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Hello, blog... it's your owner, Julie. I know, long time no talk. Anyway, I have lots to post... just no time at the moment. Soon, I promise!

Mom's Fashion Show!!

Mom was in a fashion show today at the Borgata in Scottsdale... it was for the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, where she was a patient during her encounter with breast cancer this year. A lot of the other models were nurses in the center... and Mom also happens to be a nurse at the hospital, just in a different department. They announced her as "you may recognize this face"... from her billboard and ad campaign over the summer.

And pretty much jetting down the red carpet... hard to get good pics when you walk so fast, Mom! ;o)

and in the lineup of all the models at the end... taking another lap around the Christmas tree.

Logan enjoyed storytime told by Mrs. Claus (she wouldn't sit on Santa's lap... hoping it's just because she couldn't think of what to ask him for yet this year).

Aunt Lynne is in town from Michigan... aren't they cute?

Logan was brave and touched the horse for about 1/100th of a second.

Here's Mom... isn't she pretty??

Jake was there, too... this is apparently the only pic he's in!

Logan rounded out the evening by being called up for song time with Mrs. Claus - she held a little snowman puppet and sang Jingle Bells.

Coincidentally, I am so not ready for Christmas to be coming. Seems like it gets here faster & faster every year!

Mike & Kylie... and their doggies

So I did a holiday photo session with our friends Mike & Kylie... they got engaged this summer, and they are now planning their wedding for Fall 2010. (!!!) They have a yellow lab (Daisy) and a white lab (Jake) who also made an appearance... and made the shoot a bit more complicated, but we had a good time. :o)

Check out more of Mike & Kylie on my photography blog

Our friends - another cute family of 3!

Check out our friends... there are more posted here!

Oops... guess I got a little behind and forgot to post this one here! More shoots to come... and maybe even something about my kiddos!! xoxo

We miss Emma & Miss Katie!

Well, these two lovelies left Arizona about a week and a half ago for upstate New York. Talk about a weather change! Logan misses Emma in her daycare class, and Logan & Jake both miss Miss Katie, one of the teachers/assistant directors at daycare.

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Logan and Emma have been in the same classroom since a little before Logan turned 2. Logan left daycare for a while when we had Miss Nessa as our nanny, but then she returned and they were buddies again. :o) Aren't they so cute?

I guess it was 15 degrees in Lake Placid today... I got a pix message from Katie this morning of Emma all dressed in her snow gear. Too cute!!

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We miss you, girls!! Feel free to come back and visit us anytime. And maybe one of these days we'll make it to you... we could see the snow!

xoxo, Julie :o)

Oh - for more of their farewell photo session, click here.

Halloween 2009

Yes... it's been a busy fall. Filled with LOTS of fun Halloween stuff, so let's get started! :o)

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First, the kids had a little party at daycare... (see previous post for a pic of Jake) here is Logan with her daycare best friend since the 2's classroom a few years ago! This was also Emma's last day as she moved to up-state NY. So sad the two of them are now separated, but they are cuties nonetheless. :o) (Emma was a bumble bee... her headband was off.)

Aunt Patti invited Logan, Lily & Makayla over to decorate Halloween Houses... I didn't drop off or pick up Logan for the event, so I don't have pics of the girls all together, but here is Logan's quirky little house... the front:

the back:

Luckily I grabbed these pics while she was taking her nap right after she got home... immediately upon waking from said nap, she began the deterioration of the newly decorated house. So unlike me... I would have kept it pristine and barely touched the candy!

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Here are the kids at the pumpkin patch... we got two pumpkins this year - fancy, I know.

Jake was very busy eating an apple and checking out the pumpkins... they would not sit still anywhere near any pumpkins, hence random pics. :o)

Logan also had a party at preschool... here she is after the ring toss game with her glow-bracelet "glasses".

And just about pinning the nose on the jack-o-lantern. Oh, and the kids all painted their shirts they wore earlier in the week.

The carved pumpkins... Stuey and Loretta (no, I'm not quite sure why we name our pumpkins... we've always had one named Stuey). And yes, this is the first year we've gotten a pumpkin carving kit. I really don't know how I survived carving a pumpkin without the scraper thingy... it makes the $3.99 price for the whole kit worth every penny!

And... voila... here are the kids in their costumes!! Logan's a hot pink crayon, and Jake's a jake-o-lantern. Oops! I mean jack-o-lantern. ;o)

Another view...

Did I mention this crayon costume was mine when I was little? Oh, well, now you know! My mom made it and found it in late September in her attic. I was thrilled, because I knew Jake was already going to be the pumpkin I made Logan 3 years ago... so I didn't have to go through the pain of figuring out the kids' costumes this year - thank goodness! Here is a pic of me wearing it: (oh, and don't Sarah & Aaron look cute, too?)

Oh, and here's Logan 3 years ago, when she was 1 3/4:

ok, back to the kids THIS year... jumping in their costumes:

Jake is so stinkin' cute.

right?

And now for posey-mcposerson Logan... prepare yourself, she's a ham!

OK, I had to stop posting... there are too many, they will clog up too much space!!

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A family picture!!

Grandma came over to join in the festivities...

and so did Kelley & Patrick

After our photo session, we all enjoyed some yummy spicy turkey chili and cornbread... then headed out for trick-or-treating.

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The guys required some backup for the evening. Maybe Ryan shouldn't be pushing the stroller. :o)

Jake had it all figured out after the first few houses... "Sis - button!"

And one more while we were out - is this guy a great Scarecrow or what? And check out Dorothy behind him... with a beer... in a koozie. Haha!

Anyway, we had a great Halloween! The kids got WAY too much candy, which is still a big bowl on our counter... I really need to take that to work this week to get rid of it.

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And I left their costumes out for a few days... they proceeded to dress themselves in them every day. They'd switch hats and really mix it up a bit - they thought that was hysterical!

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Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!!

a fab family of 3...

I was lucky enough to photograph our friends at DC Ranch Marketplace... what a cute little family of three!!

For more, go here.

-jkw

Baby Avery

My good friend Michelle had her 3rd baby!! Here she is, Miss Avery... is she sweet or what?!

For more sweet baby photos, go here.

Yea for my new blog being up! (Oh, feel free to leave a little love!)

Melt my heart

and call me Mommy... Jake just said "I wovv ooh" back when I said I love you!

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Um, yeah, there was a family hug after that. We were just getting ready for bed. He's so stinking cute. And his little voice... melts my heart. Even when he doesn't say I wovv ooh.

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Here's a quickie of him at his daycare Halloween party.

More Halloween to come!

Swim. Bike. Run. Half-Ironwoman!

No, NO... not ME, sillies! Ryan's sister, Meg! She's the triathlete of the family.

Doesn't she look cute in her swim gear?! Here she is this morning at 6:40ish just before the race with her supportive parents (and another support person who is in no pictures because she was the official photographer for the day... ahem! hehe).

So if you're not exactly sure what a Half Ironman is... it's a (in my personal opinion) very grueling triathlon!! :o) Swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles, and run a half-marathon, 13.1 miles. Just over 70 miles of pure joy. Ha!

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Preparing for her big day...

Meg was in Wave 7... with the purple swim caps

Here she is in Tempe Town Lake... heading over to the starting area

All the purple swim caps, set to go for their 1.2 mile swim

It was WAY too hard to find her during the swim, hence the only photos are of her swimming toward the start area (note: labeled, so I can figure out which one she is at some point in the future!), because I looked down for a second and lost her!

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Swim 1.2 miles... check! (Look how cute her Mom is... she was standing over there watching for her)

Swim-to-bike transition... Coach Frank had some advice to calm her down before she started the bike portion of the race. Mom & Dad were there to cheer her on!

Her first time past us...

And coming into the turn... (one of my favorite photos of the day!)

Bike 56 miles, check!

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Coming into the final turn of the run with Jamie... so nice of him to run with her for a bit today!

Logan hopped the fence (with some serious help) and ran to the finish line with Aunt Meggie

Run 13.1 miles... check! Meg finished in just under 7.5 hours (her wave started 22 minutes after official start time). She DID IT!!!

Awesome job, Meg!!! We're so proud of you!

PS - You may have noticed a lack of blog posts lately... my camera has been in some major use. Figured I would post starting backwards... lots of things to catch you up on! :o)

News, Part II

Here's my new website:

www.jkwphoto.com

E-mail me here (julie@jkwphoto.com) if you're interested in a photo shoot! Or just click on the Contact page while you're there, fill in your info, and send me a message... handy dandy!

And because I must include a photo... here's Jake in Cali at his mini shoot.

Thanks for looking!

News... can you guess?

more info soon.... xoxo