Rushing family

She just keeps getting cuter! I saw Baby Rushing and her parents at her 3 month session and now she's sitting and smiling! We ventured outside this time and practically did flips to keep her smiling throughout the whole session. I discovered that she really likes the feel of grass in her fingers, which sounds fine enough, but not when you want her to look up. Don't worry, she'll grow out of it and grass won't seem so interesting. See you next time, guys!


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Baby Rushing's 7 month session'. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.

SNOW!!!!

It's snowing here! And it's not just a few little flakes. Like, it's actually snowing, WOW!! I know most people might not be excited by that, but wow, I am! It's pretty cool out there. And yesterday it was kind of warm here. Weather is so weird.
Silly me. I was so excited to take pictures that I went outside barefoot. That's cold.

Browning Family Session

The Brownings found me through another client of mine, which is always great for me to hear! I showed up to find Little Browning awake, alert, and happy. And I do mean happy. He smiled and looked at me without being distracted by anything else. Until he found his feet. He was a great sport and did amazingly well during the session! And his parents were just as wonderful during the session. Thanks guys for a great session!


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Browning Family Session'. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.


Look at that smile!! And by the way, he'd like for you to know that cotton is the tastiest of textiles.


A few family moments.

Ok, the black and white one is one of my favoties - what a little stinker!

What a little angel.


Look at that hair!

I can hear it now:
"Hi Dad, um, ok, I trust you."
"On second thought......"
"Can we talk about this?????"

This little man might start standing soon, with enough practice.

Catching up, what I've been up to

Ok, I've been crazy bogged down lately with.......stuff. Lots of stuff. And then I went poking around in my hard drive and found stuff from months ago that I hadn't yet blogged - oops!

So let's start with the most recent and work backwards.

I've spent the week trying to get in Christmas orders and Christmas cards, and I think I'm done with Christmas cards for now. I think......*quickly checks to-do list*
I've also had two NILMDTS sessions in the past two weeks, so that's kept me busy, too.
Speaking of to-do lists, here it is:



Ok, now let's go back to last week, Thanksgiving week.

During the course of the week, my sister came into town with a group that she's been traveling with as part of biotour.org They stopped in for a few days and we had the chance to hang out with them and they spent Thanksgiving with my family.

I spent a good portion of the week doing family sessions, which you may have noticed on my blog already. But there are others that I've done that are yet to come. I ended up driving to the Woodlands, Spring, Beaumont, and Sugarland.

On Thanksgiving day, I found a package that had been delivered, but somehow I missed it. It's the album from the WPPI print competition! It finally arrived! This is the story about it from last March. Isn't it purdy?

The week before Thanksgiving, I finally went to the Coldplay concert!!! Been waiting for months, and our group had a blast!

Ok, now let's really go back in time. These are a few pictures I took when we were preparing my display for the Kids Fair up at the Woodlands Mall.

Ok, let's go back even farther than that!
My birthday was back in July and it was so neat to get so many gifts from friends. But I'm not just showing you birthday gifts, but also a gift from Shelley (an August bride), and a gift from Tiffany and Brian, who were Ashley's clients. They were so sweet to think of me. I thoroughly enjoyed my gift card, yum, yum.
So starting at the top and going across, the gift from Tiffany and Brian. Then you'll see two parts of Ashley's birthday gift, which inclues a Hoops and YoYo panic button and several packages of Icebreakers Sours. Do you know Hoops and YoYo?? They are sooo funny. Check 'em out.
Second row: also from Ashley, months supply of Orbit gum, love it!! The next two come from Shelley's gift; her wedding was in August, and she gave me this really pretty coffee mug and several packets of tea. That was thoughtful! Thanks!! The last picture is from one of the birthday cards I received with pretty stickers all over it.

Continuing on, I also got this card from Adriane and Eddie with turtles on it. The inside story to that is that I grew up with many, many turtles, so I've been labeled for a lifetime. The next card is fun! You can wind it up and it plays a song. And as part of Shelley's gift, she also gave me some beautiful stationary, the kind that feels so natural and fibrous. Love it! Then we finish off with the totally cool Hoops and YoYo card, also from Ashley. See a theme with her stuff? Hoops and YoYo rock. That can't be denied.


I feel so blessed to have received such beautiful and thoughtful things. I still hti my panic button every so often and I can't help but crack up.
I think that's all for now. I have several things coming up in the next few weeks including images from my trip, several families, and other miscellaneous stuff. Toodles!

Lan and Matt's wedding day

It's always a nice change to have a daytime wedding because the light is wonderful! Lan and Matt not only had a daytime wedding, but it was a beautiful day, too. It really couldn't have been more perfect. We met up with Lan before the ceremony to get a few shots of her before leaving for the church.

I really like the top shoe shot, probably one of my favorites so far.

A beautiful bride!!!


These two are also ranking up there in favorites.

Then the handsome groom. He was a little nervous, but not because he was going to be standing up in front of a lot of people, but because they hadn't had a chance to practice the first dance. Well, you guys did great with the first dance.





Fun details!

Beaumont - family mini-sessions

Meet everyone!

To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on Big group' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.

Beaumont - Klosterboer family mini-session

You can't tell that it started raining during this session because they were troopers and we kept pushing forward. And I loved the addition of Khaki, the family dog - she's such a good dog!


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on 'Klosterboer family' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.



If you'll notice, Dad is doing a great job of holding the pose even while a horse licks his hand. I might have to admit that I may or may have not continued to take a few extra shots just to see if he'd budge......

Beaumont - Goodman family mini-session

I'd like to think that the Goodman's drove all the way from Oklahoma just to have their picture taken by me, but I'm thinking there were other motivating factors for their visit, like family and Thanksgiving and other wonderful things. Oh well. One of my favorite pictures of the day is the last one in this series because the jump feels so real in the picture.


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on 'Goodman family' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.

Beaumont - Venghaus family mini-session

You may recognize the Venghauses from the other Venghaus session earlier, and yes, those little girls still have the same contagious smile! I have no idea what was going on behind my back to solicit such smiles, but I'm sure it was funny.


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on 'Venghaus family' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.





Ok, I'm not a parent, so I'm not too familiar with the Wiggles, but wow, just say 'Do the monkey,' and these little ones start dancing!!

Beaumont - Mills family mini-session

They're baaaaack! You may remember the Mills from Baby Mills' newborn session and then her 6 month session. Well, she's still just as cute and looking so beautiful in her little tutu.

To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on 'Mills family' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.

Beaumont - Harper family mini-session

I love how the Harpers color-coordinated themselves - black/red/white is one of my favorite color combinations! And the tutus!! Goodness, they look great.


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on 'Harper family' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.

Beaumont - Eiben family mini-session

We started off the morning with the Eiben family - look at these beautiful ladies! Dad is a lucky guy.


To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Portraits,' then 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for 'Beaumont mini-sessions'. Once in the gallery, click on 'Eiben family' at the top. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.

The Venghauses

Meet the Venghauses! We got together early one morning to get some shots for their Christmas cards and we all survived the morning! What you're seeing here is grandparents, parents, and the five granddaughters. After the session, they all headeded home for their Thanksgiving celebration - a well deserved meal.

To see the rest of the images, go to my website http://www.karellephotography.com/ and click on 'Digital Studio' on the far right. From there, follow the instructions and look for Venghaus family mini-session. You'll see the images that are on my blog and the rest of the images.


In this first image, I love how the little one is trying to walk and keep up with the rest of them.

The whole crew!

Then we took a few shots of just J&M's family.

Then, just the girls!!!

What little girls are made of.....

I love this series!