Goodbye Juergen and Elke

"The b.e.s.t. part of life is when your family becomes your friends, and your friends become your family." ---Danica Whitfield

Well, another vist from my family has come and gone. It's always such a sad day when they leave. This year my Uncle Juergen and Aunt Elke were here from Germany for 3 weeks. It's always so comforting for me to have my family here. I appreciate each day that I can spend with them since they are so far away. We plan to make a trip next June to see everyone in Germany. It's been 5 and a half years since I've been...too long!

New look....

I'm working on a new website, though it could take a while because of my complete lack of web skills. But along with my site I'm overhauling my look. I'm loving bright and colorful, so my new packaging etc. will go along with that. Check out my twitter page and new blog for a sneak peak of what's to come :)

Spring is here....maybe.

Can we trust that spring is actually here this time. I'm not sure, but I am sure enjoying the warmer weather and so are my kids. They have been having a blast out in our yard!

My little monkey just turned five and thought she was ready for shorter hair. She's been trying to convince me to cut it shorter for some time now....and while I'm still sad to see it gone, she's loving not having to brush through it every day. Since I knew it would be hard, we did one last photo shoot with long hair. Here are a few of those shots.

Another sign of spring....spring soccer season. I was able to do shoots for a few teams here in town. Go Beetles!! Go Bobcats. Here are a few of the shots from them.

Have a great week!

It's been a long while again since I've blogged. I'm including a few of the shoots I've done in between then and now. I've had the opportunity to work with some beautiful new babies, great families and some fabulous older children as well.

Winter has been a wonderful time of change for our family. Troy, my husband, changed jobs and has been blessed with a wonderful new schedule and a great place to work. It has given us much more family time then we've had in years.

The girls are really enjoying having Daddy home in the evenings and it's been such a treasure for me as well. No more bedtime routines on my own and no more staying up late waiting for him to get home. It's been something to get used to, but all for the better! It's also really, really nice to have dinners together again.

Tatum is enjoying first grade and almost done...WOW. I can't believe that in a few short months I'll have a Second Grader and a Kindergartner. Babies just don't stay babies for more then a second!

I'm looking forward to spring and the beautiful green it brings with it. I'll be working on soccer portraits this week and hope that it's warm enough for the kiddos to enjoy.

Thanks for staying in touch and I look forward to more updates coming soon!! Check out my website in the next month for some great new changes!!

Recent Work...

I've had a few photoshoots over the last few weeks that I haven't kept up on blogging so I thought I'd put some images on now.

I did a pregnancy shoot a few weeks back and am finally getting the images up on my blog and site. It was a wonderful shoot. Pregnancy is such a beautiful thing and it's always so much fun to be able to share it with excited new parents.

Mickey Mouse, Here we come!!

Yay. We just arrived in Anaheim and we are getting ready for our big Disneyland vacation tomorrow through Tuesday. It's going to be so much fun. The girls are so excited they can't hardly stand it. Tatum said it's much prettier here then in Colorado and Teagan thinks we should buy one of those beautiful houses on the beach and live here. When I told her we'd be far away from Oma, Opa, Grammy and Grampy she just said..."well mooooooooom, we can just drive there to see them!" So...I guess she enjoyed the beach today. We can't wait to go back and spend a whole day there!! The only sad thing is I had to leave Juno (my new puppy) at home. But luckily we have an awesome house sitter (my mom) to watch over the dogs while we are away and the rabbit went to his second home (our friends) for the week.

I'm sure I'll have plenty of photos to post soon!

Blessings!
Tania