First Day At School

Our baby girl is going to school! Today was her first day of pre-school and she was SO excited. Me... not so much! We waited for the van that will come to get her each day and she was ready to leave us and head off to school. Of course I insisted on following them to school and going in to check things out and make sure she was okay. Brad got a good chuckle out of me not being willing to let go but hey... she just turned 4 and she's my baby girl. Joshua can begin driving in November, though I don't know that I'm ready to move into the aspect of parenthood either. They grow up so fast! Where does the time go?

Happy 4th of July

We hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July! We are all safe here with only one minor incident with a punk. Nothing a little ice couldn't fix and there were no tears involved so it wasn't that bad at all. We had a great time setting off fireworks and even took time to catch some "fun with sparklers" shots.




We are able to see several different fireworks shows from home depending on which direction we look. The closest big show is about 1.5 miles away and we can see it from our driveway. WOO HOO!!!

Jenna's Favorite

My Favorite

Brad's Favorite

Joshua's Favorite

Swimming Lessons

The little one and my great nephew have been having fun at swim lessons this year. Matthew is LOVING it! He's swimming rather well (even under water) and loves going off the diving board as you can see below. Jenna is happy getting wet and doesn't care to put her face in the water or to get too far from the edge of the pool. Maybe she will get more comfortable as the summer goes on and become a little more daring.

Melinda and Doug

On June 21st Melinda and Doug exchanged vows at the Old Stone House in Tecumseh Kansas. It was a beautiful day, the location is wonderful, and they both looked great! The ceremony started at 6pm with the reception immediately following next door at the dance hall. Below you will see a few of my favorite images from their day. Congratulations Melinda and Doug! Thank you for allowing me to capture your special day for you!

Baby Killdeer Bird

We have been watching this nest of Killdeer eggs in an outer area of our yard. It's a challenge to see them without getting stuck by a few of the surrounding weeds that love to grow in that area. There were three eggs but then one day there was only one. The birds are here all the time but this is the first time we have ever been able to find the eggs so every couple of days we swing by to see what was going on. Well today we found that the only remaining egg had hatched. It's so stinking cute! We captured a couple images of the little darling and thought we would share.

Springtime Images

Today the 3 year old and I went for a drive and walk to see what we could capture with our cameras. I took pictures of Jenna and she took pictures of everything but me. She got a few good pictures that we thought we would share below. It was a lot of fun for us both so we will have to do this again soon. Maybe next time we can find flowers and a few friendly bees.

Baby Jadyn

Baby Jadyn is a 2 month old little girl and is absolutely adorable. She was such a good little baby and a pleasure to photograph. We even brought out the angel wings to use with her. I captured a couple of candids with mom during the session too and they turned out beautifully. These are some of my favorites from Jadyn's session.