Thanksgiving

Kris and I spent Thanksgiving at my grandparent's house. First thing Thanksgiving morning my brother Stevie and I headed into town to forage for Pumpkin Cheesecake supplies and a springform pan. That ended in one trip to Safeway, one trip to the closed kitchen store, and a long stopover at Walmart (we never did find the stupid springform pan!) That afternoon, before dinner, Stevie and my sister, Ali were my models for an inpromptu photo session out and about at my Grandparents house. I love the jump shots, and look at my BEA-U-TIFUL sister! Lastly, I took a few pictures of this statue of my grandmother's. Enjoy! I did.

And the winners are...

Col:









Brooklyn:



Thank you all who voted for your favorite pictures! Come back often to see my new slideshows, and keep your comments coming! Families, look for your free pictures in the mail after Thanksgiving!

Meet Nicol "Cole" Murdoch

Today I had a wonderful time doing a Celebrating Adoption photo session with the Murdoch family. Keely and Andrew were blessed with Cole 8 weeks ago, and he is adorable! He even slept at the end of the shoot, and we were able to get some totally serene picture of him!



Leave me a comment to vote for your favorite picture from Cole's photo session, and the picture with the most votes after a week or so will win the family a free 8x10!

Brooklyn's First Birthday

A while back I had the pleasure of photographing Brooklyn and her awesome family. Angie and Jacob adopted Brooklyn from Vietnam, and she was welcomed home by big brothers Dakota and Austin. On Friday Brooklyn turned one, and yesterday I had the priviledge of photographing her birthday party, teeming with friends and family.



Find your favorite picture from the slide (you have to choose just one!) and leave me a comment letting me know which one you love. The family will win a free 8x10 of the picture that receives the most votes!

Class Project: The Girl Child

Last week in my Human Development class we watched a movie produced by World Vision about how females are mistreated, globally. The movie touched on three particular ways, child brides, forced prostitution and female circumcision. It was a pretty hard movie to watch, and afterwards we were all pretty stunned. Fast forward a week, and I have a project due. It can be about any concept we discussed in class, so I decide to work through some of my ideas about The Girl Child. Without further ado...

Meet my BROTHER!

This is my brother Jimmy. It is hard for me to believe that he is 18 and will be graduating high school this spring. I love these pictures of him, mostly because they capture who he is; strong and tough, sweet and tender-hearted, a pig farmer, hick and redneck :) I had a lot of fun having total creative control over his pictures, although the pictures on my dad's bike with his shotgun were not my idea :)

Dionne's 23rd Birthday

Last weekend it was my best friend's birthday, and we spent the day celebrating in Seattle.

First it was pedicure time in Magnolia, then across the street to our fav Seattle Mexican restaurant: El Ranchon! Afterwards we headed downtown to check into our hotels and get ready! Mimosas and some makeup, and we were ready for dinner!