Miss Laci-Kay Marie

I felt this one needed it's own post...

A mini-update

And of course we got here about a month ago. Four days after our arrival my sister went into labor with her 3rd baby. We were all so anxious because we didn't know if it was a boy or girl.... here was what we found out later that night...

Laci-Kay Marie

7 pounds 12 ou

Just as beautiful as can be....

And here are some of the pictures from the first few weeks we were here... they are not in order but you get the idea...

My Dad and Chris were here for the birth of the baby so we got to celebrate Dad's birthday while he was here... Celebrating Dad (Grandpa Lee's) Birthday Scott and Richard at Boyscouts

Deb, Abby and Laci-Kay Kate and Riley getting in on the snuggle activity

Abby got to come up for the weekend! It was great to see her and for her to see the baby!

These pictures are from the hospital...

One day old!

Proud Grandma Chris

Me and my sis... it was a long and beautiful night! This was taken around 3am... not bad for three am huh?

Minutes old!

Miss Dani thinks Abby is the best

And we do too! :)

English Tea

As my weeks were growing short in England my friends heard rumor that I had NOT in the 2 1/2 years of living there, had NOT been to tea. They wanted no part of this and arranged to show me an afternoon of tea in my beloved Bury St Edmunds.

It was such a treat and I wondered why I had not done this much earlier in my time there. And look at all these goodies. The most wonderful finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and dessert...

Harriets ~ about as English as it gets!

After we decided to walk around the gardens and take some pictures...imagine ME taking pictures... Miss M had this tiny little tripod that by a pure miracle held my camera up.

And at some point the sugar from lunch kicked in.... hmmm!

The plan was for some type of Charlie's Angels pose. Only I fell over (yep, that's me rolling around in the grass) and got so tickled I couldn't get up.

So we tried again. Notice how they put me in the back where I couldn't cause and more trouble!! Miss you guys!!

It's a Personal Thing :)

When I originally started this BLOG it was to promote my business. And it served me well while I was in England. It got me lots of business in a very short period of time. But as we just moved and are still settling in I am setting the business side of photography aside for a few months. In the interim I've decided to use this site to simply upload pictures and stories from my life as a way to keep in touch with friends and family... so for awhile it's just going to be personal...

One Last Session

This was my very last session before we flew back to the states. And I must say it is one good-lookin' family. ha ha! I wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of my good friend D. This is how we did it. I would get Jason and the kids were I wanted them, then I would adjust the exposure and say something like "make sure the red dot in on Kate's face" and Ms. D would make sure we were all looking at the camera (read: Riley was looking at the camera) and snap the picture. There was a lot of running back and forth and it made the session longer than a normal one.... but I have to say, I think it was worth it. After taking pictures of so many wonderful families in Bury St. Edmunds, I couldn't leave without getting a few for my walls. So thank you, thank you Ms. D and also thank you to my other friends who made me follow through with this endevour. I almost backed out with so many other obligations in the week before we left but they talked me into doing it. I'm so glad they did!

Three Peas in a Pod...

The three Amigos ~ the best of friends.  That is what these three are.  And these pictures were taken just days before we left England.  I know that they will always be sad that they can not "go back" to the way it was in our old neighborhood but I also know they will be forever thankful for the time they had.  And lucky for these girls (unlike when we were kids) they really can keep in touch with e-mails and affordable long distance.  So this post is dedicated to our girls and to friendship.