And So it Goes...

...another year gone. I had a great 2008, mostly thanks to all of you out there. I had fantastic customers who helped me far exceed the expectations I had going into this year. I'd like to thank each of you for choosing us to be your photographers, I really hope you'll continue to come on back to us any time you need pictures. Looking ahead, with so many amazing changes and opportunities in store for our business, I'm just in awe of how far we've come in the past two years. I'm so glad that you all could be a part of it!

The end of the year is always a time of reflection, and as I think about how great this year was, I remember everyone and everything that made it so great. All of my friends and family who are so caring and supportive, my husband (the goofball) who loves me unconditionally and always makes life interesting, and most importantly, my Savior. I would be nothing without Him, I'd have nothing without Him. He has blessed Adam and I in too many ways to count, I'm so thankful for His grace and for His awesomeness! :)

I hope you all have fun plans for this evening as we ring in the New Year. Be safe and God bless!

-Gina

Michael & Sara

My brother Michael proposed to his girlfriend Sara on Christmas! They were in town visiting from Colorado, and since I may not see them again before their wedding this summer, I had to do a quick engagement session! They've been dating for about 9 months and seem so perfect together. I met Sara for the first time in July when we went to CO for a visit, and she fits right into our family. I hardly had to give them any direction at all for the pictures, they're just so in love! I'm so happy for you guys and I love you!

Michael got cold and I gave him my coat since I was hot. It was a little small...

CHRISTMAS

We are CLOSED! After today, I will hopefully be able to stay away from the studio and take a Christmas break with my lucky husband who gets 16 DAYS off since he's a teacher, which is crazy but awesome! Run-on sentence. Sorry bout that. So...that means we will not be answering emails, taking orders, talking to you on the phone, et cetera et cetera (please pronounce each syllable separately), til our first day back which is January 6!

Lindsey and I got a little kooky today...must be the thought of the ENORMOUS break we're about to get!

Crystal + Nathan

I love this couple. They were so sweet and so in love and so emotional that it was hard not to get caught up in it all and feel like I'd known them for years. Crystal's dress was amazing, their ceremony was amazing, and they even went outside in the single digit freezingness, all for the sake of getting great pictures. The wedding was up in Manhattan on Saturday (our last wedding of 2008!), so I got to go some locations that I hadn't been to in awhile, and some I'd never been to. Super fun stuff. Here are my favorites...there are a lot and I didn't even put them all up.

Tyler

I've been taking pictures of this crazy dude since he was brand new! I made yet another nervous venture into the studio, and while I still don't have it all figured out, I think we got some really good stuff. Tyler made me laugh...he gives hugs and (open-mouthed) kisses, so I was treated to both. :) And he loved to press the button on my pocket wizard that made the light go. He stared directly in the light and pressed it over and over and over. Hopefully that didn't do any permanent damage. Tyler's getting a new little brother in March, can't wait to take pictures of the two of them together!

His favorite thing was to sit on the EDGE of the paper backdrop, not the middle, so we went with the flow...

W&W's = M&M's. Gotta learn the code language before I have kiddos!

I think this is my favorite:

Here we are trying to drink "mulk" and eat M&M's...at the same time. That's one talented little guy.

Another favorite: