Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys

Like in the movie Field of Dreams; "build it and they will come," I found the same is true of a saddle; bring a saddle into your studio and the cowboys will come!

Thank you to Gordon Jensen for loaning me his saddle. It is truly beautiful and I was anxious to try it out so I asked Kasandra to let me do some of Micah's 6 month photographs on the saddle. Turns out Micah's grandmother was raised on a ranch so he has some cowboy blood in him. Micah took to the saddle like a natural.

Then the following week Andrew came in for his 5 year photos and he had just received a special birthday present from his grandpa; all the clothing and gear that a cowboy would ever wish for! Including chaps, spurs, canteen, bandana, hat, etc. Andrew was filling me in on the Lone Ranger, wow, it has been a long time since I've seen those shows, it was nice to take a trip down memory lane and it is nice to know that Andrew is enjoying watching the Lone Ranger in 2011!

Thanks to my cowboys! Hi yo, Silver away!

Rub a dub, dub - one little man in a tub!

Little Cowboy

Big Brother - Little Sister

Emma is almost 2!

Adorable Angel Peyton

Peyton is so adorable and she just seemed to wear the angel wings and halo so naturally!

My baby girl is getting married!

I knew something was up when John showed up at our house alone on a Sunday afternoon. He came bearing a couple of racks of ribs he had just smoked. After a little chit chatting he asked Charlie to show him something in the garage. They were out there a long time...enough to make me suspicious, and after John left Charlie was avoiding my questions about his visit with John. It was very sweet of John to ask Charlie's permission to marry our daughter. Charlie kidded that he couldn't turn John down as he had just brought him such a tasty treat! Welcome to the family John! Can't wait for this big shing-dig to take place - November 5th is the date!

Brynn - you are so sweet!

Mother and Child

Congrats to John, Class of 2011, Graduation is right around the corner!

Blow out your candle and make a wish.....

Noah can fly....with a little help from Dad!

Cake smashing fun!

Our grandson Noah turns one year old on March 21st. I can't begin to describe how much joy he has brought to our lives! We did his cake smash photos a little early.....though he was tired by this point (we did other photos too!), he quickly became very interested in this yummy treat his first taste of cake!

Love and laughter.....

I love this photo, if I do say so myself! The best thing you can give a child is love, but I'd say laughter ranks high on the list also. That is why I love this photo - it is all wrapped up into this one family photo! Soon Jaxen will be joining in, at only 6 weeks old, he is not quite sure yet what is going on with Mommy, Daddy, and big sister!

Leo

As you can probably tell by the photos on my blog that I love to take photos of kids. But last weekend I had the opportunity to try my hand at some more "dramatic" lighting with an older gentlemen, Leo. A Korean War Veteran, I think Leo looks very striking in his Legion uniform. I'm not sure how long Leo has been a Seargent of Arms for our Legion but I know it has been at least 30+ years. Thank you Leo for your service!