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Oh gosh, I’m so sorry!! I am so behind in blog posts…typical holiday season madness around here. I will get back to the sneak peeks and featured sessions once I get caught up on all of the outstanding sessions still waiting for holiday delivery of their portraits….in the mean time I thought I might be able to hold you over with a few more pictures of my kids getting ready for Halloween and the trick or treat candy coma soon to follow! Ha-ha!! Feel free to send in photos of your own children to us and we’ll be sure to share them in a future blog post! I just adore seeing all the kids in their costumes enjoying the magic and mystery of Halloween. Maybe it’s the artistic side of me that so enjoys the opportunity to be free spirited, letting your creativity sour and your heart sing – just being free to be YOU – well, that ALWAYS makes me smile!!

So, while you patiently wait for your proofs, sneak peeks and featured sessions here are some photos of my children preparing for the upcoming holiday….

Pumpkin carving….

Nick kinda looks like he’s waiting for something to jump out and bite him eh? haha Yeah, can’t say I blame him, they are kinda slimy! heehee But the shot of my oldest helping my youngest carve her pumpkin – PRICELESS. <sigh>

Okay, now some fun photos of my guys all decked out and ready to beg for candy…. Olivia has graduated this year…a mere princess will no longer do. Oh no. She is now the QUEEN. hahaha

Looking at these photos I’m not sure if I should be worried or not, I mean she is truly beautiful and I don’t think that’s just mommy eyes talking!! Still, on the other hand, her big brother does have a certain fascination with automatic weapons that will surely scare away most would-be suitors. So in the end I’m not sure yet which scares me more…the would-be suitors for Olivia or the military minded Nick…

Ah, there’s my guy. I know, he’s going to be TEN soon so sweet looks for Mommy are kind of out of fashion but I just adore that grin!! A big thank you to the U.S.M.C. for Nick’s authentic desert storm uniform provided by the amazing marines at Camp Lejeune, NC. You guys were awesome!!

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Good morning! I hope everyone had a fantastically creepy Halloween! I thought I’d pop back in to share one more Halloween capture with you all. Trevor (my oldest) had the honor of being our treat-passer-outer this year. Our house was the spooky hit of the community! Spooky sound effects playing on the outdoor speakers, fog billowing from the front entry, creepy spiders, unearthed bones and even a psychedelic laser light show playing on the garage door. We had a blast seeing our little scene come to life or would that be death? In any case, we knew we did a pretty good job when our neighbors kept asking if they could take photos in front of our house with Trevor.  Ha-ha!

Yup, that was me this morning, you might have noticed me if you were dropping your kids off today too. I was that frazzled looking Mom balancing huge bags of school supplies and a ridiculously large camera. In my defense, today is my baby’s first day of kindergarten. There are no more coming after her, we’re done. So each and every first with Olivia is also a last which makes it so bittersweet. On the one hand; she’s growing up, going to have all kinds of new experiences and learn about the world around her. Then on the other hand; she’s growing up, going to have all kinds of new experiences and learn about the world around her. hahaha Sad but true!

Enough of my moping about. This is a good thing right? Only 13 more years and I can have my husband all to myself again!! Bwahahaha Okay, who am I kidding?! They won’t leave, Trevor (my oldest) graduates from high school in two years and I think we’re going to have to physically escort him out of the house and plop him into a college dorm. He’s in absolutely no hurry to get out on his own. He went to school today cautiously optimistic, he’s a teenager so any optimism at all is always a good thing. He’s taking some college courses this year along with several honors classes so he definitely has his work cut out for him. I’m sure he can do it though!

Nick, charming as ever, enters the 3rd grade this year. When we went to meet his teacher at open house the other night she already knew who he was…why am I not surprised to find that his reputation precedes him, and is this really a good thing? Being a big tough third grader means the only photos I can take of him are at the house before school. I’m no longer allowed to escort him into his classroom on the first day, I barely got a kiss at the door when he went in. It’s okay, I understand. I’m MOM and it’s totally uncool for your Mom to give you a kiss goodbye when you’re 8 and 3/4 years old.

Olivia on the other hand, she’s still young enough to enjoy kisses from her Mommy and pose for pictures. Good thing too because I had a case of Elmer’s glue in my bag and I wasn’t afraid to use it! Just look at her posing up there! Too funny. I tried to get a more natural shot of her but she wasn’t having it. “I wanna stand like a dancer Mommy, like this, see, take my picture now Mommy!” *giggle* Ya gotta love her!

I started to feel those tears coming when Nick took her hand and started to help her to class, that was a very proud Mommy moment for me.  Surprisingly, I didn’t cry when I dropped her off and thankfully neither did she. I really thought I would break out in tears at any second and I think her teacher thought so too because as I was leaving she called out to me, “You can call any time during the day and check on her if you’d like Mom!” Ha, she probably shouldn’t have told me that!!

Olivia made it easy for me though, she sat down in her chair, gave me a little smooch, said “Bye-bye Mommy” and started doing her morning work like she knew the drill and this was no big deal at all. *sigh* Okay, now I think I’m going to cry, only 4 hours, 6 minutes and 37 seconds until I can pick her up.