Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sunday, January 25, 2009

King Family Portrait

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I met up with the King family on Christmas eve, they braved the cold for some outdoor shots of the whole crew! So fun to meet you all!
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Forrest- Month 5

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Yesterday I took photos of Forrest for month 6, and realized I never posted month 5, so here he is....a little late but as cute as ever!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Obama Icon Me!


Yowser- what an exciting day yesterday was for the country! It was historic and moving...and way better then normal daytime TV so I was all for it- hee hee! Although, I think I got my fill of parades and speeches and balls and ball gowns to hold me over for a few years...or at least until the Oscars next month :-)

And whether you voted for our new President or not, both Republicans and Democrats can agree on good design, like the iconic Obama poster designed by Shepard Fairey. Now you can get one for yourself by clicking here...so go icon yourself- and enjoy!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

lakehouse weekend with avery!

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my parents were baby sitting my niece, avery, at the lake house so she was my model for the weekend!
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all of a sudden she is no longer a toddler but a little girl with so much personality and she is full of enthusiasm and smiles!
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the lake was gorgeous this weekend, we have had tons of snow in chicago but with the lake effect, there seemed to be double the snow in michigan!
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i think winter is my favorite time of year at the lake, peaceful and beautiful...and so many ways to get outside and play!
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pete and i headed out to saugatuck dunes state park for snowshoeing, and spent a day downhill skiing at bittersweet mountain
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miss avery in her pjs ready for breakfast!
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here's my bro tossing avery- she is sooo tiny so gets a lot of air time!
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yep- under all that snow my dog is still black, and in the next photo under all that white- is the lake (griff is standing on a frozen wave)
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griffey and avery navigate the huge snow pile at the end of the driveway.
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avery playing with my mom in the snow!
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Baby Isla

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On the way home from Colorado we stopped in Des Moines so I could meet my friend Dave's new baby girl! And of course I had to snap a few photos as well. She is adorable- congratulations guys!!!
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Family Portraits

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A few days before Christmas I headed over to the Gross home to get some formal shots of the whole family that was in town for the Holidays. It was so fun to see you all!
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Baby Katie!

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She is Pete's adorable niece and she gets cuter every time I see her! While in Omaha after Christmas we fit in a mini session and also snapped a few with her proud parents! I made these images a little more vintage feeling. I'm also experimenting with watermarking my images (as you can probably tell) maybe these are a bit too large? But lately I have been posting my images to other sites as well so I want people to know how to find me :-)
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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Colorado!

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As promised (and in totally random order- sorry), a few pics from our road trip to Colorado!
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Pete is getting to be quite the photographer himself- I thought he got some cool pics -or maybe it's just my excellent post-processing skills ;-0
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We loved taking our christmas present (new snowshoes- thanks dad!) out for a hikes in RMNP
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I did manage to talk Pete into skiing and we spend a day at Loveland, it was the highlight of my visit- as it's been a few years since i hit the slopes and we had a great time!
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We also did tons of hiking around Boulder with Griffey who loved it up there- their city park, Chitaqua, was quite amazing and we found some other great trails as well.
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New Year's eve we went out for a big meal- but were so exhausted from all the skiing and hiking and snowshoeing that we were starting to fall asleep at the table and had to take our last courses to go!
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We were passed out by 11- man we are getting old if we can't stay up on NYE!
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Hope everyone else had a more exciting New Years Eve and a great holiday break!
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