Happy Holiday!

As many of you have noticed.....I am VERY behind on our blog.  Doug and I have spent every weekend, and every evening getting all of our client's pictures edited and ready to deliver.  I have also created a lot of Christmas Cards for our clients this year.   I will be adding collages from all of our photo shoots starting this week.  If you can believe it.....we have taken 14 families and 1 engagement session since I updated my blog!  Wow, we are so lucky to have such wonderful clients! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, and we look forward to all that is to come in 2009!

Nate, Fran and Crew :)

Doug and I met Nate and Fran at a party at my parents house. We also spent a day with them on the lake on my parents boat. We were thrilled when they wanted us to come to their house and take pictures of their adorable family! Jayda and Maya were little models! They smiled the whole time and loved the camera. Little Nate had a bit of a tough afternoon, he got hurt about 3 times in the 45 minutes that we were there. He would just shake it off and continue to run around and we definitely captured some cute shots of him.

Brian, Heather, Isabelle and Malin

We met up with some friends of ours on an amazing fall day at their home. Brian and Heather had the perfect setting right in their backyard for our photo shoot. Doug told them to just run around and play and I think that he truly captured Izzy and Malin personalities! We had so much fun and were so excited to capture so many cute pictures!

Jack, Alicia, Allie and Baby Jackson

Doug and I started our busy day with Allie and her family. Allie is Kai's very best friend. Allie's nanny and I get together once a week for a play date with Kai and Allie. They have a very special friendship!! Allie was very excited for us to get to her house and we were just as excited to see her and her family! Baby Jackson was born in August and he is so adorable. He was wide awake for the whole photo shoot. Jake and Alicia have the perfect setting in their backyard for pictures, as you can see!

Holiday Photo Shoots and Cards!

Mellisa, Paul, Wyatt and Sadie

The rain and wind stopped just in time for us to capture this absolutely beautiful family. We took Wyatt's pictures last month and we were very excited to come back and take some family pictures this month. I am so in love with Wyatt's hair! He is just a doll. Doug and I are so lucky to be able to spend our weekends with such amazing people.

Kai, Linz and Haig

Look at this adorable family! As many of you know, this is Kai! This little man is the funniest and smartest 2 year old I know! For those of you that do not know Kai, this is the little guy that I nanny for. Doug and I took Kai, Linz and Haig's pictures last Thursday night. I told Kai before his nap that, "When you wake up from your nap, Doug will be here to take your pictures"...so when he woke up, the first thing he said was, "Tam, where's Doug-a?" As you can see in the pictures, Kai loves when Doug-a takes his pictures. I just love his HUGE smile in many of the pictures.

Kylee and Gabrielle

Another beautiful fall photo shoot! We met Crisy, Scott, Kylee and Gabrielle at Minnehaha Falls. Crisy picked out the most adorable outfits for the girls.....you have to love the hat!! We started off by letting the girls run around and play in the leaves, they had a blast! Then we headed toward the falls, and Kylee and Gabrielle brought Doug on a hike up to the top of a rocky hill side. These girls had the cutest personalities, as you can see in the photos!

Family Fun!

We were very excited to see Heather, Chris and Issac last Sunday. We met them last May when we did their pictures before they moved to Canada. They were home for week and wanted to get some more family pictures taken. It was so much fun because Heather invited her sister's and their families along to get some individual family pictures taken and some as a whole group. We met at Wayzata Beach and the weather and sunlight was perfect! I made collages for each of families, and of them as a whole.

Heather, Chris and Issac!
Issac has the biggest brown eyes! He loved running around and playing with the leaves


Terrye, Dan and Audrey
Audrey was all smiles!

Tura, Brian and Timber
It was fun to take their pictures at Wayzata Beach because they took their engagement pictures at the same spot with Timber when he was only 6 months old!


Beautiful group shots!!

Brian and Tura invited Brian's Mom, Dad, Sister and her family for a group photo as well!

Family Photos

We spent a beautiful fall day at Minnehaha Falls with Maureen, Mike, their daughter's Nisa and Gina and their families. The weather turned out perfect and the trees were amazing. Doug and I have not been there for pictures before and we were very excited to see how great of a place it is! I love the family pictures by the falls and the picture of all the grand kids. This family was very adorable and so it made our job VERY easy!

Happy 4th birthday Mackenzie!

To think that four years ago, Doug took his first baby picture.....wow! We have come a long way! As many of you know, Mackenzie is our beautiful God daughter! She has brought so much joy to us. She has taught Doug all about what little girls are made of!! We had such a great time at her birthday party! If you can believe it, there were 50....yes I said...50 people there!!!! The kids had a blast in the bouncy castle, while all the adults watched! Of course, Doug was there to capture all the fun!! I attached a collage that I made for Shelly. I love the little picture on top. This was taken when all the kids were singing Happy Birthday to Mackenzie. I truly think this picture is priceless! Auntie and Doug love you so much!

Baby Olivia

We were very excited to take Olivia's pictures......she was an absolute doll! She is only two weeks old. When we arrived she was asleep in her bassinet. Doug got just a few pictures of her sleeping, then she woke up. Mom timed it just right, Olivia was wide awake for the whole photo shoot and she was very aware of the camera! It was amazing!

Jen and Kraig

Doug and I meet Jen and Kraig at Life Time after work and we headed to The Arboretum in Chanhassen. We had one hour before sundown to conquer what felt like over 100 acres of land......needless to say we did not get to all of it. Jen and Kraig were so fun to take pictures of. They were laughing and telling each other jokes the entire time!

Mandi, Jake and Mason

Doug and I woke up bright and early to take the Krings Family Photos. We went to the Sculpture Garden in Mpls. It turned out perfectly because we were the only people there. Mason was full of smiles and he the happiest when he got to stand on a stool to look over the brick sculpture. It was fun for Doug and I because it was 2 years ago when we were in Jake and Mandi's wedding taking pictures at the Sculpture Gardens. After the photo shoot they dropped Mason off and we all headed on Lake Minnetonka to go on my parents boat. It was a perfect day!

Karen and Chad

We will let the photos tell the story. Karen and Chad had such a beautiful day at Brackett's Crossing in Lakeville. Doug and I had such an amazing time capturing all the fun that Karen, Chad and their family and friends had on their wedding day. We were so honored to be part of their day!

The Rozumalski Family

Doug and I had such a great afternoon photographing this adorable family. Peyton and Sam were full of smiles, it made our job very easy. It was misting out, but we decided that we wanted to get some outdoor shots. I am so glad that we did. They had great setting on the front step and in their backyard. We are looking forward to taking Peyton's 6 month pictures in December!

Wyatt

Wyatt was full of smiles, the cutest facial expressions, and you have to love his hair! We had a really great time taking his pictures. We loved Wyatt's room and his crib was the perfect spot for some great shots. I just love the last picture when he is in his crib with his nook. He was so happy when he was in just his diaper.

The Gauthier Family

Doug and I were very excited to take the Gauthier's pictures! Nisa has referred us to all of her friends and family! We are so thankful for all her kind words! We headed to the Coon Rapids Dam for their pictures. It was a perfect spot with a trail, water and a great bridge. Nisa found this spot while on a walk. She is doing the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk this weekend! GOOD LUCK NISA and TEAM!