Dallis & William Lovebirds Session - Antelope, CA

If you've been following my posts for awhile now, you'll remember my ballerina project from last semester. With that project, you should remember Dallis, one of my gorgeous gals that volunteered. A few weeks back she messaged me about planning a session with her and her boyfriend William for their anniversary before they headed out to Santa Cruz for the weekend (jealous!) We met up at Gibson Ranch, and even thought it was a hot afternoon, these two rocked it out!
We ventured around spots in the park I have never used before, like this awesome brick wall. I absolutely love finding new things to use in places I have been before :)
This next one is a TOTAL favorite. Like giant wall canvas over the fireplace & christmas card kind of favorite. Yep. Totally adorable kids (can I still call them kids?) right here.

Putting this post together, I realized how much climbing on stuff I made Dallis do! She made everything look effortless and easy as pie. Aaaand after a day of photographing these two, she really makes me want my colored streaked hair back - she's going to beauty school and ALWAYS looks amazing! If you need anything, I can probably get you readers the hook-up!
Thanks again, Dallis & William. I hope you had a great time in Santa Cruz together! Let me know if you need any wall canvases and christmas cards ;)

"let's do 52" - wk 34

best homemade snack food ever. :)

Friday Feet - August 26, 2011

amy - "My parents came up over the weekend for a dog show. I showed Axel both days and he earned 4 points for the weekend! YAY!! I also got my birthday present from them, and water/shock/dust/freeze proof camera! I thought I'd test it in the pool, and look! It works! ^^ So I can drop it, freeze it, drown it and cover it with dirt and it'll be fine! It's perfect for me! Haha! "

emily - "mushu decided to get in the middle of this week's crafting ventures. Between couple sessions, working, and crafting, there has been little to no idle time. it's amazing!"jenny - "My feet are so tired this is all they want to do when they come home at night. Most days I'm working 13 plus hours and only 5 or so are paid. Good thing its so fun!"kasey - "Thunder storm power outage friday! Husband and I ate dinner by candlelight and played some skip-bo. Not 30 seconds after i took this picture did the lights snap back on. :) great night!"

Kent at 9 months - Modesto, CA

Yet again, Kent has done some growing! This time, he has a mouthful of teeth to show for it! After Desmond was set free to go play on the playground, Kent showed his skills and was easy as pie to photograph. All smiles in the grass in his adorable Superman shirt and converse shoes, there was nothing that could go wrong with this kid! In just a few more months, we'll be celebrating his first birthday, and can't wait to have some more cuteness to show off then :) He threw in some cutesy bashful faces... Showed off his avid thumbsucking skills...But didn't forget at all to be super cute and smiley the whole way through. Check out those converse, this kid has style!

"let's do 52" - wk 33

I've been trying to find thing to keep me busy and AWAY from the computer for large amounts of time during the day.  It was getting pretty bad, I'm not going to lie.  I started with planning just one craft project to start off with and have rolled out a list of nearly a dozen.  OY!  So far, so good.  On top of that, I've been trying to keep up with my Potter reading.  Leisure time is turning in to crazy time!

Friday Feet - August 19, 2011

amy - "This is diesel, our new kitten! Luke got him for me  for my birthday. He loves me! This week has been very busy with work and chores and such. Diesel will keep us on our toes I'm sure!"

emily - "i've finally gotten to let loose and get my crafty side going.  and once i determined ONE project, a snowball effect happened, and i've ended up with nearly a dozen!  a reason to keep me busy and away from the computer sounds excellent to me!"

jenny - "First of all I love these shoes. They were a steal! Even though I never wear purple. I'm currently waiting for friends in oldtown r ville with emi."

kasey - "Dog sitting for my girlfriend Laura! Brought Papa over to entertain Bailey, the huge lab/husky mix. They play together really well, and have the tendency to make more noise then rocks in a blender. But they're adorable and I love them. :)

Desmond is Seven - Modesto, CA

A few weeks back I headed out to Modesto for some cousinly hang out time as well as 3 important photo sets.  One of those three just happened to be for Desmond's 7th birthday photos.  After a fashion show of wardrobe choices, we headed across the street to the park to do some photos oh him, as well as next week's blog post of Kent.  We picked a few of the best shady spots to work in and let Des do his thing.  Although blinded by the light at some points, he did a pretty dang good job!

We decided to try a new spot, just to add some background variety.  The sun was rather bright off the concrete, so here's Des doing his best model look.  Or just trying to express to us the playground with Lorelai sounded SO much more exciting :)

a quick lie down in the grass, and then he was set free to run about the playground, like 7 year olds are SUPPOSED to do... not take anymore silly picture.  That's okay, it became Kent's turn soon after.  You'll see him next week though, so see you soon!