Fall Family Photos 2010

We photographed a cute family here and then the next night we ran over for our own.

Sorry Melynda but I couldn't resist. At least we live far enough apart.

Tyler set up the tripod and Grandma made the kids laugh and look in the right direction.

I love my daughter's joy in this photo.  She is so fun of life and loves to have fun.

She amazes me all the time.  She just looks like she is having so much more fun than the rest of us.

We can learn from our children all the time if we just watch them.

And of course this is the new 20x30 for our mantle this year. Hopefully it will not look as red as it looks on my other monitor. I was thinking about making it a 30x40 but we used the smaller camera.  So I am on the look out for something to replace that 30x40 -maybe a family photo, maybe a piece of art.

Camping - a first this year

We normally spend our summer weekends up in the hills. Well, not this year. It's just been non-stop. Tyler and I added up the miles spent traveling (and this does not include errands, driving to work, etc). We are each up around the 6,000 mile mark often traveling apart from each other! That's a lot of time spent in the car for each of us. Anyway, we finally made camping a priority. Haeley spent a lot of time drawing camping pictures while in the Jeep. We took a few minutes to get photos of us together as a family and then it was time for tin foil dinners and roasting marshmallows over the fire. Then I let Haeley take a few photos. I love handing her the camera. Even better? Sorting through to find the treasures of her work. We really had fun and CJ slept through the entire night - a first! Maybe we can do this again...

Thank goodness for timers! We celebrated 10 years of marriage in August. What wonderful blessings have come to us through being together. My husband and my children make me a better person.


Campfire - perfect for tinfoil dinners and roasting marshmallows


I love quaking aspen trees.


Photo of berries by Haeley


That sleeping bag is almost as big as he is. I wish I had a video of his face when I rescued him from it. Pure relief. Hilarious!


Photo by Haeley of her brother


My sweetie!


I stayed to keep the campfire attended while they went for a walk. I love photos of people going places.

Pinedale, Wyoming

Such a neat area! The photos don't do the mountain range justice. It's much more beautiful in real life. I've never seen anything like it. We will definitely go back. Check out some of the wedding photographs we created while we were there. Click on the images below to see them larger.

Weekend Fun

We enjoyed a little weekend fun at Grandma's house. Our yard is slowly growing in, so maybe in August we could actually put down a slip and slide somewhere. I am going to add links to some of the photography we've been doing lately. Feel free to let those families know what you think of their images or let me know what you think. We are still offering $35 for each photo session referral and we'll pay you as soon as they pay their minimum commitment fee. Hope you are having a great week! Now back to folding laundry...

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