Happy New Year!!!!

I know...I'm a little late and very behind on my postings. I'm finally working in my almost completed office and couldn't be happier with how things are turning out. I'll make sure to post a before and after once I am all set up.

We have been quite busy as I am sure everyone has been these past few weeks with Christmas and all and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We sure did. I am going to post a mix of pictures from the last few weeks so get ready for a photo overload :) My goal for 2013 is to post at least once a week if not more. I'm in a slow period with my photography so you might get a chance to see some every day pictures that I take and I hope you enjoy them just as much.

I had some pictures from a shoot I did with my brothers girl friend that I wanted to play with and I finally had time to work on them. Here are two of my favorites.

 

 

Here is a photo from a shoot I had just before Christmas. This little cutie loved the tree :)
 

 

Here are some pictures of our tree and our cats.

 

 

Sam loved the wreath I had laying on the floor. I felt bad when I had to move him so I could hang it outside.

 

 

Next is a picture from a snow storm we had. This was taken with my phone but I think you can still see how bad it was. I took this picture while I was at work.

 

I had to add this one in because it was a gift from my mom and I just love it. It's a lap quilt with sayings about daughters. Thank you so much mom, you have no idea how much it means to me. I love you!!

 

 

This picture of Mike and I was taken at dinner on New Year's Eve. We celebrated with our friends Aaron and Mindy in Door County. We had the most amazing suite at Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay. We will definitely be going back.

My final picture is of the sunset from the balcony of our room.

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year!!!!!

 

 

 

Sweet Treats and Children :)

It's been awhile since I've done a post and I apologize. Times are crazy with the holidays and we are still in the process of remodeling . That will be a whole post for another day. Tonight I want to post about a new treat I made and a photo shoot I had a few weeks ago.

I find so many things on Pinterest that I want to make that I just can't make up my mind which to do first. I've been working on making Christmas presents and wanted to include a yummy treat. After debating over tons of options I decided to make Cinnamon Almonds. Below is a link to the original post, but I have included the instructions as well.

http://detrimentalbeauty.com//?s=almonds&search=Go

Crock Pot Cinnamon Almonds

1 1/2 C. Sugar
1 1/2 C. Brown Sugar
3 Tbsp. Cinnamon
1/8 tsp. Salt
1 Egg White
2 tsp. vanilla
3 Cups Almonds
1/4 C. Water

 

In a medium sized bowl, mix together sugars, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside. In another medium sized bowl, whisk the egg white and vanilla until it’s a little frothy. Add almonds. Make sure the almonds are thoroughly coated in the egg white mixture. Add cinnamon mixture to the almonds and toss until coated.

Thoroughly spray with Pam, or whatever, the stoneware of your large crock pot (mine is a 4 quart). Add the divine mixture of almonds and sugars to the crock pot and turn it to low.

Cook ( with the lid on) 3-4 hours stirring every 20 minutes (I only did 3 hours). In the last hour, add the 1/4 C. of water and stir well. This ensures a crunchy yummy coating. (*make sure after you’ve added the water that you continue to cook the nuts for another 45min to an hour.)

 

You have to stir really well, especially as it gets later in the cooking process.

Line a baking sheet with parchment and spread the almonds flat to cool. The almonds will be sticky at this point, so make sure you separate them a little and have no large mounds.

 

I separated every almond so they wouldn't clump together. I had quite a bit of the sugar mixture left over when I was done but I think they turned out perfect! Let them cool completely before you put them in a container.

ENJOY!

Store in an airtight container

 And now on to the sweet children portion of my post. A few weeks ago I had a session with the children of a girl I work with. I just couldn't get over the red jacket she had Elizabeth in. The picture below is my most favorite and will probably end up framed on my wall.

 

Shawn reaching out to his sister

 

I love how the edit of this picture of Elizabeth turned out.

I hope everyone had a great day and that you are all enjoying this weather we are having!

Sisters

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing three sisters, who happen to be my cousins. It was a beautiful day and we got some amazing pictures. Here are some of my favorites :)

 

I hope every had a great weekend!

Stacy and Matt's Wedding

A few weekends ago, my very good friend Stacy got married Matt. It was nice to finally be a guest at a wedding so I could really enjoy the joining of these two special people in marriage. Here are a few of my photos from the night. I wish I could have brought my big camera but it was more about being a guest than a photographer :)

 

Mother and Daughter

 

Hope everyone had a great day!!!!

Happy Halloween :) a little late

So I'm a little behind and I apologize.  I've been working on photo shoots and we have started to remodel our house. Last weekend we went and visited my dad up north. Being that it was Halloween weekend we made sure we had time to carve some pumpkins. Below are some pictures of our pumpkin carving adventures.

Bruce with all the pumpkins

Bruce and Rockie lounging in the chair.

Miss Aayla sitting pretty while she waits for me to kick her ball:)

                             

This was something I had never seen before. There was a ring around the moon. Apparently that means a storm is coming.

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween!!!!