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I wasn't sure if the time would ever come, but I've finally made the jump!! The *NEW CUSTOM BLOG* is here yipeeeeeee!! If you're sad about leaving the old one, don't worry! I've had everything moved over there so you can enjoy all your favorite memories forever and ever ;) Please remember to change your links if you're linked and we should be good to go!! I'll leave this one up for the time being so if you get lost, you can always come over here first :) Thanks again and see you on the other side!!! Love, ~R.........:)

Just click on the link below to come on over and say hello! :)

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Look at this beautiful couple!!!

I did a little mini - session for this couple this summer and forgot to blog them! J and R I pray that the Lord continues to bless you as you seek His will for your lives and you continue to sacrifice the comforts of "home" that I take for granted daily so you can follow His calling for you lives in traveling around the country to bring the Good News to people! I hope everyone is having a blessed day - we'll see you back here "real soon" ;) Love, ~R.......:)

Little J....

Reminds me a lot of myself at this age...not necessarily riding dirt bikes...but ready to do whatever my brothers were doing ;) She's the youngest of 5 (I am the 4th of 5) and has such a great demeaner and fun personality. Just in case you are wondering..she's my niece ;) Had to put a plug in!! More coming, just need to sift through them. Instead of hiring a photog for our immediate family reunion this summer, I said of course I would shoot it - so I'll have to share some more later. Gotta love these - hope you love them L and J! Little J, you did great!!

Hope you are able to stay dry today! I did end up having to reschedule for the FIRST time all year due to weather! Crazy huh? Oh well, having a little break is good for the fam too ;) Come back soon, I'll have some more of my family up soon! Love, ~R.......:)

Top Ten Reasons I Love Living In a Small Town:

10. When I have to run errands "in town" I can just park my car one time and walk to get all of them done with the boys while we hold hands and walk nice and slowly :)

9. When I go to the post office I can be the ONLY one there so I don't have to wait in line.

8. When I go to the DMV and it's closed for lunch (!?!?) I can stop and take pictures of the boys climbing on the steps and monkeying around outside while really cute older folks look on and smile and say "what cute boys you have!".

7. I can also walk over to one of my client's house (if need be) and drop off a welcome packet to kill time ;) and go have my new dress altered.

6. I can also shop at the antique shop and find awesome props to kill time. :)

5. When the DMV is open again I can be the first one in line because I am only one of three other people in the whole building and I get taken care of right away!

4. When I only have $7 and I need $15 I can walk with the boys right over to Casey's because the DMV doesn't take VISA debit OR credit and I don't have my checkbook with me.

3. When I can't remember my own debit password and I can't get money out at Casey's either I can walk around town a bit more and find someone who will lend me the $10 I need to pay the lady at the DMV so I don't have to drive all the way back to P'Ville to get my money because everyone I know who is related to me and could help me isn't available and they believe me when I promise up and down that I will send a check in the mail ASAP.

2. And after I borrow $10 from the owner of this particular business who is really really nice and walk back to the DMV, I can find that the nice lady behind the counter has held my spot I think and not helped anyone else because she was waiting for me to get back :) So I didn't have to wait AGAIN...AND I got to register to vote on the same trip...and have my picture taken while a nice farmer talked to my boys about tractors, combines, and loaders and I am not terrified that he will try and steal them when I am not looking from 5 ft. away :)

1. I am totally serious, this happened to me yesterday!!! I LOVE living in a small town!!

Just to prove...

I shoot (as in photograph lol!!) a little bit of everything ;) Here's Mr. Garth Yess, a long time friend of ours. He needed a headshot for his business stuff and asked if I could please help him out. I said "of course!!" However, I don't do "traditional backdroppy formal stuff with studio lighting" headshots persay, but I will find an interesting "backdrop" (hehe) to do the trick. He said "great" so met up in town and here's one that I liked right away. Whether or not he'll use this one, I don't know but I thought you might like to see ;) I of course brought my son, Caleb, along for comic relief and he had Garth laughing and smiling naturally in no time. I didn't have to say ONE word! :)

THIS is what C does when you tell him to act silly to help someone smile. {Sigh}....do you see my dilema?? Must. shoot. fall. session. with. boys. There I wrote it down. They say that when you write your goals down your more apt to accomplish them. (qln.com) :)

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Also, let's not forget!!! Today is September 11th! We all know what today is and why we remember it. Let's remember to pray for the families, friends, and loved ones of the dear service men and woman and all the brave souls who lost their lives and gave their lives on this day 7 (can it be 7 already??) years ago. It seems so many have already forgotten. I am so thankful to live in a country where I am free to pray, to worship in my choice of church and location...where as a woman I can VOTE! (wahoo!! I have a GREAT story about registering but I'll tell that one later), where I am surrounded by people who would give their lives for my safety...to live in a country where people are willingly putting their lives in danger for my safety and to protect the freedoms we enjoy on a daily basis. May God continue to bless America.

A couple more of E...how could I not?

Harvest is coming up and little E just turned ONE so of course we had to celebrate in style!! :) These images would actually go PERFECTLY in a certain room in my house, if you've been here before you know what I am talking about *wink - wink*...but I guess I should just get off my lazy bum and get JD pics of my OWN boys for their room huh? Alright, it's going on my list. ;) I LOVE lists..I have them everywhere!!! Until then we can just sit back and enjoy little E's awesome tractor pics! Hope everyone's having a great day so far! Yay!! It's Wednesday! :)) Love, ~R....

Meet little "E"....

Just a couple of little E this morning as I finish up his session...isn't he just well....don't you just want to pinch those cheeks?? Lightly of course ;) He really is the sweetest little guy ever!!! Another little guy I have the priveledge of knowing since he was in his mama's belly - too sweet!! I still have a couple more to post...and they involve a tractor :) And it's green and yellow :))) I'll be back soon! Love, ~R......;)

***Also REMINDER!!! IMAGES ON THE NET ***
Clients may have up to 5 watermarked and resized images that they purchased from their session for their facebook, personal blog, or myspace. Just let me know which ones you would like and I can do that for you and send them right to you to use. Images may only be used on the net with explicit permission from yours truly as I own the Copyright. You will receive a "net use release" with your images also. I am so excited about this because really, the next most important thing to hanging them up on your walls to enjoy is to show them off on the net right?? :) That way everyone wins. At this time there is no charge for resized/watermarked images. Sometime in the future they will be available for $100 per five images. Thank you so much everyone!!! Love, ~R........;)

Good Monday everyone!

Remember little A last post? Well here's the baby sister he kept doting on... isn't she just precious?? Little G's big baby blues sure had my heart melting!! Thank you again E for bringing your precious little ones to me...A sure is growing up fast and little G is just as sweet as can be!


I hope everyone is staying dry and warm today! If you're having a hard time, just stay right here and stare at baby G, your heart's sure to melt and warm up real quick! ;) These are the days I love to just stay inside all day long and snuggle up...I love this time of year!! (So in case your wondering, yes we went to town and ran 5 errands this morning - so much for snuggling up!) Well, back to work so I can get more peeks up, come back soon! Love, ~R........;)

I'm back!!

Busy busy busy!!! Just one (edited: TWO) tonight of the session I am working on at this very moment and then off to bed I go!! Don't you just love little A's smirk?? He did so well for me when I "got a couple " of him during his sister's three month shoot. He's such a cutie and is getting soooo big!! It's hard to believe that I've known him since he was in his mama's belly!!! Great job A..and also, you should see him dote on his baby sister - soooooooo cute!! :)

Well, tomorrow is a great day of worship, rest, and family time!!! (And maybe some personal blogging time- man the rest of August got away from me fast!!) I hope you are all enjoying an awesome weekend. The weather has just been perfection - cooler temps. partly cloudy skies...just the right weather to kick off the fall season - great for shooting too :) See you back here soon as I had a busy weekend behind the lens and have lots of sneak peeks!! :)Love, ~R.......;)

Here comes the bride....and groome. :)

Thuy and Tony ~ August 23, 2008 ~ COMMENT CONTEST!!!!

Congratulations Thuy and Tony!!!! Oh my goodness where do I begin?? What an amazing day filled with so much love, a beautiful bride and handsome groom, many loving friends and family, and great weather!! Okay, by great, you know I mean NOT raining when we needed it not to - so we really did have a great day!! ;) I had such an amazing time with this beautiful couple! Thuy, you are one of the sweetest ladies I know and were such a gorgeous bride. Not only gorgeous outwardly but so sweet to everyone on such a big day for you. It is easy to see why Tony loves you so much! It was so easy to have fun with both of you and your family and friends. I have so many beautiful images of your beautiful day it was so hard to just pick a couple for your sneak peek! Thank you again to both of you - I hope you had an awesome honeymoon!!!

Of course in SDG Photography By Rosie Siebenthal style - there is a Wedding Blog Contest we need to have in order to officially celebrate Thuy and Tony and their love for one another on here! So without further ado please leave a comment right here on this post. Make sure and leave your name so your comment counts. Remember it can be any well wishing that you desire (about the day, how beautiful they were, congratulating them etc.) and ONE COMMENT per person!!!! ;)

AND............The prizes are:

23 comments ~ A professionally printed 8x12 of one of the above images!!!

46 comments ~ A professionally printed 11x16 of an image of your choice!!!

92 comments ~ 10x20 Storyboard of up to 3 of their favorite images!!!

138 comments ~ 16 image Leather Bound Wallet Album!!!

161 comments ~ Musical Slideshow w/ 180 images (photog choice)!!!!

Alright everyone - rally together as this is the LAST wedding blog contest of the summer!! Email the link to this post to your friends and have them email it to their friends and so on and so forth - let's win Thuy and Tony some great prizes!!!!

(This contest will end Thursday evening at 10 p.m.)

Thank you again to ALL my wedding couples for 2007 and 2008. It has been nothing but a huge blessing to be a part of everyone's big day!! Congrats again Thuy and Tony!! Love, ~R....... ;)

Did you really think I could wait???

Meet David - a senior this year. Congratulations David and the rest of the class of 2009!! I wish you a great year filled with much success, laughter, and many opportunities for great memories! Thanks again for a great photo shoot!!

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary..." Isaiah 40:31b

We had a "running" storyboard in the making and this is the scripture that David and his mom came up with...I think it fits perfectly ;) Have a great night everyone!! Love, ~R.......:)

Happy Labor Day!

Good Monday everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a gorgeous Labor Day weekend!! Oh my goodness it couldn't BE any more gorgeous!! Sorry it's been a while...(a couple of days - alright a week I think) since I've posted, I have been busier than ever before in my photography life ...and yes it's a good thing. Good for biz, bad for blogging!!! ;) Just a couple today from a past session, little D...how sweet is this little guy anyway??? And the last one with his mommy.....mercy sakes. I just love that one. That one completely envelopes a feeling of joy experienced as a mommy when I look at it that I can hardly describe. Just beautiful!!! Great job little D and mommy B!! I had so much fun with you all!

Also, if you facebook you'll notice that I added on there that I just had the most amazing weekend in Chi-town with my hubby for our 5th anniversary ~ it's true - we did!! For the second time this summer we packed our bags and headed out of town for some much needed R and R....Rest and Relaxation AND Rosie and Ryan time ;) (This time withOUT the kiddos!) We went to a Cubs game (they won wahoo!!) and stayed...down...town..believe it or not!! It was just perfect. The kiddos were with Grandma and Grandpa of course so were able to dine in style, meander around, take the El, and just relax - it was just what we needed. Something we hadn't done YET in the five years we have been married (yikes!) We did make a pledge to get away for a weekend at least once a year from now on, even it's just sending the kiddos to mom and dad's and going to Peoria! How important for a married couple to do this!!

Alright, enough divulging all my personal information for one day (even though I love to divulge personal information) I need to get back to work!! I've got lots to do and there are only so many hours in the day. I hope you are having a great day!! I'll be back tomorrow with Thuy and Tony's sneak peek from their lovely wedding day - AND a blog contest for them :)) Love, ~R........:)