Monthly Archives: January 2010

snow shots…

As Alana was napping during the heavy snowfall on Friday, I hopped into the backyard to take some macro shots. The snow was quickly accumulating on our trees, bushes, and such, and I thought it was SO beautiful. Here are a few that I liked…enjoy!

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first smith family snowman!

Yesterday we were excited to get quite a bit of snow, and today we realized that we needed to do something about it Yes, it was time for the first EVER smith family snowman! I have VERY little experience making snowmen, so let’s just say it wasn’t the cutest guy on the block. But he...

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snow day!!!

Um, holy snow, batman. I paid very little attention to the news reports (earlier today) of snow and a wintery mix because really, when it snows in Chattanooga (with the exeption of the legendery “Blizzard of 1993″), it is around for a bit, we take pictures, and then it’s gone as quickly as it came....

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wordless wednesday: january fun!

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fourth and final “baby’s second year” session!

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For those of you who have been following my blog for a while, you are most aware that we had had a “baby’s first year” with Amber Holritz, complete with 6 sessions of Alana’s first year of life. Along with Alana’s first birthday party a little over a year ago, I blogged a summary and...

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family time!

Last saturday, before Rich and I left for ImagingUSA in Nashville, we decided to spend the morning with Alana and go to the aquarium. We knew we would be away from her for 3 full days, and besides, we have an annual membership that we do not utilize NEARLY enough. So, off we went in...

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jason and kellie…

My dear friend Kellie came over on Thursday to hang out for a bit and I ended up doing a mini session for she and Jason in my front yard. I’m proud of myself for shooting carefully enough to avoid all of the mailboxes, driveways, cars, and the streetNext time I’m taking them somewhere a...

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wordless wednesday: gigi’s cupcakes: new in town!

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kellie’s scarves!

Kellie is an incredible gift giver. For Christmas this year, she figured out how to make a very close duplicate to a scarf that I’d seen in Fossil and wanted very much! But she didn’t stop there…she shrunk the pattern and made one for Alana, too! We LOVE them and asked Rich to take some...

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new toys!

Between Alana’s second birthday in November Christmas in December we have so many fun new things in the house! Since we all already know that I am a nerd I just embrace it, and yes, I have taken photos of her with some of her little two year old toys. I really don’t want to...

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