First Christmas Tree

Saturday afternoon we decided to go Christmas tree hunting. I remember going when I was a little girl and since Brent and I have been married, we haven't gone. We've just gone and bought one from a vendor. We decided that we should start cutting down our own because not only is it less expensive, its more fun. Since we have Mallory, we wanted to start the tradition with her. I strapped her in the Moby and we hiked a little ways up a hill in Highlight. It didn't take us too long to find our tree. We have to keep it on the smaller side, so when we found one, Brent got to work. Mallory loves being outside, so she enjoyed it, even the few times that I had to sit down in the snow to keep from falling. We are definitely looking forward to the years ahead when she can enjoy getting out and playing in the snow. Hopefully this will be a tradition that continues for many years to come.

Big Girl Sitting Up

Mallory is now six months old and is becoming such a big girl. The other night I put her in her crib and was letting her play with a new toy for a bit. I went in to check on her and she was just sitting there, entertaining herself. I was amazed at how well she was sitting up. I decided it would be a great photo op to show everyone how big she is getting and to show off her two teeth. She is understanding that when she sees a camera, she is supposed to smile. And does she ever! I can't wait until her teeth are a little bit bigger. Her smile will be that much cuter!



Uh Oh! Mom caught me!




Look at how big I'm getting!

Won't Give Up the Toy

Mallory was so tired one morning that I put her in her swing to lull her to sleep, but I let her hold on to a rattle. Sure enough, she fell right asleep, but didn't let go of the toy. I guess that's what happens when you can barely keep your eyes open. I just thought she was so cute sleeping holding onto her rattle.

Carrie Underwood...Again

Okay, so now that I'm back home and have access to my photos, I can finally add the picture of Carrie and I. She looks almost too perfect in this picture, like I'm standing next to a wax figure of her, but she's the real deal. Again, she was a sweet girl and it was an great evening!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have a hard time writing a post without pictures considering this is a blog to show my photographs, but I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope that everyone had a wonderful day and got a belly full of turkey!

Carrie Underwood and Little Big Town

On Saturday November 22nd, I went to the Carrie Underwood concert in Billings. It was pretty exciting because I had won my tickets only three weeks before the show and along with the tickets, I won a backstage pass for a meet and greet before the show. There was about 25 people that got to go backstage before the show to have their picture taken with Carrie and something autographed. I was all ready to take a bunch of pictures while she was signing things, but right before she came in, we were informed that we weren't allowed to do that. It had happened in the past and I guess it got out of control, so they no longer let people. It was a neat experience. She was very soft spoken and sweet when I got to meet her. My mom went and found our seats before the show, so after I was done backstage and I went and found her. I knew we had good seats, but as it turns out we had great seats. We were only three seats away from the catwalk which allowed for me to take up close pictures. First we watched Little Big Town and then Carrie came out and put on a great show. The show lasted a full three hours. It was a very memorable night. The only thing...As I sit here and type, I realize that I didn't include the most important picture, the picture with Carrie. I am writing this away from home and my pictures, so I will add it once I get home. Enjoy and I will save the best for a little later!




I know these next two pics aren't the best, but I think that they turned out so neat with the light shining on her. It made for a cool effect!

Monforton Wildcats

On Monday, we got the chance to take the boys basketball photos for Monforton School. There were about 20 boys all ready for us. Since this was our first year for sports pictures, we experimented a little trying to figure out what poses would be the best. All in all, I think they turned out pretty well. Now that we have one season under our belts, the girls will be that much easier. We are looking forward to taking more sports pictures and adding them to our portfolio. Enjoy!

Halloween Night

We decided to take Mallory out for her first trick or treating. Most of the downtown stores do a trick or treating for kids so that parents have a safe area to take their kids. Since we live close to there, we decided to walk up. Mallory hung out in her stroller and we went to a few of the stores and got some candy. She seemed to enjoy it. People got a kick out of our costumes, but the one question was 'Where is the ketchup?' Brent said that he didn't want to dress up, so it was just a little hot dog and a bottle of mustard. Later that night we took Mallory to her grandparents house. She needed just a few more pieces of candy! Brent and I had plans to go out later that night, so I finally able to convince him to dress up. Still no ketchup, but I got a hockey player instead. Mallory's first Halloween was great! We all had a fun day and night!

A Week for of Halloween Fun!

Since Mallory has been born, I have been trying to keep up with all her firsts. There are the staples like first smile and first laugh, but then there are the holiday firsts. Since she was born in June, there hasn't been too much for the holiday scene. Sure we had the 4th of July, but now we are starting to get into the holiday spirit and what better way to start then a week full of fun. Last year I was looking at baby costumes and had picked out the one I wanted. With no baby at the time, there was no sense in buying one. Then, I found out I was pregnant at the beginning of October, so when the costumes went on sale and we were telling people about our new addition, I decided to buy the costume. Boy or girl, our baby was going to be a Hot Dog! I loved the outfit. Along with the hot dog, I bought a onesie just to have. Well, with grandparents and hand me downs, we ended up having a whole weeks worth of Halloween clothes. I decided why not put a different outfit on her each day and have some mini photo shoots. I enjoyed it and I think she did too!

Baby in a Pumpkin

When I picked out our pumpkin this year, I picked it out hoping that I could get the baby into it. I picked out one that weighed about 15 pounds and was big enough around for her little bottom. The only thing was making sure that I cut the opening big enough to slide her in. Sure enough, I did just that. On Saturday I took some pictures of my little pumpkin, in her pumpkin. We started the photo shoot in a pile of leaves. That was fun, but all she wanted to do was eat the leaves. I could barely get her to look at me. Then we moved into the pumpkin. It was okay for about five minutes and then she was not happy. Luckily we got a few good shots of her. I absolutely love them! Hope you all like them.

Pumpkin Carving

Last night I was invited to a pumpkin carving party at my friends Jordan and Andy's place. There was about 15 people there all ready to carve up their favorite image on their pumpkin. The night started with a yummy taco bar and then the pumpkins came out. Some decided to freehand their face, some of us used the patterns that come with the kits and some took the artsy approach and did no face at all. There were a few tools that got broken due to the large and thick pumpkins we were trying to carve, but some were smart and brought the power tools to blast through those thick walls. By the end of the evening we had created an array of fancy pumpkins and had a great time doing it. Thank you to Jordan and Andy for having this wonderful party! Hopefully we can make this a yearly tradition.

Poor Red Sox

On Sunday night we were all watching the Red Sox and the Rays play game 7 of the ALCS. If you live in this house, you are a fan of the Sox. From the day Mallory was born, actually since our honeymoon, it was decided that our kids would be Red Sox fans. We spent our honeymoon in Boston, attending two games and bringing back baby outfits for our children. We have a going-home-from-the-hospital outfit in both pink and blue. Mallory wore her's home and wore it again on Sunday. It finally fits, so I decided to take some pictures of her. Well, her expressions reflect the way the game went. At first it was happy, but steadily became frustrated and upset. Our poor Red Sox lost and no one was happy to see it happen.


Go Sox!



The game is okay so far.



Not too sure where this game is headed.



Oh Man! I am not happy. My Red Sox lost!!!