Just one more before I leave!

Meet little H. Oh my goodness I had such a good time with her at her modeling session. We ran around and chased each other laughing and giggling. She was such a joy to be around. {Thank you} so much to her mommy, T, for entering her in the little beauties contest...it is a pleasure knowing you and I am so blessed to have been able to capture your sweet little girl through my lens! {sigh} I just LOVE what I do!!!! I mean get some little girls over here and throw on some petti skirts and I'm calling it a great time!! Being girlie, frufru, having fun, running, laughing, giggling, playing tag, twirling, swaying, you name it we did it. :) Thank you also to Grandma L for coming along with T to view her beautiful slideshow the other night!! It was such a blessing to here you oogle over the beautiful artwork of your sweet little grand-daughter. Just hearing how much you and T were enjoying the images of H made my heart leap for joy!

Oh, and did you catch that I thought it was already Friday the other night (laaaate) when it was actually Thursday?? Yep...it's time to get away and rejuvinate my brain for a bit!! I am so excited to be going to MI to meet up with all the different photographers that will be there - the anticipation is killing me!! We will be studying under none other than the renowned Skye Hardwick of Work of Heart Photo.....I am SOOO excited!!

Well that's all I have for now...I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! I'll be "out of the office" until Tuesday with no access to email or phone so I will get back to you as soon as possible Tuesday morning. Also...coming up next week is Monica and Dan's Wedding!!! (Hi Monica!!) Just wanted to let you know I am SOOOOOOO excited to be able to share in their most amazing day!! From what I have seen, Monica has put so much effort into planning a beautiful day. Hmmm...a beautiful day for a beautiful couple ;)

Hope you all have a GREAT one! See you soon!! Love, ~R............;) Ooooh! If you remember, could you please pray for all around safety for the weekend?? Thank you so much!!

Because I know you're waiting A.....

Here is your darling J!! Hi everyone!! Is it Friday already!??!? Oh my goodness the time is flying by so quickly!! I am in the process of preparing to be gone for the weekend for hours and hours spent with other photographers from around the country talking about f stops, shutter speeds, and why we all love photography (YIPPEEEE!!!!!) but before I go, I wanted to post a quick peek for Miss and A and her adorable little girl, J....Isn't she one of the sweetest little girls ever?? It sure was fun following her around for the evening!! I mean just look at her - this girl was born to be infront of the camera!! Check out #2 and you'll see how serious I am!! Sooo sweet! ;)

Well, until next time!! Hopefully I'll get one more post up before I leave and then....I'll be back on Monday - I hope you all had a great week and have an even better weekend!! I am truly counting my blessings :) Thanks again A and J!!! Love, ~R...........:)

A couple more for you A...:)

Just couldn't help myself...I am so in love with this summer evening session. I have a special place in my heart for warm summer nights complete with fireflies and warm breezes. R and I met in the summer..on June 16, 2001 to be exact. Exactly four days after the blind date that we were set up on (thank you Jeff and Terri! No, I really mean that in a great way - thank you!!!) we went on our first real "alone" date. We ran two miles to dinner (yes I know, stop right there, crazy right? Well it was the only way we could both get our workout in and go on our date at the same time. I just have to giggle when I think of that!)..anyways....we walked home (from the Boathouse in the Quad Cities in case you are wondering where that historic first date took place :) and it was THE most perfect summer evening ever. Warm breezes rustled the green leaves on the trees as we walked and we just talked and talked....and then talked some more {sigh}....it was soooooo romantic! It was that evening after really talking and getting to know each other that we just knew that we had found someone very very special in each other. Yep, we knew we were blessed from the get go. Fast forward 7 years and here we have just celebrated our first little guy's 4th birthday. Unbelievable. We were incredibly blessed then and we are incomprehensibly blessed today. Thank You Lord!!! And A and S? Here's to you, friendship, love, a beautiful summer evening session, and abundant blessings from above. Love, ~R.......:)

It's Friday!!! How 'bout a sneak peek?

Hello hello!!! Above we have little G - been shooting him (okay shooting him with my camera!) since he was one day old :) Aww...that makes me smile so big!! He's getting to be such a big boy!!! We had such a great summer evening session that night. This is seriously just a teensy tiny bit of those, but when I finish the session and mom and dad see them, I'll put some more up. Thank you so much A and S for coming out for a summer evening of photography fun!!! I sure had fun playing with little G!

The second batch is a sweet sweet family (like G's family :) that came for a session in the mid to late morning and man we had a blast!! Baby L is 6 months (I will debut her 6 mth portraits later too :) and her big brother J is such a cutie ham!! Last time we tried to go outside it was -9 degrees outside so this time he had a "bit more fun" ;) b/c we got be outside longer than 2.7 mintues LOL!! :)

THank you all so much for allowing me to see and capture your special-ness through my lens!! I hope this can tide you over till you see all of them ;0) Until next time!!! Love, ~R........:)

Remember this little beautie???

I am so excited to post these!!! Her mama and daddy have just seen them and oh my did we have a good time last night!! Little A is such a gentle and beautiful as in precious little girl. She has a sweetness about her that just makes her so special. It truly was an honor to capture "her" through my lens. Thank you L and M and for entering her into the contest, it was a joy to get to know you a bit and also to get to know little A. And yes, L I agree with you ten fold - God is SO good!!! ;) Without further ado....meet little A :)

Until next time everyone!! I hope you are able to enjoy the beautiful day today!!! Love, ~R......:)

Good morning!!

well, almost afternoon - but that's okay!!! Here is little L...Oh.My.Goodness. I thought I'd just post a "couple" *wink* :) Turns out..I just really couldn't choose two and since mama and daddy have seen them already...I didn't think you'd all mind. :) Can you handle the cuteness?? I can't. Little L is just one of the most adorable little boys I have ever had the pleasure of capturing through my lens (besides my own boys that is - sorry L! :)...no seriously I just have THE custest and best clients ever. I mean, just look at these...I want his mama to bring him over right now for a snuggle!! :) I love the range of emotions this little guy goes through in these images. This is just a chunk of his images too...there really were so many!! Thank you so much R family - you truly are so wonderful!!

I hope everyone has a beautiful and wonderful day!! I think I am going to take the boys on a little bike ride again today before their naps and before I get back to work again. What are you all up to on these beautiful summer days? See you very soon!! Love, ~R...........:)