My girls ...

Year-end 2007 ... this is one of the last photos that I took of the girls before the end of the year. It's so hard to get a good photo of them together, but even if it's not the favorite photo, it's always nice to close out the year with a photo of them. I guess it's a little special too because K is wearing a dress that was given to M a number of years ago. It was a special gift from a special cousin. Luv ya girls!!

Bad Kitty ...

This will be my last photo from the Christmas clean-up. Our kitty is so snoopy! He almost turned the tree over as we were taking it down. Sheesh ...

She loves ponies ...

This is what K was doing with her free time tonight while I was checking my email ... she LOVES ponies!!!

Happy New Year!

Wow - it's hard to believe we're at the beginning of another new year, but I'm confident that it's going to be a great one! It's blustery cold, the kids are playing in the fresh snow, and we're starting to take down the Christmas decorations. I thought I'd post of few photos that were taken as we started to pack our favorite holiday things away for the year. Gosh, we've got lots of Christmas treasures. The kids always look forward to getting all of them out each year - it's all about tradition. It makes me a little sad to put everything back in boxes until the next Christmas, but I do look forward to starting a new year. Happy New Year to you all!!

Happy December ...

Santa will be here soon!!

Testing a new backdrop and some new black and white actions, with my same little model (she's such a trooper). Can't really see the backdrop, but I like the b&w actions from Brenda A so much, that I chose the b&w over showing the backdrop. Here is link to her actions http://www.brendaacuncius.com/actions. I'm not sure I like the drop so much - I think I will be looking for a replacement. I wanted a brown drop, and it's really more gray. :( I kind of liked a few of the photos though, so I thought I would share.

Love this litte guy ...

Most days he sits on the rock to sun himself, just outside of the kitchen window. The kids will actually put seeds out on the rock for him. He's so much fun to watch. The other day I was getting ready to leave for a shoot and he came out to greet me, and actually let me get pretty close. I cannot believe he even sat still long enough for me to take his picture!

Oh, and don't forget to click on the images to see them bigger.

Groovy Girl, Captain Underpants, and a Punkin ...

all make for great fun! The kids had a ball dressin' up and plain ole being silly. Oh, and they always love the C A N D Y!!! I think between our kids and the neighbors, they spent an hour and a half sifting through the loot and swapping. Eddy ... well, he's our adopted dog from next door. Isn't he adorable?