~Dane's Birthday Party...I won't tell you how OLD he is~

Sorry it has been a while since I have been on here. Things have been crazy as always but very productive. I have gotten so much editing finished and it is sure going to be a busy month for photo shoots! Praise God! I have a few photo's from Dane's birthday party which was so much fun! It was on the same day of Breckin and Ella's Easter Egg Hunt (the day before Easter). I LOVE this WHOLE family. It gives me chills thinking about being with every single one of them because I grew up with the Cotgreaves and it is such a blessing and a privilege to know the girls families as well now! Kendra, Brittany and Ryan all have grown up to be such incredible, godly people. It brings tears to my eyes as we speak.
ABOVE: After the kids did their Easter Egg Hunt, we went out to the driveway and alley to "let the kids throw the confetti eggs"...well Dane thought anyway...OOPS! He got hammered by the whole family!



ABOVE: I love all the flying eggs and confetti in this pic






ABOVE: He was a good sport!



ABOVE: That evening, more family and friends came for good eats and more fun! I always love eating with this family! :-) Oh, and Lindsay, those oreo treats were so AWESOME! I kept telling everyone that they were really yucky so a couple of us could keep them to ourselves but everyone knows me so it didn't work at all! :-)



ABOVE: Here is Wendi. I am so sad I didn't get more pics of her. She was so hard to catch...especially when she had her camera as well. We will have to get some good ones of you next time I see you! This is one sweet girl!



ABOVE: Ryan (little Ryan who always used to give me a bad time when we were younger) is here with his girlfriend, Lindsay who is such a sweetheart. I am so proud of Ryan. He has turned into such a godly young man. He is about to graduate in a couple of weeks and got into PT school. Congratulations Ryan. I really am proud of you and I really had a good time with you and Lindsay!



ABOVE: Miss Ella got all pretty with her little hair bow for Uncle Dane's birthday. Her Papa was holding her.



ABOVE: We all headed down to the media room to get the party started. What a blast it was! The media room is another story and photo shoot in itself. Going down stairs is like going down the steps of a movie theater, being greeted by the ticket taker in the window. There is a movie screen with the curtains and all. There is the snack bar in the very back with all the candy and coke and anything you can think of. There is even a popcorn machine. Then as you go down the steps, there is the movie lighting down the stairs and walls and then there are levels with poofy leather seats with cup and snack holders and a little nook in between seats for blankets. Talk about the most rad place ever. There is way more! I am so happy for you Stan and Cheryl for your new house! You guys truly deserve it!!!!



ABOVE: Miss Ella sitting with Mimi waiting for Uncle Dane to open his birthday gifts. Ella was so tired...look at those wide sleep eyes!



ABOVE: This was the BIG thing that Dane did not know about! Brittany has been planning for a long time for this. Brittany wanted to give Dane this really great guitar that he has been wanting so she got it and then the family went in on it. It was so sweet and a great surprise for Dane.



ABOVE: Brittany put Breckin in his "I want to rock" t-shirt so he would be all ready for the party. TOO CUTE!



ABOVE: Dane got out his guitar after opening all of his gifts and got to play around with it for a minute.



ABOVE: The absolute cutest moment was when Breckin wanted to play Daddy's guitar and Dane put the pick into Breckin's little hand and led while he got to play. It was so PRECIOUS!

Thank you so much Brittany for letting me be there and take some photo's and be a part of a super special day. I love all of you so much!

~Little Corbin 2 Month Photo Shoot~

Here is little Corbin. This is Lori's sister, Julie's, baby boy. Julie and Corbin got to come into the area to see family. Little Corbin is adorable! And Julie is one proud mommy, has 2 proud big sisters and a of proud family!!!

This was my first "Brand New One's" photo shoot and it was a lot more work than I ever thought it would be. WOW... It was a lot of fun. We all got really creative and had to use what we had because it was kindof a last minute thing. It was so much fun though. I didn't realize that I hold my breath when I am taking photo's because I tend to shake...so with the baby when he was asleep, I swear I held my breath until I was purple until I could get a good shot and then I had to stop and breath really hard for a while. It was quite funny. We got him at his nap time but of course every time we tried to move him, it was quite a task for his mommy to get him back to sleep! Here are just a few of the ones I have edited. Some are unedited but I wanted to get them posted.~*~ Let Him Sleep...For When He Wakes, He Will
MOVE MOUNTAINS ~*~



Corbin is going to send these to Daddy overseas in Iraq. Pray for Corbin's daddy. He sees him on the computer when they use their web cam so Corbin thinks his Daddy is the computer right now but let's pray that his Daddy makes it home very safely!



ABOVE: As you already know...I love little feet..and these are precious...long little toes!



ABOVE: ~Sweet Dreams~





ABOVE: ~Lil' Cowboy Corbin~

~Ridge 3rd Birthday Party~

Mr. Ridge had his 3rd birthday the day after Easter. WOW...how the time flies. Yep...I am already 3o...where in the world does the time go? It really makes me think! Anyway, Ridge had a great birthday party with his sissies and friends and others. We did face painting and played. Then we ate SPIDER MAN cake. SPIDER MAN EVERYTHING. It was super cute. He was thrilled! Then he had TONS of presents to open and play with and had a lot of help! He was a little on overload but he had a blast! Here are some of the pics I edited really quick!ABOVE: ~SPIDER MAN PARTY~




ABOVE: ~More Spidie Decorations~




ABOVE: ~The Birthday Boy~ I sure do love this boy!




ABOVE: Miss Gracie let me paint her face as Spider Man! It was hilarious because it didn't look a thing like her PLUS she had a Hanna Montana Shirt on?!? HUMMM..... She was adorable. She is a good sport and a great big sister. They all are!!!



ABOVE: ~Little's 3rd Birthday Party~ with his sisters...Morgan, Gracie, and Lindsay and his best friends....Jake and Trevor



ABOVE: I think he did pretty darn good! He got a lot of fun stuff and most important had a blast!

~Mr. Ridge's Easter Egg Hunt~

What a blast this little guy had! The Easter Bunny came Sunday morning for him and it was cold outside so the Easter Bunny came inside at his house and hid all the eggs inside. WOW...it was too much fun for him. He loved everything about it! It was a lot of fun for all of us as well!!! Here are just a few fast editing jobs just so I can share some of them with you.
ABOVE: Here is what the Easter Bunny brought Ridge! The Easter Bunny made one little boy very happy!



ABOVE: ~LITTLE Bunny~



ABOVE: ~Mommy and Ridge open his first chocolate bunny...of course he goes straight for the nose, then the ears, then some more, then after he eats half of it tells us he didn't like it...LOL



ABOVE: The Easter Bunny left some surprises in Ridge's Easter Eggs. One of them had a top in it and he learned how to spin it.



ABOVE: ~Ridge and Mimi were playing with his toys~



ABOVE: ~Baxter Boy standing by the Easter Basket~



ABOVE: ~Huntin those eggs as fast as he can~




ABOVE: ~Looking bright eyed at his new pez dispenser~


It was a great Easter and we had an AWESOME sermon at church. At first we weren't sure were the story was actually going because it wasn't the normal Easter story you always here but it was AMAZING!!! The title was "BECAUSE OF EASTER". Because of Easter, we live to do what we do. Because of Easter, we are able to be here today and are forgiven of all of our sins. Because of Easter, we get to spend eternity in heaven when we die. Because of Easter....you fill in the blank! God Bless and I will talk to you soon!
Heather

~Ella and Breckin's Easter Egg Hunt~

BOY do I love these two kids and the family for that matter. I have known all of them for a long time. The Sat. before Easter, the kids had an Easter Egg Hunt and then family and friends came over to Cheryl and Stan's for Dane's 30 birthday party. It was such a blast and it was such a privilege for me to get to be apart of it all. I getting closer to finishing the editing for this shoot. Here are just a few from the Easter Egg Hunt. I took over 200 photo's that night and there were not many bad ones. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
ABOVE: ~Brennan, Kendra, and Miss Ella
*A FAMILY IS ONE OF GOD'S MASTERPIECES*



ABOVE: ~Miss Ella LOVED hunting those Easter eggs. She ran from one to the other filling her basket as fast as she could. And those kids had a big audience so she had to stop and wave every once in a while...HOW CUTE IS THAT?



ABOVE: Ella got so excited about her full basket of Easter Eggs that she popped them up with her basket and they went flying everywhere. She thought it was funny until she looked back in her basket and they were all gone. We helped her put them back in though.



ABOVE: Can you tell she wasn't too fond of this idea...but it made a really cute photo though! SORRY MISS ELLA!



ABOVE: Dane, Brittany, and Breckin
*AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. Joshua 24:15




ABOVE: Breckin went after those Easter eggs really fast too. Being close to the same age, I guess they had some good competition going...LOL Breckin had a policeman Easter Basket like his Daddy's car.



ABOVE: After a while Breckin gave up on the Easter Eggs and let Ella have the rest. The clouds rolled in pretty fast and it got really chilly so he just made a lot of funny faces entertaining EVERYONE! TOO PRECIOUS!!!




ABOVE: Here Mr. Breckin is again making faces at his audience. Notice his little arms behind his back because he was cold but was having too much fun to go inside.

SO MUCH FUN!!!

~Little Chace~

Here are a couple more photo's of Chace's photo session. They are just too precious not to post! This is one darn cute kid!


ABOVE: ~BLOWING KISSES~



ABOVE: ~Going down the big slide for the first time~ Mom got at the top with Chace and Dad got at the bottom while I wasn't even expecting this one at all...Robin barely starts letting Chace go while holding on to him and the kid takes off by himself down the slide and has a BLAST!!! It was SO FUNNY! NO FEAR...well, when he got to the bottom, there was a shocked look on his face every time but it was just priceless. I have never seen that small of a child do that!




ABOVE: ~Handsome Boy~



ABOVE: Talk about a beautiful family. Hand in hand they walk together.



ABOVE: Now this one was a priceless pic as well. ALREADY A LITTLE MAN He tilted back to make himself a bit more comfortable while we acted goofy making him laugh and take photos of him. I guess he just decided to sit back and enjoy the show! I laugh every time I see this one!




~From Small Beginnings Come Great Things~

~Catching Up~

So sorry I am having to catch up on my blog. I was going to try so hard to keep this up once a week and I am still going for the goal. Easter just put me behind a bit. With my 30th birthday, an Easter Shoot, an Easter Egg Hunt, a Easter Egg Hunt a 30th birthday part in one, a 3 year old birthday party, and then all kinds of other stuff going on, plus I am leaving for Dallas next week and have a photo shoot there....SO EXCITED...TWO OF THE CUTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD!!!! I am a little bias though! Lol I am just trying to catch up and get caught up before I leave. Anyway, I hope all is well with everyone.

Lots of love,
Heather