little girls

These two little darlings had the sweetest pink cotton candy dresses ever! :)

kids!

I think you must be a bit bored with all my animal photos. As much as we love them, there are other great subjects to photograph. Like kids! meet Daniel -

And if that's not enough cute for you, meet his baby sister Sophia :)

I love my dog.

If you've looked at this blog over the last few years, Luka Bear is no stranger to you. He came to me through a posting on the web - his previous people abandoned him and he needed some serious care. Luka and I had a very special bond and he became my closest friend. He was pretty old when I got him - we don't know how old exactly - but I'm glad that the four years he was with me were really good. Luka died of prostate cancer last August (2009). I really miss him. I'm not sure I can write a real conclusion to his DOGumentary, so here are just a few of the many photos I have of him. I'm so glad I have them, even the crappy iPhone photos. They help me celebrate the time I had with him.

An early photo of Luka and Sammy playing. (We lost Sammy to cancer also, a few years ago.)

Sammy was Luka's first canine friend. They loved each other.

Luka always slept behind my knees - I miss that.

caught playing on the bed!

mmmmmm coffee!!

Luka and me on his last day.

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras

Sonar

Guinness

we don't exactly dash through snow in Arizona

Thought I'd show off the cards I just made. We photographed these earlier today in the studio on the cute new set I made this year for kids. The plan was to shoot only Cody on it, but he just wouldn't stay there alone.

I still don't feel quite ready for the holidays, but at least this year we have a card! Let me know if you need photos and cards too- I have some great options. :)

Happy Holidays everyone!

cute overload

meet Sweetie. She was at the Great Southwest Scooter Fiesta last weekend out at Joe's Farm Grill in Gilbert, Arizona. I was at the event for ASU Art Museum, but also because it was a fundraiser for the Maricopa County Animal Care & Control, and well, I may have mentioned once or twice that I love animals. They were on hand with the big adoption van, too- they adopted out 14 animals on Saturday, which was a record for the van! Sweetie went home to a new family too- and they were already in love when I met them. And can you blame them? Look at this sweet puppy!

rescue dogs rock.