Game on!!!!!!

Good times for five kids with a love of the sport. They played for four hours today! It was a pleasure to watch them!

Freebie Friday!!! I HAVE A WINNER!

Hello!!! Im really excited to have such a great prize this week. This will go to the FIRST person who emails me with interest deserves this grand prize! One of my photography clients.....whom I now consider a terrific friend...has donated a season to Moms In Motion (one free season is approx. 10-12 weeks of training (a $60 value). Lots of women have not heard of Moms In Motion so here's a short note from the Team Leader:

Its time to do something for yourself - this is YOUR year and it's not too late to start it off right!! If you are a mother, daughter, sister, or grandmother we want you as part of our Moms In Motion team! The York County MIM team provides a fun, supportive and structured environment to help women from a variety of fitness abilities to make new friends while improving each members overall physical health. Lead by a qualified coach,the team inspires each member to take time for her personal health and provides a support network for achieving her fitness goals. In addition, as a member of this team you'll be instrumental in supporting local charities within the Southern Maine community.

More information can be found on their website: http://www.momsinmotion.net/locations_city.asp?a=v&l=85&c=3

There is an annual fee of $65 that is not included in this giveaway. Its an amazing gift she's giving and I hope someone snatches this up! First emailer I will put in touch with Lisa so that you can get started with the next team! I will announce the winner at the top of the blog as soon as it is gone!! Good luck!!!

Now for the photo part of my post......you're gonna love this one....and I have a caption that goes with it!

Hatching is not all its "cracked" up to be!

Can you stand it? I DONT typically torture my clients but gosh....mom and I were all over the potential cuteness here!! I only snapped a few photos so she wouldn't hate her experience with me! Just had to share it!

Happy Friday!!!!

~Kel~

The moon.

I did get some photos of the eclipse last night! Not as good as the ones on the news but taking this type of pic is not easy. Im happy to show the kids my pics.

I love car rides with my kids (most of the time). Last night we had dinner out (I love that ALL of the time - I hate trying to come up with something for dinner - we'd eat cereal every night if it was acceptable). So on our ride home we talked about several things - Lent was first - I always give up several things and try to improve on others during lent because Im in hopes it will start a new habit for me. They say it takes six weeks to start a habit so I always go into it with positive thoughts thinking maybe this will be the year the habit sticks. My boys gave up fast food (dont tell God about the one stop they made to Wendy's after hockey practice last week-they were starving!) Im very proud of their efforts. Cameron also gave up candy - I bet this is the last year he does that! Makenna told us last night that she gave up her ABC's!! She was completely serious - and when she announced it, Marleigh broke into the ABC song!

Next was talk of the eclipse and how beautiful the moon was. DID you see that big pink ball of light (sunset) in the sky?? Well on our way home, the moon was out and so bright Cameron and Makenna were so cute imagining we were racing the moon home. We would turn a corner and the moon was in front and Makenna would screech that the moon was using its rocket lauchers again and winning the race. It was entertaining to listen to their imaginations and its always nice to hear Cameron and Makenna engaged in something. They conflict the most in our house but I know they love each other very much.

Here's a photo from our car ride to Six Flags last summer. We stowed the other front seat so they could watch movies. Yes - I photograph EVERYTHING!! Its so fun to go back and look at them!

Have a great day! (reminder to watch the blog tomorrow - its giveaway Friday!)

~Kel~

Day 3 of school vacation.

Jean and the kids spent the night at my in-laws camp last night. They are coming home today. I miss them but when I talked to Makenna last night, she didnt stop with stories of how much fun she is having. As great as I think its gonna be to have some time with a quiet house with just Marleigh home - it wasn't very productive as far as work goes. She was in my office pestering me every few minutes so I finally threw in the towel and took the girl shopping! She was begging me....so I caved!! ;-) We went to the shoe store to get her some new shoes. We got her a pair of brown casual Mary Jane style shoes and when she saw these black ones....she repeatedly said "dese ones mumma, my ballerina". So...good thing it was a BOGO sale....we got TWO! This morning she woke up and immediately went to get her ballerina's on.

This photo is a treasure to me - she's wearing her new favorite shoes, her favorite jammies (its a short sleeved top so I put a turtle neck on instead) and her favorite blanket. She's sitting on the couch exactly how she does every morning to watch her programs. Its peaceful and she's happy - I want to remember times like this.

Yesterday I took a photo of the boys first thing (7:10 AM) after Jean gave the thumbs up that the ice rink was in perfect condition for them. They wasted NO time getting out there and didn't even change out of their jammies. (remember I told you that was how we like to spend days off). When they are lazy teens, I will have photos to show their dedication to the sport and ability to get up early on a day off!

Happy Hump Day!!!!!

~Kel~

More of my model

It was hard to decide which ones to put on here so I decided today I would add more of her.

Day 2 of vacation! Because of the rain yesterday, Jean took the kids to an indoor skating rink (ice). They had fun and there weren't many skaters there so they had lots of space to play. Makenna really wants to be a hockey player. I have to admit Im not all that thrilled with the idea but I want them to experience as much as they can. There are lots of young girls that play hockey so Im sure we will put her in next year and see how it goes.

Today they are leaving for a drive to my in-laws camp to help clear the roof. He will take the three older kids and leave cutie pie with me. Makenna is so excited, she packed a bag last night and came downstairs this morning with it over her shoulder. I love her happy moods! :)

Have a great day!
~Kel~

Day 1 - school vacation!

Rain!!!! The ice rink could use a good layer of rain so we are okay with it for today. Jean is on vacation this week too (so helpful to me) and my nephews spent the night last night. Its all good here on the morning of day 1. I'll keep you posted!

I had a session with four of six children. I know some readers will recognize these cute faces! Their mom is a friend of mine - I admire her for her ability to keep it together with six children. Most know I'd have more kids if money was no object - so Im enjoying everyone elses babies and photographing them the way I would if they were my own. So I've gotta show you these kiddos. The baby, he's so, so sweet. I couldnt snap enough pics of his happy face and cute naked bum!!!

Then there's big brother - a little guy with so much personality I completely enjoyed photographing him because his big grin would make me giggle.

The girls - they are soo pretty and very sweet. They were all so easy to photograph!

I hope to get some photos of the older boys soon (they were busy with sports). Thanks mom for bringing them to see me!

I am starting to book spring sessions now (a few on the beach). I am limiting my sessions each week so that I can keep things in perspective with my own family. Summer months will be the same as last year, no weekend nights for photoshoots...only Sunday - Thursday. I did have a few exceptions to this last year and dont mind if there's a situation that requires a weekend session.

Happy Monday!!!!!

~Kel~

Simply Beautiful......

I had a model session yesterday.....such a natural! These are just a few of what we did....I'll post more throughout the week. Its going to be hard to decide which one to blow up BIG for my studio!! We had so much fun coming up with ideas! Im so happy to show you something different! I had another session yesterday with some beautiful kids too - I'll get a few of those up in the next few days too :)

Have a great Sunday!
~Kel~