Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 11:58pm Posted in Families
This family oooooooozed charm, beauty and fabulousness. Guess who referred them? Miss Julia Ware (look below). Funny they are side by side. I love their story. I loved their session. Just recently moved from California. Orange County to be exact. Moved to get out of the crazy. Let me pick the spot because they weren’t familiar with Columbus. LOVED THAT. Downtown we went! Rob (dad) had a hard time relinquishing control in a good cute and adorable way, lol. After 3 minutes he remembered he wasn’t at work - but I loved that transition. Amy just wanted to make sure her hair didn’t frizz, heehee. I have a job in which I know immediately what the woman is self conscious about. In less than a minute I am told what I need to avoid, look out for, make skinnier, make smoother … and I love that. Seriously. But can you believe she even has a single insecurity? Please.
I think I like this one better. Can’t decide - go back and forth. But I love the interactions going on …
Zach would love to suck your blood! Love it when kids are toothless. This image will be a crowd pleaser when he’s graduating or getting married:)
The image on the left of Luke would be so so so beautiful enlarged BIG Amy:) 
LOVE these …
Totally jealous of these! Sizzling! I have a handful of shots where I LOVE how you are looking at each other. The one on the left is my favorite.
FAVORITE.
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 10:44pm Posted in Families
Love this family. Families that help you start your business hold a special place in your heart. I think Julia was the 3rd person to call me after I went “live” (lol) and you just don’t forget. I love seeing them and catching up and watching their little family grow. Plus this time two extra special bonuses came along named grandma and grandpa! I am always a little apprehensive when extra people are involved because sometimes the pictures aren’t as special and personal but not in this case. Julia’s parents fit in the mix perfectly and were adorable and lovely and stood behind me and were fabulous assistants and I am not being sarcastic.
Look at how delightful they are - you can just tell …
Julia wanted me to get a natural looking shot of her dad. I could just feel that he was an engineer - I guessed - I was right - it was funny - it made him laugh and I got the shot:) But most of the time he walked around EXACTLY like my dad (an engineer) does with his hands behind his back listening and observing and probably wishing I would turn my volume down:)
I love these shots of Julia and Jason …
These make me smile, these make my knees weak, these make me jealous, these make me love my job …
Happiest children ever. They make my job so so easy. I have never seen them cry, whine, pout, beg - they just smile and laugh at my songs and think I’m fantastic - heehee.
My new favorite all time image. Soon to replace the other in my banner:)
Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:30pm Posted in Children
These two beautiful kids are the children of one of my dearest friends Amy. Amy and I go way back. I love our history. There are not many people that I can talk to like Amy. First of all we both started out as heavy duty scrapbookers. We could talk scrap talk for HOURS. It’s just nice sometimes to be able to say “Becky Higgins” and “Autumn Leaves” and have the other person know exactly what you are talking about, lol.
Then we could talk scrapbook teacher talk for hours. NO ONE in this WORLD knows how hard it is to be a scrapbook teacher until you are one. And we were part of a club that kept at it for years. Most people teach 5 or 6 classes and realize it is a near impossible job and quit. We both were crazy and part of a super special elite club that stuck it out for YEARS .
Then Amy BOUGHT A SCRAPBOOK STORE with a friend! You heard me. And it is by far the best one in Columbus - probably Ohio. It is called Scrapbook Art and is located on Polaris Parkway. GO.
I was so happy to finally meet Adam and Annie in person. I completely felt like I already knew them because we have talked about our kids for hours and hours. They were so much fun and so so good and LOVED to have their picture taken. Nice! I absolutely LOVE some of their images…….
We were at Alum Creek Dam and it was perfect. I loved the steep hill, the steps, the meadow, the electrical tower. Great location.
Aren’t you so glad I made you get in a few Amy? This shot is magical! Would love this shot with my kids:)
What the other half of photo shoots look like, lol……
The End
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 12:53pm Posted in Personal
The latest family photo - even though I can barely enjoy is because we came home COVERED in ticks. One even had the audacity to crawl up the front of my neck….
Ellie and her friends had a craft show. All of the proceeds went toward Canine Companions. They earned $250! I had HUGE mommy guilt because I didn’t really pay attention to what she was doing until the day of. She had been sewing in the basement all week (I can’t go down there because I almost have an anxiety attack from all the clutter and chaos) and came up the morning of the show with these adorable bags she had made. It made me super teary and proud and sad and mad at myself. This girl begged me to teach her how to sew - I didn’t think she was old enough - she broke me down - I taught her quickly one day because I had a lot on my plate - literally set her free after 5 minutes of instruction and she was off. She can thread it. Fill the bobbin. Change her stitch style and length… Love this girl.
We are going to a Middle School orientation tonight with Jackson. I can’t even believe it. He’ll do great. Even though he has put me through pure torture when it came to sleepovers and birthday parties and playdates and summer camps, he has always been so good about school. Never complains, teachers love him, does well …. The only time he ever got into trouble was THE FIRST WEEK OF FIRST GRADE when he kicked some poor little kid in the head on the playground on purpose. When I told him he would be suspended if he ever did that again he wanted to be, lol. “I would get to stay home with you mom?”
This is the picture he picked out to be in his 5th grade slideshow…
I looked outside while doing dishes and saw this last week …..
and every single day this one takes Ellie’s favorite prized precious Miss Kitty out of the car and places it in the front yard. So strange.
by Cathy
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