Preview: More Povemba Kids

I love the ages of these kids. I'm sure life with four kids is not always perfect, but I can't help think about when my kids will be that age.

I've been having a pretty rough few days with my own kids, and my pregnant belly is telling me I need to take it easy. Wade has been out of town for a long weekend, and then straight back to work, and I can tell the kids are missing him. They are acting out more, and I am getting tired of sending Tyson to time out. REALLY tired. And I need Wade too. Four straight days of single parenting has me worn out to the point I'm fighting getting sick. I have a big load of stuff from Costco that has been sitting in the car since yesterday, and I just can't bring myself to pick all that stuff up for the FOURTH time. You have to load it once into your cart, then onto the checkout belt, then into your car. And my pregnant self just doesn't want to do it again!!! (Don't worry, I already hauled in the perishables). Ava keeps asking, "Mommy, why are there soooo many diapers in the car?" And all I can say is, "Just because Ava. You never know when you may need 186 size 4 diapers!"

But I have to say that posting these pictures this morning has done my heart good. One of the reasons I love photography so much is that it takes your life and makes it stand still. Even if for a moment. And I love capturing those moments. A certain crooked smile, a laugh or a gesture caught in a still moment. I realized this morning that I need to look at my kids as a still moment and realize this time in our life is fleeting and will never happen again.

So no matter what today brings me, I am going to (and constantly praying that I can) look at my children as if through my camera. Mentally capturing who they are TODAY. Not tomorrow, not yesterday, but TODAY.

Here's to taking a moment to appreciate the blessings God has given you TODAY.

Preview: The Povemba Kids

Back in May, Ava's preschool had a silent auction to raise money for some improvements. Since we've lived in Rye, I have not put my name out there (at all) for photography services, but I decided to donate a photo session to the auction. Gottta get back in the saddle sometime!

Lo and behold, the preschool director bid and won the session! So we headed to the Nature Conservancy in Rye and hiked through the woods, to the open field, and then down to the beach area. There are a LOT of great photos, but thought I'd throw out a quick preview of her four beautiful children!

Enjoy Sheridan! More to come...

The Wenzel Workshop

My mind is still swimming from last weekend's Amy Wenzel Workshop in Michigan. I still haven't unpacked! It was quite a non-stop weekend, and I don't know when or if I will actually absorb all the information that's in my little notebook. I got to meet gal pal Melissa there again, and I know she went home as excited and overloaded with information as I did!

It's taken me all week to get through the images from the weekend, mostly because......well, I don't really know. Life I guess.

On Saturday afternoon, Amy had a photo session all set up for us with a group of her kid clients and we split into groups and jockey'd for position to get some shots. Could these kids be more gorgeous??!!

And here is fabulous Amy getting us all started. She was quite the gracious and fabulous hostess.



WARNING WARNING WARNING: Lots of pictures to follow! I need to practice the blog collage thingy we learned at the workshop. Maybe next week.


































Thank you Amy for a fabulous weekend!

Preview: Janeen and Avery

I just finished editing all of Avery's pictures from her one year session, and I can't resist sharing this series. I just LOVE it. The Colorado sunset was golden that night!!

Preview: The Rest of the Morgan Family

Here is the rest of the Morgan family. Little Lexi had her own session that I previewed a few posts ago....

How do you take a family photograph that includes 4 children under the age of 4, and get all 4 children to look at you??? I'm pretty sure the answer is that it's impossible! But that is life with 4 kids, and it's all good. Let's capture real life! That's what I love, and that's why I love photographing families in their homes, because that IS real life.

Here are a couple of the whole family that I love.



Here is Andrew and Zach, who I've been photographing since they were about 6 months old (I think). It's been a long time, and honestly, they look the same now as they did when I first photographed them. The eyes just never change, you know? They just have more hair!





Lucky for me, Brian is a photographer as well, so the past couple sesions we've had, he has his studio all set up in the basement ready to go for us. Lucky me!





I just love these next images. Here are the boys hanging out in Mom and Dad's bed being told to sit and/or lay still...


...and here they are after we told them they could jump like crazy!












Brian and Lindsay, congratulations again on baby Lexi's arrival. You do have a beautiful family, and thanks for inviting me back into your home!