a drive to calico rock:
today i shot the moody family. the drive was great with the new car ;) and so was the weather. we met up at the little park as you enter into calico and then headed down to some awesome old buildings. i will be back to shoot there again.

first up: at the park.
2 of the cutest little girls: then the buildings: i love them.
this is how old they are. 2 & 3!
aren't they the cutest family.
and this is the girls when they found out that we were DONE!

i had a great time with you guys today. good to see the girls again. i cant believe how big they are getting!

DREAM BIG: they do come true....


Yesterday, my friend jessi and i had a mission to complete. finding me a new car. not just any car, but THE car! and that we did... we had originally planned to drive to siloam springs to check one out that i found online, but friday night kevin and i just happened to drive through town and i remembered this one car that i had seen and so we stopped to check it out. they were closed so before jessi and i set out on our adventure saturday, we decided to go look at the one in town. my awesome dad met us there and we test drove it. well that was all it took! then it was time for dad to bite into them. he is GREAT at getting what he wants for the price he wants. he tells em how it is. i love it!!! me and jessi were just sitting there like... oh my gosh! she wants him to go along w/ her when she gets a new car. ;) so, end the end I GOT IT. I couldn't be more ecstatic. my dream car! check it out.................................

so, today i am sitting here feeling like pooh! i don't know what this is or where it came from, but i am NOT a fan of it. my head seriously feels like it may blow at any moment.

besides telling you how crappy i feel, there is another reason for this post. it is to see how may blog readers i have. i would *love* it if you would take a moment to drop me a comment below. ...it would make me feel betterrrr..... ; )

i am also getting ready to be even more crazy busy than i already am. i have so many shoots booked in october that i don't have a free weekend day. (except for our 7 year anniversary on the 7th!) we hope to go camping... those who don't know... i am super excited that on nov.9th we leave for 10 days on our much anticipated CAYMAN ISLANDS trip... wahoo...
so, i am trying to cram as many sessions in between now and then. phew! guess i had a lot to say! so, remember to drop me a comment and i will love you forever! thanks!

a day to relax:
yesterday when we got back from springfield we decided to just have a lazy day. we had got laykin some new winter clothes and so she had to go check them out & try them all on.

this one shows just how sweet she can be. she had this piece of material on her head saying that she was a restaurant worker.
i love this one with her dimples...

this is her in a new outfit that she says she looks like a bratz doll in. all stylish!
nutter butters.

here is goes... into the mouth. mmmm.... must be good.
this is kevin's new toy that he got while we were in Springfield. he is so proud of this thang.


and laykins reaction... she likes it to. thought it was for her.

yep, its in the living room... getting all prepped for the river.

a quick little getaway:

this weekend we went up to Springfield to meet up with some friends for the night. we decided to go up early and spend the day together just the 2 of us. i had a great time. it's good to get away sometimes. go to a different town and just hang out and enjoy each others company. so, on the way we stopped at our favorite little road side park. it is so nice, just off the side of the road and you wouldn't even know it. here's a few from the park. (which was the only time that i had the camera out the whole time we were there.)
the ever so handsome husband ;0....

Football Season::
one of my most favorite people in the whole world plus one of my best friends, asked me to come along to her sons football game to get some action shots of him on the field. here are a few. these kids are so cute out there. the coaches kept having to get their attention back on the game b/c they would get to playing and goofing around. it was to funny. enjoy tam! ;)

heres the little man himself... look at em go...
halftime!

he was all over that ball!
GO LANDON!

fun @ the fair :: 2007
friday afternoon/evening we took laykin to the fair. we were so thrilled to run into charlie. i am really glad that she was there so that she and laykin could ride together. they had a blast! it was perfect weather and we got there before everyone got out for the evening, they were able to just get on every ride w/o having to stand in line forever.... here are a few shots of FUN! the dizzy dragons... me + kev rode with the girls and they wouldn't stop spinning the dragon and we thought we might get sick b/c of a four and five year old. go figure!
laykin was super excited to go on the slide... she had to do it twice.
and the motorcycles... it was so cute how they would hold hands from ride to ride and laykin would just do what charlie said. she was just enjoying the company.
the rollercoaster... as i am blogging these, laykin is letting me know that she liked the rollercoaster the best. she is a bit of a risk taker i am afraid.

All for you Danelle:

I shot this family tonight and they were great! Just so fun to be around. I also found out that Danelle is a BLOG STAULKER.... (which I Loovvvee) The girls were so good and well behaved ( and so were the parents ;) ) I had a great time with you all, thanks guys!

These girls have the most AMAZING eyes!!!
This is a "do what the kids wanna do moment."

Such a great family.
they are just so darn cute...

and then some good ol' fun for all.....

Soooo.... this is my 100th post!!!! so, I thought I would have Jaren take some shots of ME! A couple days ago we got together to do a quick little shoot complete with my very own Hollywood hair/makeup stylist....Jessi Harbour @ the shiny lime! I only have time to get a couple up so some I will post the rest...
this first one is a shot by Jaren with THE CANON!!! And this one is of myself by myself as I was waiting for a disc to burn... I thought.. hmmm, Jaren takes pictures of herself... why can't I. I only had time for a couple, so here is one. (Jaren-what about class?)

The Lovely Amanda:
Here are a few... from this shoot. We started out a little boudoir and them went out and about for some night shots....