Sunday, December 27, 2009

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This was our family photo for 2009~practicing with my tripod and timer :)

Family 1 b&w resized

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

353/365

lens beauty rs

I am just giddy with excitement over this "early" present!!!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

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Mike and I came home from a Christmas Party Saturday night and found this in the tree...half way up!!!
pete in the tree 3 rs

BUSTED!!!
pete in tree 2 rs

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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This year's Christmas Tree...

Christmas Tree

and a little fun with a slow shutter speed...
Christmas tree 2

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

346/365

Finally had a few moments to upload Ashley and my gingerbread house creation~kinda ghetto, huh? I am in love with this new Butterscotch Vintage Action~and the best part...you can download it for FREE!!
gingerbread house 0002 resized

Sunday, December 13, 2009

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Every year the kids and I put together a gingerbread house...for the past 2 years, Ashley and I have been carrying on the tradition...the boys haven't been too interested~we had fun and ate lots of frosting~YUM!!!
gingerbread house 0001 resized

Thursday, December 10, 2009

341/365

I have really been slacking on my 365 blog~sorry!!!
I got a surprise on my doorstep yesterday...this was from my high school friend Liz, she is a sweetie!!!! It is filled with all kinds of chocolate goodness :)
gift from Liz 2 resized

Sunday, December 6, 2009

337/365

Another of Josh, I have been trying to get caught up on my editing...

Josh cloned bkgrd resized

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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made a bunch of these tags for a friend who's son is getting married on Saturday.

wedding tags

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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I have been eyeing these cleaning products (from Target) for a while (I am such a product junkie!!)...finally decided to buy some~gotta say...I Love this counter cleaner!!! Does a great job, smells really good and environmentally friendly!!
random

Sunday, November 29, 2009

330/365

Picture overload today!!

21 pounds of goodness!!!
Thanksgiving dinner 00015rs

table
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mashed potoato maker
Thanksgiving dinner 00017rs

the pourer
Thanksgiving dinner 00014rs

Josh
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Nate
thanksgiving dinner 0007rs

finally eating
thanksgiving dinner 0001rs

more eating
Thanksgiving dinner 00010rs

we like to eat
thanksgiving dinner 0004rs

lots of Xbox playing
Thanksgiving dinner 00019rs

Ash mapping out our Black Friday route
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my favorite son
Thanksgiving dinner 00031rs

my favorite daughter
Thanksgiving dinner 00024rs

favorite son in law
thanksgiving dinner 0009rs

hubs concentrating on MW2
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why I love AZ!!!
thanksgiving dinner 0002rs

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

327/365

I am happy to report that our church collected 83 shoe boxes this year for Operation Christmas Child~HOORAY!!!

Operation Christmas Child Boxes 09

Monday, November 23, 2009

325/365

My two favorite guys!!!

mike josh 09

Friday, November 20, 2009

322/365

I was doing laundry the other day and was taking a break from all the fun, LOL!~ and decided to snap some self portraits...this one is my new FB photo :)
me playing around recropped resized

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Another of me and Sue...definitely taken during the "Golden Hour"

sue visit 001 resized

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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I have been a slacker on my 365 blog!!!
I did have a great time with my friend Sue this past weekend...of course we had to have a senior portrait moment, LOL!
sue me south mountain 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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me and my hubby...
mike and me nov09 001 resized

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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My cute and favorite daughter :) another senior portrait moment.

Ashley nov09 001 resized

Monday, November 9, 2009

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An outtake from our family Christmas photo shoot...
I know it is out of focus and not the best photo~but it made me laugh :) I have the best kids ever!!!

outtake

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Still working on edits...here is another homecoming pic

kendra 003 resized

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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kendra 001 resized

I shot some photos of homecoming for Kendra this past weekend...This was one of my fav's.

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Finally finished editing last weeks family shoot~I really liked this one :)

IMG_2328-Edit

Saturday, October 31, 2009

302/365

If it fits it ships


pete box

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Another of my favorite daughter *smile*

Ashley 9 b&w

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Since I have been busy, busy, busy...another post of my cute daughter (one of my favorite models) from our recent senior portrait moments.

Ashley 5 urban

Monday, October 26, 2009

297/365

Missed the weekend posts~whoops!!!
I did a photo shoot with Josh (for one of his coworkers) this weekend...Ashley was our assistant (an awesome one btw!!!), she carried my gear and let me practice my settings on her before they arrived~isn't she cute??


Ashley 8

Friday, October 23, 2009

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Sharon, Ashley & Josh

Just posting some cute kids today (with some more urban editing) :)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

293/365

chicken

This is random...while Josh and I were scoping out a photo shoot location, these chickens appeared~not your everyday occurrence in Phoenix :)

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Ashley snapped a senior portrait moment of me~I am not in front of the lens too often, LOL!!

me urban

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Another photo of Ashley...She is such a great model and helps me practice :)

Ashley 2 urban

Monday, October 19, 2009

290/365

I went with Josh yesterday to check out a new location for a photo shoot we are doing on Saturday...Ashley came with and did some senior portrait moments for me~what a great kid!!!!

Ashley 1a

Friday, October 16, 2009

287/365

Sometimes I ask my family to do a senior portrait moment~here is Mike's pose :)

Mike 4 resized

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Josh and I took a trip to McDonald's for some ice cream~yes, I take my camera every where!!!

friday night snack