Dorothy Bell

My Grandma Dorothy past away last Friday. I took the kids out of school for Tuesday, and we headed to stay with my dad for a little while. The funeral was really nice and it was even nicer to get to see that side of the family and to spend time at my dad's farm. Here is one of my favorite pictures of my grandma. Nathan and I fixed this with a bit of photoshop. It's still a little rough, but I like the way it turned out.





I snapped these as I was loading up the truck to head home. My dad grew up on this farm, and we grew up staying the night in this house and listening to the rooster wake us up in the morning. My favorite memory here is of a huge apple tree that my grandpa would reach up to the limbs and shake for us. We'd be stocked with 50 green apples for the rest of our stay. The tree is gone now, but I'm glad my kids get to stay there sometimes and make their own memories.


a little change...

Right before Christmas I lost a few inches of hair. It's the shortest I think it's ever been. Here's a 'before' that Rachel took for me last fall. And here's an 'after' of my new hair that my sister cut for me. I guess the 'after' picture doesn't really show off the shortness that much, but it's the best one I've got. I'm happy to have hair that I don't have an option of sticking in a pony tail. I was stuck in that mode for too long. And another change that was a-long-time-coming is that we finally got new phone numbers. So, if you need to get in-touch, check out our contact info and say hello.



Cutie Patootie.

I was putting together an order this morning and ran accross these. Aren't these little guys so cute?! And I'm sure as they grow up, they'll be so thankful that their mom's can show these pictures to their friends....



The Cobbler's children have no shoes....

I think it's time for me to print some pictures of my children. I have neglected my own need for current prints in my home.
I love having pictures of them as babies and toddlers all around, but it's time for an update. I guess I'll just switch out a few.
This also means that it's time to take a few pictures of them. Last week they were very cooperative.....for about 2 minutes!








a little face lift.....

With the arrival of the New Year everything seems to need a little lifting. So, we started with the blog. And by 'We' of course I mean Nathan.
I think he did a great job finding and modifying this template. I really love it! I still can't believe how lucky I am to live with my tech guy!

a big family.....

My last shoot for 2007 was wonderful. Cyndi's girls and their families flew down from Canada for a holiday visit...which apparently turned out to be quite a trip with most of them getting in the morning of these photos...without their luggage! I kept thinking to myself the entire time, "Can these people be real?" They are so attractive!













Thanks Bensons and family! I hope your trip home went as planned. And Cyndi, I can't say it enough, your family is GORGEOUS!

just a couple

Here's a quick one from a shoot that I did right before Christmas......



Thanks Marisa, I hope your family loves their gift!

Happy Birthday Jaxon

Before the holidays, I spent a morning with Jaxon and his Mom on his birthday. She brought a cake and we had a lot of fun.
He's so adorable!











This is easily my favorite shot from that morning.

Mindy, thanks for sharing Jaxon with me on his birthday!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!