Our Little Angel

Here are some photos of our Little Angel at three weeks of age. Where does the time go? She is absolutely perfect. We love her lots!

New Introduction

We used to use this blog exclusively for our photography, and another blog as our family blog. We've decided, however, that as awesome as we are at blogging, we really didn't need two blogs to not update. So, we are consolidating in hopes to be better at keeping up to date. We will use this blog to post our adventures in photography as well as our adventures in real life.

So here we are! Watch this space for exciting updates! Or at the very least mundane updates (we have six kids; there will probably be updates about bodily functions, and those qualify as exciting. Or gross. We might give a disclaimer at the beginning of those posts for the squeamish out there).

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Our tree, by the way, really looks nice from about two feet up and above (this picture was definitely taken from above that two-foot limit). Our Christmas ornaments have suffered many casualties this year thanks to This Kid:

OK, we'll come up with more creative names to use for our kids online later! :)

-Sherrie and Jay

Bren & Joe: Wedding

The day was hot, humid, and on the verge of being nasty. So, we did pics indoors at the Union Station in Kansas City. It was fantabulous. The light was amazing, the couple was gorgeous, and even though it was hot, their day was amazing. Bren and Joe, thank you for allowing us to capture your day and the love that you so deeply share. You guys are amazing and we hope that you enjoy the pics.

Why yes, we do love your shoes!

We had to take a few shots with the dinosaur out front. How could we not?

The Scott Family

First off, this post is long overdue! (Sorry!) These shots were taken in the Scotts' beautiful backyard and inside their gorgeous house. It was hot and muggy out, but they all cooperated really well with our madness (even the kids!). Eventually, we decided it would be a lot more enjoyable to take pictures inside (thank goodness for air conditioning!).

We enjoyed getting to know several generations of the Scott family during this shoot. They are a great family!

Bren and Joe: Engagement

These guys are great! Bren and Joe met through a friend. Joe saw Bren's picture on his friend's Facebook page, thought she looked great, and said he wanted to meet her. It was a while before they ended up meeting, but once they did they hit it off. They fell in love and are getting ready to start an exciting life together! And we are so excited to shoot their wedding!

Did that help?

Can everyone see them now? Aren't they such a cute family?

Sorry for the lack of big pics. You really are missing out. We will figure out a way to make it work... eventually. For now, cute small pics. Hope you enjoy them. At least more so now that you can actually (hopefully) see them. :)

Photos

We were trying to make photos bigger, but it seems like not everyone can see them. We will try and correct it so everyone can see them. For the time being that will probably keep them small. Which is a shame because the bigger pictures look really great. How many people can't see them, anyway? Can anyone see them? Thanks!

John & Holly: Family

This is one of the most amazing families you could ever hope to meet! John is Sherrie's brother, and we love him and his family. They are the kind of people who never think twice about helping someone in need, are always cheerful, and genuinely love each other. Not to mention, they are a lot of fun! We live a few hours away from them (which is quite a few hours closer than we used to!), and we love getting the opportunity to see them as often as we do. It helps that they have the same number of kids as we do; each one of our kids has a corresponding cousin in John and Holly's family that is within a few months' age of our kids (and no, we did not plan it that way! :D )

We were thrilled when they asked us to document their happy family. After all, the family pictures they had on the wall needed some serious updating. (Actually, we can't say much about that, which is a bit ironic since we're photographers. We once had some friends where she was a massage therapist, and we commented to him about how nice it must be to get professional massages all the time; he said she never gave him a massage; since she did it all day it was the last thing she wanted to do when she got home. Kind of like that for us, except without any massaging. And we don't do it all day, either. And we actually still like taking pictures. So, it's nothing at all like the massage people--we're just pathetic. OK! We'll change our ways! :D)

So, after all of that, here are the pictures of the awesome people (and if you are ever thinking of marrying a massage therapist, do it because you actually love the person, not because you are hoping for some massage benefits!)

This is a classic example of what we like to see in a family picture. Check out that air! If we ever take your family's picture, expect that we will probably ask you to do this. Can you catch this kind of air? And don't forget the arms and legs at crazy angles! It makes it awesome! You have been warned. So when we tell you we want to do a jumping picture, you know what we mean. It sometimes takes people a while to finally get what we are talking about. So this is it! Do that kind of stuff! Oh, and if you happen to have any sort of physical problem that might make this kind of stuff difficult or painful, like, say, a knee problem (*ahem*, Layne!), let us know BEFORE the jumping commences!