Who would have thought that small town Stony Plain, Alberta would be a great place to hang out and have your family photographs taken?  It was perfect, so many great places to shoot and an amazing family.  My sister and her family moved to Stony Plain a few years ago and they were blessed to become friends with Susan and her family.   I had heard so many great things about them and it was really nice to spend a few hours with them.  They were so much fun, down to earth and easy to be with and I am grateful that they are like family to my sister.

Enjoy your sneak peek everyone!

Half  way through this session this tiny little boy started to cry,  I of course apologized because I really really don’t like it when babies cry.  His Mom said “don’t worry about it, that’s the way I found him”,  meaning he made his entrance in to the world naked and crying.  I think it is one of my favorite lines now.  If you know me, you know I have THE worst memory ever so for me to remember that it must have meant something.

Anyway – this little sweetie was under 6 pounds and just 5 days old when I met him. This is the perfect age for a newborn session and I LOVE when Mom’s call before their baby is born so we can get these sweet images before baby gets to be 10 days old and decides that being awake and maybe a little bit grumpy is more fun than sleeping the day away.  So cute and sleepy and perfect in every way.

Happy Summer everyone.    I am heading to Bear Creek in the Okanagan for a much needed vacation with my family.  Camping at the Lake, boating, hiking to the waterfalls, bedtime stories in the trailer every night, the sound of the birds in the morning and children laughing all day.  sigh…

Ok, reality check… birds that sing and wake up kids up at 3:00 am, children bickering, hiking with kids that are too tired to take another step, arguments about who has had 6 turns tubing and who has had 7.  Still fun though.  Every summer we head out and get away from all of the stresses of work  and every day life.  I always promised myself that if I started my own business I would still keep the summer for my family.  I know I’ll miss work like crazy but at the same time I can’t wait to just hang out and have fun.

I’m almost all caught up and have scheduled a few blog entries for when I am away just so y’all don’t get too bored.  lol.  Enjoy your Summer Days and don’t forget to have some fun with your children.

Here are a few snapshots of our summer so far.  Just so you know, these are snapshots – not portraits, don’t expect perfection because you won’t find it here.   These are pictures of my family and my nieces and nephews.

below: my sisters husband built a zipline in their backyard, a totally awesome zipline!  The have an acreage by Edmonton and so much space for kids to run around.

Below:  nothing better than munching on icecream sandwiches with your cousin AND getting to drive his car.

below:  Evan riding “blue annie” for the first time.  He was totally allergic but loved every minute.

below:  Riley riding blu annie and commenting that his feet don’t reach the footpegs (yep, he’s a motorcross racer, not a farm kid).

below:  Adams 3rd birthday party.  blowing, singing, dancing, and a zillion hugs.