Christmas Morning 2010

Christmas for us was very laid back this year. We were not able to get together with all of my family at once. My parents came to visit before Christmas on their way to Texas. Unfortunatley, I have no pictures of that - probably because we opened gifts at 10:30 at night and were all a little bit tired! Christmas Eve was a little different for us this year. We began going to a new church this past year and absolutely love it. They do not have the traditional Christmas Eve service though. We decided to come up with our own little tradition though - dinner together, followed by some devotion/scripture time as a family, and then movie time together. It was so nice to just spend time together as a family.

Christmas morning was spent with just the four of us - unwrapping gifts from Santa and each other.

Apparently Ernie had an accident similar to Jacob's....we found him with a cast on and his leg propped on a pillow a few days before Christmas. :)

Traditional Christmas morning picture...

Jenna's biggest request from Santa this year was a pink digital camera....

Jenna knitted all of us scarves for Christmas (with a little help from Grandma C.).... Jacob's biggest request this year were Xbox games and an airsoft gun...

Since we didn't have to be anywhere until early afternoon, we were able to spend lots of time relaxing and playing with our gifts!

Jenna got this book from Scott, Brenda, Marcus, Carsyna and Payton and absolutely LOVES it!

Family photo....not sure why I had us pose in front of the tree....you can't even see it! HA!

Christmas 2010

We spent Christmas day at Bob and Celesta's house celebrating Christmas with Chris' family. It was the perfect day - family, lots of good food, gifts, and visiting.

Jenna and Lauren - the zebra girls.... Megan and Chris' mom...

Jenna with her new camera!

Jacob and Becca....

Uncle Bob got creative while signing Jacob's cast!

The gifts....LOTS of them!! Chris...

Lauren and Megan...

Jacob....

Someone is awfully excited about her present....

That's because it was an iPad from all of us!!

Chris' parents.... Megan and Jenna....

Ryan playing with Becca's new "toy"...

Julie and Lauren.... Jenna and Rylee (Bob and Celesta's dog)....

Rylee...

Trying out Lauren's bright pink high heels....

Some updates from our house....

• As you can tell from the previous posts, I had a rush of photography sessions in November and December. I loved being busy taking photos and editting! I am almost caught up on posting peeks of each of those sessions here on my blog. I still have a few more to go - 2 senior sessions and a wedding - and then I will be caught up with photography sessions.
• It has been forever since I posted any personal photos. I have lots of Christmas photos to share, too. So keep checking back here!
• Jacob is slowly recovering from his broken ankle. Today he went back to the orthopedic dr for another appointment. He got his cast off again, got xrays taken again, and got another cast put on (this is cast #4 counting the temporary one the ER put on). The good news is that this one is a walking cast! Starting today he can slowly start to put some pressure on his cast and start walking on it with the help of crutches. YAY! Next week he goes back to have that cast taken off, more xrays taken, and hopefully get a boot instead of another cast. He still has a long way to go....but the healing has started!
• Our Christmas was great! We didn't have to travel far this year, which meant we got lots of time at home to just relax. I promise....pictures are coming!
• It's always so hard to get back into a routine again after Christmas break. There was lots of laying around (using my new snuggie. LOVE it), sleeping in, staying up late, and basically having no schedule. Hopefully a few 2 hour delays for snow here and there will help pass the time until Spring Break.
• Since going back to school, our schedule has been full of basektball practices and games, dance classes, and gymnastics. It's no wonder I'm always ready to go to bed so early each night!
• My new favorite spot for the cold nights is wrapped in my zebra print snuggie sitting in front of the fireplace. Heaven!! In fact....I'm headed there right now!!

Abigail | 2 months old

This session had to be rescheduled several times due to bad weather, sickness, and Jacob's broken ankle....but we were finally able to get together so I could photograph this sweet baby girl. She was wide awake when we started, but she was completely asleep by the time we finished. She really was just too sweet....even if she didn't give me any of those smiles her mom was hoping for!

Cade, Gage, & Dane

These three boys happen to be some of my absolute favorite kids. I have known them since the day they were born and we have spent lots of family time together with their family. In early December we headed out in the cold (are you seeing a pattern here???) for a quick Christmas card photo session.

Foster Family

This was another session on a cold, cold December day....but the Foster family braved the cold for some family photos with me. We started at Central to take some Christmas photos and then headed out into the cold for some less formal pictures.

I've shot in this location way too many times....but I love the look the snow gave it!

Royer Family

Sara is one of my closest friends. We also teach together. I was excited when she asked me to take family pictures for her.....especially when she suggested an awesome location. Unfortunately we picked one of the coldest days in December - especially for outdoor photos! Brrr!!





Definitely my favorite!!!

After we did some family photos, we headed to Sara's parents' house to take their annual "cousins" photo for Christmas.

There was a perfect light snow falling, so we headed back outside for a quick Christmasy feeling photo. Love the snowflakes!!

THANKS for such a fun day!! I always miss my family at Christmas and it meant a lot that you let us be a part of your family for a few hours.

Aadi | 18 months

Miss Aadi is another return baby. ....I took her 1 year photos in the summer and recently took photos when she turned 18 months old. Being an "on location" photographer without a studio can be tricky during the cold months, so I was beyond excited when Aadi's Mom suggested a location and contacted them to get the "ok". She picked the library because of Aadi's love of books !

Charley | 1 year old

I first photographed Charley when he was 6 months old and I was so excited when his Mom asked me to take his 1 year photos. I love being asked to photograph babies again as they grow older and to document the milestones in their lives. Charley was so fun to be around and I fell in love with his big brown eyes!!