The Promised Photos

Well, some of them anyway!  I decided it was time to do "real" family portraits - the most recent one we had was almost 3 years old, and was a freebie from the church directory.

So I searched local photographers, and found Amy, who is amazing and fun and nice and soooooo GOOD! If you're looking for a family photographer in the Boise, Idaho area, take a look at her site and contact her!  It was 102 degrees the day we did this shoot, and despite the heat we had a great time and made some memories, and got some great photos!  The shots here are some she shared on her Facebook page:

Me!!!

My sweet little lady-Katie.  Today is her 8th birthday!!

We were talking about Sonic milkshakes here.  Half-price after 8 = "stay pleasant" bribe = win

Love

I have a lot more shots to go through and ordering decisions to make....but in the meantime I'm enjoying these digitally!  I hope you enjoy them, too!

Finish Photos - 2 of 3

My turn!  When I finished taking pictures of H, I handed the camera to her.  She actually really enjoys photography and is getting pretty good at it.  I'm going to look for more opportunities for her to take pictures this summer.  Okay, okay, enough stalling - here are pictures of me actually wearing my Easter dress.

 Keep in mind my photographer is about 4.5 feet tall.

 We decided to have a little fun - H liked this one because the leaf is covering my face.  She's a little artistic like that.  To be fair, I got one of the girls where I was peeking at them through leaves, so that probably gave her the idea.

This one I like a lot, and a cropped version is now my FB profile pic. :)

All of this to say, my dress is really comfortable, I'm so grateful for warm, sunny days, and I'm proud of my multi-talented child.  Here's the "peeking at the kids through the leaves" shot I mentioned earlier:

Finish Photos - 1 of 3

Today's finish - my elder daughter's Easter dress.  Seriously, it took me this long to get photos because it's been super-cold in the Boise area - we finally had a nice warm Sunday, so she wore it to church.  When we got home, I dragged her outside for a photo shoot next to the plum tree in our jungle...I mean, backyard.  We're working on that, I promise.

She chose this butterfly fabric - there's a little bit of sparkle to it.  The "sash" is a left over piece of crepe-back satin, I think - we decided to use it for the center section to break up the pattern. 

 A close-up of the crocheted cap sleeves and the neckline.  Can I just say that I was immensely proud to see Princess Kate's dress 5 days after Easter in the USA - I was sooo on trend.  Go ahead, compare and see for yourself!

 She thinks I'm crazy.  It's okay, she's 8.  She's supposed to think I'm crazy!

And one shot of the whole thing without her hands in the way - she still thinks I'm crazy, but she was starting to get into the photo shoot idea by now.  This dress was "patternless" - I made a circle skirt then cut rectangular pieces that worked for her chest and waist measurements - another reason that I used a different fabric in the center.