Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Gilbert Golden Scholars 2011





These girls work so hard and maintain high, HIGH grades all year!!! Additional award presented by a teacher for "Teacher Nominated" student, this student has shown great character throughout the year as well being a good example to others! Very Proud here.

Over the years these two friends stand together in grades, values, morals and friendship!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

The "B" Family

These kids are so beautiful and I had the best time with them~ I have know this fun family now for a few years and what a sweet surprise when I got a message asking me to do some family pictures.

A Mother's Love.Thank you B family for a wonderful Saturday afternoon! The Mr and Mrs who made these gorgeous kids. and of course his sweet momma who is always close by for support on any level!K~ I have seen you grown up so much over the years! What a beautiful young lady you have turned into...Daddy's girls! I love this shot of all three of them and each had their own look and yet you know they are related and they truly love each other!Father and his Son




Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Take a ride in the Mountains of Globe, Az

For the natural beauty of the outdoors we do not need to go very far. We pack up our trailers and head out to the mountains. After a long ride we come to a spot where we decide to have lucnh, relax and enjoy the natural elements of our backyard. Brothers. Bonding. Friends. This is a special kiddo in my heart, and anyone who knows anything about Autisum knows it is hard to photgraph these kids, they do not generally like to take photos, but this young man actually let me take several this day. After some refreshments these two were on the look for crawdads. Always the fierce competition to find the biggest, but not so much luck on this outing.... This is just the time when you need to reflect on what is important. To be able to take in all that is beautiful. It is a time to stop and slow down and enjoy the peace that only being away from everything else can do for the mind. And there are always the show-off's who want their pictures taken as well. After a fantastic afternoon it is so long to this peace of earth, it is time to head back to reality..... So until our next photo shoot whether it is in a setting or another adventure. Ciao!

















Monday, May 2, 2011

Friends

These two girls have been friends for ....well a really long time! There is always laughing and always smiles. They share a passion for many things and even share their birthday month...

Always looking for a new opportunity to find something fun and this door was just the right color today....



Monday, April 25, 2011

Tombstone, Az

OK Coral in Tombstone, AzThese costumes were amazing to me, with all as close to origianl as possible to this time era!!The time they spend planning and preparing for us to see re-enactments of the wild west days.....and of course some older things laying around I can alwasys seem to find to shoot a picture of and if it has to do with horses then another perk for me as I grew up on horses!



















I love the peace you can only find when on or in a Temple. A few of my favorites.....

Salt Lake Temple, I created this using the reflection pond. Still my favorite shot.


Provo.

Salt Lake.



Mesa.












Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter 2011

Easter morning before church, she tells me what a beautiful day for a swim.....and I think not!

ok so now we seem to be a bit more serious,I just love how the light reflects and captures the real personality of a sweet spirit. After all the spirit of our Savior is what this is all about......and this little gal is full of his Spirit. Thank you to our Savior for the Atonement and to this day of reflection, may we all be Blessed.
Happy Easter








Saturday, April 23, 2011

Rube Goldberg Mine

On a long dusty ride we stop for some comic relief and quick exploring of an old wash...



and down he goes... looking for adventure, and there is always an adventure to be found with boys around!









So after our little break we ride on and alas we make it to Rube Goldberg Mine, built after WWII. Amazing how they managed to get all this equipment back here and how they constructed it without todays technology! Now it is used for kids to climb and explore











Just another amazing piece of machinery that is art to my eye...






A different angle....









And down the shaft they go....I could not believe how far it really is and steep, this angle really does not do justice.







and once at the bottom, she looks down only to notice it is a very far drop....so she must go back up to a side door...the adventure of a young explorer.





...So another adventure down and many to go...until the next trip...








Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sealed for Time and Eternity

Two young hearts joined in the House of the Lord for Time and all Eternity...love is sometimes spoken in silence,

while every girl loves her shoes,and every guy still loves to climb a tree...let this new chapter in their life begin.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

This little girl is growing up before my eyes....

Time flies by so quick that without my love of pictures I wouldn't believe it until I reflect on yesterdays.......

We share a passion for the outdoors, and I love natural lighting. I like to add old things to now things to create images that will be forever...

And then there are just those moments when you catch true beauty...