Project 365 - Day 78. Kelly's Upside Down Ball | Pewaukee Children's Photography

I'm just downloading my drives after a busy night at Kelly's Upside Down Ball.  Kelly is our 7 year old friend and neighbor.  She has Down syndrome and is a leukemia survivor.  Kelly's mom, Robbin, is a champion.  She runs Wisconsin Upside Down AND holds an annual ball in Kelly's honor.  Tonight was the night.

It was a circus theme and very cool.   I'm too tired to share the details, but there were a lot of happy, tired faces by the end.  And here was the most important face of all....Kelly's.

Project 365 - day 54 (and friends). Venue Option 1

I'm inspired.  I've decided to definitely host a charity event in March.  I've been tossing the idea around in my head for about a month now but I had a real sign yesterday that set me over the edge so today I'm in full planning mode and very excited!  Details will come as I iron out the details but for now you can check out some quick snaps I took at a potential venue today.

Love the colors in this area:

This is great!  A REAL Barn door and REAL barn floors...people pay big bucks for fake one, ya know?!

Aren't these floors AWESOME?!?!

Gorgeous light!  Gorgeous props!

I have my eye on that great wall!

Lest you think that I made Clare pose and Emma cry the whole time...

The fun wall behind them while they played.  Love, love, love it!

And yes, please God, Bless these kids for tolerating my excursions!  This won't be the last of them...

In The Midst of It....

I am in the midst of a very busy weekend!

This morning I got to test out the new camera/lens for real and it was very fun! I have to get used to the blur it can create....very cool but also a little bit dangerous (in a good way). I always have a great time with this family...they seem to have great laughs together and a lot of adventure in their lives. As you'd expect with 4 kids ages 5 and under! Unfortunately a couple of the cuties are sick so we had to take lots of cough-y breaks but they still look adorable. Amazing eyes on these kids!!

Tomorrow I'll be spending the afternoon at a Clothing Swap benefitting the Children's Hospital. It's the first time I'll have a booth somewhere so it's been some working getting organized for it but I'm looking forward to it. Then tomorrow night is scheduled to me my first volunteer session with Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. I'm nervous about it but also glad to finally be able to contribute to such an amazing organization. I'll post later this week with more information on the organization and an update on how it went.

In the meantime, a sneak peek for Jennifer and family...hope you're all feeling better soon!

Second Set of Sisters

These little cuties are just 14 months apart and I bet they keep Mom very busy! We had a great time playing in the back yard and some got some great giggles when they were together. Lots of fun...thanks Lisa! I know you're anxious to get your photos - I'll get them to you soon.

In the meantime, enjoy...

Girl Power

Yesterday I had two sessions and both of them were two sisters. I have an older sister so I always enjoy seeing the dynamics of how sisters get along. I really enjoyed my time with these two sweeties and Mom got some great outfits. Thanks so much for sharing them with me, Laura.

Winter Wonders

Today was meant to be a lovely fall shoot. Unfortunately for three terrific little boys it felt more like winter than fall! They were great and braved the cold weather though and they looked just adorable. Thanks for being such great troopers, guys.....and Mom and Dad, too!

BTW, I think maybe this family is hoping to be seen on future Illustrations Photography marketing materials....they're wearing my colors! Good thinking, Amy...that just might work.

Boys Will Be Boys

I first met my friend Amy when our oldest boys (Corey and Sam...both starting 1st grade tomorrow) were still babies and our kids have grown up having playdates together. Even though we don't get together as often as we'd like anymore, the kids always have a great time and the boys quickly pulled out their (stick) light sabers and started their Star Wars battles. So, it was a lot for me to ask poor Sam and Lincoln to come away from the entertainment to spend time with boring 'ol me but they were great sports and I tried to make it as fun as possible. I'm no Corey, but I did my best and they humored me. :-)

I just had a look and I got a lot of cute shots of each of the boys and even of the two of them together so I'm really pleased! Hope you like them too, Amy...these first black and white ones are for you:


And, just for fun, these ones are for Sam and Lincoln! Thanks guys!