Please back up all your photos.

Please PRINT the ones you LOVE.

BAck them up to an External HArd Drive.

Back them up to a DVD.

External drives can fail, and when they fail, its bad.

I was removing stuff off my old PC last week and came across a few old shots.

They are mostly of my own children, but I am so very GLAD to have found these.

Today I got an email from the publishers of Red Deer’s Child Magazine, asking if I could help them arrange and shoot a FUN FASHION event!

HECK ya!

So here is the scoop!

Date and Time are still to be released. We DO know that the shoot will occur BEFORE May 12th, 2012.

We need 8 children that are ranging from grade 2 – 9.

We are looking for at least 2 boys, with 1 for sure in the Jr High age range.

How do you enter?

Click on my Facebook page event listing, and simply upload a photo of your child. Be sure to include their age.

As a thank you from myself and Red Deer’s Child, each selected child will receive a digital copy (with Full printing release) of the images chosen to be in the magazine.

Red Deer’s Child Magazine is your best local resource for families with children, from prenatal to post secondary.

We strive to provide supportive content on health and wellness, education, recreation, classes, local events, community and fun.

Our group of writers includes best selling authors, parenting experts and journalists who are passionate about sharing their knowledge and ensuring the information RDCM provides is trusted and relied upon.

If not, you should pick up a free copy of the latest issue! ( with one of my FAVORITE images of 2011!)

IF you have any questions, feel free to pop me an email

I love road trips. This one cost me a bit extra however! LOL ( totally MY own fault ! oopsy) TSK TSK.

AND NO it WASNT a distracted Driving ticket, it was a speeding ticket, which my children think is REALLY funny.  Until the RCMP came to the door, then Ty started to cry thinking I was going to Jail! ( ya, I don’t speed THAT much!)

Have I mentioned how amazing this group of women are? 

They are fun.

They are goofy.

They rock.

They make me smile.

This time I had the pleasure of driving North to see them, which allowed me to find some find and new locations for their session.

I am so grateful for them to be on the blog again. (smile to you Nancy)

two boys.

two good boys.

one happy mommy.

In case you do not know about Mommy Connections, it is a wonderful “mommies” group that get together once a week in Red Deer.

They discuss and learn many wonderful things, such as sleep habits, how to make your own baby food, baby yoga, and so very much more.

I go in once during each session, do a quick but informative talk on how to take better photographs of your toddlers and babies.

Then also take one free portrait of each member present and their child. Its a perfect way to commemorate their time in the Mommy Connections program.

Mommy Connections have been such a wonderful supporter of myself, that we decided to host a private day of session JUST for Mommy Connections members past and present.

The best part is that 15% of the total sales from the day go right back into the Red Deer Mommy Connections group!

I am thinking that we will be doing another day of Mini Sessions for this wonderful support/friendship group in the spring, so Don’t Miss out!

I can only hope that their portraits share with you all the true amazingness ( hmmn is that a word?)

There is not a lot I can say about these 4.

I will let their images say it all instead.

So we begin the mad flurry of blog posts. 

This one is just fo funny NOT to share. This is a very typical shot. Can you tell that Big Bro is done? LOL! It truly shows his personality and what he was thinking! Sometimes all smiles is just not true. Its not real. Its not life.