richmond fam fall shoot

So I can say that I feel like I'm over my photo block and have been having so much fun recently with my pics! On top of working on my boutique stuff and trying to learn a few other things, life is flowing again.

This was a shoot I actually did a couple weeks ago and am now just posting. Next I'm posting some pics of Todd and Paris's new baby, Brody... so stay tuned! Also.. I will probably be posting some of what I've been up to with my boutique, and I'm excited to know your honest opinions once that's up. I love you all, and am so grateful for all my amazing friends, family and support!

Kay, Sierra is such a ham! In between posing we would get a few natural, but the posing was so cute!



Look at that face. Trouble. Regan deserves it!


Sisters Sierra and Savannah.

Sierra's uncle had just gotten married the night before and Sierra was the lucky gal who caught the bouquet! She had slept with it the night before and had to have some pictures with it.

Such a sweet face!

Love the fall!

writer's block...

Sometimes I think there are too many things that I want to do.. and in the process of doing those things, other things fall through cracks (this week it's been my poor kids.. el neglecto) Other things I've been neglecting.. my blogS, my yard (who am I kidding, my yard has been neglected now for months), getting ready in something besides sweats, and photography! I have like whatever would be writer's block but to photography. Photography block. So anyway.. any advice? What can I do to help myself? Usually I find music I love.. and lucky me! Regina Spektor's new album has four songs on playlist, but it's still not helping me. I don't know if my brain is on overload from too many lifetime movies, too many home projects (most of them done!!), a rockin' Halloween decoration thanks very much to my friend, Marianne (we learned how to master a jig saw)! too many lunches out... very much el addictedo to Lone Star thanks to Ash and Jimmy Johns thanks to Marianne, and many other projects that I am VERY excited about, but will tell you about later.. Ah well, I guess I've been livin' it up outside of computer land. Anyway.. here's a cute one of Brody to make me feel like I am doing something photographyish!

a little bit of what i've been up to...

bAbiEs n FaLL... here's a smidgen of it..

baby bobby preview

Meet this sweet little guy! I loved this one where you can see his happy mama's smile.

There are more of these to be posted soon.

don't you wear your tutu to salt air?

How cute are these girls? All of my friends seriously have the cutest kids! We decided to round up whoever wanted to come and ventured on out to SaltAir. I haven't been there since I was little.. and all I can remember about that is my mom took us there to ride elephants? I'm not making it up. I have pics to prove it.

Here's one of my favs.. Brooklyn with her balloons...

Both Miley and Bauer were not too excited about being there. But I got cute pics of Miley... Bauer not so much.

Anna was our little star! I had been warned beforehand about her lack of enthusiasm for picture taking, but she did so well!

The girls got spunk..

I love the old west feel..

Help me out! I love this picture of Bentley, and I can't decide how I love it most. Let me know what you think...

B&W



Color..

Color crop

The stinky trip out there was worth it!

saltAiR

Ugh... I've been out of it when it comes to posting. Blame it on the Swine Flu. It knocked us out for a while, and ever since I've just not had the energy to get goin' again. But I do have plenty to post! Here's a preview of how cute these pics came out.. I have so many more of some of my cute friend's little girls.


I got a group of similar pictures to this one that I have to say are my favorites of Bentley to date..

This one's going on my wall!

Thanks everyone for your support.

And Happy Grandparent's Day! We love our Grandmas and Grandpas!

yummy s'more cookies

Alright. So for a long time I've been wanting to get with it enough to start posting some recipes. The reason I think this may be a good idea is that it might make me cook. I always use stumbleupon and find these amazing pictures of food and think I'll try that. Well guess what. I tried it. And so far, so good.. These little fellas are from www.thecrepesofwrath.wordpress.com
That just happened.

Here's the recipe. You know you want it. It's basically cookie dough with some graham cracker thrown in, a layer of chocolate, a layer of marshmallow, and some more cookie dough graham cracker.

S’more Cookie Bars from Baking Bites
1/2 cup butter, room temperature1/4 cup brown sugar1/2 cup sugar1 large egg1 tsp vanilla extract1 1/3 cups all purpose flour3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 8 graham crackers)1 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt2 king-sized milk chocolate bars1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme/fluff (not melted marshmallows)
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and/or line an 8-inch square baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix at a low speed until combined. Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan.
4. Place chocolate bars over dough (2 king-sized Hershey’s bars should fit perfectly side by side, but break the chocolate if necessary to get it to fit in a single layer no more than 1/4 inch thick).
5. Spread the marshmallow fluff over the chocolate.
6. Place remaining dough in a single layer on top of the fluff (most easily achieved by flattening the dough into small shingles or panels and laying them together).
7. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

If you try them, let me in on how they turn out!

KaCey'S bRidALs!!

Kace was such a good sport to let me drag her around ALL over! So many gorgeous pics.. there will definitley be more.. let me know what you think.
I love how traditional her presence is behind her bouquet.

One of my favorites of Kacey and her fiance, Joe..

Check back soon!

girls camp 2009!

I have been gone this whole past week at Girls Camp on our Stake property. I had so much fun! I thought I'd share a few pics from my week.
Because of all our summer rain, we were able to see so many beautiful wild flowers that aren't usually around this time of year.

One of my favorite parts of the property is the meadows. It's what always comes to mind for me when I think of Girl's Camp.

One other thing we got to do was have fires! It's been a while since we could have a fire due to the property being too dry. My ward's camp daddy was awesome! He taught us how to make our fires colorful.. they were so pretty. You get a copper tube (from Home Depot) and cut it into smaller pieces (like a foot long). Cover the copper tube in a hose that's cut to the same size. Put it into the fire and you have blues and purple flames with the orange. It was crazy! I am definitely doing it my next camping trip (which happens to be the Tetons this weekend). I learned all kinds of fun camping stuff. Believe it or not, I've never roasted a starburst before, and I couldn't get enough! I'll also be doing banana boats my next campout. Lots of fun stuff!!

My fav..

I love girl's camp!

el preggo continued

I love so many of the pictures we got of pregnant Paris, let me know what you think!

One of my faves...

Don't worry about it. Just another pregnant girl sitting on the train tracks.

I'm still very much deciding what style is more me. I love a pop art feel. Tell me what you think!

Thanks Paris for being too cute while pregnant!

paris es preggo preview

I'm so excited about how many CuTe PrEgGo pics we got! Seriously, Paris does preggo better than most anybody I know! Check back soon for more.

a sweet little double blessing

I have two new members of my fam.. a niece and a nephew! Over the weekend, they were both blessed in Cedar City. I didn't have much time to do pictures, but here are my favorites from the weekend.
Cansas and Chloe

Carly and her first, Raymond.


Summer and Lucie