I’m proud to introduce to you, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lackey, married June 6th 2009. Congratulations Adam and Melissa. And thank you for allowing me to capture your most important day. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
(A quick thank you to Jessica at Epagafoto for letting me shadow her the weekend before. Jessica is an awesome wedding and engagement photographer. Be sure to visit her site at Epagafoto.com. Thanks Jessica.)
With the two older ones gone at camp, I wanted to make sure I did some special things with the two younger ones. We love berry picking. We started several years ago picking blueberries at the Berry Patch at 223rd/Stateline. I fell so in love with the having fresh berries, we started planting our own bushes. We have a nice blackberry and blueberry patch in our backyard. Every year we add a few more bushes.
Last year we discovered a berry patch up near my in-laws in Highland, KS. Grimm’s Gardens is located North of Hiawatha, KS. I couldn’t believe the size of the berries on their bushes. They were huge! While we were there, I discovered Raspberries. The season for Raspberries was coming to an end, so weren’t able to pick very many, but enough for some Raspberry jam. My taste buds fell in love 
I discovered a new berry patch near Baldwin, KS. Lawson Brothers Berry Farm. Lawson’s has strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Strawberry season has ended, but raspberries should still be available for another week. If you get a chance, go pick you some. At Lawson Brothers, they are $3/pound. What a bargain! It’s a good thing they don’t weigh you before you pick.
Here’s a few photos of us enjoying our berry picking.
Have a great weekend.
I had a great time photographing this family. They were so funny. They kept making each other laugh. Capturing smiles from them was no difficult task.
Thank you Jeff and Diane for allowing me to capture your family. I sure enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
Oh when it’s summer time
and your thoughts of school are fading’
there’s a big ole’ bus that’s waiting,
it’s waiting, it’s waiting to go
wo-oh
If you’re a parent and you’ve not listened to Justin Roberts, check him out. Google Justin Roberts and there are several websites to preview his music.
Our family owns one of his CD’s, Way Out. One of the catchiest songs on the CD is Day Camp. It seemed appropriate to sing that song this morning. My boys left for camp for the first time. Headed to 4-H camp for 4 days and 3 nights. I’m so excited for them but I still worry. I hope that have a great time, but can’t wait for them to come home safely.
Here’s a few pictures of us sending them off this morning. (Thought their dad might enjoy this).
Isabella was a model baby 
She was so sleepy, her mother and I were having so much trying out so many different poses with her.
Thank you Sarah and Jeremy so much. Congratulations! Isabella makes a wonderful addition to your Madl family. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
I have to admit, booking a session with five children can make one sweat, just a bit. Having four children of my own, I know what a daunting task it is just trying to get them to even look at the camera sometimes. But this family was such much fun to photograph, they made the session a breeze. The four boys were so great. They had a ball on our new tire swing, exploring our pasture and splashing in the water. The baby of the bunch, the only girl, was a bit shy at first, but once we broke out the bubbles, she came to life.
Thank you Amelia for allowing me to photograph your fun loving beautiful family. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
I had the wonderful privilege of photographing my first senior girl last week. The session was even a little more important because this was my neighbor. I’ve known Bailey for the past 6 years. I can’t believe she’s graduating from High School. I’m so excited for her. She is headed to the BIG state of Texas for college. I wish her all the best, and hope she comes home to visit, lots
Bailey was such a trooper. I drug her all over Bucyrus for her session. I even made her scale a fence with her dress on. But it was so worth it. We got some wonderful shots. Thank you Bailey. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek. Best Wishes.
That’s what this little girl was made of. Meet Lily. My first baby girl newborn I had the privilege of photographing. Lily is such a beautiful baby and she was so good. Thank you Lily and Lisa for allowing me to photograph you both. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
I think pretty much any mom would agree that any baby is a special blessing from above. But sometimes those blessings are extra special.
Stephanie and her husband Skip have two adorable children, Emerald (love her name) and Calvin (yeah, kinda like that one too ;D I met Stephanie last spring at our annual Wea Golf Tournament. They had recently moved to Kansas from Texas. She shared with me that she and her husband had adopted Emerald and Calvin while living in Texas.
I would see Stephanie here and there occasionally, but our paths didn’t cross much. Later this fall I got to catch up with her at a girls night out. Dressed in maternity clothes, I found out Stephanie was unexpectedly expecting. How exciting! I was so happy for her. She was due at the end of February.
Everyone knows babies have their own schedule and plan. Stephanie’s son Zach just couldn’t wait to meet his mom and dad and new sister and brother. He arrived 8 weeks early at 31 weeks. Not due until February, Zachary arrived on December 27th. Going through the posts on Stephanie’s blog, found here, is no less than heart wrenching. Seeing just how small and fragile this teeny tiny baby is. Hooked up to tubes and machines. Giving birth is such a joyous miracle. But to have to go through all that. My heart goes out to not only Stephanie and Skip, but any parent who was to experience this.
Zachary came home on February 7th. Between the time he was born and his home coming, Stephanie had such a exhausting schedule. She had two babies at home that needed her, but a newborn in the hospital that she had to feed to on a schedule. Stephanie goes into great detail on her blog, but to give you a brief description, it went something like this:
* 41 hours in the car traveling back and forth to the hospital–time spent w/o any of my children in most circumstances.
* Over 5 hours of time spent solely scrubbing in and/or washing hands–you know, got to make those hands bleed
* 70 + hours pumping, time usually devoted to my youngest, but usually w/o him anywhere near me
* 25 + hours of preparing/cleaning pump parts/pumps before and after use both at home and at the hospital
* over 13 hours of traveling from the car to Zach’s room and back again (the parking lot is always packed and he is on the 4th floor, elevators are awful!)
* guessing at least 5 hours time devoted to insurance issues dealing with this experience, and surely more to come
To say that Stephanie was tired is more than just an understatement! I don’t know how you did it Stephanie. My hat goes off to you. During all this, Stephanie seemed to remain so positive and kept up with posting to her blog. If you have a moment, stop by and visit Stephanie’s blog. This girl deserves some kind of Mother of the year award, in my eyes.
And finally, here he is. Meet Zach, weighing in at around 6 pounds at at little over 4 weeks old. I can’t fathom it. My babies all came out tipping the scale at at least 8 pounds or more. Congratulations Stephanie, Skip, Emerald and Calvin. We are so happy for you.
