Mother & Son

I hope when my son is this age, we can capture such a special moment together! They are adorable!!!

Washington DC

I will be in Washington DC, Virginia area until the 31. I will return all emails and calls then. Thank you for your patience.

If your event expires before you order

I just wanted to make it clear to everyone that if you have not ordered your pictures before your event expires, you will incur an uploading fee. The fee to reload is 30.00.

This little girl was so full of energy

If it does not say Kiaya Eve, it is not an original Petti Skirt. They are the Ultimate in Petti Skirts! Check out a few more shots, from the "Funky Feminity" promo, with Kiaya Eve. This girl was adorable, she was so full of energy and such a "little natural" with the modeling looks... look out LA, here she comes.

Birthday card sample

Operation Smile / PPA Charities

http://www.familyportraitmonth.com/index.html


I am so excited to be a part of this! What a great gift to give these kids and your kids as well. What a wonderful way for your children to understand giving in a differant way this year for Christmas. Help me fullfill my dream..... and help others in need, this christmas while purchasing gifts for your family. I will donate half of a regular session fees and 10% of all items purchased to this amazing foundation http://www.operationsmile.com/ It is one I have been keeping an eye on for a long time and wanted to participate in somehow... now I can and I am so excited. Hopefully, I can be the photographer who wins the oportunity to photograph such an amazing life experience. I can't do it with out your help. Read the details on the first link above. This is one of the true meanings of Christmas for me, helping and giving to others.

New BeBe' Books

Check this Chocolate Suede out....

Funky Femininity

For the months of July-August I will be offering a special promotion called " Funky Femininity".
It's a photo shoot with Kiaya Eve petty coats (Check out link under previous post ). She is an amazing designer from California. A 45 minute session of your little girl enjoying being a GIRL. Either on location or at your home. This package includes your session fee, and fun story board. Package Price: 250.00

DC Ranch, Scottsdale Art Exhibit open to the public

For those of you looking for something to do this weekend. Check out the Art Exhibit at the homestead. My work will be featured there with several other artists, tonight is the opening night. It starts at 6:00-8:00 PM. See you there :)

http://www.dcranch.com/golfcourse/

www.kaiyaeve.com

K- I absoulutly love this women's designs, she loved my pictures and has posted a few on her site. Congrats Mazi! She has also asked me to take pictures of her future products and I can't wait to get started.


http://www.kaiyaeve.com/showroom.html

Spring Photo Shoot Fun in Boise, ID

i just returned from Boise, ID for some photo shoots.... here are some of my favs! A&A I love you guys, thanks for keeping me grounded! You always have a way of bringing the child out in me :)

These quotes sum up the trip:

Live Nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. and see what happens. It brightens up the day- Leo Buscalia

Laughter is the best medicine in the world-Milton Berie

Laughter is an instant vacation- Milton Berle

Celebrate Life

K- this was just the nicest thing to hear, and just made my day! This story is WHY i LOVE what I do!


"Thanks for the photos, they are really cute and some pretty funny! They made my husband cry (me too, but that is easier than my husband)."

K- this story touched my heart!

"When I met my husband, he told me, we are not having kids, I don’t like them, so we went about life collecting dogs to satisfy any parental notions we had but with something that could use a dog door.
We were happily married DINKS (double income no kids) when My husband was diagnosed with NonHodgkins Lymphoma and was in Stage 3, he had one of the most aggressive forms, if you didn’t respond to treatment it would certainly kill you.
But somehow he kicked it before it could kill him.
All of a sudden he looked me in the eye and said I want to have kids. It would be nearly impossible for us to conceive naturally and very slim with any intervention due to his recent cancer and also prior cancer.
We went to a fertility specialist, tried, failed. Oh well, it’s the only the first attempt right?
We went again, tried, failed, this time it felt personal and I cried.
Third time, this was it, our last hoorah, it probably wouldn’t work anyway our chances were slim to none and we were running out of money to keep trying. We went again, tried and this time it felt very personal and my husband cried…we were pregnant with two!
When the girls were borned, my husband was such a proud father, he escorted them from the delivery room to the nursery where he got a call while holding his new daughters.
It was his mom’s doctor, she has Leukemia and she does not have long to live.
10 days later his mom passed away and all that could comfort him was the warmth of his babies.
His mom lived long enough to see her baby have babies which was the miracle she had been praying for, for so long.
Sometimes life has a way of righting the wrongs and coming full circle, we may not understand it at first but there is always a purpose for everything that happens.

Isn't this so true, "Sometimes life has a way of righting the wrongs and coming full circle, we may not understand it at first but there is always a purpose for everything that happens"

NEW DU

Tea collection @ Chicky Bella

K- so i just went to Chicky Bella yesterday and they have the most adorable new collection. I bought some outfits for one of my good friends. I can't show it until she get's it because I know she checks my blog. love ya brett!

But you have to go check it out http://www.chickybella.com it is the Tea collection and it's great because you can mix and match things.

It reminds me of the baby version of units, if you remember that, just TONS better!!

Beautiful Lives

If you noticed I changed the blog title to incorporate so many more things. I still believe in "It is what it is" completely and really Beautiful Lives goes right along with it... but when Heather mentioned this Title for our new book I fell in LOVE with it, and it was everything I was going for in my thougths on the book. I just could not put it all together... it also so happens to be just the right fit I was looking for as a business.

BEAUTIFUL is so many things and so much more than we know!