bebe. gray:: newborn and at home in the coolest nursery ever.

i was given opportunity to shoot gray's newborn photos last november, right before the holidays. then, the new year arrived and life was busy for us all, so, it wasn't until last week that i had a little visit from gray and her mommy and aunty to pick up their images [they came for tea and a lovely conversation! my clients are such beautiful people, inside and out!]... seeing as though her folks have their image disk at home with them now, i thought it would be fun to share some of my favorites here! i loved shooting in gray's nursery; it's absolutely inspired and so peaceful, like gray herself. enjoy bebe. gray!

gray's fabulous parents!

her daddy is a surfer.

to finish our shoot, we had to take a family "movember" shot. what a fun idea!

Attention Sarnia/Petrolia/Wyoming Residents!

 

katy~* hersey of picture((me))foto

(that's me!)

Is pleased to invite you to attend::

The Sarnia Mini-Session Event!

Canatara Park offers a variety of backdrops for your family or individual portraits.

March 31^st, 8am-1pm

Come out for your fun 30 minute session and receive a disk of 25 high-res images to print as you like. I look forward to planning our session together, whether it be to document a new addition or capturing some recent photos for Mother’s Day!

$150 (Up to 5 individuals. Extra persons/pets will be $25/each.)

Contact me via facebook message or email me at picturemefoto@gmail.com

Hope to hear from you soon!!! Sessions will book on a first-come, first-serve basis.

personal:: goals for february

happy new year's! better late than never, eh? [yes, i suppose canada has rubbed off a bit.]

by the looks of this post, you'd think i did nothing in the month of january. and you'd almost be right ;-)... actually, january was a very good month around here, jam-packed full of catching up on rest and quality time with my charlottes. after the busy holidays [which were amazing, by the way. our time in alabama had a multitude of lovely moments and memories, which included the birth of my brother's first child, visits with family and friends, a simple and wonderful Christmas, and a fun trip to new orleans with marks.]. anyway, i typically begin every year with a lot of self-reflection, but, this new year's i was struck more with gratitude and hopefulness, and the desire to look forward, rather than on the past year. so, i didn't make goals at the beginning of january, which was really relaxing and a refreshing change of pace. everyone seems to know the importance of balance but i don't know that many truly grasp it on a personal level. 

my hope for february is that i will continue to learn where the balance is for my life; more importantly, that God will be my priority and passion before anything else. i'm also looking forward to house guests throughout the month of february, beginning this weekend, w/ no break between guests 'til the 26th!

DECEMBER GOALS::

personal::

• drink 8-10 glasses of water/day.
• call momma 2x/week.
• help charlottes. skype w/ family on mondays
• make november facebook photo album
• write my Christmas journal entry on Christmas day
• finish reading “nurture shock”
• finish 3 crochet projects
• research swim lessons for charlottes.
• make a weekly schedule
• house tour
• get our wills signed/witnessed
• get meal schedule organized for nelsons for jan-march
• mail out Christmas cards by december 16th

picture((me))foto:: 

• shoot 2 sessions.
• wrap up year-end on blog. 

JANUARY RECAP::

• read "the red queen" by phillipa gregory
• helped charlottes. create her Christmas thank-you's [haven't finished writing them yet.]
• undecorated the house/tree
• enjoyed marks.' parents visit from jan 19-22nd
• booked flights to birmingham and detroit [headed to the fam, and to sarnia, mid-to-late march!]
• organized my office
• edited Christmas pictures and posted december and january facebook albums
• shot two portrait sessions

FEBRUARY GOALS::

personal::

• ·         exercise regularly [3x/week]
• ·         journal an update on charlottes.
• ·         read “outliers”
• ·         read “shepherding a child’s heart”
• ·         read john
• ·         look for dressers or cabinets for tv stand
• ·         find big pillow for c.’s bed
• ·         find mattress for c.’s bed
• ·         recover pillows for couch
• ·         get headboard finished for our bedroom
• ·         red hearts in dining room
• ·         help c. make marks. a valentine
• ·         schedule swim lessons for c.
• ·         glasses frames shopping

picture((me))foto::

• ·         shoot 3 sessions
• ·         shoot c.’s 21-month session
• ·         edit january sessions
• ·         update website

oh! lastly, because i feel my last few post have been lacking in visual interest, here's an image taken of my new precious niece, over Christmas. she's darling!

personal:: goals for december

i haven't forgotten my monthly goal-setting... it's just taken me a little while to actually take time to sit and work on this! here you go...

NOVEMBER GOALS::

personal::

• run or workout 3x/week.
• stretch/do crunches each night
• cut sugar from diet
• cut caffiene from diet
• drink 8-10 glasses of water/day.
• call momma 2x/week.
• help charlottes. skype w/ family on mondays
• organize savings goals for house projects/purchases.
• decorate my office corner.
• choose photos for empty frames
• make october facebook photo album
• keep a daily log/journal
• finish reading “nurture shock” (read 4 more chapters)
• finish 5 crochet projects (i did 7!)
• research swim lessons for charlottes.
• make a weekly schedule
• do prep for church Christmas parade float
• organize meals for a friend
• style/shoot our family Christmas shoot

picture((me))foto:: 

• finish editing 1 outstanding wedding
• finish editing 2 outstanding family sessions
• blog at least 2x/week
• shoot/edit 3 sessions (more like 5! Annnnd, done.)

this month was nuts. the list synopsis doesn’t do it justice. even though I cannot mark off the first four items on my personal list, my health isn’t a failure… i fulfill each of them [an exception being the crunches] 70% of the time, but, don’t feel like I can mark them off so it looks like I don’t do them at all. they are noticeably missing from december’s goal list, b/c, hey, I’m not too worried through the holidays whether i am a good girl or not.

my friend who i scheduled meals for, angela, had her surgery on november 21^st, and a week-and-a-half later, was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric cancer. it’s been a lot to absorb over the past few weeks, but, people from church, and friends and family, have all been volunteering to help angela and her family, and i’ve had the privilege of helping organize much of it… i would consider that a big accomplishment for this month.

DECEMBER GOALS::

personal::

• drink 8-10 glasses of water/day.
• call momma 2x/week.
• help charlottes. skype w/ family on mondays
• make november facebook photo album
• write my Christmas journal entry on Christmas day
• finish reading “nurture shock”
• finish 3 crochet projects
• research swim lessons for charlottes.
• make a weekly schedule
• house tour
• get our wills signed/witnessed
• get meal schedule organized for nelsons for jan-march
• mail out Christmas cards by december 16th

picture((me))foto:: 

• shoot 2 sessions.
• wrap up year-end on blog. 

that is all from me for now... i'm off to wrap up some cleaning and laundry because we're leaving town for the holidays!