Happy Halloween! (in May)

the little fairy, originally uploaded by briemarie.

Haha. I know, we're a couple of months early. I bought these great wings after Halloween last year for portraits during the summer, I'm thinking cute little fairy children running around in the grass. I have so many ideas in my head, now bring on the little fairies!

Cheyanne was a great little model, she loved the wings and wore a super sized tutu, at least on her it was huge! She'd give me a funny face all the time, apparently it's the face that Tinkerbell makes, although I'm not willing to believe her on that.

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From Universal ~ Orlando

in color, originally uploaded by briemarie.

We are home from our vacation in Florida! I can't believe how cold it is up here! I got so used to the beautiful 80 degree weather down there that the 60's here in Wisconsin are just so cold.

Anyways, we had a blast. Rob's parents took Cheyanne and we just invited ourselves along, plus I had my little sis, Becky, come with us. It was my first time at Disneyworld, where I took a ton of shots, we hit Coco beach, it was gorgeous (can you believe that I didn't even tan at all?!), and then we hit Universal Studios. Cheyanne loved it all, her favourite ride was Splash Mountain at Disneyworld, Becky and I loved the Peter Pan ride.

The shot I've got here is from Universal's Islands of Adventure. Seriously, I can't remember the last time I had so much fun! Plus, take a look at Cheyanne, she's got her tongue sticking out! She wouldn't smile, so I was trying to get her to smile by making a funny face (with my tongue sticking out of my mouth!) so she copied me as kids are wont and I have this awesome shot of her and papa.

We had a great time, although I'm not sure that I want to fly again, I get so nervous, but I sat next to Cheyanne on the way home, and she was just so excited that the flight home was much easier than the flight there.

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Gorgeous Weather

I went over to Jess's house today and took some shots of the girls. They were both in such a fun mood! The weather was just gorgeous, the sun was out and it was so nice and warm. Jem was riding her bike up and down the sidewalk, trying to race the wind it seemed, while Lana watched. Jess worked on gardening while I took some photos of the girls. What a fun day~spending a beautiful day out of doors in the perfect weather with two charming little girls!

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Dancing Star

elle, originally uploaded by briemarie.

For Elle's fourth birthday, we attended her dance recital. It was so much fun, watching all those little tiny dancers up on the stage. At the end of the dance recital, all the kids got red roses, although Elle broke the head off of hers! She still wanted to keep holding it.

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Baby DJ's first photoshoot!

I went to visit Beth on DJ's sixth day in the wide world with us, and asked to take some shots of baby DJ, Dorathy Jean. She is just so adorable! She was awake when I got there, and she has the most unruly head of dark hair, with a little cowlick in front that looks like a little mohawk, or a dark haird kewpie doll! I was a little nervous doing the shoot by myself, usually I bring an assistant, my sister Beth does awesome with babies, but DJ was so great. She didn't cry or fuss, well, not until we took some without her shirt.

So, here is a little preview of baby DJ:

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April, already?

I can't believe it is April already!! Spring is finally on its way, and here I haven't any news posted since January?! I have to get in gear and post some of the stuff from this year. I just put up some shots from Mollie and Scott's engagement, such a cool couple, and they are both teachers, how cool is that? I've got some wedding shots that are finally perfect, so I'll have to pop some of those up, plus some shots of Miss Sylvie in her heirloom dress that can come up, and that's from this year.
I have to apologize for not being very up to date, but from now on, my goal is to blog at least three times a month! Let's see if I can stick to it.

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Mollie & Scott's Engagement Shots

I just finished processing on Mollie and Scott's engagement shots this weekend. We went out last friday, March 28, and got some great shots of the two of them. We first hit Ochsner's Park and then downtown Baraboo. They were willing to try everything we threw at them. And, Mollie may be our first bride to trash her dress, not literally trash it, but we'd love to take a bride out after the wedding in her beautiful gown and just do some fashion shots. A good website to check out is: www.trashthedress.com, they have some of the most amazing ideas.
It was last minute that Mollie and Scott came to town, but we got some awesome shots. The weather was perfect, the sun was shining, a bit blinding, but it was great to feel the heat from it after the week of blah weather we had.

Here's the preview of their shots:

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