Having fun with textures and layers....

Ellie Belle

Today I met my sister and my niece, Ellie, in Snohomish because it was so lovely out...rain is coming back tomorrow:( . We took advantage of the sunshine and I shot these cute little pictures of Ellie and I just love how they turned out....doesn't hurt when your model is just too stinkin' cute too!!!

Here some cute shots with Ellie and mommy too......

What a great day!!!

More from Hailey's February photo shoot and Tolo pics.....

When Hailey and I went to take pictures in February, the sun was beginning to set, so we went into one of our favorite stores in Snohomish, Joyworks, and took some really cute photos in their darling displays. Here some of my favorites.....

Also in February Hailey went to Tolo with a big group of kids from school. They rented a bus that drove them around Seattle and to dinner and then ended up at the high school for the dance which was a masquerade. Here are those fun photos....
Finally but most importantly my friends daughter, Maddy, who has Leukemia is back in the hospital for her chemo treatments before she has her bone marrow transplant in about 6 days. Please pray with me that she does well during the treatments and that her transplant is successful for her and her brother (the donor) as well as a complete healing from this! Thanks so much!!!

Good Friday

Today we remember what He did for us....the ultimate sacrifice!

Have a joyful and reflective Easter weekend!

More of our Twilight Tour....

Like a talked about in my last post, I promised more pictures of our little trip out to the Olympic Peninsula to visit the town of Forks as well as LaPush to see where the Twilight books and movie were based on. It took 4 hours of driving and a ferry ride but it was worth the travel time. I had just seen the movie and began reading the series the week before so I was interested to see these places in person. LaPush really reminded me of the time we lived on Vancouver Island when the girls were little. The smell of ocean, the moss covered trees and hearing the waves crashing brought me back to the simpler days of living on our little island in Bamfield.

Hailey had started reading the books last year and loved them but was disappointed in the movie a bit. Kyla saw the movie in the theater first and then began reading the books and she seems to be more into it now that Hailey. I was concerned about them after we had a discussion regarding the popularity of the books and movie in our "Parents of Teens" class at church a couple months ago. I realized that I should have been paying more attention to them because I think they actually create a great opportunity of discussion about obsession in relationships and other topics that the storyline explores. I love fantasy but sometimes it is hard for teenagers to separate reality from fiction. I am now using these books as tools to discuss with my daughters certain behaviors that can be healthy and unhealthy in relationships.

We had fun doing the sight seeing tourist thing though and so here are some more pictures from our fun day......

In front of the Twilight store in Forks


The girls with our tour guide

Guess who else was sitting on the bus.....

Sitting in front of the high school doors......At the Cullen's House...The note they left visitors....

In front of Bella's house.....At the Forks police station...

In front of Jacob Black's house.....



Our tour bus parked at the beach in LaPush....

And we finished our fun day at the perfect time.....
Twilight of course:)

More photo shoots and spring break fun....

So after I took pictures of Miss E in the morning back in February I continued on to 3 more shoots that day. It was chilly but perfect weather for picture taking. When I went to pick my friend's daughter, her older sister was babysitting this little cutie and I knew I needed to snap a few cute ones of her. Isn't she just adorable!?!!!
Here is her sweet little face in color.....And in black and white...

Then we set out to a nearby nursery to take pictures of Miss O....

After I photographed Miss O we came home so we could make a cute little Valentine present for her parents. We had so much fun!!!!

When we finished up Hailey and I decided it was too nice of an afternoon to not take advantage of another photo shoot. The sun had come out but it was late afternoon so the lighting was just perfect....while it lasted. I loved how they turned out and was so thankful I took them because a couple weeks later she cut her hair off.

We saw this neat old green bug parked and new that it would make the perfect prop. Hailey loves anything vintage right now....so it was perfect!

I still have tons more pictures of Hailey's photo shoot but I will have to post them later....wanted to share a more recent adventure. Last week it was spring break and the weather was awful and cold. When I saw there was sunny day coming on Friday I asked Kyla (major Twilight fan) if she wanted to take a road trip to Forks where the story takes place. I didn't even have to ask....she was so excited. She brought her friend Taylor too and we ended up having a really fun day and it was beautiful out!

More on this trip tomorrow....