Lazy Rainy Day Today

Today the girls and I had a pretty lazy day. It was raining and cold outside, so Ella decided that it would be a good day to lay on the couch and read books. She could sit with her "I Spy" book all day, I think. After both the girls had a nap (at the same time!), I even let Ella watch "Woody and Buzz", which was a treat because she doesn't get to watch movies very often. Since our day was pretty low key, today's photos are just a couple of shots of my girlies lazing around.

My First Real Shoot

Lately I have had some people ask me if I would take some photos for them. At first I was extremely hesitant, but I know that I need the practice and I do want to start trying to build a portfolio, so I have accepted a few of those requests. Yesterday I had my first non-family shoot. It was an engagement session and I was extremely nervous, although I don't know if I was as nervous as my subjects, Melissa and Todd. I think we all worked through it together and I am hoping that they will be happy with the shots that we got. I only have a few edited right now, but have many more to come.

My Halloween Monsters

About a month ago I asked Ella what she wanted to be for Halloween this year. I thought that she would ask to be Elmo or Tigger or some other character that she knows, but to my surprise she askedd to be a scarecrow and she never once changed her mind. I thought her idea was great, so I went out to a second-hand store and bought some overalls and a couple of plaid shirts, picked up some yarn and put together her costume. I was pretty happy with how it came out and I think she thought it was okay too. She was pretty impressed with herself when we got her all dressed up and put her in front of the mirror. We took her over to her Grammy and Grampy's house to get a treat and play in the leaves. She happily showed them (and everyone else last night) her scarecrow stance. Lily got a pretty simple costume this year - a black cat. I thought she was pretty cute, but she didn't love it.

My Funny Little Girlies

My kids crack me up. Ella is the funniest toddler I have ever been around in my life. I know I am biased, but I really think she is. She comes up with the funniest comments and questions every minute of every day. And there is just something about Lily's grin that makes me laugh out loud every time I see it. So here are my funny little girlies and their contagious smiles.

Daddy put Ella on his bike and she loved it! She didn't stop laughing the entire time she was on it.

A Beautiful Fall Day

Today was an absolutely beautiful day. It was warm, sunny, and a perfect day to get my girls outside for some fresh air. The light was beautiful as the sun was going down and I love how it made my girls' eyes sparkle. I wish everyday could be like today!

Behind in Editing

When I started this blog, my intention was to take photos every day and post at least one of those photos every evening. I didn't realize how much work that was going to entail. Since then I have discovered that with two very demanding kids I don't always have time in the evening to edit the photos that I want to. Because of this, I think I am going to have to break down and accept the fact that sometimes I have to post photos that weren't taken on the day of the post. I will still post a photo (or more) every day, and I will try to make it a photo of the current day, but sometimes the photos will be from another day. Today is one of those days. I am soooooo behind in my editing right now and after a busy day of shopping with my girls, I haven't had time to edit any photos tonight. So my photos for today are a couple of ring shots from Mar's wedding on Saturday. Hopefully I will get caught up soon!

Back to Blogging...

Okay, so Mar's wedding is over and things are finally starting to slow down a bit for me, so I am back to blogging. I am sooooo far behind in editing that I don't have much to post right now, so I'm just going to put up a couple of snaps from Mar's bachelorette for tonight. You can find the rest on facebook by tomorrow night, hopefully. I also hope to be back to my regular everyday photos tomorrow. Thanks for being patient while I took the last week off!
We threw Mar a masquerade themed party, so I made the cake to match.



The bridal party, Laura-Lee, Shauna, Mel, and myself, all giving the bride a kiss. Bridal party again. All of the girls, almost ready to go out. And finally all ready with our masks.