Photo Diary

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Loved today’s photo session. Little A was very photogenic and was adorable with his pregnant mamma’s belly. Great family. Fun time.

The light in the window was beautiful. We also went outside and got some cute shots of A in rubber boots!

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What a fun rough and tumble photo shoot! These brothers (C & R) had a good time while they “worked”.

It was a pleasure taking this family’s portraits, since Jeannie was my main drive to go professional with my picture taking. Thanks, Jeannie!

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These are snapshots from our trip to visit my sister Chris and her family in Winnipeg, Canada.

It was our little Silas’ first flight. Eli & Eden had a great time on their cousins’ relatives farm and experienced the joy of a TRAMPOLINE (or “jump-oline”, as they called it).

We had a wonderful time with family and made forever-memories.

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We had a fun morning with 5 families at my house. My friend Kristin started a Down Syndrome awareness organization (www.321downstreet.com) and wanted some images for her products and website. We had a great time with the little “princesses” and “football players”.

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Another set of brothers today… 4-year old D and baby S.

D was full of energy and personality. Baby S was the most easy-going little guy I’ve ever seen. Beautiful family. I think mom looks like Gwynneth Paltrow, don’t you?

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I had a fun photo shoot with friends this afternoon. The setting was absolutely amazing. Friends of theirs let us use their “back yard”, which included a pond with a dock, fields, bails of hay and their picturesque front porch with pumpkins and mums.

Little M was happy and beautiful as always. Aren’t they such a cute family?

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We celebrated our church’s 25-year anniversary by spending the day at a camp in PA, spending time together and having a great time as a church family.

My sister Joanna and her family, as well as my husband’s brother and his family were there, so a bunch of us went hiking in the woods together. The kids found all sorts of treasures and adventures.

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My friend Kim has a son and two daughters. We went to Ashland Nature Center for this photo shoot. It was a chilly day. The leaves were pretty on the ground, although we couldn’t find any on the trees. What a great old covered bridge. Kim’s kids had fun walking hand-in-hand over the old boards.

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My friends (who happen to be my pastor and his wife) asked me to take pictures of their extended family as a gift to their parents. We went to the beautiful Valley Garden Park. It was quite a show… with 3 family units… one with 4 kids, one with 3 kids and one with 2 dogs! What a fun time. I had to include the candid shot of little R hamming it up.

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My youngest son, Silas’ first baby food!

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I walked out of my house this afternoon and the beauty of the leaves just took my breath away. Here are a few shots. One has our neighbor’s red barn in the background.

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Oh, the joys of being a child and playing in the fallen leaves…

These are my two oldest, Eli & Eden:

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Our family tradition is to go cut down our Christmas tree Thanksgiving weekend. We always make the drive to MD, where there is a little farm that is owned by a little old couple who only charge twenty bucks for a tree! Here we are… making a family tradition.