Meet the Lawsons....

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Meet the Lawsons :)

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This was my last family photo shoot of the year. I could have not had a better and kinder family to have worked with. They are a family of 7 and and so beautiful ...on the inside and out. It was truly a joy working with them and they should me the true meaning of family.

Thanks for a great day:)

A few pictures from my POWER BOAT Trip in the Bahamas...

There is the link to the best day trip ever.

http://www.powerboatadventures.com/

I know that it has been a long time since l have been back from my wedding shoot in Bahamas. But l have been on picture over drive since l have been back. Things have now slowed down abit so l just had a
chance to edit one of the best trips of my life.

In the Bahamas they have a day trip called Power Boat Aventures...

All l have to say was it was amazing...out of this world...once in a life time experience!

The day started off with a power boat ride that goes 80 miles per hour (like the miami vice boat) lol..

You are on it for about an hour where you arrive to a private island, where you get off to feed the iguanas. Now these are no normal iguanas..these ones are HUGE...3 feet to be exact. We fed them grapes, went for a dip and then took off to another private island for the rest of the day!

This island is breath taking. The beach is beautiful. The whitest sand and the bluest water.

Here they feed us a meal that is to die for. From fresh salads ..to chicken and ribs.

Then we feed the sting rays and sharks...Yes that right. They came from miles aroung :)

After that we get into the water with them and snorkalled out to the coral reef.

Simply amazing. Here we are in the middle of no where...swimming with hundreds of sharks and sting rays.

It was un believable.

Never in a million years did l feel that l would ever do this.

But l did...i think the free rum helped...lol

We were in the water and all round me were SHARKS...wow!

Here are just a few of the many many pictures of that day!

This is the power boat that we rode on.

Just a view...

Here is one of our Iguana friends :)

My sister and l...

This is where we ate our lunch.

A little resting spot to catch some rays.

This is just another amazing view.

and another...

now this is a friend l made in the bush as l visited the lady's room...lol

It was huge. The size of a silver dollar. Lets just say l screamed very loud as l came running from the bush.

This is Rodney the tour guide...feeding one of the MANY sharks.

Hello sharks...this is what we swam with and in.

This is Babe. The island's wild boar. You are not aloud to touch for the do bit and have in the past. But for some reason he liked me and was licking my arm. I think it was the coconut cream.

Gettin alittle to friendly ;)

Again feeding the sharks.

Having a great time with my sister and enjoying the day to the fullest...amazing.

so if you are ever in the Bahamas l would so recommend this trip. It was $200. but so well worth. Words and pictures can not justify it's true beauty.

Dylan just loves this...

Dylan is a HUGE fan of the crazy frog and well he loves this as he dances around :)

We made ourselves into elfs...

I got this idea from a fellow blogger friend and could not stop laughing...so l did it to my family :)

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1242709259

Twenty something and still holding...

Let me introduce "Sheena" to you all.

She is my cat from when l was a little girl. My parents adopted her from a local animal shelter when l was 15. At the time we got her they figured that she was approximately already 3-4 years old. Since l turned 32 last week , that would make Ms. Sheena about ...

20-22 yrs old.

That's right.

Now she is my daughters cat. And l mean hers. They have such a close bond and she is really really attatched to her, which is causing abit of emotions to flow lately.

Sheena is starting to get abit slow and you can tell that she has arthritis in back legs. Some days are worse then others. Despite that she is still in good health and is always happy and purring to every touch.

We are now trying to prepare Alyssa to the reality that she is getting old and will be going to heaven soon.

So hard to explain to your child, especially when they are so close. Alyssa tears up and says that she doesn't wait to discuss it. But we try to tell her that it isn't fair to let any animal be in pain. So when the time comes that l feel that she needs to be but down ...l will as hard as it is.

If anyone has any advice on explaining or helping the transition of a death of a pet l would love to hear it.

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To tell you the truth l still think this girl has a few more years left and l hope so. I will miss her too. She has been in my life for many years. When my parents divorced about 7 years ago...

Sheena came to live with my husband and l and once again she was apart of my family :)

Alyssa has been asking me for awhile to take some pictures of her and her friend.

So we did and this is one of my favorites.

I am enlarging it and framing it for her so she can have it in her bedroom.

This will be so very special to her...

l know it.

Do you see the dimple :)

This little guys has to be one of my sweetest clients ever...

I have had the chance to photograph him this past year 3 times and he has always been a joy. Smiles from ear to ear.

But this time l noticed ONE dimple and man was it ever cute.

I love it !

Did l mention that his eyes are the bluest eyes ever. I seriously could sit and take his pictures all day long :)

First snow fall

Well had our first SNOW day yesturday and the kids were so excited.

They woke up to only look and the window and see white fluffy snow everywhere.

Talk about excitement for a 3 and 5 year old.

The buses were cancelled so volia....it's a snow day!

Alyssa thought she could catch the snow flakes with her tongue...lol

I remember doing that when l was her age :)

Well here is the start to the winter weather and l tell you l would be very happy if it left after Christmas.

Yuck it is cold and wet out!

Remembrance Day Photos...

Oky l know that these are not the greatest photos in the world but they mean the world to me.

Alyssa was in the Remembrance Day Parade.

She was matching with her Sparks group.

I have to say l was so very proud of my little girl. It even brought a tear to my eye.

AG has her taught her the importance of Remembrance Day and that she should always respect the soliders who where in the war.

She was so proud that she carried the flag.

Here is is waving at me that lady with always my camera in my hand...lol

and here she laid her wreath...

What more can l say but that l am so PROUD of my girl!

I meet a fellow pea member....

So how excited was l to finally meet Robin (aka) Nibor on 2 peas in bucket. She and l have been chatting now for about a year and finally met last week. I had a chance to photography her beautiful family.

It is so nice to finally meet someone who shares in all the same interests as you. And her family was so easy going. I could have loved her little ones up. They are around the same age as my two.

Here are just a few from the photo shoot.

Also some great and amazing news on the home front....my family is going to CUBA on Jan5 for a week. My mother and her boyfriend called a family meeting last Tuesday to annouced that they are sending all of us to cuba...kids, grandchildren, spouses and them. A total of 17 of us going...wow!

What an amazing gift and what a surprise. My kids are so excited about everything...the beach, plane, pool. They have never been anywhere like this so this will be an adventure and l can't wait to sit and watch them. Oh to be a child again.

I can not thank my mom and John enough for this. This gift is going to create memories for all of us that will last a lifetime for sure.

So l have been going crazy trying to get all the paper work...birth certificates, passports and such in order by then.

But it is SO well worth it. Can't wait. My busy season will be over with photos and l will have time to sit and relax...something that l need.

So excited.

the Felix family...

This family was so much fun...even with the super cold weather that we were having that day.

These are just a few of the "fun" ones...

Thats' so much for a great shoot.

The story of the red balloon...

So l have to sit and tell you all the story of the red balloon.

The other night my husband and l were sitting on the couch watching tv with kids, when we noticed that Dylan seemed to be really busy. He ran to his room and grabbed his pillows as well as his blankets and layed them all out in a nice little pile in front of the couch. Then he climbed onto the couch and started tying the red balloon string around his foot. With that he got up...standing on the couch and started flapping his arms so so fast. He had such determination on his face....then he jumped...into his pile of stuff.

He layed there for a secon, with a look on his face like "why didn't it work" and then looked over at my husband and l and said "why can't l fly".

My husband and l really got a good laugh at him. His imagination was truly makin him feel that if he tied this red balloon around his ankle that he would be able to fly. Honestly the way that he was flapping his arms l thought he just may take off :)

You have to enjoy the imagination of a three year old.

more Halloween pictures...

Just wanted to share a few more pictures of the kiddos on Halloween.

I have to say that these are not some of my best work...but as always the night was crazy busy with dinner and customes and takin them here and there before the actual Trick or Treating starts.

I had to crank my iso up to like 1600 (i know) but livin in ontario canada it gets dark really early here and well you have to be fast and l was losin light pluse Dylan only lasted about a half an hour. Still not feelin well. Poor little guy. So if l wanted a picture of him l needed to work fast.

Don't you just love his wink above. I do.

And of course Alyssa has to pose for each and every picture...lol

This one was taken earlier in the day on the way to school. It was in the door way of my mud room. The light was comin in. I just burned out the back ground with PS. Got to love PS.

I have to tell you what Alyssa said to me when she got home from Trick or Treating... she said..."mom, l sure did get the mother load". Where does she come up with these things!