This Little Piggy...

...found a new family.

I was talking to my mom this afternoon and she told me about this little guy. Apparently, he has adopted the Koehler family herd of cattle. They think something happened to his mom, and he, in turn, was adopted.

This Little Piggy got me to thinking..I am so thankful for family and friends that are excepting and loving of me for who I am. I'm not saying I'm a pig, but you know...


This one is my favorite. How cute is he?!







Thanks for the pictures, Mom.
I miss home.

Lost Heros Art Quilt

This past May, I was asked to photograph the Lost Heroes Art Quilt reception at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Julie Feingold is the artist. Please check out the Quilt's website here.
Mrs. Feingold's idea to memorialize our lost heroes in a quilt is just beautiful. It is, most definitely, a work of art.






The artist, Julie Feingold, signing a book for the mom of one of the soldiers memorialized in the quilt.






Four Air Force Academy students who attended the reception.









I hope that generations upon generations will be able to look back upon this quilt and remember.

Tracy and John....Engagements

First of all, I appologize to all of my avid blog readers. I appologize for not keeping my goal of a weeks worth of daily blogs. I failed this weekend, but otherwise, I had a great weekend! So, here we go...the start of a few blogs to make up for this weekend's lack of blogging.

Meet Tracy and John. They are a couple from Denver, CO and will be getting married in Denver this coming October. These two were a blast to hang out with. Tracy's laugh is totally contageous, and I'm looking forward to October. We did the shoot in downtown Denver.

In Memory

Memorial Ceremony - 06 Aug 2010
Remembering our fallen...
Thankful for all those who serve...

Adorable

Here is Justin. I think he's one of the best little kids I've ever photographed. I ran with his mom in my running group, so I was thrilled when she called me for his two year old pictures. Thanks, Kathy! Justin is one of the cutest, happiest little boys I've ever met.

Finally...

...a new blog post!

So, I've been absent for a while...but with good reason. I have a ton of catching up to do, so here is my first post of catching up. Stay tuned. No promises, but my plan is to do one blog each day for the next month week (I should start with an attainable goal).

Many of you have seen these photos from Facebook, but for everyone else that hasn't, below are photos from one of the happiest days of my life! I am SO thankful to have my husband home. I still have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. This deployment was tough. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers. The support has been amazing.

Please continue to keep those soldiers who are currently deployed in your prayers. If you don't know a soldier currently deployed, there are some fabulous websites that can help you with that. A big one is AnySoldier.com. They will match you with a deployed service member, give you ideas of what to send, tell you how to send your package, and where to send it. Even the simplest of items are greatly appreciated. Stoney has shared many stories of these boxes he and his soldier's received; little things that we often take for granted will make these soldiers week.


Waiting...trying to stay [somewhat] calm.


Here they finally come.


I could hardly contain myself as they walked in.


THERE HE IS!!!


Ready to run!






Complete again.


Stoney's sister, PJ, and cousin, Luke, came in for the ceremony. I'm so glad they were able to come to this joyous event.


My girls...I don't know what I would have done without them.






Beautiful photo.



WELCOME HOME, STONEY!!! I LOVE YOU!

A big thanks to Andrea Wags and Mary Beth for taking pictures for us. We will always treasure these photos.