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Changes Are A-‘Comin’! – A Photo Shoot of Our Oldest Girl

August 4, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

These past couple of months have been slower with my photography business than any year in a long time.  Probably because of the economy and people cutting back some, a photo shoot is just not at the top of the list in families sometimes.  I understand that, and I’ve been more than content with this slower-summer paced, and just hanging out with my kids even more.  But it looks like that phase of summer is over, because suddenly the work for me has just started pouring in this week, and I am booking photo shoots left and right!  I always try to be careful not to book too much work, because our family and the kids schooling are my first priorities.  But we do need the income, and I do love my work. Balance is always my daily goal and challenge though.  Things are about to get a lot busier.  And that means, so is this section of the blog!

But this post was a mini-session photo shoot for {A}.  We decided we needed to get some photos, for memories.  Not only because she just turned 12 years old last month, but for another reason as well…..which I’ll share at the end of this post.  But here are some of our favorite shots of our oldest baby girl.  Looking at these photos just fills my heart.  We love her so much. She is such a good kid, so full of faith, with a loving and joyful spirit that shines every day. And man, has she grown A LOT in the past 2 years.  (She’s even taller than me now.)

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Michael and I really, really love this one above, because it is SO HER!  Always laughing.

When I am away from her, (which is so seldom), and I think of her, that is exactly how I see her in my head.

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Just look at how crazy long that hair is! And it’s heavy.

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Always digging her toes in the sand.

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She just loves, loves the seashore.  It’s part of her home.

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We were sure to get some photos, because . . . . . . she is getting her hair cut!   It’s always been very, very long.

Always. Not that getting it cut could ever change her beauty, that truly shines from the inside, out.

I did take some other before and after shots, too.  Would anyone like to see?  : )
You can see how her haircut came out, right HERE.

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Filed Under: Kids, Photography, Photography & Lettering Tagged With: beach-portrait-photography, long-hair-before, photography, portrait-photography, pre-haircut-photos, pre-teen-photo-shoot

Photos of Our Easter Day Details – 2009 – Simple Easter Ideas

April 17, 2009 By Laura 6 Comments

Just another short post, with lots of photos, from our blessed Easter Sunday. We hope they are simple Easter ideas, to share with you.

The kids woke up to these surprises on Easter morning.  They were thrilled!

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The kids, looking all dapper, just before heading out to a beautiful Easter morning Mass.  {A} altar served, as usual.  The kids were surprised with some gifts from friends at church, too. People can be so kind and thoughtful.

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When we got home, we had our simple Easter dinner.

This is my plate, below.  As you can see, I despise carrots, and I love asparagus. : )

I also forgot to put some potato salad on my plate before I took this photo, which  I worked so hard on. lol

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The Easter cookies {A} baked, and us parents helped decorate. It was tooooo FUN!

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Chocolate Coconut Jelly Bean Cake, which was also more fun, to take photos of.

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I took  some individual shots of the kids too.

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Easter is one of my very  favorite holidays to take photos on. The spring-ish atmosphere, all of the colors around, and the sheer joy in the air, as we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, after a long and soul-searching Lenten season.  But the truth is, I just always have my camera in hand, taking photos, because I love to, and I can. 🙂  I like to think this is a great place to share them, with you all,  as they all are the details of our days, our life, and our joys.  Just so you know…This blog will always have more photos, than wise words spoken. Because I definitely always have more way photos. lol

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Our Giveaway winner, Regan, had received her home-made gifts.  So would anyone like to see photos of what she received?  I took lots of those along the way for that, too.  Of course. It’s coming up!

Our family hopes your Easter was all kinds of Blessed and joyful, too!

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Filed Under: Baking, Celebrations, Desserts, Faith, Faith/ Catholic, Holidays, Kids, Photography & Lettering, Recipes, The Big Picture, Traditions Tagged With: Catholic, Catholic-blogs, Catholic-families, Easter-ideas, jellybean-Easter-cake, non-candy-Easter-gift-ideas-for-kids, simple-Easter-ideas

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