Senior Graduation Announcements

We actually do a ton of these, but I have never blogged them! I was thinking today that I really should do that! This week, Crystal (my graphic designer and very pregnant assistant) ;) has been hauling out a ton of card designs. It's been fun because they really are completely different from one another. So I thought that would be something fun to share. Here is one we ordered today and it has quickly become our favorite! It's been ordered on pearl paper and I just can't wait to see it in person! What do you think? I'll try to remember to put up another card tomorrow.

More Baby Photography!

A couple of weeks ago I was in Denver and went to visit friends and their new born baby. Of course we took pictures!! Crystal and I are working on their birth announcement right now and are hoping to finish it up tomorrow, so I'll have to post it when we're done. I just had to show off this image though cause it is just too much fun! He's just so adorable. We do have images of him awake too, but I was just working on these, so they are what you get to see right now. ;) I think this may be my favorite shot of tiny baby feet so far.
See, all these adorable babies is how I keep wanting to have one of my own out of my system! :) Now don't get me wrong, Darrell and I DO plan on having kids, but we have plenty of time. And by shooting lots of photos of babies I get all my little baby-itch-i-ness out. haha

Adorable Blue Eyed Baby...

So this adorable blue eyed babe was in the studio last month and she was just so much fun. She is doing our Babies First Year package, so I am extremely excited to see this little one grow and change.

I met her mom at our CCC fundraiser right before Christmas when she was brand new and coming in with her two older brothers. I can't wait to see her again when she's sitting up on her own. She is already full of all sorts of personality, so I can't imagine how animated and fun she will be next time!Well so much for posting early and often! =S I'm still not in a good habit with my blog. I'll try to get better I promise!

A Beautiful Winter Wedding in Colorado

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Morgan & Geoff and their families. These guys are just an adorable couple and I feel extremely privileged to have shared their day with them. We were a little worried about the weather and it getting too dark, but honestly, I love the way the photos turned out. Dodging snowflakes and diving into the deep snow for just the right angle, did present its' challenges, but I had a ton of fun. I just downloaded all the flash cards and I wanted to post a few up as a little preview.
Congratulations to you both!! Thank you again for asking me to capture your intimate little event. It was an absolute pleasure. :)

Ashleigh & Shaun- Engagement Portraits

Thanks to another photographer on OSP I was referred to Ashleigh and Shaun.(OSP is a photography forum that I am completely addicted to and Kay Beaton- is the one who sent them my direction. Thanks again Kay!) These two are getting married the weekend after Ian & Amy (see my last post) in Silverthorne. Upon meeting these two I decided that not only are they a beautiful couple, they are completely hysterical and fun. We also took their images at Bear Creek Lake Park near Denver. (This was actually a spot that Ashleigh picked out and I thought it had SO many options that I decided to take Ian and Amy back the next day) :) I'm so excited to be shooting their wedding next June and to get to meet their family and friends. Heck, if they are half as fun as these two are, it's going to be a really fun and joyous event. (and of course, they will be, I'm sure of it) ;)

Engagement Portraits- Ian & Amy

I am so excited to be posting these images. It is about time these two get married! ;) Well see, I can say that cause I've known these guys for a long time. Amy and I worked at Glenwood Caverns together when I first moved to the area and were friends at work. Ian and I met my second year at CMC and became FAST friends. We ended up getting an apartment together with another friend the next year! Then I had a work event to go to and I wanted some support. The caverns had applied to have a tram put in up to the caverns and I was planning to speak in front of the city council and what ended up being a room of several hundred people! I had to drag Ian to go with me (I always remind him how badly he didn't want to go) ;) and we sat down next to Amy and that is when these two met.I am so excited that they are getting married. I am so unbelievably happy for them! We took their engagement portraits in Denver at Bear Creek Lake Park and I think we laughed waaayy too much. I miss these guys, I wish they were closer than Boulder! But we had a great time and we have vowed to try and get together more often.My last posted actually shows the Eureka Lodge, where they are getting married! Yup! This is them! I can't wait for their wedding and again... Congrats you two.

Ahh... 2008... Where did you come from?!

Well amazingly enough, we find ourselves once again in another new year. I can't believe it is already 2008... where has the time gone?! After a crazy and quick Christmas in Denver with my family, Darrell and I only had a couple days back in Glenwood before we were off again. Good friends of ours own a lodge outside of Silverton, CO. They have been trying for years now to get us out there with them, and it seems like we can never seem to coordinate dates. Every year they have a little New Year's Eve bash there and last year I was determined to make it out. Well... my appendix burst at the beginning of December... so that didn't work! But this year we made it!!!

This place is just amazing.....! The Eureka Lodge is an old miner's lodge built in the 1920's and is one of the best examples of an early 1900's miners boarding hotel in the west. We had to park probably 1/2 a mile or so from the lodge and ride snowmobiles in. Talk about the perfect retreat. I can't believe it took us so long to get here!!!

Along with our long time friends, we shared the hotel with their family, friends and other Glenwood locals- some we knew, and some we got to know. We spent our days playing pool, snowmobiling (or getting the snowmobiles stuck- whatever), building puzzles, and eating great food. Eat, drink, and be merry right? :) With a bonfire in -10 degree weather, and the stars shinning brilliantly above our heads, we rang in the New Year. It was just the break we needed and honestly, I was sad to leave. With no phones, limited internet (just enough to know the roads were open to get home) amazing views, and a warm fire... I could have stayed MUCH longer. ;)

This is actually a mine on the property. A fresh water spring provides the water for the lodge, but the dripping ceiling and cold temperatures create these amazing stalagmites in the entrance. It was an absolute fairy land! And of course the caver in me was SUPER excited about these! :)

Thanks so much to Ian and Amy for finally getting us up there, and also to Amy's parents for sharing their second "home" with us. We will definitely be back. Well I mean, of course we will be back, we have a wedding to shoot! (I almost forgot to mention that Ian & Amy are getting married at the lodge next June. Can you even imagine the photos we will get!?! I am SO excited, I can't wait!)