Elizabeth Pellette

Hope you all had a great 4th.

We had a pretty peaceful and relatively quiet 4th of July.. just hanging out at home mostly.. we went to watch fireworks.. ( who doesn't thats what I want to know ) so here is a brief recap.. here we are waiting in a field near where they shoot off the fireworks.

Nate Snuggling with grandma

and then they start.

then it was time to jump in the cars and go home..

then we came home and Did some stuff in the yard

SO that kind of sums up our evening.. Hope you all enjoyed the fireworks and cookouts and time with Family.. we did.

Red

Cierra loves this little red dress she got.. Just a few photos from today.

thats it for now.. enjoy your 4th..

MUDMAN and our first day of summer ( as in no school )

my hero.. we are trying to put a pool up.. my dad gave us his older pool.. so we are in the process of prepping for that.. The other day my hero.. my husband managed to get this huge ass tree root out of where the pool will be going..

and check out this root.. this is only part of it there were three other big pieces to it as well.

so we are getting closer.. to that pool going in.. ( yeeeaaaaahhhh!!!) and so the kids are done with school.. another Yeahhhhh !!! here are a few photos from their first day off..

we went to get some new kicks then stopped by grandma's house

and lastly a couple of Cierra from the other day..

Ok well its getting late and I am getting tired.. so I will close for now.. enjoy your summer..

Congratulations Jake

Jacob graduated from Elementary school this week.. he will be headed off to the middle school in September.. ( how is it possible we have two middle schoolers?)  anyway.. We are very proud of Jake.. thats a big accomplishment..  We love you Jakers.. Congrats...

Yeeeeaaaaa... Jake !!!

Fishing and Happy Fathers Day

We took the kids up to my husband's friends house the other day to go do some fishing.. the kids had a great time.. pretty much everytime they put a line in the water they caught a fish.. it was great for them..

and now I would like to take a moment to wish my husband a very Happy Fathers Day.. he jumped right into fatherhood like jumping into a pair of comfortable old jeans.. he is wonderful with the kids and a great provider to all of us.. We are all so thankful we have him in our lives.. Happy Fathers Day Honey.

and lastly.. today is the official first day of summer, those of you who know me know I cannot stand winter.. spring and summer are my months.. so get out there and enjoy the beautiful weather and even the rain.. and be thankful its not snow.. haha

with that.. I am closing here for today.. enjoy whats left of your first official day of summer.

First Dance Recital

Cierra had her first dance recital last Saturday.. it was so cute.. she did great and we were all so proud of her..

I loved that in a room full of chaos and dancers and noise and commotion this little girl fell asleep before their group ever even danced.

there you go... one performance under her belt... and very well done.

this and that.. some misc stuff from the last few days

Jim and I took a ride last sunday.. just the two of us while the kids were at my mom's.. sure we could of been doing stuff around the house.. or whatever.. but he asked what I wanted to do .. and I said take some photos.. so he said lets go.. and we drove around and he let me take pictures.. my favorite thing to do.. such a treat to just do that and to be with my hubby.. and talk.. no interruptions.. it was a wonderful afternoon ( for me at least )

Nate watching for the bus the other morning..

Silly girl..

Nate made this thing at school.. commander cody I believe is its name.. stupid thing is cute..

Ohh and we had another painted turtle on our lawn the other day..

They just show up.. out of nowhere.. its really strange...

and lastly for today.. here are some photos of Cierra and I.. I dont seem to have many photos of me with the kids I really need to change that.. so I am going to make an effort..

I love these last two

 

 

Time to finish dinner and get ready for soccer.. have a great day everyone.  Exo

The Hill's..

I had the honor of photographing Brent and Stephanie's wedding a few years ago.. and was excited when I got a call from Stephanie asking me to photograph their now family of four.. I couldn't resist and was pleased to be asked.. Its so nice to watch a family grow from two to three to four.. etc.. They have the most adorable boys.. ( wait til you see ) and Brent .. Steph.. Thank you for asking me to capture your family for you.. I had a great time seeing you again and getting to meet your awesome kids.

( its a frog by the way )

I will end here .. I could probably go on posting photos from this session all day.

hmmm... well I survived Zach's first class trip to Ohio.. and so did he.. the word is he had a great time as did his friends.. and while I was worried I wasn't as bad as I thought I would be about it.. it helped that some of my friends whose kids also went on the trip were also worried.. made me feel not quite so dorky about it. Other than that.. the last week of soccer is coming up next week, modified baseball over but SYI baseball has begun.. and school will be over soon I cant wait for that and having the kids around.. I miss them all day when they are at school.. I also have quite a few sessions booked too which I am looking forward too.. Cierra has her very first dance recital next weekend too.. which ought to be fun... other than that .. life is moving along.. Jim is back in school taking some summer classes and working on the roof's that needed some repair as well.. its just busy busy around here.. I havent taken too many photos lately because I have been busy editing stuff for other people.. but here are some recent stuff from the last few days

( Oh yeah I am so addicted to this action set.. )

Ohhh check our new sweet grill we desperatly needed one..

 

 

and I will leave you all here.. I need to go do a few things.. Enjoy your weekend.

.engagement session.

I shot an engagement session last friday for Chris ands Paula.. here are the results.. would love to know what you all think.. I found some really cool new actions that I love.. espically the one that makes the photos look really old.. I found them here.. http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/2009/05/actions-update/  if you havent discovered The Pioneer Woman ( Ree Drummond )  you have to check out her blog.. she is awesome.

ok I seriously love the look of the next bunch of photos.. its from Ree Drummond's action set.. its the Vintage Action.. isnt it sweet?  Ree.. if you are reading this.. THANK YOU for the Free Actions.. they are awesome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There wedding will be awesome.. other than lots of editing and running the kids to sports and such we have all been fine..