the newest athlete in the family....

we finally decided we'd better start athlete #3 in the bennett family!  nate is six now and has logged many, many games on the sidelines watching big brother & big sister - and now it was HIS TURN.  he was so fun to watch and was really happy to be the one in the spotlight for a change!  i forget how much fun it is to watch this age play ball :0)  we had the best coach too!  (some of you will recognize billy)

anyway....  SO fun!  our little team is all signed up again for fall soccer.  looking forward to it -

class of 2023 - no kidding

my little nate graduated from kindergarten yesterday. hard to believe! here's his adorable face on this special occasion :0)

and we watched baseball.........

i finally got to see a baseball tournament! my teenagers are very athletic (wonder who they got that from? not me :0) i've been to many volleyball tournaments these past five months - most of which have been out-of-state so we've divided and conquered all sports outings! but now that volleyball is over we can focus on baseball... it was an absolutely beautiful day which made me so happy because sitting in the cold, wind & rain is just not fun. ryan has some cute fans too! somehow thanks to sony portable dvd players and popcicles they managed to stay very happy for over EIGHT hours.

jodi and ryan's WEDDING

what a beautiful wedding! in the middle of really wet and windy weather came this terrific day (almost uneventful - the wind didn't blow hard until the ceremony finished, whew!) it really was a memorable day in every way. jodi had every detail ironed out weeks before and was the perfect bride to work with. i included the link to the spurwing golf country club as well. it was a really great location for weddings.

best wishes to the bride and groom!

http://www.spurwing.com/Catering.aspx
http://www.spurwingcc.com/

the chambers big family portrait :)

holidays are always a great chance to capture the whole family in pictures!  spring is definitely here so it's been GREAT to see blossoms, green grass and all kinds of life trying to eek out of their dreary winter state.  i had the chance to photograph one of these handsome young guys in his senior portraits last fall and it was a real pleasure to meet their extended family.  lots of fun!

i found some easter bunnies :)

i've always wanted to do some cute easter bunny portraits... i found this really great family from emmett who let me "borrow" their bunnies instead of purchasing them! (adorable as they are i didn't want to have bunny pets - not with two 85 pound yellow labs around)

what i learned is that adding live animals to a portrait can be TRICKY! some of the subjects LOVED the bunnies. others weren't so sure about them. all in all i think we achieved the desired result! pretty cute!