Becky Higgins Big Photography Giveaway...

So a couple of months ago I discovered Becky Higgins.  She is a little bit of everything...think, home decor, yummy recipies, photography tips and tricks, organization...simply put...everything I'm interested in. ;p  She wanted to see if there were any photographers out there who would give back to their local community.  The community had to then enter in under their city's photographer and enter a reason why they should be chosen.  Kari's jumped right out at me.  I'm such a sucker for Daddy stories...and this one...WOW a year he will be away and serving our country.  Inspiring to me...mainly because this family all works together to protect us...I know that sounds dramatic but its something I feel that is often overlooked.  Another reason this jumped out at me...My husband used to have to be away A LOT and it was hard as a mommy with two kids...and pictures, well, they helped.  I would look at him...remember that moment and it didn't feel so hard in that little small space of time.  So I wanted to give that to Kari's family and hope that it would help in some small way. 
http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/2010/05/colorado-photographer-colorado-springs/ 

And this is why I chose her...
"We are in the springs and would love to have our pictures taken. We are a family of 4, and hubby is getting ready to deploy to Afganistan. This will be his 4th time to go overseas. Our girls are 7 and 2. I would love to have some pics to capture our family before he goes. They are going to change so much while he is gone, I want to capture how close they are to him right now. I know this one is going to be hard on the little one as she is a daddy’s girl and isn’t going to understand daddy’s gone for a long time. Please pick us your work is beautiful and I’d love to have it in our home."

So enjoy some of the pictures from this sweet and beautiful family's photo session

Orange

So remember how I said photography...how I need it to be for me.  Well, this time I was thinking about my front room and how it needs something...I'm thinking orange.  :)  A color I don't often think of but for some reason makes me happy when I do.  In my backyard I have a wild flower garden that has a few bright orange poppies.  Love them.  Did I mention before that flowers make me happy...yes, yes, I have. Especially the flowers in my backyard.  Happy memories of planting various flowers with my mom.  So, today, I'm just enjoying the various colors in the world but in particular orange.  ;p 

A Genuine Love...

Have I mentioned that I love my job.  Yes, I believe I might have once or twice.  :) Why do I love it...because I get to capture moments, I get to observe a different way to love, I watch and often think to myself how cool is this family, couple or person...depends on whom I'm taking pics of I suppose. ;p    And the cool part is you let me.  You let me walk into your family moment and you trust me to capture those moments.  To show you how I see your family and for that, yes, for that, I know I'm blessed.  So, back to the point here...I got to spend an evening with this wonderful family.  I think you will be able to see in these pictures the amount of love that this family has for eachother.  Its in the little details that I see, the hands on eachother, the looks that the Mom and Dad give eachother...the way Dion is captivated by Megan...(he might have kissed her a few times without me prompting him to...just sayin, Dion loves Megan :),the way the older sister is so protective of her little sister.  The older sister, Kaylin, all though she was very shy, her face and her eyes capture another little girl completely.  A girl who has the best little smile and her eyes just show how genuine she is.  Seriously, what a sweetheart.  Little Isabella...I can see she has this family wrapped around her little tiny finger.  All though she is too little to talk much I can tell she is going to have some fun stories someday.  There is something about this familie's eyes that captivated me.  Each and everyone of them was genuine with me.  I loved that about them.  So enjoy one of my highlights for this week.  Such a lovely family.