DeMarynee

This cute girl and her family moved to Elko a few months ago, and they are the most AMAZING people! It has been so fun to get to know all of them, and I was so excited to get to take prom pictures for her! Stay tuned for family pictures soon... nine kids!

Better to have tried and failed?

Well, six posts out of 28 days? What can I say...

I figured I would get one more in this month, though:



Have a great day!

Science Fair and Valentine Toes :)

Things I have learned this week :
1 - Consistency is not my strong suit (well, I really already knew that)
2 - Neither is toenail painting
3 - Four extra large eggs can hold up 41 cans of soup, but the 42nd can of soup will smash them spectacularly and fling egg goo farther than I would have thought possible. The things we do for science fairs!

Stuff I meant to post...

Two Years Ago...

Time is a crazy thing when you are raising kids. Sometimes it seems like every day is the same thing as the day before. Same wake up and get the kids out the door routine, same homework, same dinner chores. And then you see a picture like this and it stops you and makes you realize how fast time flies.

Day 2 - Winter Sky

It is SO cold here!

There are only 28 days in February....

...so I am going to try try TRY my best to post a picture a day for the month. I am even giving myself some lee-way by saying that it doesn't necessarily have to be taken that day. Or by me.
So here is a collage of OUR family photos taken in November by the AMAZING Kristin Conk


I am so in love with them! The people AND the pictures :)

Anyway, if you stop by, comment please! It will help me keep this up for 27 more days :)

A little fishy

This is my sweet friend, Lacie's family. Her hubby loves to fish, so we decided to do this shoot at the lake. Other than the extra bright sunshine (I was hoping for a little cloud cover) the day was perfect. The kids were adorable and cooperative. Even the wildlife decided to do us a favor - while I was shooting mom & daughter, hubby was casting a little and this big old fish decided he wanted to get in on the pictures!

Thanks, Spence Family! This was the perfect family shoot - a beautiful family having fun doing what they love with the people they love! You're the best!

Elko & Spring Creek Senior Photography - LINDSEY!

Lindsey agreed to be my Senior Representative at Spring Creek High School, and I am so glad I got the chance to hang out with her and her mom for awhile. What a sweetie!We nearly got blown away and had to cut this session short, so look for more of this gorgeous girl!

Ten on Tuesday

Originally, I thought that I would try to take 10 pictures every Tuesday. But then I realized that I do pretty much the same things every Tuesday. So I changed my mind, and now 10 on Tuesday will be about the whole week. Cuz, really, how many pictures of me exercising, going to the park, and getting a pepsi do you really want to see?

{1}

We had so much fun with KC & Lynnette over the 4th of July weekend! It was a super rushed trip, but the kids had a blast with their cousins, and it was great to see their new house, and Lynnette's cute baby belly.

{2}

These two are so cute together - they were joined at the hip almost from the minute we got there. I hope they stay close growing up!

{3}

I really need a lens with a wider aperture to shoot fireworks! :P

{4}

This adorable child is lucky to still be alive. This week she checked "throwing Mom's wedding ring in the garbage" and "dumping an entire bottle of nail polish on my bed" off of her list of "Rotten Things to do Before I Turn Five".

No, I didn't find the ring. I am hoping that she was making it up, and that it will turn up around here sometime!

{5}

Justin has been borrowing my camera a lot lately. He is funny - sometimes he wants me to teach him about taking pictures, and sometimes he just rolls his eyes when I try to tell him stuff, but I guess he must listen to some of it. I was telling him why full sun is not the best light to take pictures in usually - I thought he did pretty good with the lighting on this shot!

{6}

I am kinda loving the whole translucent thing lately. This is a silly shot, but I loved the light coming through the colorful straws - haha!

(7)

This is my friend and exercise/ dieting partner, Lacie. Between the two of us, we have lost over a hundred pounds in the last year! Woo hoo!

{8}

I am working on some big changes with my photo business. I revamped my logo a bit. Any opinions?

{9}

Just a shot of my handsome hubby in some pretty sunset light. He hates it when I take pictures of him :/

{10}

Being silly this morning - they wanted me to draw all of our family on their fingers. Dallin was really concerned about the tallest fingers being the tallest people, and Alyssa wanted Zack on one of hers, then her finger and Zack's finger played until her bath washed them off.

Well there you have it folks - ten random moments from my crazy life this week. Tune in next week for the next exciting episode :)

Quick Trip to SLC

I dropped Cody off at EFY this morning, (embarassed the heck out of him by asking this guy if we could take a picture of our reflection in his glasses - haha!)and then had the afternoon to take my time getting back to Elko, so I stopped at a couple of places and took some pictures...






I have driven by this place a ton of times, and thought, "What a cool place for a photo shoot", but I have never stopped because We are always in a hurry and I don't want the kids to play around there and get hurt. But this time it was just me so I stopped.

There was a group already doing a photo shoot there, so I didn't get all the ones I wanted, just cuz I didn't want to get in their way. But the other photographer told me that they are going to tear in down in a month or so :( ! So, Shari - you are close by - go do a shoot there before it's gone!





The Salt Flats are so amazing - I could shoot there all day!

Oh the Cuteness!

Ten on Tuesday

1. Alyssa's hair is growing! I almost hate to say it, because I'll jinx myself, but I think that she may be growing out of the hair cutting phase. Finger's crossed!



2. I love this kid. He gets so much joy out of silly stuff, like happy meal toys, or coloring pictures, or this green fuzzy ball.



3. This is a cheat, because it is from Saturday, but that is some true pancake artistry right there. Plus I used my flash on it & you can't tell, can you? Haha!



4. Lacie & I started the Wave today. I'm a little sore!



The cute kid in the red pajamas? We have been exercising together since she was pregnant with him! Holy cow - that's a long time!

5. I have been wanting to get this shot all year:



He's leaving me. Little by little, he is growing out of me, and it breaks my heart. Why do they have to grow so fast?

6.


Yay for clean floors!

7. And for pretty pink buds on my tree!



8. And Diet Pepsi!



I am so addicted :P It is a really good thing that I don't drink - I would totally be one of those people that stach little bottles of booze everywhere and sneak it between loads of laundry or something!

Dang, I only made it to eight today, but I will try harder for next Tuesday!

First Sunday of the Year

I really love the freshness of a new year. I love the Christmas season and I am always sad to see it go, but I love the feeling I get when everything is cleaned up and life gets back to normal. It feels like starting with a clean slate. So far, I have read my scriptures every single day this year! And I have blogged every single Sunday!

So I am going to try to find something clever or insightful to share here at least every Sunday this year. Or if I can't think of anything, maybe I will just check in with a photo or two, cuz I do that better. I hope all of you out there have a wonderful new year!

Sam & Lyric

These guys are getting married on my birthday! Congratulations :)













Thanks for letting me hang out with you for a while - it was too fun!

It's Not Too Early

Every year I pass this shed covered in these gorgeous red leaves, and I think - "I have GOT to do a shoot in front of those!" But they are really short lived, so I have missed them a few times. Not this year! Poor kids - I ran in the door with new shirts and yelled "everybody put these on - we are going to take pictures in 15 minutes!" They were all such good sports - even hubby!



It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas card photos, by the way! In fact, I am running a special...



so call soon!

This is my WHY

Family is an amazing thing. These little groups of people that share their lives so closely - all the laughter, all the frustrations, all the mistakes and forgiveness, all the growth and all the joy. I believe with every piece of my heart that there is nothing that can bring more happiness than family.

And this is why I love to do this photography stuff!

Sometimes I think that we can get so caught up in the mundane - the running back and forth to school and work and ball practice, cleaning the bathrooms, the laundry laundry LAUNDRY - that we can miss how incredibly beautiful our families are.



This mom is so awesome! She totally "got it" - the whole "Just Be" philosophy (Tara Whitney - I want to be her when I grow up!)



I love that you can see how much fun they have together.



I love that you can see how crazy they are about each other.



And I love what you can see in those kids - their confidence and their spunk, maybe a little shyness. I hope that when Mom & Dad look at these five or twenty years down the road that they can remember them just how they are today.









Thanks guys so much! It was so fun to follow you around for awhile! I hope you love looking at these as much as I loved taking them!