Between trips to the beach and the local frozen yogurt shop, you need to head over to Rascals to Rebels.  They are having summer clearance and the deals are crazy good!  I pick up swimsuits for my kids at the beginning of summer and then when they start to look a little ragged mid-summer, I can score a new one for a great price.  Especially with the Indian summers we have here…as in: we’re still swimming in October, one swimsuit won’t last all summer!

And speaking of Rascals to Rebels, I wanted to share a few backdrops from over the years.  I love to create and these backdrops have been so much fun to make.  I only use them for the store, so it makes it extra special for all the Rascals to Rebels customers!  When I went through my photos, I forgot how many I’ve done!  These are only from 2009 and 2010!!

I photograph a lot of birthday parties and the reaction to eating cake and frosting for the first time undoubtedly makes some memorable pictures!  Lincoln so thoroughly enjoyed his cake that the rest of us couldn’t help but just crowd around and be entertained.

Even Lincoln’s big brother Hudson got in on the fun!

I was going through the archives and found one of my very first photo sessions.  It was the summer of 2007.  I had just bought the Canon 5D and I was practicing on every willing friend.  Looking back, I’m really lucky my friends were so gracious to me as I worked out my skills and business practices.  I noticed in these photos that my style is still much the same…babies and kids.  Being cute.  Being themselves.

I love this curly redhead!  I’ve been photographing her since she was a baby and now she has a new baby sister.  I can just envision our future photo sessions with two little sets of red bouncy curls.  Love!