The Day of the Tick

Near our home there is a great park that I do a lot of family portraits at. Recently there were hundreds of goats and sheep that spent a few weeks roaming the land and grazing on the weeds. The farmer would take them from one area, then move them to another. I thought it would be a great place to bring the kiddo's to and after speaking with the farmer who gave me permission to go inside the gate- we headed out! We had a great time- Rita was up visiting that day, so she came with us. Despite the good time, I have to admit I was a little afraid when all the goats and sheep started running toward us at one point. Many hours later I found the most disgusting thing ever----a TICK had crawled up my pant leg and was beginning to feast on my blood. My precious untainted blood... I did everything I shouldn't have- I screamed, ggrabbed it, pulled it off my leg and threw it. I know- what an idiot! Luckily it had JUST started embedding itself, so I got it all out and also lucky for me I have a husband who found it after I threw it. Three words--- YUCK YUCK YUCK! Here was the best part of the day...

A Baby on the Way!

My Friend and Partner in MOPS crime!

A dear friend (and fellow lover of photography) asked me to do a maternity session. Their sweet baby girl is on her way soon! I just had to post an image from their session because I love her to pieces. There is also some other exciting stuff that they have asked me to do, but I won't talk about it yet until after the time has come I don't jynx anything! Yes- I'm a tiny superstitious about that stuff- but just a little!

Baby Tessa

Since so many of our family look on this blog and not my work blog, I thought I would post this here too. It's of a lil baby Tessa that we know and love! Thanks Andy and Kenzie for allowing me to create these beautiful portraits. (The video is f-a-s-t but it's the first time I have made one and am still learning how to use it- bear with me!)

**Ok- something not working- it was, but now isn't......SO- if you want to watch it I am FORCING you to go to my work blog- it's there! :)

www.daanephotography.com

Test Subjects

When I have new backgrounds or idea's to test out guess who gets to help... you've got it! Any photographer will tell you that their kids are the hardest to shoot and mine are no different. Here they are in a quick pic before a session later that day. (This was way back in MAY!)

Such A Charmer

Can you get over this little girl? I sure can't. Every day is such a fun adventure with both my babes, but Reagan is at that age where her imagination is running rampant. I love this image of her. I am going through old pictures and this one is from May (I think!). This is so her, though- sunglasses, a cutie lil suit and her shoes. Now she won't go anywhere without a dress and fancy shoes so she can twirl... Yes, indeed- the life of a little girl.

Sentimental Memories

I have "things" that I keep for years on end that are sentimental for me. When I married Sam he had them too. We condensed our sentiment's into a large box for each of us and still have them. Some things are too special to let go. This is one of those things that shouldn't have "gone". Sam was given this bank by his Aunt Marsha when he was young. We had it tucked away in his box- put away fairly well and secured high in the rafters of the garage. Here lies the problem... The heavy duty chain pulled out of the ceiling in the garage and the shelf fell, allowing Sam's sentiment box to fall about 12 feet to the ground. In the crash, his baseball bank broke. I decided that we could take a photograph of it before laying it to rest in it's many pieces and that it would become a blog story (picture and all) for us to keep the sentiment alive. RIP baseball bank. Your memory won't be forgotten.

My Babies

Everyday that I wake up I am so blessed. I have a husband that loves me, stands by me and supports me and I have two of the most amazing children that ever existed. They are my inspiration. I love you two babies- more then the whole world! You make me laugh and bring happiness to my life- thank you my loves...thank you.