A quick recap

2011 was a busy year for me and I am just thinking back to some of the highlights that stick out to me. I am so thankful for all my clients this past year...so here's to you!!! ( it was hard to only pick 1 per month!)

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Making memories and musings...

Christmas was amazing this year...and not because I got anything great....

It started with the Awesome Church activities of the season....

Then a sweet funeral of my hubby's grandmother who met Jesus for Christmas....

Then a wonderful time with family!

Merry Christmas doesn't even come close....but I'm going to say it anyway!!

Miss Samantha

I can tell that I'm going to be slightly partial in this post.....

This is my cousins new daughter....

She is so beautiful!!!!!!!!

Happily ever after

These two are celebrating their anniversary and wanted some new pictures. They are a beautiful couple.

Christmas memories

This may sound weird to some of you....but I love to roll up bread into balls and dip it in hot coco. There's a cute story behind this strange quirky tradition of mine....

I spent a lot of time at my grandparents home as a child and ofttimes my grandmother would have cookies in her jar and make hot coco to go with it on cold winter days. One day while eating cookies, a terrible thing happened... the cookies ran out! I insisted on having something to dunk into my hot coco, so my grandmother gave me a piece of bread! I rolled it up tightly and dipped it into the coco.

It's really not that good, but it still brings back those sweet memories of my now past grandmother whom I loved quite dearly.

Our church Christmas program

I so enjoy being the photographer for our church's events. It gets me up close and personal with all the action.  My son was also a part of this year's production, so I really had a good excuse to be snapping away!

Do you think this little man was slightly frightened?  Me too!

And it just tickles me silly when one has a meltdown and needs a little encouragement to join the other kidos!

And then there's my son who loves to perform! ( takes after his mother I suppose)  He is the big guy peaking out of the manger scene...

Ah....Christmas time....programs....children....I love it!

Elfin magic

These two are just the sweetest little elves ever! I know, I know, I say that about all my clients....it's true though!

I guess that's why I LOVE what I do!

Sweet baby girl Hackenjos

This little one is such a sweet thing! I was so thrilled to get to be able to meet her!

Chess anyone?

Chess anyone?

Winter's lace

Whenever we get frost and morning sunshine, you can bet I'm outside looking for glass with frost on it....

These are a few shots I took this morning with my 35mm lens at 400 ISO, f5.0, and 1/50 shutter speed. These photos have been cropped, but if you get a nice clean shot, there's no need for a macro lens.