Newborn Photo Shoot

Monday night I got to take pictures of my sisters newborn. Isn't she adorable? She was born on October 5th.

Kara made this diaper cover and bow earlier in the day. She's super woman!

My sister is amazing. She made this outfit for her to come home from the hospital in. So cute!


And of course, big sister had to pose for me too!

Dad is a big Chicago Bears fan. I think this is a pretty cute picture, even if you don't like the bears!

Thanks for letting me pull out my studio lights and backdrops Kara! I had a blast!

Update!

I am so sorry it's been so long since I've posted on our blog! I have no excuse except for there's nothing to post about! Do you ever feel like your stuck in a rut and nothing changes? That's how I've felt lately. The only thing that changes is our children are growing fast!

Celeste

She is once again attending her Grandma's preschool this year and loves it! She's so smart and is about to start reading! Her scores qualified her for the accelerated preschool so that's what she's attending, even though she's 1-2 years younger than the rest of the students in her class. She loves to learn and we love her! This picture shows her....hair usually a mess and all! I do it every morning but it's so fine it doesn't stay in...

Caleb

Although he was a bit slow, Caleb is finally walking! He had been taking steps for a while but just started walking everywhere about a month ago (when he was close to 15 months). And what comes with learning to walk? Bumps and bruises! If you look closely, you can see his bruise/scrape on his forehead and nose. That was from a face plant onto the cement. He's got such a cute personality and is so much fun. We love him!

On September 17th, Ryans little brother got married. This is the wedding I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph. I learned so much doing it and was glad I got the experience. Here are a few of the pictures from the wedding.

I thought Celeste made a pretty cute flower girl! :)

Celeste is a Daddy's Girl for sure!

Other thoughts: Why doesn't anyone comment on blogs anymore? Are blogs going out of style?! I've been trying to comment on other peoples blogs because I know how much I like comments. I'd blog more if I knew people even read it or cared!

Also...I got a new computer a while ago and I can't blog from it. For some reason blogger isn't compatible with Windows 7 or whatever it is I have on it. Anyone else have this problem?

Sinks Canyon

Sinks Canyon is my favorite place to take pictures because it has the best spots! Saturday we took a drive up the canyon mainly to see the spot where the wedding I'm photographing will take place. Ryan can't drive up there without pulling out his fishing pole so I took advantage of the time and played around with my camera.

It's much easier to get two children to smile when I have help from someone else or I have my camera on a tripod and using a remote. I didn't have either yesterday but this is what I got.

It's a lot less stressful to me taking pictures of other peoples children, but I still had fun taking my children's pictures. Thanks for looking!

Camping

Last weekend we went camping with some friends. We had a ton of fun! However, I failed at taking pictures.

Ryan and tired Celeste on a hike

On the Swinging Bridge

We hadn't even been in the car to drive home for 5 minutes and this is what I saw in the back seat....

Tired kids! The sleepless night was worth it though. We had a blast!

Childrens Museum

Last week, my sister and I took our children to a Children's Museum that's about 30 minutes away. It was a small town children's museum and nothing like the one I went to in Michigan! I shouldn't compare the two, though....not fair to our little small Wyoming towns! We're lucky we even have one!

Here are some pictures of the day in no particular order!

Best friends!

Kara will hate me for posting this picture :) Look at that cute pregnant belly!

We had a fun day! It was nice to get out and do something different, too!

Out of the Mouth of Celeste

Some things Celeste has said recently:
(This is more for me so I don't forget these!)

She loves to wear those plastic toy princess high heeled shoes. She was walking around with them on and kept coming into my office. Everytime she would walk in, she'd say, "Clap Mommy." I was busy, would clap, and go on with my work. (Not a very good Mommy moment...) I finally stopped and said, "Why am I clapping?" Celeste replied, "Because the Princess is here!" Yes Celeste, you are my princess!

This morning we were driving to Wal-Mart and a UPS truck was in front of us. Celeste says, "Look Mommy, the box man is behind us!"

Celeste loves to park in the shade so the car isn't so hot. She espcially likes the shaddy spot at church. This morning as we're pulling up to Wal-Mart she says, "Can we park in the shade?" I tried explaining that there is no shade in the Wal-Mart parking lot. That created a lot of Why's!

Celeste keeps me smiling. I love her!

Amazing!

My dad is the most amazing 64 year old you've ever met. He participated in his second triathlon this past weekend and will compete in #3 in a couple weeks. Three triathlons in 2 months! I'm so proud of him for doing all the training and working so hard. I wish I could say I've done one, but a 5k is all I've been able to work up to do. Maybe next year I can do the triathlon with him...

It was quite the sight to see how this was put on. It was very well organized and done well. Here is the line waiting to start the first event, swimming.

They started participants about every 2 minutes. They swam down and back up one lane, went under the lane rope, and kept going until they had swam all the lanes. They finished when they got to the other end of the pool. (Does that make sense?) It was 600+ yards.

Next was biking. Dad had a little delay when he went to start and his chain was off. With a little help, he was off in no time.

Coming in from the 16 mile bike ride.Running was last.

Here he is starting the 3.1 mile run.

Almost finished...

And crossing the finish line. That timer was started when the first swimmer started. My dad started towards the end.

Ahhh...refreshing water!

This is my favorite picture. Celeste just went and sat down right by her Grandpa as he was resting. If you look closely, she's even sitting the same way as he is with her hands around her knees. So cute!

My dad finished the race in 1 hour 38 minutes. Amazing! Way to go Dad! We're so proud of you!