Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Snuggle's

My boys have always been snugglers and their sister is no different. They love cuddling and they love being close to their dad and I. I just had to post this picture because the reason I took it was at this moment, I could feel his little sister wiggling so much inside of my belly, Like she could feel her brother close to her. And I knew that not too long from now there would be another little monkey that required lots of my time and this cute little boys cuddles may not come quite as often. I was mostly just loving the moment and remembering how blessed I was.


Every year.....

Every year we say we are going to go to the ice castles, and then every year we never seem to make it, but this year, we did. It was amazing. If you have never  been to the ice castles in Midway around Christmas time, I would highly recommend it. It was amazing. Yes, I realize I am almost a year behind on the blog. So my posts will be more pictures then words for the next little bit. I am playing a quick catch up for family that does not live around here. My family absolutely loved seeing the ice castles. With all of the hype that was going on about "Frozen" at this time, it was really fun to go visit our own ice castle. 






















How do your children watch TV?

What else does Ethan do on Mommy's extremely pregnant belly? He watches TV of course in such a unique, and not necessarily comfortable position. 




Thursday, August 14, 2014

Lara Photo Shoot with New Camera


Its amazing what a new and amazing camera can do for your pictures. I have a long way to go, but oooooo I love it so much. There are some super cute ones and she was really good about letting me try all my different settings and play with lots of different things. Soooo if there are any of these that you would like copies of let me know and I will be happy to get them to you. But if not, I understand, I was taking them for my own learning benefit. 

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I even like the close ups with my new amazing camera and some of them turned out so cute for my rushed 35 minute photo shoot. It does help having a willing participant... lol


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I really love this picture. It is actually a really good one of showing Lara as she really looks. I often have a hard time getting one that does show the double chin or the ever so cheesy smile. But this is one of my favorites.


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She needs a little lipstick on. I didn't think about it before we left.

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Another pure innocent cute one. I really like this first setting I was playing with. They were just pure and true to what they were.

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Oddly enough, I really loved the way a lot of the black and white ones I took turned out. Because she was in a mostly black outfit, they turned out super cute. Her smile is a little big in this one. But it just looks like a true happiness in this picture.


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Really do love the Black and White ones



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Need to edit this one and clean up the hair on her shirt.... LOL


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This one is a really fun angle to show her whole body, but is a little more flattering of her. I also like just having a tiny bit of contrast color with the flowers.




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This was a retro setting on the camera. It is suppose to soften the pictures and blend. Still need to play with this one a little more. Whom I kidding, I need to play with lots more, but not to bad for my first go around.


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Not sure what she was focusing on in this picture. But it is kind of a cute one.


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Playing a little more with the Retro Setting


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This setting is suppose to make the colors pop. I like it, the colors seem true to color, not sure whats up with her eye. I would need to edit that one out.


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The innocent smile, The innocent laugh


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This one makes the pictures very vivid. I still need to play with this one a lot. See what type of picture I would use it for to make it work for the better. I'm not sure I love it in this setting, But it made kind of a fun picture.


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Kind of loving this picture to. I would just need to edit out the blue nail polish. Not to tough.


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I quite like this one to. For being a close up, its a really cute one of her.


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Dang glasses. We are always struggling with them.


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Again with the silly blue nail polish.


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I kind of like this angle. Its a little bit more flattering of her. As much as can be.


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Cute Cute Cute


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Such a cute smile. A lot more natural then some of the others that I caught. Her smile and glasses are the hardest two things about taking pictures of her.



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Even though she is not looking at the camera, I think this picture is super cute.


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Probably my favorite close up. Even though there are many that I like. I just like the smile and purity in this one.


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Her crazy hair. She told me she was thinking about something. I thought it was kind of a cute picture.


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I love this picture. I love how her hair is blowing in the wind. I just cant get past her bum. It isn't very flattering in this picture. I may crop it out just for the top half of it. I think her head, face, hair is all so cute in this one.


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Cute Ethan caught off guard.



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Dont forget to vogue. Her favorite pictures being like kristen.


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