what to wear?!

i wrote a post for RMRV about what to wear for family photos! check it out if you have a second!
tata for now!
xo,
a

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paint the moon

a pretty picture from a recent session and then an incredible giveaway!
a few months ago i stumbled onto the most gorgeous photoshop actions ever! seriously! since discovering Paint the Moon, i have learned that the creative mastermind behind them is a kind hearted, incredibly talented mama! i have a few sets and am drooling over more! Anyway, she is hosting the most incredible photography related giveaway on her blog & you must check it out and enter! it's worth every entry, promise! so run over and enter!
sorry for the lack of posts lately...busy, busy around here...i'll try and update with fun stories of visitors from minnesota, photography sessions, etc soon! thanks for hanging around!
a

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days...

wow! the days keep passing by so quickly...it feels like yesterday we were playing in major snow and now here we are swimming! seriously, the days pass way too fast and the kids are changing and growing way too fast and i am desperatly trying to chisel these stages of their lives in my memory...they are both so much fun! hollis will be crawling any day now and is constantly on the move. ava is just growing up so much and turning into this amazing big sister and incredible little person! she starts swim lessons this week! i'm super excited to get her swimming on her own this summer!

i have been having a lot of fun with this new photography venture i'm on! i spent an evening last week with my friend vickie and her gorgeous daughter carly at their old family farm property. such an amazing place to take photos...a photographers paradise for sure...or playground! anyway this is one of her that i love, love, love...it just might be my favorite!

a

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