Merry Christmas to all.

Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hoping that Santa was good to you all...

Included a photo of the kids visiting with Santa this year, not a single tear! Oh and the little man passed his soother onto Santa for delivery to "another baby". Sigh, he is growing up!

they just grow up too fast.

I have been very sick, so a few days have been lost in the "flashback" of the year. Of course, I now have a little something new to share...

Here is the young man of the house, being just that...a young man. How fast they grow I tell yah!

are we friends?

If you have yet to hear of facebook...where have you been? It is the latest in social networking! I was never one for jumping on board with these things...didnt buy into the myspace craze and I am working on the twitter thing...but I have to admit, facebook had me at hello!

When you are all signed up, feel free to add me as a friend!



Please note I take no responsibility for any addiction that signing up for this site may cause!!!

fuzzy wuzzy.

What could be better then a squishy little baby girl hangin' out on a warm fuzzy rug? I cant think of much...

those days.

We have all had them. The ones that just dont seem to go quite right. Today I must admit, I am not in the best of moods. Woke up feeling horrid, tried to keep up with a crazy toddler and sad baby miss all day...and well, I am just plain worn out and having...

One of "those days".

Just when I think the day is a total write off...I look up and see this...



What is it? Just a little boy trying to bring a smile to his mommy's face. I could not stop laughing. Funny how someone so very small can remind you to shake that feeling and take a second to enjoy all the day has to offer...

classic.

I am sure many photographers would say the same...photographing kids is not always easy. The toss to keep ratio is HIGH! Children have their own agenda and more than likely, you are not top of the list.

I find with my own children, its far worse...they just love pushing my buttons...

I set up for a few photos of the wee ones last week in order to get that one amazing shot to send to all the fam of them in their Christmas gear. It didnt work so well...but I was able to scoop this oh so classic "help my brother is mauling me" photo. Have a few more to share, but they will not surface til the new year as I dont want to ruin any Christmas surprises!

all that was old is new again.

The chairs...oh the chairs. I cannot tell you how much I love them! I have two and they proudly sit in my great room. They belonged to my grandmother. They are a fantastic golden colour. They are spectacular! They could use a little love...but I just cannot seem to bring myself to changing a thing about them...okay maybe the sharpie mark that Simon tagged the one with during our move...boys...

Looking back has totally warmed my heart! I adore going back through photos that were once passed over, tossed a side...simply "didnt quite make the cut".

I have an obsession with holding onto photos...if they are not a total toss, I will often keep them. At times I have what looks to be 10 of the same image...but I just think of how i may see it in a different light a few weeks later. I am sure that this also comes with developing a style. I will often have an idea, snap the shot, not totally love it....but something tells me to keep it. At times I will then go back and think "how could I have ever pass it over"!

Had to add the last one as it is so very Simon...

looking back.

I thought this time of year would a fantastic time to look back over the past few months. 2008 has been fantastic to us...a new home, healthy happy children and the addition of our beautiful baby miss miss.

More then likely I will be sharing a lot of the little Miss. I of course cannot get enough of her and since she is a willing little model...[most of the time]...I have a very large vault of photos. As you will see in the last photos...even Diva's have their moments.

I hope you enjoy looking back as much as I do...

tis' the season.

I have been a little scarce lately...it is that time of year. My days are spent chasing the little ones, all the while trying to get a large variety of things done. The nights are spent cleaning, wrapping and trying to figure out what on earth made me think I could pull off a party before Christmas? Maybe Mom is right...I am crazy!

I was hoping to post some photos of my older kids this week...but the eldest fell sick and we just could not seem to get it together. So I leave you with a little something of the wee ones...have you ever attempted a photo of a 6 month old baby and a 2.5 year old with ants in his pants?

For the photogs who wonder what all that chat is about Nikon's at high ISO's...well...here is a little example of the noise, and I was not even that high! Anyone want to get me a D700 for Christmas? hehe.