Idea # 24 Picnic In the Park

This one was just in our own backyard, and if that's all your schedule will allow for, then do it! Pack up a cooler of your favorite picnic foods (my favorites are fried chicken, potato salad, some homemade lemonade and double-fudge chocolate brownies!) grab  a big blanket to lounge on and head out to the park! 
This idea can be timed nicely with Idea #25 .....

What I’m most thankful for:

In light of the holidays, I decided that instead of my usual “Friday Favorites” post I decided I’d share with you What I’m most thankful for: . . .

My totally awesome kids – they brighten my whole life, my li’l mama heart is bursting with love for them . . .

 

My Family . . .

 And my friends (I have far too many dear friends and photos of you all for me to post here, sorry.! I just found these few in a Facebook album) I love you all!  . . . .

Church family . . .

 Our little town – an valley oasis in the middle of the desert . . .

 

Holidays that bring everyone together and remind us of our many blessings in this life . . . .

I'm also especially thankful for all of my blog followers and readers, for your comments, your encouragement and your support. My heart is forever thankful for each precious one of you!  

From my thankful heart to yours,

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

-J, xo

 

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

A photo from my latest maternity photo session  - this beautiful mama-to-be-again was just glowing and it was so great to share in her anticipation of the arrival of  Baby Number Two (any day now!)

A few other photos from our chilly-day photo shoot . . . .

Just want to give a shout out to Spirit Ridge Resort, for being so awesome and letting us use one of their suites to take photos in while we wandered around up there. The scenery was a fantastic backdrop, but the added luxury of getting to use one of their suites for photos really just topped it all off and made for a great day!

-J

Project #47 - Puppy Love!

This cutie here, is Mack ... ( aka "Mackaroo")

And this is Mercedes (aka "Sadie", aka "Giant Ball of Fur") hahaha

 Let me tell you, they LOOK like quiet little angels in the photos here, but photographing pets of any kind can be a challenge, and at times a royal nightmare, which thankfully was not the case this time.  These two adorable "babies" belong to friends of mine, whose family portaits I was honored to take recently, the first weekend it snowed.
Mack is a boxer, and Sadie is a miniature American Eskimo. These are two of the sweetest, most gentle puppies ever. My kids LOVE these dogs! 
I get a kick out of the fact that Mack is nearly 3 times the size of Sadie, yet he thinks he's her size!  He's younger than her and wants to do everything Sadie does, including curling up on my lap, haha.
We had a great family session, although it was so cold the only ones who didnt mind being outside were the dogs. They played and chased each other, and Mack ignored me when I called to him to look at the camera - he was too busy watching the ducks!
Here they are running together...  I love the sense of motion in this one! 

Here they all are, with Mack staring at the ducks haha

We had a fantastic morning, and celebrating it by warming up in a restaurant over a yummy sunday brunch =)

Puppy Love and Sunday Brunches,

-J