Congratulations!!!

To Lane N. and Hailey C. or winning Spring's Cutest & Coolest Kid Contest!!!!

I was away all weekend at a woman's retreat and was amazed to come home Sunday evening to see how many votes there were! Wow! Thank you everybody for participating in the contest. I'm sorry that voting was a little crazy. This is the first time I've used a blogger poll and wasn't quite sure how it was going to run. Thanks for hanging in there!

I will be contacting the winners via email shortly to schedule your session!!! Can't wait to see you!

Happy First Birthday To You!

This sweet little girl just turned ONE and I got to photograph her party! How fun!!!! She's just the sweetest little thing. Here are some cute ones of her eating her cake. Happy First Birthday Shay!!!

Now these are some CUTE and COOL kids!!!

Are you ready to see some VERY cute and cool kids??? I got so many wonderful entries that I don't know how all of you are going to vote!!!

So here's the rules...Please vote for only one entry in each category and only vote ONCE A DAY. No ten bazillion votes in one day!!! Let's play fair boys and girls! The voting begins now and will be open until 11:59 PM EST on March 22, 2009. I will announce and contact the winner that week. You can find the polls at the top of the blog under the tabs.

Here we go.....

Which one do you think is Spring's CUTEST Kid??? There are a lot to choose from!

#1 Abigail

#2 Adler

#3 Benjamin

#4 Charlie

#5 Elliott

#6 Emily

#7 Gavin

#8 Haley

#9 Jackson

#10 Katelynn

#11 Lane

#12 Liam

#13 Logan

#14 Thatcher

#15 & 16 Will & Jack

Now onto the Spring's COOLEST Kid! Only three to choose from in this category.

#1 Hailey #2 Sophia #3 Taylor

Good luck to all the contestants!

Oh, and I promise the only thing done to these pictures BY ME was resizing them for my blog!

5 MORE DAYS!!!

You only have 5 more days to enter your 3-6 or 7-10 year old children in my Spring's Cutest/Coolest Kid Contest!!! I've already got some great entries but would love to see more (especially in the Coolest Contest)! All you have to do is send a non-professional picture of you kid to my email: capturedbykristenphotography@gmail.com. It's that easy!!!!

Spring's Cutest and Coolest Kid Contests

I'm trying something new....I've decided to hold two Spring contests: Cutest Kid and Coolest Kid!

I'm looking for kids in the age range of 3-6 ("Cutest" contest) and 7-10 ("Coolest" contest), boy or girl, and who has a very stylish wardrobe (hee, hee). You can submit a recent photo of your child (can be just a snapshot...nothing fancy) to my email at capturedbykristenphotography@gmail.com by March 15, 2009 and I will post the pictures on my blog with a poll to vote for the winner.

The winners of the contests will receive a free photo session (a $75 value) at a set outdoor location, a free 5x7 print (a $10 value), and 50% off all other print/CD prices!

Come on, you know you have a little cutie or a cool kid that would be PERFECT for this contest! Go ahead and enter their picture!!!! You know you want to......

****Be on the lookout for a TWEEN/TEEN contest in the near future too****

Precious Peyton

How do I get so lucky to get all of these gorgeous blue eyed kids in my life? This is my "niece" Peyton. Her mom and dad our our best friends. They FINALLY moved back from Florida and I am overjoyed that we get to raise our kids together. Peyton turns two (already...sniff, sniff) in March and this is my favorite picture from her session.

The sweet life

If only they were always this sweet to each other.

And just because I couldn't decide if I liked the color or mocha better, I'm adding both. Even though as I always say (right Court?) I don't like the color on Blogger. I think it's time to find another alternative. Also on the "To Buy" list: a noiseware program. The reason you see a little grain in these pictures is because I bumped up my ISO (technical terms, I know) so I didn't have to use a flash.