Fall is Here!!

Well, I haven't posted since Aug, and we are pushing Nov. Oopps! So I have a TON to post and update everyone on. Things have just been so crazy..I'm sure you all know how that goes.

First of all, the business is doing great! We are booked (have have been for a couple months) for the remainder of the year, and almost Jan. as well. We also have a waiting list that seems to grow everyday. I looked at my calendar a couple days ago and I literally don't even have 1 day between now and Nov that I don't have something going on. Its crazy!

We also got test results back from Essa, from when they put her under and scoped her in K.C. Everything came back normal. So that was good news. She still only has 2 teeth on the bottom, and 3 on the top. Shes doing well though. Shes growing up mentally, and is starting to fight for her own.

Eleesia is going well too. We took her horseback riding yesterday, and she found a new love! She ADORED those horses. She lead them around, hugged and kissed them, and had a great time. I can' t believe that she wasn't at all intimidated by them! It was amazing.

Enoch is doing very good with school. We took a couple week vacation and returning this week. We had to buy some new curriculum (the old curriculum he was too bored with) so hopefully we will like it better. We are learning about butterflies, and have a Caterpillar in a jar that we are hoping will turn into one!

So here are some pictures... and I'll tell the stories as we go along. This is what we have been up to for the past 2-3 months.

This is Essa's puppy. She has carried this around for over a month, ever since Jonna gave it to her. She won't eat, sleep, or even take a bath without her "Puppy"!

Enoch getting crazy with the mud... he even "decorated" his sister too.

They love each other!
A baby frog we found in our mailbox. Essa tried to eat it. Guess she thought it was food!
Playing in the leaves!


We took the kids to see Aunt Gails horses yesteday. They loved it!

While we were there, Enoch picked me flowers!

A picture at sunset! Our Oct. picture
Wild Thing! Her hair is finally growing. This is her when she first woke up. She is such a morning person!

These are our Sept. pictures... with Jonna. For Mom's Birthday!

Sorry these are out of order.. here are more from Oct.

Now some from Aug.

A dress Eleesia is modeling...

We went for a little swim!

Outside at Gramee's!

Jemma and I

So I never post pictures of myself, but Jemma and I took the camera, our big bertha soft box and strobe and headed out into the field a couple nights ago. We had so much fun! We set the camera on self timer, and got some pictures of us for our "About Us" page on our website. Once again... the photo techinque that I think is WAY cool!

I'm LOVIN' the Weather!

Ok, not "loving" but REALLY enjoying! Its SO nice that the humidity has gone down a little so we can resume our outdoor shoots! There for a while even stepping out the door about knocked you down, and now my windows are open! Praise the Lord!

I need to get more pictures of Eleesia on the blog soon- seems like lately I've posted mostly Enoch and Essa! Eleesia has been a little under the weather lately. She had a little accident and they had to put her on antibiotics-which later we found out that she was allergic to, so she broke out in a rash from head to toe! So.... its been quite difficult to photograph her lately- Photoshop can only do so much! She's finally recovering, now shes been cranky because her back molars are coming in (oh dear). So I actually have tried to photograph her lately (we went downtown Springfield last week), but it just hasn't worked out!


Anyways, just wanted to clarify that I do love her just as much as the other two :)


So... this is Essa in the cradle that was built by their Great- Great Grandfather. Isn't it gorgeous?! Every child in the family from each generation has since slept in it- and we are about to have to give it back to our Grandparents for further circulation :( so I thought I'd get some pictures before we have to return it. (I'm also quite obsessed with a new lighting technique I've learned!) I think they turned out beautiful! I'm excited fall is almost here.. I can use this technique more often with out being knocked down by the humidity!

Have a great day!

The Kids

I mananged to get a good one with all 3 kids! (Amazing!) This old footstool is one my Grandpa picked up, so its pretty special to me :)

Essa

We got new lights for the studio, so I thought I'd play with them! Here are some pictures of Essa with her Great-Grandpas hat. I really liked this idea, and what better hat to do it with than her Great-Grandpas? I thought they turned out cute!

Well... I thought I would take advantage of this rainy day and update a much negelated blog :) We have had such a wild and crazy summer! The kids are doing great. Essa finally started walking, and finally just got in her bottom 2 teeth. She is really growing up (not so much physically but more so mentally). Eleesia is doing great as well. She really enjoys being outside in the pool, and thinks she can swim just aws well as the boys, but she still needs on her floaties to keep her head above the water :) Enoch has really taken off this summer. He has become quite the good little swimmer! He can now jump off the diving board ("with no floaties" he proudly exclaims) and swim all over the deep end of the pool. He can also dive down to collect jewels on the bottom of the pool! He adores swimming, and we can hardly keep him out fof the pool! He is also learnng to ride his bike without training wheels! So here are a few pictures from our summer experience!

We are doing this for some future clients for the business, so we thought we would try it out with Essa first! She had a great time! You can see more on our business blog at http://captivatingtime.blogspot.com