luke, alec and noah

i shot pictures for these sweet boys a couple of weeks ago. they are the sons of our neighbors and aren't they adorable? i shot the newborn and the three boys in their home and then took luke and alec out by myself to do thier pictures. they were so stinkin cute! they had the funnest personalities and were cracking me up the whole time! i loved the way they turned out and did some extra fun stuff in editing. i don't usually do much outside of weddings but if you are looking for childrens portraiture, i will be taking a some extra sessions in the upcoming months! i am really looking to get into a little more then just weddings. don't get me wrong i love weddings, but i am just starting to realize how fun other types of photography can be too. contact me if you are interested and i will be putting up some information on pricing on my website as well!

Book Review Monday (a day late)

This week i am reviewing a book called- Miracles For Michael by Joann Arnold.

Synopsis:

A terrible accident in a strange town leaves nine-year-old Michael Downing alone and his mother hospitalized in a coma. Social workers place him under the charge of two women--Harley-riding Samantha Porter and her spinster sister, Hannah Allen.
As they care for him, Michael visits his mother each day in the hospital, singing and reading to her, and his spirit touches the town in maraculous ways.
When his unloving grandparents try to take custody of young Michael, his local caregivers resist them in court and help to shape Michael's future in a series of events that climax on a wonderful, life-changing Christmas day.

This book was so wonderful and touching! it made me bawl! my heart went out to michael and i cant even begin to imagine how hard it would be to go through the trials that he had to got through. you just feel so bad for him! but it does have a happy ending! Not only do the women he goes to live with help him, he helps them just as much. This book was very well written and easy to follow. i could not put it down! which is a good sign for me. Although the book was a little more geared towards the LDS religion, i would recommend it to anyone because really there wasn't too much religiousness in it. I give this book a 9 out of 10. it was fabulous!

The book I am going to be reviewing next week is PS I love you by Cecila Ahern, for any of those who want to read it. I reviewed a book by her already and this one has a movie to go along with it. i am going to have to watch it again before next week because i havent seen it in so long. i will let you know what i think of the movie as well!

jorgensen family

i shot the jorgensen's family pictures at the first of december right before the big snow storms hit. it still wasnt even very cold outside so it was a perfect day! the jorgensens are friends of ours and i was so happy when they wanted me to do their pictures. they are such an adorable family! their boys were cracking me up the entire time. i only have girls, so being around boys is a whole new experience for me! they are into rocks and sticks and climbing trees and it is so hilarious! i had a blast with these guys and i hope you enjoy these pictures....

Book Review Friday

Oh my heck! is it friday again already? where did my week go? on the upside, i did blog 4 times this week! WHOO HOO!

The book that i have chosen to review this week is actually not what i had originally planned. i just finished reading Secrets of My Suburban Life by Lauren Baratz Logsted. and it was great!

Synopsis:

Everything changed for Lauren ("Ren") after Harry Potter killed her mom. No,it's not what you think--Harry Potter didn't come to life and stab her oranything. A stack of those thick books crushed her. Now Ren is stuck out inthe suburbs of Connecticut, dragged out there because her father is too grief stricken to continue living in New York.
Ren tries to fit in at her new school, but the most popular girl, Farrin,keeps icing her out. Then Ren discovers that Farrin has a secret: She's been communicating online with an older man, and they are actually planning to meet! Ren can't let Farrin go through with it--she's witnessed enough tragicevents as it is. So she comes up with the perfect plan to stop the perv. But then she finds out who he is...

This book was fabulous! it is about teenagers and written for teenagers, but it really drew me in. I LOVED Lauren's writing style. The way she writes the story is soley from Ren's perspective. It helps to know the character better and to feel what she feels. She was very detailed in describing the story and the characters. You can practically feel Ren's pain over losing her mother and starting a new life and it is heartbreaking. I never cried though (I am an easy crier in books) The story line was very entertaining and creative with a very good message. The book is all about how dangerous internet chat rooms are and Lauren does a great job of putting it into fiction. I will definetely be reading more books by this author and if you don't mind a few (or a lot)of swear words, then i HIGHLY recommend this book! I read it in 2 days. It is about 300 (give or take) pages long, but I just could NOT put it down. and for that reason I give it a 9 out of 10.

i think i am going to move Book Review Friday to Mondays because i have lots of friday shoots coming up on fridays and if not it won't get done. so look for the next Book Review a week from Monday!

The book I am going to be reviewing next week is Miracles for Michael by Joann Arnold, for any of those who want to read it. It refers to the LDS church and is written by an LDS author but it is a fabulous book and isnt completely based on the LDS church.

WOW!!

i have to say, i have the best friends ever! dustin (dustin izatt photography) not only did my amazing pictures, but he came over on sunday to do a family lifestyle session with video. he told us it would be about a month or two because he was waiting on some video editing software, but today lo and behold..... they were on his blog. check this out. isnt he amazing!?!?! you can check out his blog to see more pictures!


A Day with the Abels from Dustin Izatt on Vimeo.

brock!!!!

some of you may recognize brock, not only because he is my brother in law but also because he comes to a lot of my weddings with me! brock is an aspiring photographer although he is only a jr in high school! (i wish i was that serious about something when i was that young!) He is going to be around a lot more from here on out, so get used to seeing his bright and shining face! i am going to start teaching brock the in's and out's of my business and hopefully pawn a little work off on him :) HAHA. brock wanted me to do pictures of him because he just got his braces off and because i want to seriously get into senior photography and it is good experience as well as word of mouth. so brock, i expect you to spread the word around school! we really had a lot of fun! brock is like a little brother to me and i am going to be happy to have him working with me a little more. check out some more of his personal work on his blog brockabel.blogspot.com