St. Louis Family Photographer - Markus Family

Last year (again I like saying that) I met up with the Markus family to do a family session.  They are such an adorable family.  AND we shot their session on a farm.  Squeeeeee!  Love farms.  Pigs, roosters, and peacocks running around....loved it.  Gage is such a little comedian and taught me some jokes, which I now use during my sessions....and they work everytime.  Thanks Gage! :)  Here are a few from their family session.  Enjoy!

This is Wilbur....cutest name for a pig don't you think?

And this is Gage :)

Such a handsome little guy...



AND he's hilarious....

"Why did the chicken cross the road?  Because he wanted to die!"

LOL...that was awesome...

Roosters just chillin...

"Why did the cow cross the road?"  Wait for it.....

"Because he wanted to die!".....LOL...still hilarious...

CUUUUUTE!

SOOOOO cute! :)

Thanks so much Markus family for one awesome family session!

Have a fabulous weekend! :)

Easily distracted....

So today I am supposed to be cleaning my house.  I was supposed to do it yesterday but hello...there were 2 football games on AND it was snowing outside.  Too many distractions...  So today was my "have to clean my house this is ridiculous" day.  I started to clean....but then I got distracted.  It happens quite often, which is how my bedroom furniture got painted black, my bedroom got painted purple, and my front door got painted white.  I like to paint things.  I was VERY tempted to paint my kitchen cabinets today...but I'm pretty sure I need to sand them first and that takes too long.  So instead I grabbed my camera.  Who gets distracted by pretty purses hanging on the wall???  I do.  Who gets distracted by pretty lamp shades decorated in pearls and clip on flowers???  I do.  Enjoy. :)



I'm SERIOUSLY going to go clean my house now.  I mean it.... :)

Have a fabulous week!

Highlights...

When something semi exciting happens to me I like to note it as a highlight.  I'll say something along the lines of "well that was the highlight of my day" or if I do something nice like let someone merge into my lane during traffic or let someone walk across the street I say "that was my good deed for the day."  Yes I talk to myself....like you don't.  A highlight can be anything like a new pair of shoes, making a yellow light in traffic, and walking into the flower freezer at the grocery store.  It's all about the little things.  If your grocery store has a "flower refrigerator" stick your head in there and enjoy some free smells.  Do it.  I am lucky enough where I can actually walk into mine (it's that big).  Every single time I go to the grocery store I have to walk in there.....it's freezing but I love it.  But this past Monday my mom and I went to our favorite Antique Mall.  We can easily lose track of time in there because there are so many goodies.  Well during this visit we found at least 20 boxes of vinyl records (those round black things that play music for the youngsters) and we so lost track of time.  People were walking by pointing and staring at the crazy people (my mom and I) who were hogging all the boxes and oooohing and awwwing over every other record.  And of course we had to look at every single record, just to make sure we didn't miss anything.  This was considered a big highlight of my day.  :)

Growing up as an only child, I spent a lot of time in my room listening to music.  I was lucky enough to have cool parents who listened to cool music and gave me a pretty sweet stereo system at a young age.  My parents also had a large record collection in which I would come home from school and rock out to everything from Jackson 5, Steve Miller Band and Elton John.  My dad was really into Motown and Southern Rock and my mom listened to just about everything.  She's a "age of aquarius" disco loving Donny Osmond kind of gal.  My mom also has a thang for The Mamas and The Papas, which was passed down to me....just like her obsession of dishes, red wine, and gardening.  :)

No, I have not cleaned them yet....

Have a great week!

And remember to stick your head in the flower freezer..... :)

St. Louis Portrait Photographer - Laura

Last year (I just like to say that) I met up with Laura for a Lifestyle Session.  I have known Laura since 6th grade (Whiteside represent!) and she is a FABULOUS photographer, so I was super excited about her session.  Laura is gorgeous, a total sweetheart, tons of fun, and down for anything....which makes my "job" easy.  Make sure to check out Laura's website!  Here are a few from Laura's Lifestyle Session.  Enjoy!

I can be funny...I have my moments...

You so gorgeous!

Love love love this light....

Who wants a lime green wall in their house???  This girl right here...

I was kind of spazzing (it's a word) out at this point, love it!



"Do you want me to lay on the ground?"  Well SURE! :)  

Like you don't tresspass....ppppplease....

FYI trespass is spelled trespass...um ya...so it's not a word, which means we didn't tresspass...right? Right!

And because Whiteside is the best side...(did we really used to say that?)

We had to represent....

WOOT! :)

Thanks so much Laura!  You are the bomb diggity! :)