welcome baby emery!

what a gorgeous baby! look at this sweet little emery and big brother was SO proud and sweet to her.... she was a hungry little thing so we had to take lots of breaks. mom and dad were patient & easy going. that always helps! what a DOLL :)

the coats family

this is my stunning hairdresser and her beautiful family!  i have to admit i kinda got carried away with this blog entry....  there were just TOO MANY cute ones!  thank you amber :o)  was SO fun to spend the evening with your family ~

grandma's visit :)

we just spent a nice long week with my mom from sunny HOT phoenix... first we took her up to gorgeous mccall to spend most of the week camping. the weather was perfect! we rode waverunners, played on the beach, ate LOTS of yummy food, played games, watched movies, went for walks - even had several deer come by to visit our little campsite.

i just love food network...  one of my favorite shows is "cupcake wars."  have you seen that show?  you will want to make cupcakes all the time.  i've been wanting to visit our cupcake shop here for a while now so we did!  SUCH a fun, adorable little store!  it's in eagle, idaho and it's called Lily Jane Cupcakes.  here's the link.  if you live in the area you have to stop in.  YUM!  http://lillyjanescupcakes.com

another favorite pasttime of ours is the boise farmers market.  we stop at the kettle korn stand first (and buy a jumbo bag) then we try everything else we can find!  local produce, homemade pies, hot donuts w/ chocolate dipping sauce, beautiful sunflowers, toffee, fresh breads of ALL kinds, homemade rootbeer, i could go on and on.....  if you haven't been you have to go!  9:30-1:30 downtown.  take lots of cash and enjoy the fantastic local vendors!

shawn & ashlee :)

i had the chance to photograph this stunning blonde (who happens to be a friend of mine) and her handsome fiance!  and together they are the parents of six beautiful children.  ashlee is an amazing mom and a great friend to everybody who knows her.

thank you for letting me take portraits of such an important and exciting new start for the two of you.  congratulations!!

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.