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some favorites of 2008 {children and families}

January 19, 2009

Oh my goodness, I didn’t realize how fun this would be!! All I have to say is, it has been SO incredibly hard to choose between the wonderful families and children we have had the pleasure of documenting this year. I am so glad it is you and not me that has to vote for ONE photo! Choosing a few was HARRRD. ;) In case you did not read the previous post, we are having a friendly competition! Simply choose your favorite photo-this round you may choose ONE family + ONE child photo, so you get to PICK 2 PHOTOS! In the comment box, tell me the name and number and WHY you are voting for that particular photo. If you don’t tell me why you are choosing, your vote is not counted. (Did I mention how fun this is that I get to make the rules??) The winner who receives the most votes will receive a complementary 8X10 from studio3z!!

Also, the competition is still on in the previous post {Seniors+Portraits} because it seems we are at a tie! I will close that one tomorrow morning. :)

Below are some very wonderful people….some we have known, some we just met this year. Each one in their own way has touched our lives.

Now get to voting! :) Voting for this round will close on Wednesday at NOON.

#1 Leyla

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#2 Roxanna

#3 Luke

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#4 Jade

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#5 Lukas

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#6 Maria and Drew

#7 Josie

#8 Zazi

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#9 Grace

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#10 The W Family

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#11 (Part of) The K Family

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#12 The M Family

#13 The C Family

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#14 The W Family

#15 The S Family

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#16 The V Family

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#17 The C family

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#18 The H Family

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For the families privacy, I only used the first letter of their last names….a few are the same, so PLEASE BE SURE AND PUT THE PHOTO # WITH THE NAMES!!!

Thanks. :) Happy voting!!

jess

Artist, wife, mama of four.
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our happy new year. {in card form}

January 13, 2009

Each year we send out New Year’s cards. Last year was our first year with 4 kids, and when I saw a cool card that folded accordion style with 4 spaces on each side, I knew it would be great for our family. This year I contemplated doing a different style card just to change things up, but in the end we figured out that the card style we chose last year was THE BEST, and we better just stick to that. :)

Brett’s brother came into town from Los Angeles and surprised us on December 24th. As I was washing dishes from dinner he called and as we were chatting, he asked if I could come open the garage door. He does this all the time, and yet each time he still manages to completely surprise us. He stayed in town for a week and a half and we all had fun. (Many more photos coming from the fun we had…) During his stay we asked him to help us take photos for our New Year’s card, and then we got the oddest day where it was 70 degrees out. PERFECT! I did my usual….got the kids up from nap and without any thought to outfits, matching, etc. dressed them in something that was “them” and hoped for the best. (Works for me, but not really recommended. :) We headed out to my parents field, and went crazy for about 15 minutes. Here are of few of the treasures we came up with….some for our card, and some extras.

Love this one of all of us…

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