Fall Mini Sessions

I announced these on my photography blog a while back and meant to post it here, but just never quite got around to it, so now that we are only a few weeks away, I am finally posting it here! This is the last mini-session I will be running this year and I don't have any on my agenda until until late spring next year, so if you have been wanting to do a mini-session, now is the time to book it!

Plus - it comes with a custom designed Christmas card - woo hoo!

Can you believe that it is already time to start thinking about Christmas Cards? I sure can't!

Call me at 801-560-3634 or email me at smileabunch @ gmail.com to book your session.

Find all the details below!

Hail

This morning at 6:30 the hail was beating down on my house forbidding me from sleeping those last 20 minutes before I really had to wake up and get everyone in the house ready for school. Some people would think...I hope my tomato plants survive this torrential rain, or why can't this hail shut up so I can go back to sleep, or too bad the hubs is already up and getting ready for work because morning rainstorms are the best for cuddling...but not me, I was thinking...

dang, this is really going to screw up all of my fabulous plans for today's first day of school pictures...

please clear up by the time we need to leave!

It didn't, and all of my hopes for first day of school excitement photos were shot as I juggled two little hands, an umbrella and a little lady on my hip as we got soaked walking across a puddle-ridden parking lot taking Morgan into school for his first day!

Luckily we caught a few cute pictures after school before Morgan decided to

bif it down concrete stairs and get a giant ding on his forehead...

I promise to share the pictures soon, but just thought I'd share the update in the meantime!

today...

Every time I open internet explorer and my blog pops up on tab #2 (to remind me to update it) I stress because I haven't updated in forever...and then I feel bad that I have been posting business stuff and no family stuff...and then I feel bad that I haven't read anyone's blog in...well, ages! So, I took the evening (because it is Sunday and I don't do any of my "work" on Sunday) to catch up on blogs! Love catching up with everyone's lives - sorry I didn't leave comments - dozens and dozens of blogs with numerous posts each meant a lot of reading on my part!

So, that brings me here...lots and lots and lots to share and say and show, but I am just going to brain dump and tell you what is on my mind today...
- This semester is going to be rough. Lots of changes happening in Seth's department, so everything is a little disorganized, but the expectations are going to be pretty high and the workload is heavy. If it is even possible, we will see him less this semester than any one before. Feel free to send your prayers our way ! :)
- My little baby boy starts kindergarten tomorrow...what? He is so excited he can't even stand it! The new school clothes are in little piles in the living room waiting for excited little bodies to fill them in the morning. The backpack is by the door and the camera is ready! :) Mom is not so ready...deep breaths!
- Also tomorrow - preschool orientation for my baby girl...another what? She is also excited and I am praying for her teacher's sanity! ;) She will do so wonderful, but I hope she takes sweet Chloe personality and not feisty Chloe personality to school!
- Brynn is such a climbing daredevil. Yesterday she fell off a picnic table and scraped up her whole forehead on the cement below. Why would you let her get on a picnic table, you might ask? Well, it all happened in a matter of seconds!
- I have eaten so much this week. So many family birthdays are in August, and I think I can safely say that I ate out (a giant meal) just about every day last week. It was so fun to have multiple date nights with Seth along with some other fun activities with friends and family! Sadly - this also means I am 27..which is frighteningly close to 30.
- I am planning a few weeks of "bookkeeping and personal time" into my "work" schedule soon because I feel so behind! I love my job and I can hardly even call it that, and I am so blessed to be busy with it!
- I love my little family like crazy! I have been reminded this week how blessed I am to have 3 sweet, smart and healthy children and a husband I love so much! I say this a lot, but I mean it!

So there you go! A POST! More to come (hopefully) soon...including 1st day of Kindergarten pictures and thoughts!

Just in case you are wondering...

where in the world I've been...
Or why my blog has fallen off the edge of the earth again...

Head on over to my super fabulous photography blog - hee hee!
Or check out my the facebook fan page for smileabunch photography (and you should go ahead and become a fan while you are there)!

I have been so very busy shooting, editing, disc burning, and print ordering...not to mention planning, creating marketing materials, and dabbling in design.

And then Seth had the whole week off of work and school, so we have packed our lives completely to the brim with bike rides, back to school shopping, a real live date!!!, temple trip, cleaning out the garage, little (though still bigger than expected) house projects, and actually eating home cooked meals together. It has been lovely and kind of exhausting. Anyway - just wanted to pop in and say hi since I have been MIA for too long! I am doing some Fall mini sessions at the end of September if anyone is interested - I will post details on here soon!