52 week Photo Challenge??? Yes, I think so!!!!!

I have seen these "challenges" floating around the world wide web for the past little while now, and I just decided that if I found a good one, I would do it too!  You are given a word, or a phrase, and must come up with a picture to describe that particular word or phrase!  So, the time has come and I've been "challenging" myself for 4 weeks now.  I will try to update on here every week, after I've completed that week's challenge.  So far, I'm only 4 pictures behind on posting....so here they are:

Week 1: Shadows

Week 2: Peace

Week 3: Defeat

Week 4: Sunset

Looking forward to next week's challenge----  "Spice"

Carrie

Mr. Rylan turns 1!

So I just happened to be planning a trip to my parents' place this month, and an old school mate of my sister's contacted me about doing a photoshoot of her youngest little guy, Rylan.  He was, of course, adorable and such a happy little guy!  Here's a few snapshots to enjoy!

Thanks for providing me with such a good model, Jenny and Murray, and for letting me capture his sweet smile!(not to mention a few cute shots of him with his big brother and big sister!)
Carrie

20.....13!!?!!?!!?!!!

Oh my, I can't believe I managed to skip posting pictures from an entire year!!!!!  2012 was good to me.  I was able to watch my little one grow and have her very first birthday cake (it was a hello kitty cake that I whipped up over the course of a few days).  My husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary.  I became an aunty twice over again--a niece in January and a nephew in November.  I also had the privilege to be the photographer at 3 weddings, and we attended 6 more weddings on top of those 3!!!!  I also managed to fit in a few family, and one baby photoshoot!  I decided not to return to my full time position at Louis Dreyfus Commodities, which was a hard thing for me to do, but I value my precious little family more than my busy days of grain elevator mumbo jumbo.  So yes, 2012 was a successful year, challenging, very busy, with quite a few ups, and not so many downs, but I'm looking forward to yet another wonderful year filled with many blessings!  Bring on 2013!  Here are my favourite shots of the past year...

My "Hiatus"

Hello again everyone!!!  Just thought I'd let you all know that I will be on a temporary hiatus from my photography.  The reason being that I am busy being a new mom to a beautiful baby girl that was born October 12, 2011.  We named her Elise Sarah.  (Sarah being my great grandmother's name)  She has officially taken over our lives and we love her more than anything! Being able to have a child is the most amazing experience in the world and I would not take back any of the sleepless nights, or the crying sessions, or anything about it for that matter!  Here are a couple of shots that I managed to take in between her naps--and mine!

Carrie

love love love :)

I had the pleasure of doing engagement photos for these 3 great young couples!  Can't wait to do the photos for their weddings next year!

first up........Megan & Adam!

Then there was Brigitte & Brian...

And last, but not least, there was Mindy & Landon

Huge congrats to these 3 lovely couples!

Family Time

Here are some pictures of the families that I took pics for earlier this summer!

Thanks to the Baumann's---the little ones were quite the challenge, but I did manage to get a few good ones!!!  :)

Then there was the Wutzke's........these little girls were so cute and they absolutely LOVED playing with my kitties!

See what I mean?  Cute, cute, cute!

Thanks to the Baumanns and the Wutzkes!  :)