That sounds kind of silly, doesn’t it?? Well, I will be out of the office until Aug 11th. I will be on a small vacation with my kiddos (fun image below from our CO vacation). I am heading home to spend some time with my family and capture a couple seniors, a few families and a few kiddos! SO I will have a little time away from KC but it will be a working vacation while Grandma and Grandpa spoil my two little ones.

Have a great weekend!!

We are back! The wedding was a success! The bride and groom were simply wonderful and I enjoyed meeting all their friends and family from all over (more to come!!). Our vacation was much needed. If you keep up with my blog you will know that every year when we come back from CO we want to move there. I may talk about it for a few posts but I am pretty sure we are here in KS for another year (wink). I just wish the mountains were in our backyard!! We spent time with friends, every year more seem to head out there!! Then we ended up up Estes where there is no TV, no computers no AC and you sleep in a cabin with the windows open all night (as my son would say we were in a lincoln log cabin – he is so cute – that is the first thing he said when we get to the cabin).

Well, there are many pictures to come. I shot a wedding, did a mini maternity shoot, captured a wonderful family and of course took a TON of images of my family. My kids already have dibs on the ones they want for their rooms. They want big images too. I am not kidding either they tell me they want to see all the detail in the picture (I wonder where they get that from ?!?!). Maybe I am creating future photogs!!

Enjoy this image of my kids having a GREAT vacation in the mountains (they are the best of friends and I love that!!). I have lots of sneak peeks coming and 4 more sessions this week so stay tuned for some great stuff!! I am getting to all the e-mails and voicemails too, so if you left me messages they are coming.

Oh, and it’s good to be back. Even though I miss the mountains and my sweet friends there is no place like home (now if we could transport our home in the summer to the side of the mountain and move it back here in the winter life would be even sweeter!!).

My dad. The kindest most generous person I know. He would take his shirt off for anyone and has the biggest heart. Over the 4th of July weekend he turned the big 60!! My brother, sister and I planned this surprise party for him and it was a success. He had no idea that 60 people were going to be at the bbq he thought he was attending. He was completely shocked and we pulled it off.

The story – my cousin (Shalee Lehning) was drafted this spring into the WNBA (Atlanta Dream). Well, she was playing that evening at 6:30 (my dad watches every game). If they aren’t on TV he watches her on the computer. He wasn’t going to miss the game. As you can see with his T-shirt, he thought he was coming to watch the game and have a bbq with my uncle and brother. My uncle calls him up and invites him over for dinner. My sister in law with her little ones distracts him in the afternoon at the water park with all the grandkids. All of his sisters (4 of them) fly or drive in and all of my moms sisters (3 of them) and her brother (where the party was) arrive throughout the afternoon. We do the same. All of his friends arrive just as the party begins and my dad shows up and is SURPRISED!!

I love you, dad. I love who you are. I love how you take care of everyone. If there is one person I would want to be like when I grow up it’s you. Thank you for all you do and for who you are.

Enjoy! Can you see who I get my good looks from – he is one handsome dude! That is my grandpa in the background – he is 87 and still driving!