Christmas Eve... Hug your loved ones.

One of our loved ones passed away yesterday. Aaron's uncle, Darrell. He got an infection that kind of came out of nowhere. Darrell had also been suffering the effects of a severe stroke he had 4 years ago... wasn't able to communicate like he wanted to, and needed help with many things. He is no longer suffering, now.
Still, for those he left behind, it is a sad time. Aaron and I didn't get to the hospital in time, and we are sad about that... and that we couldn't be with his family yesterday night. Please pray especially for his wife Judy, and kids-- Heather, Kristi, and Mike.

Here is our family at the wedding... Darrell is in front next to me, and his wife and kids are the first 4 people on the left of the photo.


(I love his grin in that pic... ha:)).

In August, I photographed the wedding of Kristi's friend. I snapped a quick pic of Judy, Kristi, and Darrell.




I am so happy I have these photos of him. They mean something to me. This is why, at weddings, I try to capture as many of the guests as possible. Two reasons... each person at the reception is special to the couple, and, you never know when it will be their time to go.

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Hold your loved ones closely. May there be much peace and comfort in your lives.

Ben's da man... and early Christmas presents!

This is Ben.


He's the one editing the promo video like a madman right now.


In the meantime, I ordered groceries online because I am in the midst of editing a bajillion pics and no time to shop.
"Coborn's delivers!" I wrote to my friend Johanne and sent her this quick pic on my phone:



"Boy do they ever!" she replied.

When I had opened the front door to check if they had come while I was sleeping, they surely had.
".... Oh my....." I said.

I will absolutely use them again. It saved me SO much time, and it truly wasn't that much more expensive-- and they even have weekly coupons as well.

The delivery fee? Five bucks. That's it. Sweet! 6 huge bins of food! But it was fun! Like opening Christmas presents!!



Speaking of Christmas presents...... Aaron got me a Wii for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it's partially from his parents too. I don't know yet, because I was the one who bought it today, haha! He's paying me back (no seriously... cause we have separate accounts:)). He asked me today if I wanted a Wii for Christmas, and I was at Target running errands, and I said, yes, and that I would check for one there.... they weren't on the shelves, but when I asked the Target Team Member (:)), she checked the inventory, and they had one in the back!!!!

I can't open it until Christmas, so that's fine with me. But I am so excited to play it with friends. AND, I have no time to play it now-- much editing to do!

My parents got us some new rugs for our entryways today (so that we don't have to put two together as shown in the photo above) for an early Christmas present, and paid to recover our dining room chairs as well (they really needed it). Early Christmas is way fun!!!

Back to work-- hope you all enjoy your weekend!

My Promo Vid production is underway!

All of Friday, and part of today, and a chunk of tomorrow are all devoted to taping for my promo vid for my website, so it's going to be a long weekend, but exciting too.


I am working with my designer on new color schemes for my logo, as well.

Have some editing to do this weekend also, AND I have a family Christmas to attend later on Sunday!

Busy weekend, so I'll try to post some more photos this coming week at some point.

My BABIES!!! (sob!)

I sent both of my pro cameras in for check ups today!!! They should be back soon enough, but STILL... I feel NAKED!!!! It's the best time of year for it-- in between portrait sessions and weddings.

Also, my point and shoot camera has been busted for a few months now... now is a good time to take it in to get fixed so I am not completely without a creative outlet relating to photography. I remember the first time my FIRST point and shoot broke. It was my junior year of college. I had NO idea how much I truly loved taking photos, and how OFTEN I took photos until that camera broke. They took a month to repair that point and shoot, and I was in agongy! I realized that I probably had used my camera nearly ever single day... it's no wonder it wore out, ha:)

Thank God for extended warranties they offer at Circuit City and Best Buy. Let me tell you this... Whenever you purchase a point and shoot camera, if you know you will be using it a lot, it is SO worth it to get the extended warranty. SO worth it. I bought it for both of my point and shoots, and it was what... $60...? Well, it saves me the money that I don't have to spend getting it repaired now, or buying a new one!

I await the day of my babies' return.... returns... (?).

I have plenty to do in the next two weeks though... some editing, shooting the rest of my promo vid(So excited!), meeting with clients and friends, and Christmas related things, of course!

In the meantime, I will rely on my trusty camera phone for random everyday use.
It took these photos in low light, which isn't too shabby for a camera phone.

This is my friend Marie getting texts from my friend Matt and me.


This is Matt and me laughing at the texts we were sending Marie.



Matt is going to Iraq for the LAST TIME in a couple weeks! Then he is home in Minnesota for good in July. He's been in the Air Force for what seems like 10 years (I'm sure he feels the same), so it will be fun to have him around for good! His little girl (pictured with him in my "Family Pics" post, just a few posts down) will be happy with that as well! Thanks for serving, Matt!

Lindsay & Andy: Just for Fun

Lindsay and Andy wanted some photos taken of them for some Christmas cards, and just for fun. I shot their wedding last December, and I can see they are still very much in love and a beautiful couple. We had a ton of fun on this shoot. It had just started getting cold at this time, and it was really funny... by the end of our shoot, all of us had no feeling in the bottom of our faces. Seriously! Our chins and cheeks were numb! (That could refer to ALL "cheeks" haha:))