On location

I had the privilege of taking portraits of Owen and Staci's family this morning. They are a beautiful family, inside and out. Click here to see more.
Thanks guys for having me over this morning!

The trained eye...

...might notice something different about these portraits. Any guesses?

FootPrint Photography is open for business

This is a dream come true for me! In fact it still feels like a dream. Purchasing a new camera in the midst of Brian's career change definitely was a step of faith. Having the potential to bring in additional money obviously was a big selling point, but I have to find clients to make that happen. We prayed and talked about whether this was the right time or not and the very day Brian gave me the thumbs-up, I "happened" to read a story during my devotional time that talked about taking risks. The last paragraph went like this: "Now, how about you? Are you willing to take a risk (even if you're not the best in the field) and learn (not yearn for) a new skill, set a new goal, or help a dream come true?" How's that for an answer to our prayers?!


For more pictures check out my new site - www.fpphotography.blogspot.com

Warning! Venting and rambling below!

For the past month our weekends have been consumed by open houses and cleaning. We've had perfect weather for them, but still not many people came. In a sense that beautiful weather has been wasted by missing out on family activities. This morning our house was placed on the MLS so we will have a better chance of selling it before the dreaded foreclosure word has to become a reality. So you'd think not having an open house would free us up for fun right? Wrong. It freed us (me) up to do all the work we've had to ignore for the past month - laundry, hair cuts, paperwork, time consuming errands just to name a few. Brian isn't feeling well and I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I'm jealous. I'm so worn out from 14 hour days with the kids while Brian works long hours at his temp job that I think a bout with a virus would be a welcome break from my life. How sad is that?
To make matters worse, Julia isn't sleeping through the night and hasn't in two months. I feel like I have a newborn again except she's constantly on the go when she's awake so my exhaustion is compounded by having to keep up with multiple mobile children. Last night was the worst - from midnight until 3am she and I were on the couch. I did enjoy snuggling, but I did NOT enjoy the kicks in the stomach as she repositioned herself every 30 minutes. So what in the world am I doing on the computer if I'm so tired? It's a question I'm sure my husband wonders a lot. If I don't stay up after the kids go to bed I'd get ZERO "me" time. Zip. Sam is up at the crack of dawn so there's no way I can get up before him and have time to myself. Gosh, I sound so selfish tonight...Perhaps I should hit delete and forget this post entirely. But then again, how else will I remember in 20 years my confusion and exhaustion during these first years?

I did have the pleasure of taking my sister's senior portraits today so that was a bright spot.
Kara has the most beautiful hazel eyes. :)

Tiny Toes

Grant will be moving soon as well as celebrating his first birthday. I wanted to send him off with a memento from his time in my care. I'd seen a similar picture used with this verse out there in Bloggerville, but added my own touch by using Photoshop to change our feet to colored pencil.

Ha! It just dawned on me the irony of this gift - My business name is Tiny Toes Child Care.

I should be in bed, but this is too much fun

Any other ideas for feet quotes? I'm also looking for short family phrases if anyone wants to send some my way.

My "first" photo shoot

Here's a sample of some of the photographs I took of Brianna and her parents, Scott and Wendy this afternoon. It's been five years since I've been a professional photographer in any sense of the word. It felt good to get my feet wet again.