Flying Fall Children!

It wouldn't be Fall without the annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard!

Don and I took my girls this year--their favorite parts were jumping the hay bales at Pumpkins Etc. (hence the flying children) and riding the pedal cars at Aldredge Orchard! You can see the whole day in the slideshow below....and my favorites in this post.





(The images in the slideshow are resized pretty poorly--not by me--and the resolution kinda stinks--sorry! If you *really* want to see them in a higher res format, click on 'view all images' under the slideshow and they will show up better in a new window.)

My Soccer Girl!

Emma, my just-turned-seven-year-old is playing soccer this Fall! In a moment of madness, I volunteered to coach the team. (As if I didn't have enough to do already!!! I know, I know....) But watching Emma play and encouraging the other girls on the team has turned out to be a blast. Watching them improve each week and experience something completely new in their lives is so much fun. My sister-in-law, Julie, is helping me immensely and Don is stepping in when I need him to too.

Emma's official team shot and some action shots that Don took!

The Most Serious Baby

This little one's mama joked that the blog post needed to be titled 'the most serious baby'! And, so it is! :)

Serious or not, she is a sweet little cutie!

The Whole Gang!

What's it like wrangling a bunch all four and under? Hard! :)

But they're so cute!

There are soooo many I'd like to post from this session, but in the name of time, I'm only going to post my favorite for now.....but I may come back later and add to it!

Balloon Glow!

I spent several days last week in St. Louis at a Social Work conference with other Social Workers from my district--one night we made a trek to the Annual Balloon Glow. It was awesome!

Here are a few snaps!

Annabelle Turns 3!

Roadtrip!

Don and I headed out on a roadtrip throughout Missouri last weekend! We started out in Hermann and ended up roaming around allover Northeastern Missouri. We had an absolute blast and let the wind take us! We did a lot of shooting and I'll post a few favorites and a slideshow with more--this doesn't even include Don's shots--there are so many photos! That's what happens when two photographers head out, I suppose. :)

I'll post more of Don's when I get them--there are so many!

Our first B&B 'Alpenhorn Gusthaus'

Happiness seemed to follow us!
This is the little house we stayed in at the B&B--it was a 180 year old smokehouse converted into the coziest little room.
On the property of the B&B, the remains of the 180 year old brickmaker's kiln barn remained--it was falling down and fascinating
Shooting details in Hermann--one of favorites--I love the color--see the slideshow for SO many more from Hermann
Kissing in one of the vineyards!Another vineyard! We got very good at self-portraits!

First Day of School

Wednesday was the first day of school for my girls--Emma is starting first grade and Carly is in her last year of preschool! I can't believe how quickly it goes!!

Pardon these photos--they are a little rough--I'm having to work on a secondary computer, which doesn't have the programs I usually use to edit and process images on.

Emma

Carly

Both of 'em

We did the group shot with the neighbor friends in front of our house, and when they were done smiling at the moms, the funniest and cutest thing happened--proving they are definitely all-girls! The four of them started comparing and sharing their new outfits--I caught it on camera! How funny is this?!?!

Computer woes

Greetings! I am experiencing some pretty extreme computer woes right now--and am unable to connect to the internet at all--no email, no anything.

I'm trying to access on other machines and locations, if only to check email, but I may be a little delayed in replying to messages.

Thanks for understanding and keep your fingers crossed that I can get it fixed quickly!

Kim :)

New Little Guy!

Who wasn't very happy with me! :)

Mad!

Love baby feet!

This is a total out-take, but baby's big sis curled up next to the bean bag while we were shooting and I LOVE the size difference between baby's feet and big sis--they grow so fast!

Amy and Jason's Family

It's no secret that I love doing shoots for family and friends! The images are very special to me!

Amy is a counselor at the middle school where I work as a part time School Social Worker--we work very closely together and I am blessed to be a part of a great counseling staff! And, as life usually does, things have come around full circle--as I went to high school with her husband Jason! (Go Trojans!)

Enjoy!

Check out this cute little chunky monkey!

Some sisterly love

Big Sis Smilin'

The perfect family portrait