Hi there. I hope everyone had an awesome spring break. I had a great time celebrating my daughter’s 9th birthday,entertaining family, coloring eggs, doing a few sessions, and avoiding the computer as much as I could.  Now to play catch up.

A few of our activities were documented:

And, now onto a session that didn’t get put up right away because I was avoiding the computer.

Isn’t he adorable?

Have a super day!

I am going to take a break from the France photos to show off what we did this weekend on our trip to NYC.

During this trip along with seeing a few shows (Lucky Peterson, the ballet, Wicked) I got to look at lots of art and specifically got to see three photo exhibitions–the newly opened Cindy Sherman show at the MOMO, some works of Weegee at a NYC gallery, and some of the newly discovered works of the photographer Vivian Maier.

I look so often at wedding blogs, or blogs of other family/child photographers that I almost forgot how important it is to look at these masters of the genre.

I think I was inspired by them all as I was a tourist in the city this weekend. Here is what it looked like from my camera.

I hope everyone creates lovely fun memories this holiday season.

I’ll be back in 2012 with my 2011 year in review slideshow.

I am just on a roll today. One session blogged this morning, 3rd and 6th grade parent visitation at noon, and now another cute session blogged.

I might even get a travel Tuesday post up later on.

Check out these two boys. They were so sweet together.

Happy Birthday to my little Sadie who is turning 8 today.

*a classic from when she was just 3. Honestly, it seems like yesterday.

The girls and I had some fun making Valentine’s Cards. Actually, Sadie likes to give them out to her friends, but Echo only does it for me. Normally I take them outside and bribe them with Valentine’s candy, but this year it was much too cold so we did some photo booth shots inside.

Click on the collage to see the outtakes larger.

Hope everyone has a fantastic day filled with lots of xxxx and ooooo.

I hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday and made many happy memories. I had a wonderful time relaxing and eating, and playing with my girls.

*I think it is my husband’s expression here is what makes this shot one of my favorite shots of my family from this season.

Now, I am back to work—designing albums, and getting my end of year slideshow/newsletter post ready. My blog will be busy, busy and I hope you will stop by from time to time to check it out.

Merry Merry Everything.

Did you hear? I got a dog, our first. She was rescued from a puppy mill in St. Louis by my mom, and we call her Lola.

Isn’t she sweet?

I’ve been meaning to post about her for over a week since we got her, but a bunch of sessions to proof, and a wicked cold got in the way–ah life.

Sadie told me yesterday that she wanted to wear her cowboy boots to school because she had plans to be a “sassy cowgirl” during recess. This morning she showed me how you can use a jump rope to be your lasso.

And, Echo in her almost 10 year old stance just watched and didn’t even crack a smile at her sister.