Elleah's one!

I have loved photographing this Family! They came to me when they adopted their tini baby Elleah and have trusted me to take their photos during this past year. I just think the world of them!!







Happy Birthday, sweet thing!

Josh and Angela and their adorable boys!

How cute are they? makes me want a little boy!

The Scarpino's

I Love this family! not only because they take great photos, and because they are my family, but because they are genuinely good and kind and beautiful inside and out!
They came and took every shot to perfection, and after ten minutes we were done!

Tiger lily and a little black kitty

They picked out what they wanted to be this year, and didn't change their mind! Bella was the perfect indian with those brown eyes and braids and since Coco plays like she's a cat 90% of the time, she had it down!




can't forget little miss Ga-Bee! (gabby)

Orange and black

I Love halloween!

The Tooth Fairy came!

I thought people were kidding when they say that you just tie a string to the tooth and door knob and slam the door to make the tooth come out, but its true and is very affective! Ben said that's the way his mom did it, so we called to confirm with her! it worked,and Bella was so brave!
The tooth fairy did come and in exchange for the baby tooth left one dollar bill, one quarter, one dime, one nickle, one penny, and one pack of bubble gum!

afternoons with Coco

I love spending time with my Coco! while Bella is at school, it's one on one time with my baby! today was book reading, swinging in the backyard and some oreo ice cream, her favorite, she even licked the bowl clean!

Happy B-day to the Bridge Academy of Art!

All is welcome, please come!

Jan in bloom

Isn't she the most beautiful pregnant girl?! She is due with my nephew the first of December, and I can't wait to see him!!

Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

I absolutely love this costume, and really want to win it for miss Bella!
Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!!

Wild things

Jan and I took the little ladies to see Where the Wild Things Are this afternoon. They were so excited, I wish I had captured a photo of Coco walking so proud and excited into the movie theater with her ticket in hand! It was so fun to watch but a little scary in parts for the youngest. They all made it through and afterwards kept howling like the wild ones for the rest of the afternoon!

Grandmas garden

We spent the weekend at Grandmas house while Ben was in Denver for a trip. The girls love it there because they can roam around her property for hours and discover new things. Her garden is full of pumpkins, carrots, and potatoes and her trees were slouching with apples. We ate some delicious meals and enjoyed the great outdoors in Levan!




She even spoiled them with nail polish. They have about ten layers of different colors adorning their little piggies.

Fall

I am loving the Fall, who doesn't love this time of year? The family took a trip up the canyon to enjoyed the burning colors covering the mountains. We ended up at Cascade Springs where we found all kinds of creatures. First was one of those fuzzy caterpillars and another was a snake, both loved equally by Miss Bella.

What I missed

This is what I missed while in San Diego. The girls went to their cousin Audriana's birthday party where they dressed up, had their hair and makeup done and walked the runway. Special thanks to Danny for taking photos and to Jan and Mom for babysitting!!

A weekend in San Diego

It was the Opening of the Bella Mesa Art Gallery in San Diego on Saturday. A night to remember! the Gallery is beautiful with many great artists, including the amazing Ben Mcpherson!! After a day full of Limo riding, frisbee at the beach, delightful food, fancy hotel service, and gelato, I felt like rockstars wife and I kinda enjoyed it!


The artists that came with us. Brian Kershisnik, Chris Young, Sean Diediker, the Owners Tracy and Gabe, Sunny Belliston, Justin Taylor, Aaron Bushnell, and Ben Mcpherson. Seriously talented lineup!


is that a double chin I'm acquiring?

Happy 5th Birthday Bella!

My Bella turned 5 years old on the 23rd, and she is every bit grown up as a five year old should be! This year she had a party with family and a few friends. She got her Razor scooter from Dad that she has been wanting and waiting for patiently for a while now and she even got pink cupcakes with red sprinkles! I love you, miss Bella!, more than all the flowers in the world!

The party girls!




These photos were taken about 10:00 at night, she was loving playing with all her new makeup and hair trinkets!


A big thanks to Leah and Gina for all your help!

Bella's first day of school

So I am a week late at posting this, as usual! Bella was so excited to start Preschool for her second year! She is going to center stage, where they teach in addition to regular academics, Tae-Kwon-Do, dance and voice lessons. At first she told me that she did not want to do karate, but after trying it, she loved it! now my challenge is to find something for Olea to do and get excited about while sister is at school!
first day, Bella picked out every detail of what she wanted to wear!

second day, her choice again, why doesn't she want to wear her new clothes?

Sisters! coco was getting a bit jealous!

me want um picture too!

7 Years!

whoa, I can't believe we have been married for 7 years! but this must be our lucky year because it is our 7 year anniversary on September 7th! I couldn't imagine life any sweeter! I love this man!
I guess its time for a new picture of us! so fellow photographer friends, you might be getting a call from me soon!

Friends and Popcicles!

Leah, Isaac, and Lucy came over for a little visit the other day, after lunch, they ended up on the porch with popcicles in hand, it was too cute to pass up a photo!

Corn harvesting

We went to Grandma and Grandpas to harvest some corn from their garden. The girls loved to help, they thought it was a corn carnival with all the different stations. Ben came up with a moto for us,... Pluck it, shuck it, blanch it, and tuck it. First you have to pluck the corn off the stalks, then shuck it off the cob, then boil it (blanch), and finally put it in freezer bags (tuck it). Afterwards we went down the lazy river, next to Yuba lake. I didn't get any photos but we had a grand time! Mom even fell in!


Here is a photo of the girls with Mom. They just happened to all be wearing red and white that morning.