Meet Molly!

No, Molly is not the name of my new camera. Though I think she deserves a name too...(seriously...LOOK at these pictures!). We got a new puppy this weekend. Travis has wanted a hunting dog for almost as long as I've wanted a Golden. So...somehow we are getting both almost at once! My new puppy will be here in less than a month. I think it will work out beautifully and our dogs will be best friends. Molly is a German Shorthair mix and we think she's beautiful! Hopefully, she'll be a great hunting dog too. The kids are already in love with her. Maddie was walking around calling her "Wawwie." I've got to record that! I should be working on a ton of other things right now but decided Molly needed a proper introduction. (That, and I didn't get to play with my new camera much this weekend so I had to test it out!) So, here she is...Miss Wawwie!

Sneak Peek...Session Swap

On Saturday evening, Travis and I met up with Sarah and her family on the campus of the University of Kansas. It was gorgeous! Lawrence in the fall is just stunning. I miss it so much!! We graduated from there 8 years ago so it was fun to be able to have pictures taken on campus. Sarah's family was adorable...thanks so much for swapping! I hope we got something you can use...here are just a few. I promise we got a few with eye contact! It was great to meet you and your family...we will definitely have to do this again!

Portrait Party Sneak Peek

I had the extreme pleasure of meeting so many new and wonderful people this past weekend. Anne and Randy graciously opened their home to host a portrait party. We were able to capture 6 families in total. The weather was gorgeous, the leaves were perfect, and everything went very smoothly. I had so much fun and truely enjoyed meeting everyone. I will have your galleries ready this weekend, but, for now, enjoy your sneak peeks!

We have a winner!

I had a busy weekend and am still trying to catch up this morning. But I had to come on the blog and announce our winner from the Halloween Mini's! Little Miss Ladybug received the most votes...her momma will get a $25 gift certificate to use on a future session!!

I had so much fun for my birthday weekend. Travis and I drove up to my sister's on Saturday morning and watched the 2nd half of the Sunflower Showdown at her house. Afterwards, we met up with another photographer and her family for a session swap...I'll share some from that session later this week! Saturday night we went to Stanford's Comedy Club...so much fun! Sunday afternoon we spent at the lovely home of Anne and Randy doing a portrait party for 6 families. It was the most beautiful fall day you can imagine complete with a picture perfect yard. I'll be sharing sneak peeks from those sessions starting tomorrow.

We got home around 11 last night...today will be catching up on laundry and obsessing at the computer to make sure I have some printable images!!! Check in later this week for some beautiful sneak peeks!

Sweet Newborn...Sneak Peek

I had so much fun photographing this sweet little one. Slept most of the time, no fussin', and let me plop her all around! She was the perfect age for all those bendy little newborn shots I just love!

Pics from our trip to CO! Finally!

I've been trying to get everything caught up this week as the next couple of weeks are going to be crazy busy for me! In the process, I realized I never posted any of my pictures from our trip to Colorado a couple of weeks ago. We went out to Pueblo on a Monday evening in hopes of capturing the peak of the fall colors in southern Colorado on Tuesday. But the weather did not cooperate. I got more winter colors than fall! We drove down to Cuchara through a blizzard and decided to not drive up the mountain for fear of getting stuck. I was kind of bummed but was determined to get some shots of the countryside. On the way back we stopped every place we saw a hint of fall! Travis was a great sport about it all and stopped, turned around, went wherever I directed him...we had a great time just being able to talk without having to listen to the kids whine or fight or ask for another movie! What's funny is, we spent most of our time talking about silly things the kids do and how much fun they are. Oh, we talked about other things too...like our plans for this business and the farm, our hopes for a trip this winter, our dreams for the future, how fast 10 years has flown past, how fast the next 10 years is likely to fly...that's what road trips are for! And for pictures...so without further rambling from me...

Contest Time!!

Time to vote for your favorite spook!! I'll post a poll to the right and you can vote one time for your favorite...the winner will receive a $25 gift card to BJP. Send the link on to all your friends and family so they can vote as well!!!




1) Tinkerbell





2) Spiderman




3) Gabriella (HSM)

4) Darth Vader

5) A Ladybug