Rebekah Westover

She's SMOKIN'! We finally were able to get together yesterday and do some head shots for Rebekahs web-site (three months later). Every time we set up a time, it rained, or was too cloudy, or too windy, but we FINALLY nailed it... phew. Okay, seriously she should not be the one taking photographs, she should be modeling, agreed? She just drips beauty, but she also drips photo talent so maybe you should be taking photographs Rebekah... yeah, I definitely think so! You look amazing!

Joe and Sarah Wedding

Sarah was such a cute and concerned bride. She called me the morning of her wedding telling me she had a melt down the night before because it was suppose to pour buckets of water on her big day. So that was fine if mother nature was to take her course, but by golly, Sarah was NOT going to have her reception moved to the church house... RIGHT ON!!! That was music to my ears (lds church house weddings are the worst in my opinion... the lighting, the gymnasium floor, the space... yuck!) She ended up finding a big tent to pitch in her parents backyard that you could have sworn was specifically made for her wedding day, it was great, and the weather ended up being pretty great too, despite the first 30 minutes of the temple family photos.
You guys were great, such troopers, despite the awful weather.

The Beginnings of Summer

So the days of summer have just begun... FINALLY! It's been difficult to let my girls go to school, even for just a couple of hours, I really do enjoy having them around. Though they are getting to the stage of life where everything is "not fair", and they fight with each other incessantly, and I'd rather poke my eyeballs out with a rusty wire than to listen to them whine most times, it's still nice to have them home.

I have had my girls in bad public swimming lessons the last two summers and honestly the public lessons did more damage than good. Every time we would go swimming, they got progressively worse, to a point where they were down right afraid to go into the water past their little tummies. Other kids their age were diving right in and at least trying to swim... my kids? No way!, they were the ones sitting on the swim steps watching the other kids having an enjoyable swimming experience.
So what was a mother to do? Try private swimming lessons! I found out about a woman in Orem through a friend of mine who's kids take her swimming lessons every time they're in town from Colorado. These MAGIC lessons are only 10 minutes long per child, four days a week for 3 weeks and then you can extend if you feel it's necessary after the 3 weeks.
I was sold the very first time we went... I could not believe what I was witnessing, MY girls with their faces and heads submerged in the water... what the? Her technique is a survival technique, where floating on your back is the "safe spot", then rolling from your back to your stomach with "sword fish" arms and your face in the water looking straight down seems to be the magic formula. All I know is that it has worked wonders for Ella and Claire.

-k- seriously? I swear this little girl came into our life just to keep us laughing.

Breathe Ella! Tee Hee!

Look at these rug rats. Ellas dirty sweat bottoms are awesome!

Katie Greenwood Bridals

Can you say STUNNING BRIDE? Katie looked absolutely amazing for her bridal shoot. She had described her dress to me and sent me an e-mail pic of the dress but once she had it on she was radiant and she totally made the dress how it was suppose to look on a bride. Katie was so great to work with, she would do anything I would ask her to do, even if it meant getting her dress a little dirty... gotta love that! When we did this shoot, the wind was out of control. By the time we got to Memory Grove to finish up the shoot, all the brides (I think 6 total) were RUNNING as fast as they could out of the park because it started raining, but not Katie, she was running the opposite direction... I mean what could a little rain and wind do to dampen her spirits? Not a thing! I adore you Katie.