kreatid's first contest!

I deeply love my daughter Maddie.  And I genuinely like her too.  :)  This weekend my son has been sick so we've had a lot of "rest" and "quiet time" and "homework time".  Maddie is learning to read and write in school right now...so a lot of phonetic learning.  These two signs cracked me up in cleaning up after her this weekend.  She is simply adorable and I LOVE the way her mind thinks...it's like you can hear the cogs in her head sometimes. :)

So, that leads me to the contest.  If you can correctly decipher BOTH Maddie signs (Luci cannot guess or tell anyone b/c I already told her what they were ;P) then I will take your headshot (or you can regift it to someone for the holidays) + include an 8x10 for free...it's not a full shoot, but it's still fun! (if you live too far away from Gilbert, AZ I will fulfil your winnings the next time I see you!).

So get your competitive juices flowing and get guessing!

Good luck!

the wedding - part 1

one the absolute highlights of my year this year was getting to photograph my younger brother's wedding to his beautiful new wife.  God is simply SO good to my brother and it was incredibly special for me to be a part of his day this way.  to top it off I got to shoot the wedding with my amazing younger sister who God has blessed with an incredible eye for detail and capturing the not in-your-face moments...super amazing to have her their for the day!

I just love her. :)

here's a glimpse at the beginning of the day...they opted for seeing each other before the wedding and it was such a beautiful pure moment to capture and be able to take our time!  enjoy!

the first look moment...

one of betsy's amazing shots of the day...simply beautiful.

another betsy shot...love the details! :)

more to come soon! :)

faces of my family

I got to have a quick shoot with my older sister and her beautiful family this weekend!  It is always so enjoyable for me to be able to spend time with my neices + nephews but so many memories of them as babies and toddlers seem to flood my mind when I hang out with them...to see them as young adults and big kids is super fun for me!  I love them and here's a glimpse of their fun photo shoot!

program design

I got to design the invitations + programs for my brothers wedding this last weekend.  I got some of the artwork from a cool company online called House of 3.  Here are the first and last pages and my favorite pages from the inside. :)

josh + lindsey sneak peek :)

oh, there's more to come... :)