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I know I have been horrible at updating my blog lately, but as I was going through some images today I decided that I wanted to share these two. For some reason they both make me smile :) I took the church picture the other day at a wedding and the image of my dad was taken by Jamie when we were back home a couple weeks ago. Have a great week everybody!!

This is hands down my favorite church pic ever! God was totally smiling down at me :)  Oh and I should mention, I honestly didn't touch this picture up, so cool!

Is my dad adorable or what??  Thanks for being so awesome daddy!! LOVE YOU

Wiggle Your Toes Charity Golf Event

Recently I photographed a fun charity even for the Wiggle Your Toes Organization.  Here are all the pictures from the event. Enjoy!!
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Strong

If I had to describe my dad with one word I think it would be strong. He is strong in his faith, strong in his love for his family and physically strong also (he is obviously made of steel). He is also really strong when it comes to relationships with others. He is one of the friendliest guys I know, and would do anything for anyone if they needed it. He has set such a great example for us to follow. I am so thankful for all the sacrifices he has made for us and for him teaching us good morals and values. Happy Father's Day daddy, I love you!!

Loving this weather :)

On sunday I had the chance to photograph some of my clients/good friends out at the arboretum (pictures to come). In the process I got a few pictures of the beautiful flowers that are out there. I only wish I had half the knowledge they have out there about flowers, oh and a yard to plant would be nice too, but I will settle with my deck pots. I am soooo excited for the summer and green grass, pretty flowers and green trees. It all makes me happy!! Enjoy!!

Oh and last but not least, Happy Birthday to my brother Andrew today!! This is one of my favorite pictures of us growing up. Don't we look so sweet?? Andrew and I were definitely little trouble makers growing up; or maybe he was the trouble maker and I just followed, either way I love him...even if I had permanent bruises on my legs from him my whole childhood. Hope you have a great day Andrew!!

Workshop Fun!

This past weekend I had the chance to go the Brianna Graham workshop out in Sacramento California and I had such a blast!! I learned so much and made so many new friends and I can't wait to use all the new techniques I learned with my upcoming clients!!  Brianna has such amazing talent and I am so thankful I got the chance to learn from her. She is super awesome and so much fun to hang with too!! Here are just a few images that I got at the workshop. The kids were all so cute and dressed perfectly. I love all the layers they had on and this is kind of the direction I want to take with my clients clothing choices in the future. Enjoy!!

love this image!! she was probably mad at me that i made her sit on the wet railroad track :) and the fact that it was pouring rain probably didn't help the situation...
This little girl was such a HAM!! loved her!

Fun in the SD countryside

Last weekend when I was home I went out on a little photo adventure around my parents farm. I can't believe how many fun things there are to photograph around there.  I am amazed at how many abandon farms there are. I think I ran into about six of them in a 2 mile radius, it is crazy! I am in love with old farms, there is a mystery about them that makes me want to capture it.  I can't wait to go back and dive into another adventure, so much fun!!  Enjoy :)

This image is probably one of my favorites!! I love the heart in the barbed wire! I think it would be fun to come up with a caption for this one :)

I really like trees in the winter, just something about them :)

check out the tree that fell into the other one, thought that was fun!!

love this old car!!

looks like a chevy and ford face off :) wonder which one will win...

love the light on the barn 

love the clouds and color here

Gotta love South Dakota sunsets!! 

I couldn't leave out this picture of one of my moms kittens. They sit up on her deck and peek in the window all day long :)

Happy 4th Birthday Tavin!!

Today is my sons 4th birthday and wow, how time flies. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital as a newborn, and now he has grown into such a little man. I admire his energy everyday. I don't know where he gets it from, but he sure does have a lot of it.  I am thankful for that though. He is a healthy and happy boy (most of the time) who can run around and wear me out everyday.  Here are a few pictures from two of his birthday parties. He had two parties since we were at the farm this weekend. I looked at him this morning and said, Happy Birthday, and he said, "but mom it was already my birthday, am i having another one?? or am i 5 now?"  I thought that was cute!! 

I bought him trick candles that kept on re-lighting. I finally put a stop to it after he had spit all over the cake :)

He loved the blue frosting

Isn't this how you are supposed to eat your ice-cream cake??

Family Camp 2008

A couple weeks ago we had our annual family camp trip to the Black Hills. It is always so much fun to get everyone together since we are all kind of spread out across the country, there isn't always times when we can ALL get together. We had a blast like usual, and I wanted to share a few pictures from the fun weekend.


This was on our hike up the Devils Bathtub. It was so gorgeous!! It basically is a bunch of waterfalls into these deep pools. Apparently people use the rocks as water slides, we were not that adventurous.

gotta have arts and craft time with grandma and the kids :)

We celebrated Trinity's 3rd birthday and of course Tavin has to be right up in the mix. I think he blew out her candles for her, so we had to do it again :)

One BIG HAPPY family!!

My brother-in-law Casey brought along some fresh tuna that he ordered in fresh from the ocean. I never knew you could do that, and have it over nighted to you. Anyway, my mom has never had fresh tuna, so she decided to take a whole dot of the wasabi sauce and she quickly figured out how HOT it really is, that was her face after she put it in her mouth.
Tavin and Luke were practicing their flying skills.
A random sunflower in my parents trees. This one is for you mom, i know you love these things.

Andrew and krista brought along a bunch of games for the kids, and here they are playing a little badminton.