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Birthdays and quality girl time

Nothing makes another year/ day/ hour/minute better than spending quality time with my girlfriends.  I have been extremely (yes I am emphasizing this word a LOT) blessed in having wonderful women who are so uplifting and caring, not only to me my family, but to my spiritual and emotional well-being.  (Like: “who can get coffee with me fast, so I can get out of the house and talk to non preschoolers for the day!”)

We all met in college almost 11 years ago and have been together through moves, husbands and children.  Although there are about 15 of us (half living in the Cities and the other half over the rest of the country), we have all been able to see each other a couple times a year or more.

This is also the year of the big 3-0!

This time it was Sarah’s turn to go up in the ladder of years.  For her birthday she asked if I would be willing to photograph as many of us girls that could come and we headed out to St. Paul to enjoy the afternoon and quality girl time.

( Disclaimer ***  the models you see below are actually real, amazing, beautiful women and moms that I I have the privilege of calling friends.  Love you all, and even those of you who could not have been there that day, I am so blessed! xoxoxo!)

Happy birthday my dear friend!  Here is to a young 30!

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    Spring feaver

    Oh faithful blog readers, I am sorry.  I have been so lax this week on getting to blog.  Each day I have sat down with good intentions to blog these wonderful families I have been photographing.  But alas, the warm weather has drawn me outside leaving me with the hours of the night to finish galleries, albums and slide shows.  This week has been especially tough because I am wanting to finish up all the sessions that I have done for the month of March, to get ready for the spring sessions and weddings that are about to come.

    Forgive me oh internet.

    Last spring I was able to photograph this wonderful smelling, blooming tree in April.  I can not wait for those sweet, fresh aromas to fill my house in the coming weeks.  I promise to be better these next few days, and if you are MN bound, get outside and start enjoying these 50 degree days!

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      The Scaletta Family

      You might recognize this beautiful couple from one of my destination weddings, See HERE.  Truth be told, they are also some of our wonderful friends.  Vince and my husband went to Northwestern together and about 2 years ago we met his fiancee, Amanda.  We all gelled immediately and last January they were married in Chicago.  Three weeks later they found out that baby Luca would be making his entrance to the world in only 8 months!

      When they told us they would be coming up to Minnesota, we were thrilled, especially Lydia!  ( She was enthralled by Amanda and her beautiful dress last year and not only did she pretend to be “Amanda the bride” for 2 months after the wedding, she got Elise into the game by making her be “Vince the groom”.  Little did my 2 year old know that she was cast for being the guy; she could have cared less!)

      On the last day of their visit we planned a session around Minneapolis, and I have to say, Luca was one of the cutest, huggable, lovable, squeezable 3 month old’s I have worked with!  I was thrilled to play peek-a-boo and get a belly laugh out of him. He is such a happy baby!  Thank you Scaletta’s for making the treck up, we love you all so very much.

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      • Karen, these are some of the best family photos you’ve posted! They are so good! And she does NOT look like she just had a baby 3 months ago, right? *sigh* 🙂
        What a cute family!

      • Amanda Scaletta

        I just can’t stop smiling at Luca’s chubby face in these pictures! So precious; Thanks for capturing him so well! What a fun weekend to remember through these photos… can’t wait to see you guys again!

      • […] (short, but sweet!), but we were able to get some 9 month photos of their little guy.  See HERE for his 3 month […]

      Sarah’s 30th; sneak peek

      This past weekend I was able to celebrate another 30th for one of my friends, tis the year for it.  More images and fun info to come, but for now here are a few of some of my closest beautiful girl friends.  For those of you not able to be with us this weekend, we only have 2 more until we can do an official NWC girls photo when we celebrate another wedding!  EEEKKKK, I can not wait!

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        i heart faces-bundled up

        We here in MN are wanting to forget the snow and the cold temps, especially with a week peaking over 60! A good reminder that only 2 weeks ago, my front yard was covered in the white stuff.  Now, slowly but surely the buds are making their way out of the hibernation phase, and so are all the Minnesotans!

        Here is a photo of my 3 year old, before she came to me covered in mud and dirt!

        To see more bundled up people see HERE!

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