HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween! A friend of mine came over with her boys and we had a good time playing around with the kids and taking pictures of them. With 5 boys, 5 and under, it was a bit of chaos. There was a lot of noise, running bodies, shooting guns, and wrestling going on.

We managed to get some great photos, and having the boys dress up was really fun. Here is a HUGE share of the pictures we got.

My youngest, getting into the spirit of Halloween


The Magician




Optimus Prime


Two TOO cute pumpkins


Cutest flop eared bunny in the world




Cute baby pumpkin!

My favorite boys in the whole world.

I thought I better take some pictures of my own gorgeous boys. Keep in mind all these photos had a cost... $5. My oldest son will only take direction for bribes, and of course only paper money will do. The baby takes no direction at all. In fact he did not want to look at the camera at all. So I felt fortunate to get the shots here without anyone ending up in tears (me mainly).

I had originally planned on taking them downtown to do an urban feel photoshoot... but then thought about trying to corral the two boys on my own and quickly changed my mind. I found this little strip of park near Grandma's house. The leaves are just starting to change colours and I was really pumped to see some beautiful red foliage.



I was not upset at all to see the graffiti on the bench. I think it makes the photo a little edgier and more exciting.



I am more than a little biased when I say that my boys are the most beautiful ever.




Just a couple more...





Thanks for looking!

First Birthday Cake Smash!

My baby boy turned 1! I've been waiting to try this cake smash idea out and thought that this was the perfect moment... but apparently not. He was not impressed with my cupcakes, and was equally unimpressed that I was trying to take pictures. Oh well! Maybe next year right?

Old Fashioned Road Trip

How fortunate we have been! My family was able to spend 10 days on an old fashioned road trip with my parents. My husband and 2 boys and I crowded into my parents new mini-van for a road trip that would take us from Saskatoon, to Malta Montana, down to Great Falls then through Glacier National Park through British Columbia in Radium Hot Springs (both places my husband and children have never been) then to Calgary Alberta and then back home. It was a whirlwind adventure that had ups and downs. Thankfully my husband is a good sport and put up with my parents, getting to know them in ways maybe he never wanted to. HAH! The whole time I found such beauty in the mountains and forest that I never wanted to come home to the bald prairies. Oh well, here I am again and I can see many more trips to the mountains with our boys. I am so glad to have been able to share this with my whole family. It has definitely been a lesson on patience, love, family and beauty. All the following pictures were taken by me on my Dad's point & shoot camera (YES!) in Glacier National Park.

Great Family!

This was a really awesome family that I have known since my oldest son was just a baby. They were such great models and I am thrilled that they suggested this location. It just has so many possibilities and was really fun to find good places to take pictures. We had just wrapped up due to some dark clouds rolling in when the sound of thunder started. On the way back to the car Mike (my husband and reluctant assistant) and I had to run because it just started pouring!! So I am exceedingly thrilled that we managed to get these pictures without all of us getting caught in the storm.

These girls were so pretty. I could not believe how much they had grown since I had last seen them, the littlest was only a few months old. Its amazing how much they can change and grow in a year and a half.

The littlest girl had the most gorgeous light blue eyes (and of course at this age was not interested in the crazy lady making noise and shoving the camera in her face). The older girl is now such a sweet little lady, I still remember her and my son being roly poly babies and I am blown away at how they are turning into such amazing little people.

Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them and developing them. Thank you!!!

What a good sport!

My friend agreed to come down and take some test photos for me. I think she did a fabulous job, and I am super psyched about some of the locations that we found while wandering around the downtown area.