Calendars

This year for Christmas  my children each got a calendar, the kind with the cute little baby animals on them.
Aidan is 9 and has aways struggled with days, months, years and time...he has no interest in it, what so ever! Timothy was born wearing a watch, her learned to tell the time when he had just turned 5. He always knows the time and date, he is the type of kid that if you say you will do something in 5 minutes, he will be tugging at your shirt saying "but it's been 5 minutes and 40 seconds...when are we going to bake cookies"!

Here is a photo of Timothy, notice his watch which he wouldn't take off! (please excuse the bad photo it was before I learned how to use my camera in manual)
When Aidan was little he would play and play for days, he never knew if it was breakfast, lunch or dinner that he was eating and he didn't care! But now Aidan has a problem, he doesn't know his months of the year. He has tried to learn them, but it is just like his brain refuses, his brother Timothy will rattle them off trying to teach  Aidan. I knew Aidan was feeling bad about this,  Aidan started to hide that he didn't know it and  when I tried to help him with it he told me he had already learned it.
So when he got the calendar for Christmas I wasn't sure how he would receive it...turns out he loves it! Everyday when he gets up he checks it and when he walks out of his room he will announce to the house "Today is January 3rd"!

Did you guys ever struggle with something that came easy to others? When I was about 6 or 7, I had a teacher that use to take turns calling on a kid in our class to go outside into the hallway and read the big clock on the wall and come back inside and announce the time to the class...I hated this because I couldn't tell the time, when she looked for kids to choose I would sit quietly and avoid eye contact, but inevitable one day I was picked to tell the time. So I stood outside the class staring up at the huge clock on the wall, trying to remember which hand did what, it felt like for hours. I could feel my cheeks burning as I prepared myself to go back into the class and tell EVERYONE that I couldn't tell the time, I was so embarrassed and ashamed. An older boy passing by saw me ( I must have looked pitiful ) and he asked me "do you need help telling the time?". He told me the time and I went back into the class and told the teacher, pretending it was me that had told the time.

I was about 9 before I really learned how to tell the time, but I got there in the end and so will Aidan. Here's Aidan up the tree that he loves to climb so he can stare up at the sky and watch the earth...losing all concept of space and time....

We Survived Xmas 2012!

This holiday season has flown by in a BLUR! I am so very blessed to have the wonderful family that I do! I was busy, busy...with Christmas cards and last minute photo sessions, I had lots of editing and a firm deadline in place. I stayed up late and woke up early, burning the candle at both ends and I enjoyed EVERY minute of it! When you do what you love it's amazing how "work" is not even work. I am super happy and excited for 2013, I will be launching my new website and I have partnered with a lab so all your prints will be easy- peasy to order, they will be mailed directly to you and you will be able to share your online gallery password with your family and friends so no matter where they live they can see and order too!

I still cannot believe how awesome 2012 has been and I have new, big and exciting plans for 2013. Those of you that know me  know that I am a doula as well as a photographer and I have some new doula clients on the books... with beautiful new babies to follow! Being a doula is something I will never stop doing, I love families and babies, watching them grow. There is something so special and holy about seeing a baby take his first breath and watching parents meet this tiny little creation for the very first time! Every single birth I have attended holds a special place in my heart.

Thank you for choosing me to be your photographer, doula most of you can see the two are so intertwined. I am very grateful for you all. Thoughout this journey I have made so many wonderful clients who along the way have now become friends.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

CCCCCCOLD!

Wow I am feeling the chill in the air! It was a whopping 33 degrees this morning...."Aye que frio!"  We have a field trip planned today at The Twisted Fence Ranch...ever heard of them? No I hadn't either! Here is a link to there info and I will update you how it all turns out tomorrow. http://twistedfence.com/ Hope it warms up some!

We are going to make some Alpaca Yarn...should be fun and hopefully not too stinky! I know I know but I am not a very farmy-campy girl..I like the idea of it but if it smells bad or hurts my back then I am not a fan (wonder what Alpaca smells like)...although I will tough it out for the sake of the rug-rats enjoyment:)

The Battle for the official Title of Blue Sky Photography Cutie Patootie of 2012 is underway...in the lead is Christy Mays with 39 votes, then there's Micah Quattlebaum-Light with 20 votes and pulling into 3rd is little Emery with 12 votes! It is all still very close keep em coming and it is still anyone's win! Good Luck I would be delighted to photograph any of your gorgeous children!

Keep em coming:)

The race for the ultimate "cutie patootie" is well underway, I am so very happy I don't have to choose! Leading the pack is Chrissy May's little fellow with 33 votes followed by Little Micah Quattlebaum-Light with 19 and duking it out for 3rd place Emery and Kinsley!
Don't forget that they must "like" my page and "like" your photo! Good Luck:)

Cutie Patooties Kid Contest

The Cutie Patooties Kid Contest is Officially on the way! November 12th I will reveal the winner on my blog...why on my blog you ask? because I did not know this but running a contest on facebook is against the rules! BOOOOOOO! So here's how this is going to work... LIKE my facebook page then find the album titled Cutie Patooties and "like" your favorite photo! If you don't like my page the votes won't count.Photo with the most "likes" November 12th at 9pm WINS :) Simple as that.... Marks Get set and Go!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Sky-Photography/286279268105768

Photobooks

I love photobooks, they are fun and simple to do but most of all they make the best gifts! For my friend Jodie's birthday I wanted to do something special and heartfelt. So I took photos of her children while I was babysitting them and then for her birthday I gave her a surprise birthday book with photos she had never seen.

It was awesome! She was so surprised and I even threw in a little poem I had written!
Our mother's love
What could be more important than our mother's love?
Her personal needs are set aside it's us she's thinking of
Not just our guardian angel but a friend we can't deny
Who loves and stands besides us, wipes our tears when we cry
Our mother's love is special
How lucky we must be, God sent us down an angel
To love and care for three!


These ones we did for their Grandma!( and yes she got a poem too:))

Having photos done is one of the best surprises you can give your family and friends, don't tell them keep it "hush, hush" and then surprise them with a photobook for their birthdays....one of the best presents ever...just ask Jodie:)

Meet Jennifer

I got to photograph a beautiful mother and her children. Meet Jennifer she is waging the biggest battle of her life...Breast Cancer. She is almost done with an exhausting 15 weeks of chemotherapy and in October will start radiation. Through all this she is raising some of the most delightful children I have ever met. When I photographed this family I could feel their connection and closeness. 
Jennifer handles herself with a grace that is beautiful, she is strong and through her faith fearless. 
What can you do to raise her spirits and help her stay focused and strong?
PRAY! 
It's that easy! 

Raise her up in prayer so she can feel the love of her community, and we can bare witness to the POWER of PRAYER.