These are three of my favorite gals in Albuquerque...Shannon is one of my best friends and her daughters are polar opposites, but both have a piece of my heart. Tori is quiet and sweet and is OFTEN requested by my girls to babysit..even when I'm not going anywhere. Danielle is a free spirit...she changes her hair, her style, but she's ALWAYS cool. I love all three of them.

a few more of Rory

she makes me insane...and I love her so much

Impromptu front yard photos...

Rusty and Rory hate having their pictures taken...so with the promise of dessert if they just "look at the camera for one freakin' second", this is what I got...

Just Julia

I thought had deleted these phots by accident. I am so glad I came across them!!
She says "I need something to tell you"...she rocks her own style...she knows the words to most songs on the radio..she's just...Julia.

My heart

Rusty. The Rustinator. Chicken. Fred Tootenbuddah. Tiny. She's all of these things..and so much more...

Oh my cute

This is Sophia..we went to McDonald's for a playdate and she was not shy in front of my camera. What a doll.

Petting zoo

On a recent trip to Phoenix, we stopped by the petting zoo. Rusty was in heaven, and Rory..well...let's just say..the animals ran for their lives.

John Henry

My mom got a new Scottie! He is 10 weeks old here...what a handsome guy. Of course, my girls had a hard time keeping their hands off of him...

the sweetest neighbor girls

This is "big" Alyssa and Livia..the sweetest neighbor girls we could have asked for...Alyssa and Rusty bring books to read at the park, while Livia and Rory share the same "love hard, fight hard" mentality. We are lucky to have them..and their little brother too!

More Cleveland fun!

Ok, so the more I learn about photography, photoshopping, blogging, etc..the more lost I feel. Thanks again to my "pot of gold" friends for helping through this MASSIVE learning process.
Here are a few more shots from my trip to Cleveland...I've known Jonah since he was 6 months old, and he now wears bigger shoes than I do (he's 6)! Sophie LOVES Jimi Hendrix and can recite any of his lyrics. Rhiannon is a new friend of Sophie's and so precious. She ordered a coffee milkshake which cracked me up!

Jess and Sophie

She makes me laugh so hard I can't breathe and then she has an asthma attack from laughing so hard! She uses words so big, I am not sure the dictionary knows the meaning. My kids are well dressed because of her...Chuck Taylors, rock t-shirts and Naartjie galore! We talk and text all day, everyday. I could never live without her.

Baby Nova

I've known this baby's mother for 5 years now. She makes beautiful hair bows and diaper cakes...and I begged to take her baby pics. She makes gorgeous babies, no?

True love...

Every once in a while a perfect candid moment finds it's way into my camera...

One more..

He's so cute..I had to add another one

Rolie Polie Nolie

My nephew..he is super happy..and outweighs my 3 year old.

You are my Sunshine

She yells "gimme a hug" in the cutest voice you've ever heard...she's smart, spunky, and sweet... I love her.

Rusty...sweet girl

I couldn't leave Rusty off of my blog for one more day...this is my beautiful (and also weird) 7 year old. At 18 months she told me, "pizza is a circle of tritagles"..I knew I was in for it.

...one more tonight...baby Christopher

This was my first (and only to date!) newborn shoot...Christopher was nine days old and smelled like HEAVEN. He made me almost yearn for a newborn myself. Almost.

my first blog post!!

Hello friends! With SO much help I've FINALLY gotten this blog up and running...can't wait to share more of my work soon! I have to give a shout out to bethany dawn burns for the immeasurable amount of patience and wisdom...and now, my beautiful, and weird daughter...Rory Blessing.