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HOW on earth did it get to be December 13th???

Like - no REALLY?? I do not even RECALL the last few days of my life.  They are a blur.  Crazy blur.  Fun blur.  Which started out with me SURPRISING my sister late Thursday night.  On her door step.  12 hour drive.  And her not REALLY thinking it was me.  But it was.  And we screamed with HAPPY DELIGHT.  Then we cried.  And hugged each other - and then hugged some more.  Then sent all the kids into the other room while we caught up in her REALLY REALLY pretty sitting room.  No really.  It's GORGE!  I'll take pics today and POST THEM (ooo THAT will be my picture post!)

My week has also continued with gathering up things for the WORKSHOP (see below post!).  It's like this crazy amazing wild wonderful vendor GALORE experience that is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And in the next few DAYS we'll have more info with LOTS AND LOTS of details. And some sneaks that will tempt your brains for the holidays and make you REALLY want to BEG your husband for him to pay for this for Christmas!  :)

Oh - and lastly.  I'm not on my OWN computer.  Thus the no picture.  But I DO have amazing pics to share w/ you from a shoot I took last week .... pretty pretty pretty!  But if they were ugly, would I tell ya?? :)  Side note ... my brother's website has a link to click on that says "ugly kids".  Then when you click on it it says "SHAME ON YOU - there is NO such thing as an ugly kid. SHAME ON YOU!"  I laughed SO hard!  Good for him ... because you KNOW what we're all thinking!!! :)  Side note done.

And lastly - but MOST importantly (well, NOT as important as the WORKSHOP (see post below, can't link on this old computer!!!!) is a WHOLE WEEK'S ADVANCE notice that my BIRTHDAY is on the 20th.  So ... no, no, don't bother saying "happy birthday NEXT WEEK".  I will delete the comment. It MUST be on the 20th.  And randomly.  So - please set your timers.  Because my birthday lasts a week.  A FULL WEEK.  And sometimes more.  I'll let you know when it's appropriately over.

Haven't done a LICK of Christmas shopping.  Not one.  But I know what I WANT.  Which is MORE important, right ???  (aside from my birthday (see paragraph above) and the workshop (see post below).  SO - if you have any GLORIOUS ideas for:

8 year old boy

nearly 6 year old girl who loves PINK

and 2.5 year old crazy baby girl that SHOULD be on the naughty list.

PLEASE send the ideas to me.  My brain doesn't work this year.  I didn't even do a Christmas card. But I WILL!  :)

Love to all ... and to all a good night.

NEWS ... for realsies!

The wait is over.  The teasing on my part is done. This is real.  This is IT kids!!!

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It's real!!!!!  And I am SOOOO excited!!!  It's actually been like a YEAR in the making!

Go HERE   for our blog.  And BOOKMARK it because we will be updating like CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!  We have AMAZING vendors!  Ohhh SO amazing!  Their links will be uploaded shortly.  AND - we'll have sneak peaks of WHERE this workshop will be taking place.  But you'll have to keep checking back as we will update it QUITE often (unlike MY blog posts that happen sporadically!)  There's SO much more information to come .... but for now ... do the HAPPY DANCE WITH ME!

Ooohhh wait - did I share the link to  THE WORKSHOP ???

Wait - yes I did.

OHHH shoot - I think I forgot to give you the address to the workshop BLOG.

AND one more - just in case.  :)

http://amandakeeysphotography.com.au/embraceworkshop/

Any questions????

:)

Ready for the news?

Can you handle the news?

Are you sitting down?

Have you skyped ALL your friends so they can watch your response?

Are you going to put your response on YOUTUBE for all to see?

READY???????

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OHhhhhh SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT ... that wasn't the right file!

DARNET!

Wait - let me try ONE MORE....

CRAP ... what the ???????????  Why won't it load right???

:)

I thought this would get you to giggle.  Or maybe you're mad now because I teased you/lied to you???

Guess what ... I'm actually going to launch the news TONIGHT.  Like - in a FEW MORE HOURS!  So - if you're watching "The Office" season 5 (like I am) - put it on pause every 12 minutes to see if I've announced it. :) 

 And I PROMISE this time ... it will be for REAL!

SOMEDAY I'll be better at blogs.

I've just spent the last HOUR and a HALF RE-DOING my blog.  And I AM SOOOOOO mad at it right now.  CAN YOU FEEL MY ANGER? (sometimes I get angry while tilting my head to the left and smiling.)

SO - I am walking away.  I am breathing.  I am PRAYING that someone miraculous will call and FIGURE OUT MY BLOG FOR ME!  If you can figure it out - I will give you ALL my passwords.  Really.  I will.

WHERE is that person??????

Oddly enough - (for just moving here) - I am out of control busy!  Finishing up an album - working on Christmas cards - proofing seniors sessions - proofing family sessions and WORKING LIKE MAD on that itty bitty little tiny giant project that is going to be SO GREAT and SO EXCITING!  And yes - two of you are SO close.  SOOOO close I want to squeeeeeeeze you with glee.  I think it will be REVEALED this week!!!  AND ... I just found out I'll be working on another project with another photographer!  YIPPEE!  I'll get you more details on that in a few more weeks.  Maybe just in time for Christmas.......

So - on to reclaiming the anger from my blog.  I decided to NOT be angry.  INSTEAD I will post HAPPY PICTURES from my proofing.  Want to see?  Anyone???  YES???  :)  Happy photos = happy kara when she wants to DELETE typepad.

Britain.  One of my lovely LOVELY FRESH FACES winners.  I really really REALLY want to post MORE of her pictures.  But she hasn't seen them.  OOPS - I forgot to tell her I'm posting this teaser.  Anyone know her and want to call her?? :)  This is REALLY one of my ALL-TIME favorite couples image.  Like - I keep looking at it.  If I had a store-front studio - I would SO put this up.  Like 30x40.

And now - some of my "senior" images.  Katie is GORGEOUS!  I love these dark haired lovelies.  Funny - because I'm blond.  Well ... as blond as blond I can be before my hair guy PAUL (HEY PAUL!) gets his hands on my REALLY REALLY behind hair.  I pretend when I go in that living in Arizona puts a damper on flying to Salt Lake City to have him do my hair.  And he pretends that he understands.  When in actuality he and I would BOTH prefer that I drive up every 6 weeks so my hair would ALWAYS be pretty.  Anyway ... you KNOW I get on tangents.  

Katie - was brave enough to drive with me to all these crazy locations. The last one REALLY and truly giving me the ULTIMATE creeps.  She was LAUGHING at me.  "Come on, Kara - you're fine!  Are you REALLY afraid."  I tilted my head to the left and smiled and said "nooooo - not AFRAID - just wondering if I need a HEP shot in the ER tonight!!!"  

You tell ME if I should get a booster shot after seeing this location??

 

 
 

Ooo and LOVE this one (another HEP shot contender.  But I think it WAS worth it!)  :)

I LOVE that Katie is a photography student.  And I GUESS she's been stalking my site.  WHILE in her photo class!  She actually turned the camera on me!  So - if you're ever wondering what I look like while taking your pictures ... here you go!  We were wearing the accessories ....  But I think I need to use this hat more.

I also think I should've been doing bi-cep curls.

Hopefully my next post will be ALL about the news!!  OHHH THE NEWS~!!!!!!!!! 
 

**edited to add ..... after 3 hours to being MAD - Nate walked by and asked if I had pushed the REFRESH button on the new design of the blog.  Uhhh YA.   Of course.  Now ... where is that button?  And WOLA!  idiot me.  ugh. ***
  

Christmas Miracle ...

Well - not really!  But at least it's around the corner right?  Ohhh and just meaning that I've blogged 2x in ONE WEEK!  My sister would be SO proud!!!

There has been .... shall we say .... "TALK" that I must not be as IN TO New Moon this year as I was LAST YEAR about Twilight!  There has been ... shall we say ... "SLANDER" that my loves have been LOST!  There has been ... shall we say ... "UPSETTEDNESS" that I haven't BLOGGED correctly about TWILIGHT/NEW MOON!  And my answer to all of that is:

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!

:)

'tis true - 'tis true - that I haven't written/talked about it as much!  But OHHH the swooning I will be doing TOMORROW at 5:30.  THAT IS RIGHT ... I get a rented out theatre at 5:30 on Thursday!  hahahahaha!!!!!!  So - I will be taking pictures and posting them ASAP. Ooo MAYBE even BEFORE the rest of you "non 5:30 goers" have even SEEN the movie.  Wouldn't that be TORTURE?

Edward/Robert would want me to. I know it.

And really now - if you are actually one of those FEW that are questioning WHAT IN THE WORLD I AM TALKING ABOUT ... OHHHHHH MY naughtyswearwordthatIshouldsaybutiwont!!!!!  You must love brown.

:)

I have about 10 trillion things going on in the next few weeks.  My poor husband will be picking up the slack - but that's OK, right???  I've got quite a few shoots coming up.  Lots of families, a MODELING one, a commercial one.  Ooo and I'm even working on a CD cover!  SOOOOO excited about THAT ONE!  BUT - I DO have some REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY ... REALLY exciting NEWS!!!!!!  (and no - not preg).  I'll be posting that SOON!  Anyone want to guess ????  Post your guesses in the comments section - we'll see if there are any that are right.  Hmm - I SHOULD give something away for a winner, shouldn't I?  SHOULDN'T I???

THIS is how excited I am about this EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!  Sooooo EXCITED that I want to JUMP up and DOWN on my bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (this is another one of my favorites I forgot to post 2x ago).

Alright..... START GUESSING!!! :)

You're mad because I don't blog much...

... SORRY! I PROMISE to be better!  I PROMISE!  OH MY WORD - stop YELLING AT ME.. I PROMISE!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Now - really though ... It's kind of a mix between a few things.  A)  trying to sort through our life still.  Getting things in place takes a REALLY long time.  ESPECIALLY when you're trying to set up ANOTHER new clinic.  I envy the people who say w/ a smile .. ya - my husband just GOT THIS job without looking and EVERYTHING fell into place and he's home at 4:00, TOO!  I kind of smirk while listening to that.  Knowing that I've NEVER known such easiness for a job.  And because everyone in my family owns their own business, this is just NORMAL to me.  But NORMAL to me still takes a LOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME to get going.  And B) ... hmm what's B?  Well - I guess A takes up for B, C and so on???

Lucky me though - I've been able to photograph a few ARIZONA families lately - and have a few more set up in the coming days.  I LOVE looking for new places to photograph.  I think it's one of my favorite things - aside from actually taking the photograph.  Looking for that light.  Looking for that angle that will be different than what others offer.  yaaaaaa - THAT is what I love!  Making it DIFFERENT!

So I'll share a quick one as I continue to proof.  WHO DOESN'T LOVE DIRT????

Well - I thought that GIRL (that's what her brothers call her!!!) wouldn't like the dirt AS MUCH as her older BOY brothers.  So I quickly SNAGGED this bowl off my table. :)  Yep - that's how it works. And I LOVE IT!

And yes.  Apparently Arizona DOES HAVE TREES if you look hard enough. And they're pretty too!

Now - BEFORE my totally cool and FUNNY sister  BEATS me for not showing her how my girls looked in their HALLOWEEN costumes .. I will share.  I warn you - these were taken w/ my POC (piece of CRAP! $100 camera).  But OH MY WORD - they're STINKIN' CUTE costumes!  And if you hadn't guessed .. I did NOT sew these.  SHE DID!  That's why I love her.  She does RANDOM kindness things for me.  THANK YOU!  I LOVE THESE COSTUMES!

I GIVE YOU ... baby maby.

And yes - I WAS a 1950's house wife.  The funny thing ... I actually WEAR all these things.  Except my hair - that WAS a stretch! :)

I rarely post pics of Nate.  Not sure why ... he's SO handsome!  This was at our "trunk or treat" party we do the night before halloween.  He's VERY proud of his barfing pumpkin.

SERIOUSLY ... this is fluffy head.  LOOK AT HER!

I figured Lisa would be most proud of this last image ... because it's SO her.  And SO what her costume was MEANT to look like on!!

Hmmmm ... as I look back at these there's a BIG difference in "mom photographer" and "kara photographer" ... haha.  Can't seem to put my "photog" hat on for halloween w/ a crap camera. :)

More pics soon.  And I PROMISE not to go that long between posts.  PROMISE!  :)

   

Look away .. LOOK AWAY!!!

(she violently screamed!!!)  ... LEST ye be green with envy!

Yaaaaa ... it happens QUITE often (like EVERY shoot I do) that I get wrapped up in this little FAMILY that is letting me in and I ***sigh*** some serious sighs and think ... "Can I have MYSELF take MY OWN family pictures .... right now - right here .. because this is MAGICAL!!!"

That's how I felt with this family.  Again.  Repeats I tell ya - LOVE THEM!  She was one of my Utah shoots - a lucky one who will get all of her images on DVD.  Ohh happy for her.  Happy for me.  She originally requested an outside shoot.  And I was happy to oblige.  Then her husband mentioned an interest in shooting in their home... and I SQUUUEEEEEEEAAALED with delight (when I add extra eeeeee you can't tell if I'm spelling correctly or not).  But really - I LOVE doing in-home shoots.  Really - one of my favorites.  FAVORITES!  It's what I chose for MY family shoot last year and every time I see my picture, I smile.  Still.

The hard thing about shooting in someone's home is you DON'T.KNOW.THE.LIGHT.  And for a photographer that is SCARY!  Especially one who shoots pretty RAW like me.  Shadows/light are my "frenemy".  :)  But I choose friend.

Yep.  That's her real wall color.  Her real headboard. And that baby is real.  Despite my baby maby coming up a bit ago calling her a "FAE BABEEE".  (fake baby)  seeeeeeee SQUEALING with me???  Somehow I'd like to have this in a magazine.  Like a gerber baby magazine ... or a wall color magazine.  Just something.  Because baby L is BEAUTIFUL and SO pretty she DOES look fake! :)

Don't even try to be this flexible.  I tried.  I cried. 

HOLY CRAP - reaaaaaaly now?  REALLY????  Can I TAKE YOU and have you as my own???

 

uhhhhhhhhhhh huh!!!  This is actually the one I choose for them to print big.  Because I want it to be big for them.  So I choose it.  Not them.  Me.  I'm choosing. :)  Ahhhh she'll choose it because I tell her to! :)

LOVE YOU DARLAN!  Love you!!!!  And ohhh there's LOTS more - this was just the bedroom!!

And a HUGE THANK YOU for my participants of my contest previously posted.  GREAT entries.  And some funny begging going on!  That was funny girls!  DARLING kids - how will I choose?  I'll get working on those and let everyone know.  THANK YOU!!!

An ARIZONA special ...

For those fellow ARIZONA residents of mine.  Those Cacti dwellers (although I know it's grammatically INCORRECT - I like to call them CACTUS dwellers.  I try and stand out that way!)  :)

Because I LIVE here, BREATHE here, SHOP here, EAT here (wellllll you get the picture...) I decided to offer something FUN to my ARIZONA FRIENDS!

I am offering TWO SPECIALS! 

FRESH FACES: I need some ARIZONA faces on my website!  So I'd like to do a little "search" if you will - of new faces!  Please submit a picture of your child between the ages of 2-8 (I'll do an older group in a few weeks) to my email at karaelmorephotography@gmail.com with the words FRESH FACES in the subject line.  I will actually have a little "panel of judges" look over the images and then public voting will begin!  The child with the most votes WINS a free session and a FREE 11x14!  And you will receive an additional 10% off my la carte prices.  Value of $245.00.   Rules are as follows:  must be willing to wear clothing I decide upon (whether from your own stash - or mine).    You must be in the Greater Phoenix area and willing to travel to the location I choose.  SEE - SIMPLE!

FRESH FAMILIES:  You know I LOVE families!!!!!  So I'm extending this SAME offer to families.  FREE session, FREE 11x14 and 10% off my wall galleries.  No minimum order required.  Rules are as follows:  must be willing to wear clothing or colors I suggest (whether from your closet, or my props) and willing to travel to a location of my choosing.  Just email a picture of your family (just grab any old photo!) to karaelmorephotography@gmail.com with the words FRESH FAMILY in the subject line.  If you absolutely do not have a photo of your family (which is SHAMEFUL in and of itself!!) - just send a picture of all of your children together (not separate).  A panel of judges will look over images - and then voting on my blog will begin.

DEADLINE for ALL ENTRIES:  midnight on Sunday, NOVEMBER 1, 2009.

*** ETA - I've had some questions about engaged couples as well.  YES THEY COUNT, too!!! :)

Any questions in the meantime... go ahead and email.

Now - I'll leave you with some sunshine induced happiness :)

 

and her brother ... see the orange dots in his eyes ... that's his MOM! ;)

 

And my favorite one today:

Can't wait to see the entries!!!  Now -get emailing!!!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack! :)

Sorry ... couldn't resist using the "poltergeist" wording.  And, really I've been back for 5 days.  But ... you ALL know how I LOVE posting with TYPEPAD ..........  But since I've logged in, they seem to have changed a few things.  Sadly though I think I must've hurt "their" feelings (ya right) as I've signed up with two other companies.  Just waiting the "right time" to work on things.  hahaha.  Laughing at myself for putting such pressures on myself.  :)

OHHH had a GLORIOUS TIME in Utah!  Visiting family, friends and doing many, many shoots!  HOWEVER (Brandy's FAVORITE word of mine) it was SOOOOO FREAKIN' BEEEEEEEEEERZIE cold ... I must admit I MISSED the heat (INSERT BELLA holding her cactus as she peered out into the desert sun, contemplating her new life ahead of her in Oregon (eta:  OOPS - WASHINGTON!  BUT - it was FILMED in oregon!!!)... where she would SOON meet Edward Cullen).  Now - before you think I've blown a fuse and melted my innerds (a real word, yes??) ... not talking about the TRUE TRUE heat of 115.  But rather the lovely 88 degrees I left.  It was like 42 degrees in Utah. WHAT THE CRAP?

So - for lack of bla bla bla words - here's the skinny on my trip.  Flew up with the 3 chitlins on Friday, Oct. 2.  They did great.  I fake smiled the entire flight so I would train myself to be OK flying.  Only thought of barfing 4 times.  Smile politely at the idiot man who asked my children (the older 2) to BE QUIET when they were QUIETLY (and really - I mean QUIETLY) drawing pictures of clouds.  And then they GIGGLED when they opened the window and actually realized they were FLYING through clouds. I mean, REALLY.. COME ON IDIOT MAN!  They are KIDS who are GIGGLING and having a great time .. not SCREAMERS who are throwing GUM at your hair (which is what I SHOULD"VE allowed them to do).  Etc. Etc. Etc ... called Nate 40 times to see if he remembered to be nice to Oscar the dog.  He assured me he was VERY nice to him and after Oscar stopped roaming the house, perched on the back of the couch awaiting our arrival, he licked Nate's feet.  

That was Tuesday morning.  Tuesday EVENING .... I went to pick the kids up from the in-laws and was met by NATE and OSCAR!  They had driven the 12 hours (it's 12.  Not 10.  not 11.  Not 10.5 like some people say.  It's 12.)  They missed us.  So we were able to spend the remaining week trip as a whole.  Ohhh it was SO nice that way.

I've made it through 1 entire editing session... few more to go. :)  So I will post for you now.  OHHH and as a SIDE BLOG NOTE.  Remember my LAST question of "who really reads this?  Please comment!"  And like 18 of you did.  Welllllllllllll ... there are like 92 LIARS/SCARDIE CATS OUT THERE!  Because I checked my stats (you can do that, you know) and there were (hold please, let me get my calculator) 110 visitors that day.  Sooooo HELLO other 92.  Unless they were all my sister trying to be funny.  Hmm.  I'll have to "get" her for that.  By the way - I am the reason her blog is funny.  She writes about me.  And about baby maby - aka TAZ.  If it wasn't for me... her blog would be brown.  :)  Not really.  We're both REALLY allergic to brown you know.

Oops - forgot why I was writing in the first place.  To post pics...

hahaha.  No worries all those who want to call the "photography police" on me.  We asked permission.  But I STILL thought this was funny.

The apple head one (LOVE THAT!) and this swinging one are for her CHRISTMAS CARD!  Isn't that SO fun??  I thought this one was darling too!  Which swinging one do you like more?

The swinger (that's not the right verbage... but you get what I'm going for) on the left is their baby who is turning 3.  Then the middle and far right swinger are TWINS!  Born just 3 weeks after my Ava.  She's got an Ava too.  They call each other "the other ava".  

I love this one.  They were just being them.  Little Ava about to disappear.  Elsie looking SO sweet.  Ohhh these kids were DREAMY!!!!  Ohh - and this is where my LOGO comes from!  I LOVE AMY!  Remember she tooks pics of my fam last fall?? Ohhh I LOVED THEM!!!  Anyway -I love Amy.  I love doing pics for her.  She's SO creative - so BRIGHT - so FUN - so REAL!  And we GET each other.  And have since day one.  I think there's a handful of people like that for everyone.  And she's smack in the middle. :)

Ok ... I WILL post again.  I have more sneak peaks to give. So I PROMISE not to let it go 2.5 weeks again.

And as a lovely good night cap - just fyi that TWO of my children BARF-O-RAMAED on the flight home.  BUT my happiness came when Nate unloaded the van (hate that word) that I FILLED TO THE BRIM of things we had to leave behind in Utah until we could come back for them.  Mainly my pictures.  My HOUSE hasn't been a HOME without them.  I spent that first night back putting EVERY SINGLE ONE of my pictures up.  Even the kids mentioned it how fun it was to see them.  So - note to those of you who think that photography/art/memories are a waste of time ... it's what makes a HOUSE a HOME.  It's what brings a family together.  It's what LIFE is.  And it's SO happy to see!!! I can't tell you how happy I am to walk down these halls now.  The halls of my rented home that still lacks a dining room table, that still lacks a proper bed for fluffy head, that still lacks REAL dressers for ANYONE in the family.  But to have pictures clustered up ... priceless happiness.  GO GET YOUR PICTURES DONE and hang them (NOT TOO HIGH - that will ruin  it) up NOW!!!

good to be back ya'll.  (that's for my southern sister!)

Album images

You know that CRAZY terrible dream where you are back in high school and you have a class that you're LATE to and a TEST too that you haven't STUDIED for ... and SOMEHOW you are wearing a SKIRT. And you keep doing cartwheels and then you REALIZE that you don't have on UNDERWEAR!  But you keep doing cartwheels hoping that it will cover your TOP because you realize you forgot your SHIRT TOO??  And all the while you're trying to get into your locker and you FORGOT YOUR COMBINATION???????????????

Ya - that's kind of how I feel. :)  I also forgot the login to this typepad ... so I haven't posted for a while. . Serious.  Yep.  That's right.  I'm REALLY on top of my blog. :)  Ok - really ..... does ANYONE READ THIS?  I've always wanted to see how many comments I could get in a day just to SEE who reads it.  Let's try it....  Just do a YES in the comment box.  And let's see how many are ACTUALLY reading this???????????  :)  No. really.  DO IT NOW! :)

I THINK I'm going to (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... don't say this LOUDLY!!!) get rid of typepad soon!  I got another blog ready to go.... IF I could sit down to my computer and make the blog PRETTY!  I know I could pay someone to do it.  But WHY would I do that?? :)  I'll let you know when the NEW one is up and running.  My images should be BIGGER and the color more TRUE TO LIFE!

Struggling w/ how to GET MY NAME OUT THERE in Arizona!  I'm seriously just NOT used to advertising.  I never even send out emails of specials to my previous clients!  Nate said I was "loosing money" by not doing that.  It's just nothing I did.  I stayed busy by just phone calls, referrals or my lovely loyal clients (like the ones having me come out next week!!!!!)  BUT NOW - no one knows me.  So that means I'll have to POUND THE PAVEMENT!  But it's weird all the same, too.  Like I have to PROVE myself and my work. ugh.  I hate that part of it.  Like "putting yourself out there" ... for all to JUDGE!  When I really just want to say "this is my work.  Love it or hate it.  But it's ME and it's what I do!"

ANYWAY ..... I thought I'd share some images from a wedding album I will be handing over to the lovely MANDY on Saturday!!!!!!!!!   Funny how it's actually HARD for me to hand the album over .. like I want to keep it for myself.  And look at every night and say "pretty .. pretty bride!!!"

Click on it to see larger.

This is the cover ... the picture part is the front - then it wraps around the back w/ the green.  These were her wedding colors.  I know that lots of photogs use templates when creating books/invites, etc.  But I just never had.  I like to do it from scratch.  Which YES takes WAAAAAAAAY MORE TIME!  LIke WAAAAAAAAAAAAY more time!  Like WAY TONS OF LOTS OF TIME!!! :)  But then it's from ME!!!

Here's one of her "bridal" pages.  I LOVE this one because see that first pic on the left... it's ACTUALLY her reflection in the window from the 3rd image.  Giddy squeal:

Another Bridal page that I LOVE.  I love the details of this.  The veil.  The shoes.  The brooch.

Isn't he DARLING with her?????  Caden is SOOOOO AWESOME!

This one below was one of my favorite pages because of the colors and layers.  Mandy just let me DO MY THING.   I miss her. :)

I HEARD that this one below was Caden's favorite page.  If you can see all the little "poses" they were doing in each box. It was SO funny to photograph!

Annnnnnd the cake.  THE CAKE!  I LOVE this cake!

Ok - that does it for me for today.  IF I can remember (and that's a BIG IF!) my login ID - I'll post again soon.  IF NOT, I'll work on my NEW BLOG and MAYBE have it done when I get back from Utah.  I'm SO excited to visit.  And SO happy to be doing several sessions up there too.  The PERFECT week for colors on the leaves.  I'm going to wear a SCARF while I'm up there.  DO YOU HEAR THAT ARIZONA???  A SCARF!!!! :)  Now ... in December, I'll be singing AZ weather praises.  But today - while it's 107 SOMEHOW - I'm singing cooler weather praises. :)