Category Archives: Friends

party fun

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On Saturday I took the girls to sweet little Maddy’s 3rd birthday party at St. Elmo park. We had a great time and I wanted to share a few funny photos of my girls. But first, here is a shot of the beautiful birthday girl! Alana started off on the swings where I snapped photos...

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briana’s 30th birthday strut!

The photos from Briana’s 30th Birthday Strut are on The Strut Blog, but I wanted to post a few here on my personal blog since Bri is such a good friend and we had such a blast at her party Amber and I started off by testing our camera settings…and of course we had to...

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a little hair cutting…

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Eek. I’m so behind on my blogging. I’m gonna see if I can catch up a bit in the next few days A few weeks ago, the girls and I met up with Brittany and Aston and their kids at the Dotson’s house for a hair cutting lesson. I’d expressed interest in learning how to...

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birthday party fun

Last Saturday we had a little birthday party for Alana. We managed to sandwich it between a couple different rounds of sickness, so we were very thankful that we were able to pull off a party at all! I would have loved to have done something a little more exciting, but with sickness, pregnancy, the...

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alana’s first self-portrait!

Yesterday was our monthly local photographers luncheon. Typically we do a decent job of getting a whole group self-portrait at some point, but since we were in close quarters in the middle of the slightly claustrophobic Boathouse restaurant, we didn’t really have a great opportunity to take one. We had a GREAT turnout…hard to believe...

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baby shower: sierra riley!

My sweet sister-in-law Susan threw me a baby shower on Saturday, and it was wonderful. She is of the opinion that every baby needs to be celebrated, even if the new baby is the same gender of a previous child. So, even though we have much of what we need because this is another little...

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aprons!

My dear friend Amber Holritz has been using customized baby blankets from Tobi with Ivey Handcrafted to give as the most WONDERFUL gifts to her clients for some time now. But she’s been brainstorming about what would make an equally perfect gift for her slightly older little clients, like 3 year old Mia, who’s birthday party...

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roasting marshmallows!

For our October PUG (Pictage User Group), Grant and Sara invited local photogs to their house for a relaxing evening by the fire pit on their deck. It has been a crazy month, and it was just perfectly what we needed. Alana was super excited about roasting marshmallows for the first time, and had picked...

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pumpkin patch with friends!

I cannot believe I haven’t blogged in 3 weeks. I think it’s been a combination of feeling crummy, being exhausted, being busy, and for some reason, simply not feeling like it! As much as I love to blog, there are some times that I just need a break…this entire pregnancy seems to have been a...

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snow cone fun!

Today Alana and I went to Kellie’s house in Cleveland for some girl fun. Kellie had seen this cute little snow cone place and thought it would make a fun area to take Alana for a few photos. So, today we decided to hit it up – and get Alana her first ever snow cone....

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