ready for the big weekend?

We are getting there...

We have lots to get ready to celebrate the New Year!! We are excited and hope 2012 is a good year for us! Plus, someone is turning 4!!

Hope you all have a fantastic New Year!!

i'm outta mascara

hope your week is going well!!

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christmas treats

Hope you all had a very wonderful Christmas weekend! We sure did and we are looking forward to celebrating the new year!!

tis the season

may you all have a very merry and very wonderful Christmas!

xo, kristin

with good reason

Sorry I have been MIA for the week. We've been working on potty training around here, and well, it's taken up most of my attention.

There has been a lot of tears(mostly mine), but we are making progress!

Hope you all have a very wonderful and very happy holidays! Enjoy this beautiful weekend!

happy friday!

Hope you all have a wonderful and happy weekend!!

this guy

This guy has become my little snuggle bug lately. He is giving me the perfect amount of loving and hugging and I am enjoying every little minute of it!

I am so loving these days!

Hope your week has been just wonderful so far!

wordless(ish) wednesday

Loving these peaceful days!




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have you checked out Reverie yet?

So if you guys are big fans of Wish Photography, you much already know about the amazing 12 days of Christmas she is doing. Well day two is just as awesome since another awesome photographer is joining in on the fun! So you guys need to go check out the huge Giveaway at the Reverie Blog for Photographers: http://www.reveriemine.com!

It's pretty awesome!

sweet shot

A smile to help make your day happy and bright. It sure makes my day! :)

just had to share

Okay you guys. You HAVE to go check out the sweet giveaway Michelle Kane Photography is giving! She is giving away FOUR action sets that include both the Creative HeART and the HeART & Soul Action Collections! It's a pretty amazing giveaway and all of her actions are just awesome! 

Seriously, go check it out!!

getting into it

everyday we are getting more into the holiday spirit. the kids are getting excited and we are looking forward to a quiet and cozy Christmas. Just the five of us.

I have to say thank you, thank you to all those who left such sweet messages on my last post. Your words simply touched my heart and made it a wonderful weekend.

thank you!

coping

This week has been a very hard week for me. I experienced my second misscariage, and even though the pregnancy was a huge surprise(i had an iud in), I am so overwhelmed with grief and sadness and just left feeling numb. I feel so many things and I mostly blame myself, but this time around it's just been harder to come back around.

So I am sort of having a blah kind of week, feeling unmotivated and uninspired. 

But i am SO extreamly thankful for the three little blessings I already have.


They make my life complete.


They make my heart feel full of love everyday.


I am so so lucky.

Sorry for the blah kind of post. I just had to get it out. But I promise, everyday I am doing so much better and so much more thankful for the blessings I have. I know things will get better/easier eventually.

disney boardwalk and yacht club resort

We got pretty lucky on this trip and stayed at the Disney Yacht Club resort on the Epcot Boardwalk. Wayne had a conference at the resort the first five days we were there. It worked out perfect for me though. I would sleep in, lounge by the amazing pool and just walk and shop along the boardwalk till he got out, which was around three and then we would head to the parks to play.

This is the view as you walk out from our Resort. I loved walking this boardwalk. There were great restaurants and shops and little cafes. They had boat taxis to take you to the parks and you could walk to Epcot or Disney Hollywood too.

Plus, our resort had an awesome pool or pools I should say. There were hidden hot tubs and a lazy river and even a sand island for kids to make sand castles. I spent many hours just soaking up the sun here.

The pool also had this huge abandon pirate ship with a huge water slide that led to the resort pool. It was surrounded by sandy beaches and was open till late in the evening. All I could think about was how much fun my boys would love this ship. I can't wait to take my kids here and share in this magical moments.

Orlando

Right before Thanksgiving, Wayne and I took a much needed trip to Orlando for the week. It was the first time we were both away from the kids, which was really hard for me, but oh did Wayne and I need this time together.

I have loads to share from this wonderful trip. We went to every park and even visited the Space Center while we were there.

It was wonderful and magical time and I am so glad we got to spend some much needed quality time together.

Can't wait to share more!

the 'v' family :: kansas city, kansas

Just before we left for our trip to Sunny Orlando, I had the privilege of capture the cute and wonderful 'V' family.

They are a super fun family to be around and I just loved capturing them in so many different ways. They were a blast to work with and I am so lucky that we had such a beautiful day to get outside and just enjoy each other.

So blessed and so thankful to have this fun opportunity!

giving thanks

This Thanksgiving I was grateful for my beautiful children I have been blessed with; My amazing husband who has supported and lifted and guided me through some pretty crazy times; my wonderful friends who I just absolutely adore and I am thankful to be blessed to be a part of such a great and wonderful family.

It was a blessed Thanksgiving for sure.

vacation

Monday morning the husband and I will be on a plane to the warm city of Orlando for a much needed vacation. This will be the longest I have been away from the kiddos, and I am definitely struggling with it, but oh is it SO needed.

I can't wait for the relaxation!

I leave you with a fun picture from the cute family I snapped today. They were a blast and we had such a fun time!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoy your week ahead!

11:11 on 11/11/11

I was doing laundry while the kiddos played.


Nothing too exciting but still as enjoyable! :)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I am off to Orlando!

loving these moments

I just love the moments when I catch him reading to himself.






He just loves reading and I could just sit there and listen to him tell stories all day.

wordless(ish) wednesday

We are nursing colds around here. Our favorite things to keep us happy and feel better? Warm menthol baths.




Yes, we love our baths around here.

Happy Wednesday!





linking up with wordless wednesday at and then she {snapped}, the paper mama, and project alicia

just because...

i love those legs!



Happy Tuesday!

jack :: kansas city, mo.

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege to meet up with this super cute family and take some one year old pictures of their adorable son Jack.

He seriously was the cutest little boy and we had so much fun together.

When I first met up with the family, the grandparents wanted to get some pictures of Jack with all of the construction equipment since he just loves watching them work.

Needless to say, Jack just loved this. He was happy and playful the entire shoot.


I loved this one of him and his mom. He is just so stinking happy!!




Another happy moment with daddy.

I had such a blast with this cute family. They were so fun and made some pretty amazing captures. This little boy was such a fun and wonderful kid to capture and I am so blessed and lucky that I had such an amazing family to work with.