Its a girl!!!

My brother and Kim had another girl!! She is so incredibly adorable and I am an aunt for the third time. Her name is Dylan Zoey. Its so very exciting to be here for all of this. I was living away when both the other girls were born and growing. I missed those first few years with both of them so it is very exciting to be an active part of Dylan's world. I love to just hold her and stare at all the faces she makes when she sleeps. I finally saw her eyes open yesterday, I hadn't seen that yet since she has her sense of time totally backwards. Sleeps all day and wants to rock and roll at night. Ty and Kim love that. Here are a few photos of Dylan. The first two are the day she was born and the rest are from the other day.


"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for"
~~anonymous





with her Grandpa J.

hutch loves michelle

Hutch and Michelle are really funny. Hutch may be one of the most funny people I know. I also know he doesn't like clowns, especially blue ones with wooden bodies. Anyway, these two came to town about a week ago for a quick photo session for their engagement. They are getting married next spring. Hutch is from the lake, so I've been blessed to have gotten to know these two over the last few years. We've all gone to the Okoboji winter games, been boating, had bonfires, but no camping, Michelle doesn't camp. ever. She prefers the four seasons, I know lots of girls that don't do the camping thing, she's not alone on that one. I'm very happy to see these two getting married and was thrilled when they asked me to do an engagement session for them. Hutchie loves her so much, he showered her in kisses all day, it was quite cute.

bluest sky is having a baby!

so think back to last year. The bluest sky. These two were married last fall and are now happy parents to a new baby boy. I figured I should get on the ball here and put up the belly photos before the new baby photos. (I'm a bit behind these days, sorry!) I met with Bridget one day and then the three of us met up on a later date at the park. Bridget, whom I like to call mother earth is nothing short of adorable. These two are so much fun to photograph. They are in love. Love photographs really well. The sky on both nights was awesome, the first night it was similar to the sky in the Simpsons and the second night a storm was rolling in and we finally stopped shooting after it started to rain. I love these photos and I can't wait to meet the baby that was in the belly.

much love to you both on this wonderful moment in your lives.

the little man Mason

Mason brought his parents down to see me a few weeks ago, his dad and I have known each other for a number of years now. Dad runs the Port on Lake Panorama, if you've never been you should give it a try, the tiki bar is quite fun. Thats a whole other subject. Mason was fantastic on the shoot, but when he was done, he was done. We did managed to nab quite a few cute photos for his first photo session before he called it quits.
enjoy!