Meet Sam. Over a year ago Sam began his growth but was soon bagged in favor of other projects. The girls, Annie especially, have been begging (or bugging) me to finish making him on a monthly since. When I discovered the sack in which he resided while cleaning out the craft room he looked so sad, lonely, faceless, and in pieces (literally). I decided at that time that he needed to be completed. Fortunately, there wasn’t much else to do other than make his legs, tail, and cheek puffs and to assemble him. The job only took a couple of hours of my time. Now look at him. Sam is a happy, healthy, stuffed cat that can’t hold his head up on his own. And the girls love him to pieces (figuratively). Mimi has been carrying him around ever since, and Annie is demanding another kitty so that she has one to carry around, too. Isn’t Annie such a wonderful big sister to not even question that the first kitty would belong to Mimi? The only complaint I have about Sam is that he was like trying to frost a chocolate cake with white icing. That white stuffing shows up everywhere, and Sam is a lint trap.

It was fun to work with an “older” group this time. Up until now I’ve always had photo shoots that included chasing after wee ones, but not this time. I could actually tell ALL of my models what to do, and they actually listened to me.

The weather is crisp and the fall colors are prevalent. Mimi was being so spunky with her “puppy tails” that I felt compelled to snap her in the moment. It certainly is a change of scenery to have a cornfield as our backyard. I wish we hadn’t been too busy to enjoy it when it was full of lush greens. However, the golden beige isn’t so bad to look at.

I can’t begin to tell you how fun it was to snap this family. O and G, the kids, were full of personality and had me laughing during much of the shoot. They also moved this summer to the great state of Washington. Talk about a major change all the away across the country.

I don’t know why this one makes me giggle. Maybe it’s G peeking over the edge.

This is their true personality. Who wants to just sit and smile?

How could I not include this? This kid should go into acting or at least comedy.

It was hard not to feel biased toward this family since they reminded me so much of my own with 2 sweet girls. These young ladies were very close, and it’s so obvious in the pictures of just them. My heart melted when I saw how well they played together and how big sister watched her with loving eyes. I wanted to scoop them up and take them home.

I cracked up at this one. Baby S is looking at me like she’d really want me to be somewhere else.

Look at these two, how sweet!