It has been in the works for some time now and I am so excited to be telling you about it now. The Sandbucket is a Magazine that will be a collaboration of many wise women with experiences to share with all. There will be articles for parents, articles for teens, diy projects, recipes, and much much more. The first issue will be titled “Teens and Talents.” This will be due out the end of January. For now follow along on our blog. We will have lots of fun posts from guest bloggers this month. Also please go to our facebook page and become our friend so that you can get all the updates!
The Sandbucket – A new kind of Magazine
December 1, 2011 - 4:35 pm - this is so super cool! you are an amazing woman and so talented. i love the name, the idea and of course the photographs. love this!!!
The Raica Kiddos
November 9, 2011 - 8:16 pm - oh my goodness look at those brown and blue eyes!! really, really great pics...
December 8, 2011 - 1:50 am - I LOVe lOVe these pics the eye color and platinum hair .. Gorgeous!
Happenings around here
Halloween came and blew right by. Ellie picked out a weird looking pumpkin. She knew exactly what she wanted to write on it. She carved out the words, “Inner Beauty.” And wouldn’t you know it, that pumpkin had the best seeds of all of them. Funny thing was, one of the other pumpkins we had looked absolutely perfect on the outside but the seeds were all rotten. 

Yesterday, I got a cute box in the mail. It said not to open until November 5th. I couldn’t imagine why. What is November 5th? So I did what any one else would do, I stared at it. Contemplated opening it, but then all my kids came home from school and read the November 5th thing and I was stuck. So I waited until Midnight and opened it. It was from my sister-in-law Cynthia. It had the sign below in it.
Also, in the box was ribbon and hangers to hang my banner, 40 cute clips with numbers on them and a picture of Evan and I ( I have no idea where that came from). But sweetest of all was the nicest note from Cynthia. So I have a fun countdown until my birthday. Evan is my witness that it made me cry with joy last night as I figured out what was going on. Here is my first day hung up on my banner. I am excited for the next 39 days! 
November 9, 2011 - 6:36 pm - That is a really cute countdown you get to do! I love how excited it made you! Happy Fall!!!
November 9, 2011 - 8:17 pm - that is soooo cute, how thoughtful! i have always loved your thankful tree...
November 12, 2011 - 1:36 pm - Oh I love it!!! How sweet:-))
December 1, 2011 - 9:34 pm - what an awesome idea. I'm jealous!!
An Afternoon in the Orchard
I hesitate to post this family shoot. Not because I don’t love it. It is just that I am not taking on any more family shoots in 2011. Many of you who have inquired about setting up a family shoot have gotten an email stating I am focusing more on photographing newborns, children and teens. It’s not that I don’t love to photograph families. It just seems that the times to photograph families are the same times I should be with mine. I like to do my shoots while my kiddos are at school or at their activities. So I am just finishing up the family shoots that have been scheduled with me for awhile now. I am open however for some more newborn, children or teens in 2011.
Ok, so on with the post already! This family was wonderful. Such a joy to be around. We shot in the orchard in the late afternoon and the lighting was beautiful. And such great kids!
Baby Mia
October 27, 2011 - 5:03 pm - Amazing photos of Baby Mia!!!
November 9, 2011 - 8:18 pm - love that last one, a treasure.
Beautiful Girls
I just found some of these fun photos from Summer and they made me smile. Soooo I thought I would post them. These darling sisters came to model for us for the Teen Photography Class. They were so fun and such perfect models.
October 21, 2011 - 12:38 pm - that last one...wow! love the headbands and those blue feathers..you are super creative...happy friday
Twin Girls
I had the privilege to photograph these twin girls. How sweet they are. How lucky their parents are to have them and how lucky they are to have their parents. ( And of course, how lucky they are to have their sweet cousin Lexi too!)
October 21, 2011 - 12:15 am - These are beautiful Sandi! So happy for those great parents :)
October 21, 2011 - 12:37 pm - i am a fan of twins...:-) love the foot shot, gorgeous.
October 21, 2011 - 5:47 pm - Q and A are so adorable in these pictures! I love that they are holding hands!
Help Caimbre kick Cancer
It’s a good cause and it’s going on now until Wednesday. It is an auction to help little Caimbre kick Cancer. I have put up a couple of items for bid. The first one is a photo shoot for a dancer or dancers. Think of a fun styled photo shoot with different outfit changes. We could do classic ballet shots and some fun artistic shots. Photo shoot can take place in dance studio or my photography studio or a location of your choice. Check it out. It’s going on on Facebook now. All you have to do to bid is like the page and then leave your bids as comments under post you are interested in. 

I also put up a shoot for auction for a Teen shoot. Do you still need Senior pictures or you just want some gorgeous shots? Think styled shoot just for you. Plenty of time for clothing changes and all. Teen Shoots are so much fun! 



Kira
I met up with Kira on a beautiful sunny day for her Senior pictures. Out of the blue, rain started pouring on our heads. It only added to our fun. Kira is one of those girls that is truly beautiful inside and out. These pictures reminded me of the quote below….
Logan
October 6, 2011 - 4:09 pm - he is adorable...seriously. i love, love number one and two, really all of them. awesome props.








































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