Jamie's Senior Photos

Jamie.

She didn't care if she had senior pictures taken.

She likes climbing trees more.

But she was doing it for her mom.

Her mom said she had to get them taken before she got her hair cut.

Mom said her grandma would want pictures of her long hair.

So we went to take pictures.

The End.

p.s. For not caring about pictures, she sure is photogenic.

She's laughing so hard because she thought I said that one time I accidentally picked up dog poop in my hand.

I did not, I repeat, DID NOT pick up dog poop in my hand!



Happy New Year

He didn't fuss when I put the hat on him. And he knew exactly where to put the noise maker since everything goes in his mouth these days.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Jackson's First Christmas

I fully understood that Jackson wouldn't remember his first Christmas and that we didn't need to make a big deal about it and spend lots of money on him. And then I realized something. He wouldn't remember, but he would expect to look back at pictures when he was older and see what he had done. The pursuit for the perfect picture began.

First, I knew I had to have a Santa picture. Everyone needs to have their picture taken with Santa. We had an amazing Santa helper that came to our house so I could take pictures. When he left Jeremy tried to look at the pictures I had taken and there were none. I hadn't put my memory card back in my camera. Santa was nice enough to come back again! Thank you Santa. Truly a Saint!

Second, my mom once had a doll, her "Suzanne doll." She had a pretty Christmas outfit. She was a large doll. When I was a baby, she took the outfit off Suzanne and put it on me for Christmas. My uncles still talk about that night and how cute I looked (as if anything has changed).  Jackson is about the same age I would have been around Christmas. My mom was nice and found the outfit and we dressed Jackson up to continue the tradition.

(my uncle that once held me in the same outfit!)

Third, my family would always read Luke 2 together on Christmas Eve, as I 'm sure many others do as well. We would always act it out when we were little. (I was sometimes frustrated that as the only daughter, I always had to play Mary. Sometimes I just wanted to be a shepherd!) Since Jackson is a baby, what better part for him to play than baby Jesus! We got dressed up and took the picture.

I'm pretty excited about the great results I got this year and the future memories Jackson will be able to see.

Next year we'll see if we can get a crying picture with Santa and life will pretty much be complete. :)

JD & Summer

They were up for anything. We walked everywhere, in the cold, and they stopped wherever I told them to stop. Every crazy or strange suggestion I had, they just did it. With smiles on their faces.

And that is what made it so much fun!

Not as easy as they make it look!

JD isn't sure if his legs have ever bent this way before, except maybe as an infant.

I didn't have to ask twice for them to kiss, though. :)

The Calls

I got to take pictures for this family a couple of weeks ago. We went to main street Magna, a very happening place. Ha ha. We were stared at wherever we went, as if they had never seen people get their picture taken before. Though they don't live in Magna now, they once did and are familiar with all the unique places there. We joked about taking pictures by "The Grub Box," a classic burger joint.

Personally, I love the "old stuff" down in that area that makes for the perfect backdrop.

We started with "Mom and Dad."

And then we had some fun with Aubrey.

I may or may not have blackmailed Aubrey into coming to church and Young Women in exchange for taking these pictures......but I probably did.

We waited a little longer to take pictures this year and ran into some unplanned snow. Everyone was game, so we headed out on an adventure in the snowy goodness.

(because I'm a sucker for sun spots)

The kids thought it was great when the trees shook and snowed on us. Everyone got a some snow, including me.

And then of course just the boys:

Finally got some really good smiles out of this one thanks to his parents! Poor kid was freezing most of the afternoon.

I can't believe how old this one is getting! (Need references of his aging? Check here and here)

And he still gets excited about doing and seeing new things!

Two thumbs up for a fun snowy afternoon!

Almost 4 months

To many, these next photos may all seem very much the same with just a few differences: facial expressions, camera angles, etc. To his mother (that's me!), yes, they're very similar, yet each shows a different part of my boy's personality. Gosh I love this kid!

The first 3 shots were all taken in sequence but look at how that boy changed each time!

Oh the smile!

This kid always has something in his mouth lately, so I had to include this one!