Emmett

Todd and I are very sad today because we had to take Emmett to the vets for one last trip.
He was a perfect dog! He never had an accident in the house, even as a puppy. He never chewed any furniture. He was always friendly to guests and children and babies. He was a perfect "gentleman" dog. People really loved him and would stop us on the street because they had never seen a dog like him. We called them the "Little Big Dog". We will really miss him. We will miss seeing him run and get a stuffed toy for us whenever we came in the front door. He has been with us for 15 1/2 years. For a Shar-pei, that is almost twice the lifespan! Luckily, he had a little lab blood in him to give him that hybrid vigor. I think Spot will miss him too. He was her best pal and they had lived their whole lives together.

A Beautiful Baby Ballerina

Annalisa is the cutest baby girl in the world! ( I know, I have probably said that before, but wait until you see her!). She belongs to Shannon and David. Shannon lived across the street from us and she was the prettiest girl in my son Michael's class in High School. So it would make sense that she would give birth to the most beautiful baby girl. Annalisa is also the baby with the chubbiest arms and legs. I mean, did you know that baby arms come in 5 segments? So these pictures are the result of Annalisa's first photoshoot by Todd & Barbara. She has had plenty of pictures taken of her in her short 7 months of life. Her Grandpa Reed and Gramma Marcia take great photos and put them on Flickr for us all to see. She lives up in Portland, so we don't get to see her in person as often as we'd like. But we take what we can get when Shannon comes to visit.


"Just watch what I can do to this pink peony!"

"See? That's what those big flowers are for!"

"They are just a nuisance here!"

"See? I don't need no stinkin' flowers. I AM the flower!"


Just look at these arms. Don't you just want to eat them? Look at all the segments! They are so precious!

And the wrists!! wow . Shannon promises she didn't put rubber bands on her wrists. And look at the little dimples on her hands. Don't you just love them?

And the same goes for the legs and feet! More little sausages and rubber band ankles! Wow!
soooo soft and squeezable. What a little doll!

An Adorable Baby Boy

Oh Boy! One of our favorite couples (we photographed their wedding), Durin and Angela have a new baby boy. He is sooo cute and such a good baby! The session was filled with wardrobe changes, diaper changes, and studio changes and little Aden was not fazed! He just smiled and blew little bubbles that were so cute! Angela and Durin are wonderful parents. You can just tell by how relaxed they are and how they take turns holding and bouncing baby Aden when he needs to be bounced. Angela and Durin just seem to "have it all together" and you know they will be an ideal family throughout the years to come. Aden is 12 weeks old at this session. Good luck picking your pictures, mom and dad, because there are so many great ones!

Oh look! Is this a doll or a real baby?!


It's Aden! and his loving parents, Angela and Durin.


There are those precious little bubbles!

My How Time Flies!

I know that is not original, but here is an example of time flying: It seems like only a year ago we photographed Larissa in the different stages of her pregnancy. (it was 3 years ago, to be exact). We had so much fun doing that and we got to really love Larissa and her husband, Jarron. Then when Ellie was born, we felt like "godparents", since we had been watching her "grow" for several months. Now we have Ellie, almost 3, and her new baby brother, still in the womb, for a photo session! We can't believe how Ellie is now a little girl, not a wee baby any more! She is very excited about having a new baby brother. She loves to "hold" the baby and kiss mommy's tummy.
What a privilege to be a part of this miracle.

Lucy the Goat goes to the Fair

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Here is Lucy, a hand-raised little goat. She is a 4-H project of our friend, Olivia's.
Lucy's life was saved by a lot of tender loving care. She suffered from Acidosis, a fairly common affliction in goats. She is smaller than the other kids (baby goats) and cannot see very well, but she is very beautiful. I'll tell you more about her later. If you click on the link above, you can see more pictures from the Dixon Fair 4-H show on our Flickr page.

Mia Ballerina

I now think my favorite age to photograph is 3 years old! Mia was so much fun- so lively and happy and ready to pose in her new blue tutu. She had so many expressions to offer us, we just kept shooting away and captured them all. Her poor mom is going to have a time picking out her favorites. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Her mom had warned us she was a lively one, so I was braced for a challenge....

Uh oh...looks like trouble....



Who, me??? As you can see, Mia turned out to be the perfect model!

Tara and Chelsea

We had a great time photographing two pals from High School- Tara and Chelsea. It was just over a week ago and I can't believe that it was a cold, rainy day. Today it was in the 90's - and so hot!
Of course, the girls wore summery clothes so they had to just pretend it was a warm sunny day!
Here is a little slideshow of the morning. I'll post a few pictures of each girl later.