Princess K turns 6

Princess K turned 6 the end of June.  I can hardly believe it!  She was only 2.5 weeks old when we moved to New Mexico, and now here she is: a first grader!  K is my dainty firecracker.  My scaredy-cat dare devil.  When we went to Lagoon (a local amusement park) while her older sister was very cautious with what she wanted to ride, K picked the biggest ride and said, "Whats THAT!?!  Can I ride it??"  And then she did.  Over and over again.  Yet, that same night she was in tears going to bed because she was scared of the witch she had seen in the window walking past the scare house.  This was at the same time that she went through the phase where she pretty much refused to bathe or shower (no worries, we still made her!) because the black lines in the shower scared her and the tub made her think of sharks!  K doesn't know how to walk.  She prances.  All over.  All day long.  This summer she has learned to swim and learned to ride her bike.  As she learns she giggles and giggles.  She was in such hysterics while we were learning to ride a bike that I have no idea how she was able to stay upright!  And, once she figures it out she will leave you in her dust.  But, at the end of the day, she is still my tender little girl who loves snuggles.

For this b-day photo shoot we decided on a Princess tea party.





As we were out in the orchard taking pictures we spotted some deer.  K was, of course, fearless and probably would have gone right up and pet them!

Summer Family Fun

This was my last session the weekend before we left New Mexico.  I adore this fun little family.  Their oldest daughter was in preschool with my oldest.  And their youngest was in preschool with my youngest daughter! It was a fun surprise for both Mom and I when, on the first day of school, we saw that she was my daughters Kindergarten teacher last year!  K just loved being in her class and being a "busy bee".  She even wanted to get her hair cut just like Ms. B!  They were so fun to photograph and they did an awesome job with their clothing selection!  Such fun colors for summer!

I absolutely love this location...too bad that I only got a chance to use it once!  Who knew that there was a spot in Albuquerque with so many trees!?!

Enjoy the colorfully cute B family!!
 

A Child's World

A world of dolls and tea parties

and holding sunbeams in your hand.

Sliding down a rainbow

and building castles in the sand.

A world adorned with lace and ruffles

and ribbons and golden hair,

And elves and purple mushrooms

and fairies everywhere.

Where a child can ride a butterfly

and kiss a frog into a prince,

Where the trees are made of gumdrops

with leaves of peppermint.

A world sealed in security-

absent of worry and despair

A world where only children go,

For growing up you lose

the passage there.

-Michelle Bastian

Happy Valentines Day Part Duex!

For Valentines Day cards this year I made these bookmark shaped cards.  The girls put on the "To" and "From" and added them to a little bag filled with Hersey's Kisses.  From what I hear, they were the hit of the class!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Happy Valentines Day!  

This year I decided to do one card to send out to family of all 3 kids.  I tried the "postcard" sized at my printer.  And, while I love the size and love my paper choice, I decided that it was just a tad bit to flimsy to trust to my local postal workers, so I ended up putting them in envelopes anyways.  I LOVE how they turned out!  

I also did a version for each of the girls for their Valentines parties.  Look for those sometime next week...after they are all put together!

Fall fun

This was a session that I did back in November.  I have known this family, well, as long as they have been a family!  "Mom" is my cousin!  So, we go waaaaaaay back!  When they oldest two were just babies I babysat them every day for one summer.  It was so much fun!  Now here they are all grown up and going on missions for their church.  Way to make a girl feel old!  It has been so fun to watch all of them grow up into such talented, adorable, and fun young adults!  Oh, and speaking of "cute" my 5 year old has developed quite the crush on oldest brother!  She carries their Christmas card around and tells everyone that he is her boyfriend!!  Aye Aye Aye!