OWEN TURNS ONE!!!!

I was so excited to take pictures at Owen's first birthday party! I adore his Mom and Dad, Elise and Joey, they have to be the nicest, most easy going, caring people I know and Owen is such a sweet little boy. We have had the pleasure of watching Owen grow in his first year and I just can't believe he is already ONE! it seems like yesterday we were peeking at him wraped in his blankie on the porch, we thought he was sweet then, we had no idea just how sweet he would become in time!

Thanks for having us at your party Owen we look forward to another year of watching you grow and learn! and thanks to your Mommy for everything she does!

We miss the beach.....

Just looking through our trip home to the island and wishing we were still spending our nights by the ocean!

ABBI

Abbi is super cute and super shy! She was so hard to get to smile, and honestly this was the best she gave me in the smile department, however, that aside there is something in this photo that draws me and I fell in love with it once I downloaded it.

ELLA

These two photos were again taken some time ago but remain to be two of my favorites!
Ella is beautiful in every way and with the thousand+ pictures I have taken of her since the start of this journey she is still willing to pose and smile for me and gets more and more beautiful every time the shutter goes.

JEVIN

Jevin is our little neighbour Owen's friend, the second picture was taken when I was still taking classes and Elise was babysitting Jevin, I took full advantage of having a new face to photograph and he gave me sooo many great smiles, but this has remained my fav.
The first pricture was taken this past weekend and I was shocked to see how much Jevin had changed in that short time period, he is now a full on little boy with the personality to match!

Testing out my new flash!

I just went looking for the Nikon SB800 and sadly found out it was discontinued and replaced with the SB900 (and a bigger price tag!) After the sales guy talked up this flash I couldn't leave the store without it! I was so excited to get it home and put it on my camera and quickly realized this is going to take some work!! This is an amazing flash but will take me forever to learn to use properly...and my helper no longer seems interested in offering his services to me, with his hands over his face yelling 'Mommy NO CHEESE, NO CHEESE Mommy!"

KEEGAN & MAYA'S water balloon party!

Yesterday we were invited to Keegan 6th and Maya's 4th birthday party, their Mom, Shelley, became an instant friend when she taught me how to use quickbooks this past May. We are lucky to keep meeting people that become such good friends so fast! Of course, I HAD to take my camera with me as Shelley has been one of my biggest supporters on this adventure and her kids are too cute not to want to photograph all the time!
Thanks again to the Hefler's for being such good friends to us, inviting us to their party, and most important..for feeding us dinner after!