Marshall-Latu Family Pictures

Here are a few of my favorites from a portrait session I got to do a few weeks back for the Marshall and Latu families. I had so much fun shooting this group. My favorites ended up being shots of the kids. Go figure! MomShots to the core!

Thanks for giving me the chance to shoot you all!








Please ignore the giant watermark. I have never used one before and I am in the midst of a learning curve! :)

Lavender - Her first scoot

Lavender was sitting on the floor next to my dining table and suddenly she was under the table. She scooted backwards. It was very exciting!

Introducing...

Hair Raising

I just found this picture. It was taken in October 2009. I love it!

A couple of pictures

I just really like how these turned out. I used them on my most recent 52 Week project collage.

Visiting Teaching

I found a cute new blog today and wanted to share it with anyone who cared. It's chock full of Visiting Teaching ideas, projects, thoughts, etc. I found it and was able to whip up these cute little paper purses to go with our February message about Provident Living. They were super easy and I thought they turned out really great. I don't pretend to be a paper crafter by any means, but I am really happy with the results.

I just used heavy scrapbook paper for the body and a pink ribbon for the handle. The pattern has a paper handle but I like ribbons better so I used that instead.

These photos were taken with my phone because I was in a hurry and didn't want to run downstairs and get my camera so please ignore their poor quality and enjoy their intended cuteness instead.



I couldn't find any chocolate coins in the few minutes I had to run into the grocery store but I got little golden eggs and I think that works just as well.

Just thought I'd share incase anyone needed a last minute idea for their February VTing or needed ideas for the future. I added her blog to my RSS feed and am excited to read more of it and see what great things she comes up with in the future. I'm a procrastinator with it, are you too?

52 Week Project

In case you haven't been following MomShots, I am working on a 52 Week Project which is basically a weekly compilation of photos of my kids and family. I do this weekly and then at the end of the year I can get them all printed out and have a photo album ready made. I'm excited because it will help me get better at PhotoShop and hopefully my photography will improve as well. Plus, as many photos as I take you'd think I would have photo albums all over the place. I don't. Hopefully this will help remedy that. I'm hoping to also get some great photos for my walls.

Here are the last three weeks collages:

Kid Decor

I just saw this adorable idea to decorate a kid's room. It could easily be for a boy or a girl and so I just love it. Now I've got my eyes peeled for a cheap, light birdcage that I could do this to. I even love the color they chose for the cage!

Lavender Almost 7 Months

Lala will be 7 months on the 24th. That's just one week from today!!! I got to watch her for a bit yesterday while Olea went to the dentist and that means PHOTOS!!! We had some great soft diffused light in the living room and so I took a ton of shots. These are a few of my favorites.



She's teething. Can you tell? :)

2 1/2

My baby boy is 2 1/2 already. He's getting closer to 3 every day. He's such a challenge and simultaneously such a joy. I sure love that Magnus!

Uly's Valentine Cards are Finished!

After much deliberating, I finally decided what to do for Uly's Valentine cards for his kindergarten class. I was originally going to make this really yummy looking candy popcorn. I liked the idea of sending Uly with a treat instead of a traditional valentine card. However I started realizing that it was going to be a bit more work than I wanted to invest for all of his classmates.

This morning, Olea sent me an email with a blog post to check out with a note that said, "Wish Lala was bigger so we could make these!" When I read that, before I clicked on the link, I was wondering what she was talking about. I started thinking about sewing for little girls or something like that. I wasn't thinking Valentines' Day. When I finally clicked on the link I was excited by what I saw because it incorporated photography, my kids and candy. I don't think you can go wrong with that combination!

This photo of the finished product is not as good as I'd like it to be, but I think you'll get the idea. You take a picture of your child with his hand in a position like he's holding flowers or something. Then cut out a slit, punch a hole, or cut an "X" above and below the child's hand. Then insert a lollypop. It looks like he's handing you the sucker.

I loved the idea. Plus it looked easy!!!

Valentine Tree

So I made a whole bunch of beaded hearts and then didn't know what to do with them. I decided to take a branch from one of our Aspen trees and hang them on it. Hopefully it looks cute. It's a bit asymmetrical or lopsided, but I'm OK with that...

Valentine Decor

Moving on from Christmas, I've been thinking about making some Valentine decorations. I made the large red fabric wreath from these instructions yesterday and made these two little beaded hearts this morning. I think I want to make a whole bunch more of the beaded hearts and hang them all over the place. They are super easy as I just cut some wire, curl one edge and then string on some beads. Then curl the other edge and twist the two together and shape into a heart.

They are a little bit girly and I like that. I need a little bit of girly in my life every now and then!

Mag 70's Style

Experimenting with some PhotoShop actions and using PhotoBucket instead of Flickr. I go back and forth between the two sites.

Lala & Lulu

They're just so cute!!!

New Baby

I think I totally spaced mentioning it here. I put everything on Facebook but since this is kind of my diary/journal I need to put it here too. We went in for the ultrasound on the 21st of December and are happy to report that everything looks good. Besides having a healthy baby, we are excited to report that our 4th and final baby is a girl!!!! We are beyond the moon excited about this fact. We were happy to only have boys and thankful for all of our children but there was always a little part of us that hoped we would also have a girl. Ben is finally getting his "daddy's little girl" and I'm going to get my little dolly. We are so thankful and excited for this gift.



Lala's Toes

Boots

This is a crosspost from MomShots, but I wanted to post it here so I am... It's my blog and I can do what I want!

Mag put his boots on his hands and was walking around like a horse, on all fours. It was really funny and super cute. I love this shot because it makes me laugh and I also love the rich fall colors.

FaceBook Status

A few of the FaceBook statuses I wrote in 2009.

A Video Treat

Here Gar is singing his version of Oh! Christmas Tree.




Uly is playing the Air Guitar to Christmas music.

Tall Grass

Cora purposefully not smiling for me.


Mag being Mag.



When Sariah and Cora where here in the beginning of November we all went out near Santaquin, UT to this old abandoned mine place. It was a pretty fun adventure!