Gelfand-Amundson Fall Photos

..::Thinking about bright and beautiful fall leaves and warm sunshine lasting later than 4:30 at night::..

I seriously love photographing this family. They are so natural and have a blast with each other - every photo shoot is fun with them! Lifestyle photography is my most favorite, and I never 'posed' this family - I would ask them to walk or lay down, but mostly I kept my mouth shut and they just goofed around and were their normal selves  --- and these are the photos that came out of it.

Giving Thanks 2014

Thanksgiving was so peaceful and cozy this year. My siblings were off doing things with their in-laws, and my in-laws were on vacation down South, so that left my parents and us to do Thanksgiving together. Since it was just the four of us, I offered to host. Which meant my mom bringing pretty much all the food and we just made it at my house. The day started with a turkey-trot indoors, since it was about 5 degrees outside, followed by a deep-fried turkey, way too many appetizers, plenty of wine, and very good company. After our bellies were full, we waddled down to our new home movie theater in our basement, and watched the first and second Hunger Games movies. Kind of weird now that I think about it, to watch those movies on Thanksgiving. But we did. And then Chase and I went to the movie theater around 9:00 to see the third one, which we saw again the next day with Vinclie... so that puts me at three times in the theater for that movie this year. Oof-da. 

I'm thankful for movie theaters, my home, my really, really, really beautiful home that I don't ever want to move out of, my parents, my siblings and their spouses, my in-laws, my brother-in-law and his significant other, all of our friends, especially the ones who have remained close, forgiving, encouraging, and loving, our dog, Luna, our steady jobs (which I will be celebrating two years at tomorrow), the flexibility to travel and experience life when we get the opportunity, the ability to try new things and explore new places, our vehicles even if they are old and I almost got hit today cause my car wouldn't accelerate.. and I'm thankful that I made it home after that happened, for the snow, the rain, and the sunshine, that God shows up in the most craziest of ways and being able to rely on him for everything. And I'm especially thankful for this man I live with, who asked me to be his forever mate exactly two years ago from today. He's the best, even if he is sick in bed at the moment. I'm thankful that he's alive and I get to take care of him and for how much he loves me.

Ruby's Newborn Session {6 months ago}

Remember when I took Katie's maternity photos? Well her baby girl, Ruby, was born in the spring, and I was honored to be asked back to take some photos! These were done back in May, however I'm still in love with these and just have to share them {we'll just pretend that I planned it for her 6-month birthday}!!