final year of fifth grade together.

This is the last year I will have a Mosley kid in my fifth grade class.  Two have survived the craziness that is my classroom, and one is currently sitting in the front row smiling at me every day.  I have been blessed by this dear family.  Give me a Mosley kid any year.

Hopefully, this isn't the last year I will take their pictures because they are a photographer's dream to work with!  I love their smiles, their interactions with each other, and their boots.  Enjoy the peek...I can't wait to work on their Christmas card!

katie, part two.

 I'll let the pictures talk.  Katie is beautiful.  The end.

 I simply had to take a picture of Katie's belt.  I love it!  And it believe it cost more than the sweater.

what's a little rain?

Little Miss Ruby just turned two and Baby Charley is  already three months old. 

A little rain could not keep us from taking some pictures at Miller Park. 

 "Park" to a two year old means swings and slides. 

Only it was too wet for swings and slides. 

Poor little Ruby.

She made it quite clear where she wanted to go.

But she also gave some sweet smiles and played peek-a-boo with a hat

I knit for my daughter's senior pictures five years ago.

Charley did her part.

She smiled.

She cooed.

She held her head up.

Then she napped.

Pete and Janet?

Champs as always.

Love this family.

She was determined to make it to the park.

So off she went.

What's a little rain?

meet the scheets.

I recently met the Scheets family on the lovely grounds of Bloomington Country Club.  They looked absolutely stunning and the weather was picture perfect to capture some keepsake images.

In July, I met Mollie and Todd with their three boys on the hottest day of the summer. It was such a treat to meet agian and take some pictures of their family when we weren't all drenched in sweat!

Mollie, this picture makes me happy!

siblings.

good times.

Nicholas John Chambers 23 hours ago via twitter:  Coffee and photoshoot with my mother. Great time.

When this tweet showed up on Facebook, I entered my comment:  "good times."
I read it back to myself and thought, "that sounds lame."
Delete.
From across the table, Nick mocked, "Really Mom? 'Good times?'  Fail." 
"I deleted it.  I have nothing witty or cool to say."
"Well don't ever say, 'good times.'"
I hit the "like" button and said nothing further.

Bribery is usually involved when I take pictures of Nick, but he actually asked me for this little photoshoot!   As a musician/songwriter he needed some new promotional shots and provided creative input into the images. He loaded the Radio Flyer with an old Roland keyboard, Daddy's even older guitar, and a ukelele named Eleanor Rigby.  After a quick Starbuck's run, we stopped at one of my favorite locations in Bloomington...under a downtown overpass.  Let's just say I was glad to have a strong man with me, even if he was only armed with a guitar.

 Spider man and the amazing hanging guitar.

Rigby kept falling off the wagon, raising safety concerns for my future grandchildren. 

I don't care how lame it sounds.

  Good times.

To listen to some of Nick's music visit http://www.myspace.com/nicholasjohnchambers

tutu tummy time on a table.

Ruby and Charley sharing tummy time on the table.

Sweet little cutie pies.

They are distracting me from my massive "to do" list.

Oh well. 

That list can wait its turn.