Wow, it's been a while

Life has been a bit crazy since moving back into our house. We're still not entirely moved in, nor are our floors entirely finished yet. But we're getting there. Life will someday get back to normal.

Here is a picture of each of our boys from the pumpkin patch this past weekend. Aren't their matching shirts just the cutest? My friend Emily made them. You can check our her store here: http://www.myemmybaby.com/

Annie + Aaron: Sneak Peek

I had my first stranger and adult photo shoot this morning. It was an engagement session for the cutest young couple, Annie and Aaron who are planning on getting married on May 17th. Annie and Aaron are fellow Ball State Cardinals so we immediately had a lot to talk about. Good old BSU! :o) They seem like such a fun and laid back couple. And they're HUGE Colts fans so it doesn't get much better than that (well it would if they were Cubs fans...LoL).

Thank you Annie and Aaron for allowing me to take your engagement pictures! I had a great time and I hope you're pleased with your pictures! Here's a sneak peek of five of my favorites!

A little update

Well, I finally got my computer back (yay!). BUT after having it for 2 days, we unfortunately experienced a house fire. We woke up early (5:20am) last Friday to our smoke alarms. Ryan went into the hallway to see an orange glow from downstairs. He came running back into our room to tell me and I seriously had myself, Dominic and Lucas out of bed and outside within 15 seconds. I was on auto pilot. I don't even remember it. I do however remember looking at the fire which was in our living room before running out of the house. It was the by far the scariest moment in my life. We were told by the firemen that a lamp bulb burst and the filament (or something) landed in our brand new chair and it started as a smoldering fire and ended up in 4 foot high flames! Ironic thing is, we have those new dual sensor smoke alarms just sitting in a bag. We hadn't put them up yet. If we had, we might have caught it before it ended up in flames. I recommend that EVERYONE purchase something similar to these (make sure they are ionization and photoelectric): http://www.amazon.com/Kidde-Dual-Sensor-Flame-Smoke-442007/dp/B0007G71U4 and install them immediately! Learn from our mistake!

We are currently staying at my mom's house while our house is being restored and although it's a little hectic we're just lucky to all be safe and that the fire wasn't any bigger than it was. I thank Tiffany and her family and Aaron and Annie for understanding and allowing me to reschedule their sessions that we had scheduled this week. I really appreciate it!

And of course, here are a few pictures:

The carpet under the chair

The front of the chair

The back of the chair

What to do with myself?

Funny how you never realize how dependent a person becomes on their computer. Right now I'm typing this on my ssslllooowww desktop computer in our spare room. Usually I'm working on my super fast brand new laptop downstairs, but not today. And not for another two weeks (although I'm hoping sooner). Seems that the monitor on my laptop is having some pixel issues and since it's still under warranty I shipped it off to be repaired. I miss my laptop. That's where I do all of my photography work. So what am I going to do with myself for the next two weeks? I've decided to reread Bryan Peterson's book Understanding Exposure, flip through my new Photoshop book by Scott Kelby and of course, spend even more time with the three loves of my life. But, if you don't see any new picture posts for a while....that's why.

A day at the pool

My family got together yesterday for a cookout and a day at the pool in honor of some out of town family members visiting this weekend. I was so busy catching Dominic as he jumped in the pool over and over again that I barely got a chance to take my camera out. I did manage to snap this cute picture of Aidan. I just love this boy's eyes.

Flying High

My sister stopped over today just as I was taking the boys outside to play. I brought my camera out in hopes of getting some good shots of Dominic, but no such luck. I did get some great ones while Tee-Tee (that's what Dominic calls my sister) was playing with Lucas though.

Little Miss P. Teeny

I had the pleasure of having this sweet little girl (and her parents) stay with my family for a week. She's the daughter of our best friends who now live in Florida. This was the first time I got to meet Miss P. Teeny (she's 3.5 months old). and it was the first time they met our littlest man too. I was so sad to see them go this morning (and so was my oldest...he may need therapy) but we have full confidence that they'll be moving back soon.