Newest Photos of Miss Laci-Kay

Just Me and My Dad

Just me and My Dad went to Wendy's ... he even let me get a Frosty!

Then Me and My Dad went to Toys R Us. When I grow up I want to work at Toys R Us. I'm pretty sure my Dad enjoyed looking as much as I did.

Just me and My Dad looked at all the Star Wars Toys.

The other stuff is OK but Star Wars is the Best...just ask me or my Dad.

Then just me and my Dad talked about who the best characters are...

Just me and My Dad... what a great evening.... and well, I guess, my Mom was there too ~ but only to take pictures.

My New BellaDonna Bag

I got my new bag in the mail today... oooh my life is too cute... I ordered a wallet and makeup bag too that all match... thanks so much Miss. T and Miss M....

I've realized as I post these pictures... it's not just the bag... it is that it is handmade. I have a sickness for all things hand made...

For example... I never cared for Polish Pottery until I went to Poland. All it took was for me to see those artisans working their craft and I was totally hooked. Now my kitchen is full of the stuff. I love hand-made quilts, potholders, scarves, gloves, clothing and of course scrapbook pages. Just knowing that someone put "themself" into their project makes me love it all the more.

Homeschooling can be a real challenge.... but sometimes when you (that is me... no, it should be I) when I get to use some of my scrapbooking toys and feel incredibly productive while working on homeschool projects it feels a lot less challenging and more like P - L - A - Y! I can not get over the color of the sky here. It is the most yummy color in the mornings and evenings. Every evening, regardless of what type of weather there was during the day... the sky gets this warm beautiful tone to it. It has me thinking about taking portraits again... outdoor portraits with lots of bokeh and honey tones. I know I still have a while before I do, but it certainly has me thinking ... Jason and I worked on the house this weekend. We are slowly but surly checking off the things we want to get done. One day I will go around the house with my camera and do an entire blog entry about my house that is slowly becoming our home... one thing I did do this weekend was hang up this beautiful hand blown glass ball that my friends from TOPS gave me on my last night there. It looks wonderful with all that yummy light shining through it.

Hallowen (Our first Family Holiday with the Wilson's)

First we did school which the kids thought was just awful because all the public school kids got the day off. Then we curled hair (or more correctly, Aunt Debbie curled hair as I set up the studio.) Next, I got to take pictures and everyone ohhhed and ahhhhed over my fun equipment... we rushed rushed rushed only to figure out that the big even didn't really start until after dark. This worked well as both Daddies worked later than expected...and then we were off.... you should see the stash these kids got.... the weather was perfect... the sunset beautiful and the entire day amazing... it is a charmed life I live!! the whole crew goofin' around

watch out Aunt Dee mommy's little angel super stealth ninja guy!

sneaking candy almost before we got started!

the neighbor's dog was even dressed up!

who could pass up this tree?

super soldier fueled by high-fructose corn syrup

our first family holiday!

and our new neighborhood

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THE END

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!