I went out of town and completely forgot to post Amber’s sneak peek for her upon my return.  What the heck was I thinking?  Not only is she the Matilda Jane trunk keeper for our area, but she is pregnant.  Pregnant equals hormonal…hormonal equals impatient…impatient pregnant wife equals p.o’d husband…;)  Now in all seriousness, Amber may well have been the most beautiful preggers person I have ever seen!!!  Man she wears that belly well!  Check her out…

Look at little Layla…she just had a birthday…Happy Birthday Layla!!

Yep…got some great ones that included dad and brother, but they may require a little cut and paste here and there…just wanted to post a few quick ones for you Amber!!

to all the service men and women who continually give their time and some even their lives so that I can enjoy the freedom and liberties that go hand in hand with being an American.  God Bless you and keep you.

We had the annual fishing tournament this weekend.  Luke being last year’s champ had a title to defend and the odds were not in his favor being that he was now moving up into a older age group and and had double the competition.  The morning was slow and there were not many fish to be caught.  At one point we thought we had a whopper on the line, but alas it was only a massive turtle…and those don’t count.  My dad and I were preparing Luke for the worst…you know the "winning isn’t everything" story, when low and behold they called his name and gave him a trophy for 2nd place in the most fish caught category.  My newphew Brayden one 2nd place for the biggest fish in his age group…Way to go guys!!!

Stella well, she got a participation ribbon and that was enough to satisfy her…She didn’t do much fishing mostly just played with the nightcrawlers all morning…atta girl…;)

Sunday I had a shoot with two of the cutest girls on the face of the planet.  They were coming through on vacation and their mom wanted their pictures taken.  I was soo excited, this was my first time working with twins and I wanted it all to be perfect…I think it went pretty well if I do say so myself…check them out…

Today…well it just plain sucks…the weather is dreadful and I feel crappy…I think perhaps I should go to bed early tonight…but there is so much work to be done I will probably just take some Dayquil and tough it out…I dunno maybe not…:)

Oh this little one was a firecracker.  I think we saw every single facet of her personality in about a 30 minute time period….I totally and completely LOVED her!!!  and her little brother…oh so precious!  He was very vocal about letting me know just how much he disapproved of my manhandling…lol.  Mom was fantastic though…handled it all with grace and patience. This session was a gift from a family member and I hope they realize how amazing of a gift this is.  These pictures will be cherised by all of you forever…

Here are just a few from our shoot!

I had the most wonderful experience this past weekend.  I was asked to be a speaker at the Essentials for Women seminar sponsored by Professional Photographers of Michigan which was held at the magnificent Inn at Bay Harbour Resort in Bay Harbour Michigan.  It was absolutely breathtaking there…and yes in more ways than one…

The scenery could make you cry, and the whip of the wind and the frosty temperature could inflict the same body response but for completely different reasons…

The people I met were amazing beyond words…all of them!  Lindsay..oops I mean Jackie was the bestest event organizer EVER! It was truely a heartwarming experience.

We did have one decent day and I took a model out to do some demo shooting…check out little Elijah…the cutest kid…he and Lukas were best buds and it ended to soon for them…

look at them together…they seriously looked like brothers.

Came home and it was right back to the ole grind…edit…eat…edit…have the kids eaten?…edit…shower…edit…have I slept lately?…you know how that goes.  I have tons to show you all but I thought I would just post a few for now…I really do need to get to bed…and I am on the last Twilight book (again).  I can’t stop myself…sigh…

Check out these cuties though

Hey you there…yes the photograher person…there are a couple spots left for the Soul Sistas workshop…www.soulsistasworkshop.com/blog