool! They are heavy duty, come in cork board or marble, and they are going to last you for a long, long time! One of my awesome brides decided to take the tidbits that made her wedding unique (the cake, the decor, the flowers, the shoes, the rings, etc) and put those images on a coaster. She spent a lot of time figuring out all the details for her wedding - and now she'll always be able to remember them!

Next, another new floor! My toothless son so graciously volunteered (it cost me $5 for him to model). BUT - I love it!!!

Dough For Your Cookie | Misc Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-31T10:48:00.000-08:00

Cookie making is serious business - especially if you bring my mother-in-law to it. Her line of the day ... "make sure you have enough dough for your cookie." Or maybe it was the other way around. I can't remember now - but I do remember telling her I was going to blog about it. Make sure if you see her you ask her which one it is!!!

Cookies also make your teeth fall out!

2nd Annual Cutest Kids Contest | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-30T18:14:00.000-08:00

Kelsey's TWO | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-27T11:13:00.000-08:00

This post can only begin with these instructions .... stop reading. Go back to Day 73 (yes, waaaaaaay back almost to the beginning). That is where you will find Baby Kelsey - my very FIRST newborn client. Those baby blues haven't changed a bit!

Kelsey has turned into a typical two year old ... shy but curious, and once she warmed up to me, she was FULL of energy! Fruit snacks are our friend :)

New Products New Floors | Studio Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-25T11:45:00.000-08:00

I may have been absent for awhile, but trust me, I've been working hard! As most of you know, we own two businesses - Pichette Photography LLC & TnT Entertainment (our DJ service). January is a good, slow month with not a lot going on, after all, it's cold here in Wisconsin :) So, January becomes our "gotta-get-this-LONG-list-of-stuff-that-should-have-been-done-6-months-ago" month. The biggest thing on the list can be checked off - TAXES!! WHEW! Thankfully that is the one thing I actually kept on this year - thank you Quickbooks!!!!

The second biggest thing this year was for TnT Entertainment. Back in March, we discovered that more than half of our music library was GONE due to a corrupted passport. I never had time to back everything up at once - so, there were a hundred little backups here and there and in the basement and in the closet and - you get the point. I now understand the importance of backing up EVERYTHING (music / pictures / videos) and keeping them all in one easy to find place. So, after importing pretty much EVERY single CD we had into iTunes, converting them from an mp4 to an mp3, and storing them in THREE places - I think we have everything back. I am thankful that we do have iTunes on our phones now - so it does make it super easy if we actually don't have a song when we are DJing.

And that brings us to number 3, 4, 5 ... 100 on my list. Hoping to accomplish some of that this next week before life starts to get busy again! The process of importing and converting music is a waiting game - which thankfully, I am a HUGE multi-tasker. :) Online shopping is my friend - I bought a couple of new backdrops and floors - one of which you see in the picture. AND, I designed one of our new super brag books. This thing is massive and SUPER cool - so be sure to ask to see it when you come in to the studio!!!

Khloe & Fam | Newborn Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-18T14:04:00.000-08:00

Miss Khloe came in for a mini session with her mom and dad. She even brought her penguin hat :)

Austin William | Newborn Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-18T09:55:00.000-08:00

Austin is a doll! We had scheduled his first session back in December, but he wasn't having it. A few weeks later, and even though he wasn't feeling the greatest, he managed to flash those big blue eyes long enough to get some shots. We even managed to catch a smile at the end!

Creative Minis | Child Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-17T16:32:00.000-08:00

Want something creative and cute? Schedule a mini indoor session with me ($25) and get these 20 of these adorable mini cards for free! Contact me at pichettephotography@charter.net if you'd like to set-up a session. If you just had a session with me, you can use the images from that and get 20 minis for $10+tax.

Caleb | Newborn Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-16T15:25:00.000-08:00

Do you know how much easier it is to create a blog post when you don't have to remember what day you are on?! :) Today it's all about baby dinosaurs, badger fans, hunters, and baby Caleb who seems to be a fan of all the above! Caleb's mom came in with a vision and we did our best to make it happen!

Full Moon | Nature Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-13T08:42:00.000-08:00

I shot this at 7am with a 300mm lens - free handed. :) Granted, I should have used a tripod BUT it's cold out there baby! I still LOVE how you can see the craters on the right side. We got asked to use the beta vs of lightroom 4 and so far i really it, except it seems a little backwards for me. But the sharpness and the color adjustments are superb!!

Spring Has ... Sprung? | Nature Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-10T14:10:00.000-08:00

January 10th ... I cannot ever remember a year in my entire 32.7 years of existence that has not involved snow, ice, or all of the above! Don't get me wrong - I love it. I am also going to be extremely irritated if we get snow in June or July! I honestly am beginning to believe we have shifted south. As much as I am loving this weather - I wish we could get a least a few snowflakes. I have a list of about 11 people who want me to call them the second the white flakes start falling so they can get their dreamy snow pictures! Until then, I'm going to start calling it spring!

Desconectarse | Misc Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-09T10:14:00.000-08:00

Now that I have not committed myself to a daily blog, I tend to forget to shoot! AGH!!! I went to grab my camera today and it was DEAD - so dead, the light wouldn't even come on to inform me of a low battery. This is what my world has come to. I did pick up the camera last week for a business client - and the rest of the week, I spent working around the house!

Desconectarse is exactly the perfect descriptive word for what I've been doing lately! The meaning of the word: "To let go of the things that are inhibiting you from being who you should be!" I've been doing this in my in business, personally, and spiritually. I still have a long ways to go - but it's a start. A fresh start!

Fresh starts always start better on bright sunshiney days! Mr. Owl, who lives in my kitchen window, says today is a bright sunshiney day!

Britteny & Josh | Engagement Photographer | Tomah, Wisconsin

2012-01-04T09:12:00.000-08:00

Britteny hearts Josh (and vice versa). Josh asked Britteny to marry him shortly before Christmas and they both wanted some winter engagement pictures. I'm glad we were able to coordinate our schedules before life takes them on different journeys (he's headed to basic training, she's headed to college). & yes, we live in Wisconsin and we can't seem to get any snow on the ground. Those flurries you see in the picture - they were melted before they hit the ground LOL. Time to move to Texas and find some snow!

Best Of 2011

2011-12-31T16:48:00.000-08:00

It was almost impossible to narrow down 2011 into 48 photos! In fact, I could almost fill up two more collages just like this with all of my favorite images from the year. 2011 was an AWESOME year fro the business! We accomplished 19 weddings, 143 sessions, and it's nice to hear Pichette Photography becoming a name people know around the area. Just this week, we had several people at the bank, at the store, and even while getting our hair cut, tell us that they loved our images.

We hope that 2012 will be just as awesome and from the looks of the sessions & weddings we have lined up, it will be! We appreciate each and every single one of our customers for recommending us and for keeping us as your photographer!

day 697 | time to say goodbye

2011-12-30T16:08:00.000-08:00

this blog has been an enjoyable project over the course of the last 697 days! i have loved it, i have hated it .... there have been some UNFORGETTABLE memories! unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control - there has come to be a certain part of my life that i no longer wish to share. i have gone back and forth on the subject for the last several months - and i always seem to come to the same answer :( if there are those who can't share in our lives directly - i don't feel the need to share with them indirectly any longer.

i will continue to update the blog from the photography aspect of things as much as possible - and i WILL even continue to shoot because i want to! :) i can't guarantee a daily post - i mean seriously - do you see how far i get behind LOL! but i promise a couple of times a week!! :) and i figure the best way to end the personal side of things is .... with us! (taken by sarah schultz photography)

day 696 | back to work

2011-12-29T08:24:00.000-08:00

okay - i worked one day over winter break :) got the perfect light snow fall too. snowflakes + perfect lighting + green bay packers jersey + LOVE = i heart this picture!!! the rest of the day shall be spent recuperating from vacation LOL!

day 695 | on top of the world

2011-12-28T21:22:00.000-08:00

in my opinion, we saved the best of our trip for the last day! 1st visit - shedd aquarium. i have been to shedd quite a few times - but seeing my kids love it as much as i do was awesome! they would just stand there and look forever at the different fish, sharks, snorkeler in the tank. actually they were a little freaked out by the snorkeler in the tank lol. at the aquarium, we got to see happy feet in 4d. what's a 4d film? well, 3d makes you feel like you're right in the movie, and if that isn't enough - you add 4d which means your seat is moving, you're getting poked in the back, snow is falling in the theater, and when the fish squirts water out - you get squirted in the face from the seat in front of you. it was a pretty cute deal.

so, picture 1: the kids watching the coral reef (how cute is tatums' arm around tanner?!??!?!). picture 2: some weird looking frog / fish guy. picture 3: the JELLIES. i LOVE LOVE LOVE jelly fish. they're so peaceful and gorgeous and graceful and deadly! picture 4: the beluga whale / dolphin show. now there is no flash allowed in this aquarium - and those little dolphins were fast little suckers. SO - you only get to see the beluga whale portion of that show. we had a front row seat and the penguins walked right in front of us. it was super cute to see how excited the kids got.

oh, we're not done with our chicago experience! back on the bus for us and then back downtown where we had lunch underneath the sears tower (the sears tower has been renamed the willis skydeck - but i like the sears tower better - so that's what i'm going to call it). it was pretty cold and windy (who would have thought it gets windy in the windy city) and the line to wait was halfway around the building - BUT we came to do the sears tower and gosh darn it, we are going to do this thing. thankfully the line just seemed much longer than it really was and we got in after about 20 minutes. picture 5: the sears tower from the bottom. picture 6: view out of the sears tower. i love city views so i LOVED being up there. well i loved it until i saw planes taking off and landing at o'hare - then i got a little freaked out! but, like i said - we are doing this haha. picture 7: the kids on the ledge. tatum was NOT going out any further. picture 8: tegan isn't afraid of anything - let's do a handstand on the ledge! picture 9 & 10: more views from the skydeck.

after the skydeck we decided to give the kids their FULL chicago experience and let them ride in a taxi. tegan was FOR SURE we were going to get into an accident. he says that guy is a CRAZY driver. and that my friends - brings us to the end of chicago (for this year).

day 694 | walk 500 miles

2011-12-27T18:59:00.000-08:00

day two of our chicago trip can pretty much be summed up with a song .... "i would walk 500 miles"! but, to give our children a true chicago experience - first, let's take the L into the city. picture 1: the kids waiting for the L, pictures 2-4: the kids on the L. i find it amusing they all have the same expression on their faces. picture 5 makes me smile - what city experience isn't complete without a park filled with pigeons? from there - we get on a crowded bus (another city experience that you can't live without) and it was pretty crowded so there are no pictures of this event!

picture 6: my kids standing in front of the sun (not the literal sun silly - it's a replica :) at adler planetarium. picture 7: tanner thinks we're walking WAAAAAAY too much and he needs a FAFFLE (also known as a waffle)! then it was off to visit sue in picture 8: the dinosaur! i am completely okay with NEVER going to the field museum again. it was nice to see animals in a zoo setting without the zoo smell ... but the animals don't move so you can't sit there for hours and stare at them. AND the gems were nice - but seriously - unless you're buying them for me (and i don't even wear gems) i'm not really that interested. it's neat to see how people in other parts of the world live - but unless i'm really in their world - i lose interest. AND a mummy burial site is pretty cool - but seriously - it's dirt with a hole in it where the mummy was. i can dig a hole in my backyard and be pretty much just as amused. so it was super neat to see - but i've seen it and now it's time to move on.

the kids actually liked the underground world where you shrink to the size of an ant and see how everything looks from their perspective - and i did think that was definitely something you could remember. BUT we all know WHY you go to the field museum!!!! it's to see the dinosaur bones - and my kids were pretty darn THRILLED with that. of course - who wouldn't be. they were giant animals with super cool names that i can't even pronounce - that's how cool they are! did i mention how much walking we had to do?

after our trip to the field museum - we checked out soldier field while we waited for our bus. the morning bus was crowded - the evening bus was overflowing. i seriously didn't think we were going to get on this bus without some definite personal space invasion - but my kids were already jumping on so we jumped and never looked back. i got to meet some downtown chicago people up CLOSE and personal! the L was just as packed (i guess we should have thought out leaving the museum at rush hour a little better) but it's the memories we made PEOPLE! how can you take your kids on a chicago experience and not experience the bus, the L, the insane amount of walking .... ah, a taxi! we will save that for tomorrow! picture 9: the skyline from the field museum. AND picture 10: our view from our hotel (with some nice not so clean window film for you to view). :)

day 693 | chicago

2011-12-26T22:04:00.000-08:00

every year we give tegan (and this year tatum) a choice of what they want to do over winter break. this year we gave them the choice of going to a packer game or going to chicago. to my surprise (you read just a couple of days ago about tegan's sports obsession) they chose chicago.

so, here is day 1 ... arriving in the city. the kids were in awe of the buildings as we drove by them. one of the best things was that tegan & tatum got to go with two of their best friends ... sawyer & tanner - so right away we met up with them at the museum of science and industry. there are a MILLION things to see at that museum ranging from a huge city and train station, a boeing 747, a train, a submarine, dr. seuess, a whole wing on weather, the ability to walk through a tornado, the body experience, cloned animals, the circus, the farm, a make your own toy exhibit, a fairy princess castle, a body and all about you (including all your organs displayed in super neat form) and there isn't any possible way i could list the enormous amount of things there.

when i asked the kids what their favorite part was - they both said the babies. there is an exhibit that has babies from every single week of pregnancy - starting right at the beginning. the kids couldn't take their eyes off of them. my favorite thing was week 8 where it actually had the amniotic sac and the embryo ... tatum says, "what's going on here?!?" they also LOVED the body exhibits - for instance seeing your brain, and your lungs - they were just intrigued! they definitely learned A LOT!

and i PROMISE more pictures for the rest of our trip - however, day 1 has been exhausting! the 4th picture shows the baby, the 5th picture shows all of our blood vessels, the 6th picture is of sawyer & tegan playing with electricity in the weather exhibit, and the last picture is of the train city.

day 692 | lights

2011-12-25T20:21:00.000-08:00

almost a typical sunday for us .... meeting, lunch, football. today we went to tyson's grandparents for lunch and played a couple of rounds of cards. then home and finished picking up the house. THEN football!! tomorrow - VACATION! :)

day 691 | operation owl room

2011-12-24T09:39:00.000-08:00

i get at least 1 or 2 emails a day from family, friends, awesome clients, etc who ALL have my daughter's best interests at heart. these emails are always featuring some adorable owl decoration, owl pillow pet, owl statue, owl this, owl that - OWLS! everyone thinks tatum NEEDS to have an owl room (and for this - i blame no one else than GRANDPA). i'm sending him the bill for all these cute owl items since he's the one that got tatum a little obsessed. however, over the course of the last few months - tatum's operation owl room is COMPLETE.

day 690 | sporty spice

2011-12-23T18:50:00.000-08:00

tyson and i have created a MONSTER! tegan could not find his madden nfl game today and was about to have a heart attack right there on the spot. i, being the problem-solving mother that i am, told him to play a different madden game and i was pretty sure madden 12 would turn up. NO! i got a 12 minute lecture on how different each madden game is and how important it is that we find madden 12! okay - i understand that the packers won the super bowl so obviously - madden 12 would be the most important nfl game EVER - but, i'm pretty sure that if you throw the ball where the little x's and o's and triangles are - you can beat whatever team you want to beat whether it be madden 09, 03, 12, whatever!!!! well needless to say - we found it. we also found these other games underneath the couch, in the couch cushions, behind the piano music, etc etc etc and i realized what a sports fanatic we have. ACK - time to figure something out and quick ....

BUT then i realized it's just too late. tyson came home and turned on the cardinals and (bengals?) game (let's face it - i don't really know who's playing unless it's a. the packers, b. the bears, c. the badgers, d. the super bowl, or e the vikings losing). there was about 2 minutes in the game and tegan proceeded to tell me all the possible outcomes in the game. like for instance if the cardinals throw deep for a touchdown and then do a 2point conversion - they could win the game. but when the cardinals threw deep and missed - he said, well it's too late for them, there simply isn't enough time left in the game for them to win now .... i realized - i can use this to my advantage. like for instance, MATH!!! if the packers have a score of 14 and the vikings have a score of 3, how many points to the vikings need to win? it's a sure way to get him to love math (as if he doesn't already)!! :)

day 689 | i abhor cotton balls

2011-12-22T20:32:00.000-08:00

i am finding these all over the house and i am pretty sure they are coming from ONE little girl who has suddenly developed a crafty side. i ABHOR cotton balls. they are creepy. i cannot touch cotton balls - i don't care if they're colored cotton balls or white cotton balls - they are CREEPY!!!!!! she has a MILLION of them. tatum says she is making a present for her grandmas - so as a message to her grandmas - come and get your creepy present so we can get rid of these cotton balls!!!!!!!!

day 688 | snowflake & handwriting

2011-12-21T20:22:00.000-08:00

do remember the part where i warned you that these next several weeks may be boring pictures? well this is what i've got. :) i've had the flu so i'm back-tracking. yes, the nasty, why the heck did i bother getting a flu shot, someone is stepping on my lungs, FLU! spent most of the day in bed with a heating blanket. PLUS, i'm off for TWO weeks - so this is it. no more excuses - this is like a week in my normal life. HAHA. tegan's snowflake hand print he brought home today .... he looks like he's on crack in the picture (i'm sure the school only owns a point and shoot) - but the snowflake hand thing is definitely a keeper :) and for a bonus picture - check out my little bug's handwriting! i'm not sure what a snoofy snowman is - but i'm pretty sure it's a word!!! pretty good for the 1st grade :)

day 687 | timberpups

2011-12-20T14:29:00.000-08:00

spent the afternoon at tatum's school. today we decorated the gingerbread men. see that awesome shirt tatum's wearing - :) gotta love gymboree and they're ability to match almost any topic that you could possibly learn about that the tomah timberpups school! :) after spending two days with a bunch of 4 & 5 year olds - i have a special place in my heart for 4k teachers. i could NEVER be a teacher!! i need a nap!!

day 686 | don't hate me because ....

2011-12-19T16:37:00.000-08:00

don't hate me because i'm beautiful ... that's all that needs to be said about harley in this picture! we spent the weekend in viroqua this last weekend. turns out it's been THREE years since our family has went to visit down there (as a family). lol. oops!! we had a delicious dinner, watched the packer game (it's okay that they lost - they need to rest up for the playoffs), and played an epic game of hand and foot. and what's the best part of this deal?!?!? in 11 days - we get to do it all again, only this time - tomah style! :)

day 685 | rock candy

2011-12-18T16:35:00.000-08:00

okay - i warned you that i was enjoying my time at home and technically on vacation. this is what it's come to. i am not picking up my camera for anything (have i mentioned how heavy it is)? so, today i thought i better take a picture of something to prove that i do still take pictures. ROCK CANDY. my mother inlaw brought this home for the kids after their trip to florida. thankfully - my kids didn't know what to do with it. so, i ate it!

day 684 | gingerbreadness

2011-12-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

tatum's gingerbread man (or woman?) she made at school. i love how all of her gingerbread people have amazing hair! and tegan's gingerbread house from school. they are begging to make gingerbread people over winter break - so we shall see how that goes! first, we have to make gingerbread boys and girls at tatum's school this week - then we'll see if we're daring enough to do it at home :)

day 683 | slacker

2011-12-16T12:21:00.000-08:00

i have turned into a MAJOR slacker. today's schedule was completely EMPTY! it's the first time that has happened in over a year. there was no appointments, no editing, my house was clean, my laundry was semi-caught up, my kids were in school - peace and quiet!! i did not do anything - including not picking up a camera. however, this was on my iPhone from the other day. i kind of like the way the raindrops look like film grain. oh, and fair warning - this is probably the kind of images you will get until the end of the year. i'm enjoying my time at home :)

day 682 | business cards

2011-12-15T09:35:00.000-08:00

i have been such a slacker in the marketing area of our business. having a bazillion things to do all summer / fall - i didn't accomplish what i wanted. BUT - now i'm on vacation :) time to get caught up on all the little things that make our businesses run. step 1 - business cards and gift certificates. narrowing down my favorites has been horrible ... and then making sure i have enough ratio of boys vs girls / etc. ... even more difficult. lol. but this was my final choice. the nice thing is i can flip out the pictures and change them whenever i choose!! :)

day 681 | rochester

2011-12-14T23:00:00.000-08:00

today was QUITE the day. tegan had his six month checkup at mayo. crazy that it has been six months since his last surgery. couldn't see anything the whole day up because the fog was so bad and it rained the whole way. almost got into a car accident in downtown rochester because tegan and tatum were fighting and i didn't see the car STOP in front of me. AND couldn't see anything but white lines in the middle of the road on the way home because it was so foggy and POURING down rain. POURING - as in buckets. thank goodness that's all done until next summer!!! so here is my picture for the day. it was taken this fall - but i love it. i've been trying to pick out pictures for my business cards and this is one of them!! :)

day 680 | aiden

2011-12-13T19:50:00.000-08:00

aiden. look at that smile! it's cuteness and mischievousness all wrapped up that adorable little freckle-faced kid! aiden is 8! his mom and i went to school together back in viroqua ... AND we were next door neighbors. i had a lot of fun telling him how crazy his mom was back in the day :)

day 679 | blue eyes

2011-12-12T10:58:00.000-08:00

lots of blue eyed babies :) miss ella and sir karter. how adorable are they?

day 678 | kaylin senior

2011-12-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

my last senior for 2011 (class of 2012). it was FREEZING cold outside at a whopping 7º and below 0 windchill. we stayed close to the car and warmed up about every 5 minutes. thankfully everything worked perfect and we ended up with some amazing images. that is a good thing considering the yearbook deadline is wednesday!! :)

day 677 | baby galore

2011-12-10T21:16:00.001-08:00

more sessions!! there's miss abby who's THREE, baby austin toes, baby blake the viking fan, baby blake the dinosaur, and baby stella! baby blake and baby austin have sessions pt 2 scheduled for later this week. AND there's more sessions coming.

day 676 | session madness

2011-12-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

the next couple of days are going to be all session posts! i've been shooting for about 2 weeks straight - so here are a few of the new sessions .... we've got some of miss elly, the schroeder family, sir justin, the hubred / linn families, AND sir steven!

day 675 | lady antebellum

2011-12-08T06:46:00.000-08:00

eden's edge, josh kelley, and lady antebellum ... need i say more. oh, well i should say i forgot my camera (yes, me - seriously). thank goodness my phone takes halfway decent pictures.

day 674 | miss jenna

2011-12-07T09:17:00.001-08:00

miss jenna came in with her family earlier this fall - but it was time for her own photo session. check out those eyes!

day 673 | iPhone

2011-12-06T08:34:00.000-08:00

verizon got sick of dealing with me and offered me early release out of my contract if i would just upgrade to a new phone. i guess sending me 7 original droids was pushing their limits. so into the verizon store we went where i sat and stared at the phones for about an hour. i have phone commitment phobia! two years is a long time to be stuck with a phone you hate!

i walked out with the droid razr - which is a pretty awesome little phone! or should i say big phone. by the end of the 1st night i had a hand cramp because the screen was too large to hold with one hand. it was amazingly fast and had features i loved - but within the 1st day - i was already having some problems with it. like not wanting to connect to internet, etc.

so back to verizon - where this time i had made up my mind beforehand and knew it was just best if i stayed home. so i sent tyson to verizon. this time it was the iPhone 4s and i had to wait FOREVER for delivery (they said up to 2 weeks). to my surprise - it came today (2 days later). my little world just got a whole lot better. i was in love within the 1st hour - and i'm still in love. for those of you who have siri - you understand why i'm in love!! (and if you have siri - tell her you love it when she calls you big poppa) HAHA

day 672 | dieterich

2011-12-05T17:39:00.001-08:00

i had the pleasure of shooting this lovely couple's pictures this weekend. at the tender age of 75 - they are newlyweds!! gerald knows tyson's grandpa pretty well and was catching us up on the "other side" of all those fish stories he tells! i always knew there had to be another side to those stories!!! :)

day 671 | class of 2012

2011-12-04T17:35:00.000-08:00

finished editing danielle's session from earlier this week. we were in a rush to get these done because yearbook pictures are due in 10 days! we know quite a few of danielle's family members - however, danielle actually just moved here from texas. (there's something with texas this week at the studio)!!! so i have to give props to danielle who braved the freezing cold wind and the crazy 5pm darkness. (i'm in love with this top image)!!!

day 670 | austin & grandma

2011-12-03T17:32:00.000-08:00

today i finally got to meet austin! austin's mom & dad were in for a maternity session earlier this fall (day 599 & day 603) and austin finally decided to make an appearance - this time with grandma who was visiting from texas! keep your eyes open for austin's newborn session coming later this week!!! :)

day 669 | miss stella

2011-12-02T17:11:00.000-08:00

miss stella came to visit the other evening - she's a RIOT! princess fruit snacks are her favorites!!!! good thing we had plenty on hand :)

day 668 | viola

2011-12-01T16:51:00.001-08:00

had a great senior session with danielle. it was a little chilly and kind of wet - but we pulled thru! this is one of my FAVORITE images though from the evening. you know i have a soft spot for music!!! :)

day 667 | michelle heart rick

2011-11-30T16:44:00.000-08:00

woohoo! i did it. i finished editing my last wedding before december 1st :) now just a few more sessions to catch up ... and 6 sessions to shoot this weekend and we are wrapping up the year :) oh - check out that minister - he's INTENSE! lol.these are just a few of my favorites out of the almost 500 images. michelle had the perfect winter skies - and let me tell you it was FREEZING and WINDY. she held up really well!!

day 666 | addendum

2011-11-29T18:34:00.000-08:00

i want to add an addendum to the things i am thankful for ... or not thankful for :) i am not thankful for my droid - it has issues. in fact, this is droid #7 in two years. me and technology to NOT get along. which is why directv and my droid can be in the same category.

words with friends is also not something i am thankful for - in fact i HATE it!! i am a word nerd .... i love boggle or any other type of word game except for scrabble (or anything similar). i do not like to be told where i can put my word. it annoys me!!!!!! so why do i play? i play for one of my BFF's. it brings us closer together! well it did until she got a 96 point word - and now i'm just even more annoyed :P so when you see me checking my phone constantly during the day - this is probably what i am doing. i am probably cursing in my head at what stupid word i am supposed to make with those stupid letters it just gave me. stupid game.

day 665 | back to work

2011-11-28T08:02:00.000-08:00

back to work. back to editing! my goal is to have this wedding finished by december 1st. it's going to happen!!!! it helps that life went back to being quiet today. tys went back to work, the kids went back to school, harley is laying on my floor belly up ... life is good!

day 664 | family

2011-11-27T10:07:00.000-08:00

today was all about family. and inlaws. lol. we started out the day by heading to black river falls for the meeting, had lunch with family, and finished out the day at the bowling alley. it was nice. quiet. back to normal.

if you've been following the blog over the last couple of days - you know the photo credit for my photo of the day goes to SARAH SCHULTZ PHOTOGRAPHY. there were some complications with the images so we have a redo session scheduled. it happens! and although i can't make larger prints of these images - i do love how they turned out and i am hoping my second session goes just as awesome!!

day 663 | crash & burn

2011-11-26T07:10:00.000-08:00

today we come to the part of the weekend that is also known as "crash & burn." the tryptophan has kicked in, a cold is nestling in my lungs, and i need a nap!!! thankfully i did catch some z's while tyson & david were watching all the kids. i could have sworn they were playing rock band by the bass in my bedroom - turns out they were just watching "top gear." woke up feeling absolutely miserable but just in time to have dinner with tyson's side of the family. more turkey = more tryptophan = definitely need to go back to bed :) haha. i did start editing a little bit on my last wedding for the year. that's my goal for this week!!!

day 662 | princesses

2011-11-25T13:40:00.000-08:00

today was all about this munchkin and her NEED for princesses. jessica and i met elizabeth and took the girls to see disney princesses live. the girls were THRILLED!! the show was cute. after the show - we met the boys and decided to go swimming. the one nice thing about thanksgiving weekend - the pool was pretty empty! :)

THIS PHOTO IS CREDIT TO SARAH SCHULTZ PHOTOGRAPHY

day 661 | trippette day

2011-11-24T13:00:00.000-08:00

today was our 4th annual trippette day! in case you have forgot - the tripp's and the pichette's make up the trippette's. although my parents come too - so i don't know how they fit in our little name lingo. lately, tyson and i have been spending a lot of time trying to avoid family. it seems the annual trippette day was just what we needed!!

there was an amazing meal - which turned into just eating all day!! there were games - euchre, 500, just dance 2, and guitar hero. the packers BEAT the lions (okay beat is not necessarily what happened - it was more like MAULED the lions). and hilarious non-stop laughter is always on hand!

all of that brings us to .... i don't believe that i need one day to be thankful. i am just as thankful the other 364 days (365 days on leap year). however, if i had to say right at this moment what i am thankful for ....

1) i am thankful for inside jokes. the jokes that you can think about when no one else is around and you start laughing your fool head off. the jokes that you can retell time and again and they are just as funny the millionth time as they were the first time!

2) i am thankful for schwan's sundae cones. those should be a given. but those things are amazing.

3) i am thankful for amazing lifelong friends who are there for you no matter what. the kind of friends that you have had for 10+ years and you never fight. the friends who know everything about you and they're still your friends!! the friends who know that bedtime is at 10pm (or earlier) and you're not kicking them out - it's just bedtime.

4) i am thankful for family. this has been a hard one lately. but, i am thankful for the family who knows that there are times when you can't make it on your own but they still stand by your side. the family who does what's right even when it feels wrong. the family that goes out of their way to make you feel like you're more than just family - you're friends!

5) i am thankful for canon, hp, and adobe - they make my photography come to life. :) i am thankful for dr pepper - it makes the whole day better. i am thankful for madden 12 and super mario brothers - they make my children happy. i am thankful for nissan, and fishing - that makes my husband happy. i am thankful that my children have AMAZING teachers - i couldn't have handpicked better ones for them. i am not thankful for directv - they make me angry! i am also not thankful for the tomah area credit untion (TACU) - they make me angry too! i am not quite sure if i am thankful that my daughter decided to LOVE owls the year everything has an owl on it - owls are costing me a small fortune. i am thankful that the packers are doing an amazing job because i'm pretty sure my mother's health depends on it!

6) and the obvious givens that EVERYONE says .... i am thankful for my life, my home, my family, my friends, my awesome clients, pretty sunsets, fall, and beautiful countrysides. :)

day 660 | who missed me

2011-11-23T18:11:00.000-08:00

let me start off this blog by saying ... I DID NOT TAKE THIS PICTURE!! :) the amazing sarah schultz photography did this - however, it is my adorable children :) i must say - my children were amazingly cooperative. amazingly!! they are touching each other and not screaming - this is amazing!!! :) well this is my FAVORITE image out of all of them. miss tatum is FIVE and teagster is SEVEN. craziness.

alright - so i have been informed by several today that i have not been blogging regularly. so for that - i am sorry! it has been a LONG weekend. amazingly fun - but long!! so long in fact - i had to take a nap today! :) don't worry - i will catch up in the next day or two. until then - you'll just have to be filled with anticipation ;)

day 659 | chris & alejandra married

2011-11-22T08:23:00.000-08:00

let me start off by saying ... this is probably one of the LONGEST blog posts ever. okay - the most photos from me anyway. we've been working with chris & alejandra over the course of the last year - wedding consults, engagement pictures, the wedding - and we've gotten to know them pretty well! all in all, we ended up with over 1500 pictures between two cameras. we took those images and narrowed it down to just shy of 700 final images. there wasn't a moment of this wedding that wasn't shot lol. and although to most 700 images sounds like A LOT of images - that's less than 100 images an hour. i can shoot 100 images in about 15 minutes - so i'd say that's pretty good lol. narrowing those 700 images down to a few favorites = COMPLICATED! this 1st image is one of my ABSOLUTE favorites EVER from a wedding. do you like my random capitalization?!? that's how much i LOVE it :)

day 658 | mr & mrs wacker

2011-11-21T14:59:00.000-08:00

i am almost finished up with this session. tomorrow you will get my favorite individual posts - but since i'm still wrapping it up, here is a sneak peak of what is to come! :)

day 657 | tate is FIVE

2011-11-20T08:18:00.000-08:00

miss tatum is FIVE! we are still waiting for our family pictures (which include her five year old pictures) but these show her gooniness just as well!! :) the 1st pic is when i asked tate how old she was - the 2nd is her assertion of independence. she MUST do everything herself. her hair goes a certain way - her morning routine is HER morning routine!

day 656 | deer hunting season

2011-11-19T08:13:00.000-08:00

i have two weddings left to edit in order to finish out the 2011 season. i am halfway thru the middle of one - and i think this image is the perfect one to use for the opening day of deer hunting season!

day 655 | felber family

2011-11-18T10:04:00.000-08:00

met up with the felber's this evening. they recently moved to tennessee but they're back in town for the holidays. thankfully they haven't switched over to the titan's and they're still loyal packer fans!!!

day 654 | what to wear

2011-11-17T17:34:00.001-08:00

i promise that soon, VERY soon i will get back to my dr pepper obsessions, my insane stories, posting some pictures of my children, a few rants, and the usual :) the month of october, i only took three pictures that i wasn't hired to take. THREE. that's an all-time low. november hasn't been much better. so december - that's mostly what you're going to get. :) but because i actually had to clean my house today, pay some bills, and file some paperwork - tonight you get WHAT TO WEAR! i have no idea who to give credit for this picture to. it was found on my new pinterest obsession (obsession doesn't even BEGIN to describe).

oh, and as a side note - parent / teacher conferences were perfect. grades were perfect, tests were perfect, children were mostly perfect, blah blah blah :) tegan is getting moved into advanced on math, offers to clean up (WHO is this kid?!?), and is overall a joy to have in class. tatum is mostly proficient, gets along perfectly with others, AND isn't bossy (which REALLY surprises me)! makes this mama proud.

now go back to looking at what you are supposed to wear for pictures ;)

day 653 | stacey heart drew

2011-11-16T14:34:00.000-08:00

one more wedding edited. :) do you know how hard it is to take 500+ pictures and turn them into your top 4 or 5 images? it's hard!! but these are what i came up with!! :)

day 652 | steele family

2011-11-15T07:21:00.001-08:00

meet my buddy camryn. she is a riot. once i showed her my camera owl - we got along great!!! camryn decided to show her baby sister some lovin' too. and just like that - i am officially caught up on sessions. now just three weddings to edit and we are really caught up. i never thought this day would come ;)

day 651 | parker & family

2011-11-14T14:17:00.001-08:00

parker decided to bring her family to this shoot (you may remember parker from being the baby owl about six months back). this little family couldn't get anymore adorable!! parker was loving watching everything going on around her - she made us work for the giggles!

day 650 | witherow's

2011-11-13T12:52:00.000-08:00

meet the witherow's (again). they have been one of the families i have gotten to know the most thru the last year and a half! it's always a blast to get together with them! today i spent recuperating from the weekend. my children apparently had to recuperate from their weekend at grandma's. can we say spunkilicious?!? that's what they were! and to bed early tonight we shall all go!

day 649 | michelle heart rich

2011-11-12T23:54:00.000-08:00

i survived wedding season!!! you have no clue how awesome it is to say that! :) at the beginning of the year - 19 weddings looked insurmountable - but now - DONE! completed! WHEW!!! i have even caught up on my editing - i have three sessions left and three weddings. then - it's on to weekends filled with family & friends, fun times, and going to bed before 10pm! :)

day 648 | ethan heart lyndsey

2011-11-11T15:42:00.001-08:00

wisconsin + fall = perfect fall weddings!

day 647 | iverson

2011-11-10T09:26:00.000-08:00

had a fun session with the iverson's a couple of weeks ago! miss addy wasn't sure about the whole situation - but once she got outside - she warmed right up!

day 646 | isla & family

2011-11-09T13:41:00.000-08:00

i can't choose. these are all my favorites :)

day 645 | accomplished

2011-11-08T15:02:00.000-08:00

today i'm feeling accomplished. and nauseous. let's cover accomplished first ... we have officially hit over 10,000 views on our blog AND we are within 12 fans of hitting 1600 fans on facebook. so accomplished. i am also feeling accomplished because slowly but surely i am catching up on my editing. AND last reason to feel accomplished ... last wedding of the year this weekend!! :) as much as i love weddings - i love the end of the season just to refresh and regroup. and the nauseousness .... hopefully it's just that and not that stomach flu that the rest of my family enjoyed this past weekend. :( and meet steve, nicky, and children! nicky and i go back a couple of years and miss addy was one of my first clients.

day 644 | retzlaff

2011-11-07T11:33:00.000-08:00

catching up .... catching up .... catching up :)
meet the retzlaff's. there were actually 15 people in this extended family - but my favorite from the day is this simple image :)

day 643 | hudson

2011-11-06T17:26:00.000-08:00

hudson is 6m already!! you may remember him from his famous baseball glove newborn picture. it's crazy to think how big all these newborns are!! i'm so happy to be apart of all their lives and get to see them regularly :)