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these are a few of my favorite things.

03.09.10

i have been a terrible blogger. this i know. but the truth is i just do not at all have the time these days to share. i spend most days sitting in my chair editing senior photos from the minute i wake till i leave in the afternoon for a session and the last thing i feel like doing when i actually do have free time is sitting back in my chair and blogging about the photos i just spent all day editing.

got that? im really bad with the run on sentences. english was not my greatest subject. now give me a difficult math problem though and i will be aaaaall over it !

so. i actually do like blogging though so i decided i would just blog something a little different.

and here it is….

a few of my favorite things.

first off i am in love with my adriano goldshmied “jeans”.

you can buy them from anthropologie which is wear i bought mine because they have fabulous customer service or you can buy them from the ag site.

and why do i love these?

because they are the only jeans that fit me with that awesome elastic waistband :) which is sad but this is what happens when you sit in a chair all day. and they dont stretch out through the day like most of my other jeans do. they look awesome tucked into jeans and they look saucy worn with heels. not that i would know personally since i dont do heels.

just go ahead and buy them. you can thank me later.

secondly i love my sonicare flexcare power toothbrush.

normally i would think it would be totally ridiculous to spend so much on something so silly but its amazing people….. and  i found a really good deal on amazon.

i like that fresh dentist clean feeling every day. go get one.

i also love coffee. preferably community coffee sipped out of my happy green coffee mug. it tastes better when its in a colorful mug. trust me.

and then there are my most treasured possessions…. my poppys blankets. the first things i would grab if my house were to catch on fire.

these are what my poppy would wrap me up in as a little girl when i spent the night at their house growing up. he would also tickle my feet until i sell asleep while he ate sardines out of the can :)

i miss him.

they are soft and tattered and they stay really cold and they bring back great memories.

then there are also the one of a kind works of art i have all over my house.

that is a limited edition pink paper camera made just for me by miss raeleigh. be jealous.

so these are just a few of my favorite things. id love for you to share with me some of yours too! feel free to share in the comments section down below.

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March 9, 2010 - 4:06 pm angelique - anthropologie=<3

March 9, 2010 - 6:08 pm rachel - ok. i LOVE my adriano goldshmied's! they are SO comfy... of course, i have boot cuts due to the need to "balance" my thighs :) haven't seen these. totally cute. love your quilts too. i love to quilt...need to make more time to do it more!

invisible children.

03.08.10

tuesday, march 16th lafayette, la.

be there.

There is an invisible war going on in Africa: one man terrorizing 5 countries. His weapon: abducted children enslaved and forced to fight for the past 23 years. Invisible Children is a movement seeking to end this conflict and bring the children home. Their mission is to rebuild schools, educate future leaders, and provide jobs in Northern Uganda.

I know from personal experience that sometimes it seems impossible to make a difference on your own. Where do you start? Who do you help? Will it even matter? Can one measly college kid make that big of a difference? YES! All it takes is motivation and spirit. Instead of spending time complaining about the government, taxes, gas prices, or any of that nonsense, we can help rebuild a world that has been destroyed by cruel, heartless “leaders” and spread awareness of a righteous cause.

This one is for the nay-sayers, the oppressors, the people who say we aren’t going anywhere. This one’s for finding hope for the hopeless, fixing the un-fixable, changing the unchangeable. This is the perfect opportunity for us to join hands and fight together for a wounded world.

Now for the nitty gritty details that everyone wants to know:
-The showing is completely FREE!
-There will be merchandise available to buy from the roadies, in which 100% of the proceeds go back to Uganda to stimulate the economy.
-There will be free food!
-The Showing consists of the roadies coming to ULL and speaking about the cause, answering questions, and showing documentaries filmed by and about the campaign.
-Even though it takes place at a church, this isn’t a trick to convert you. God is cool, but this event is strictly about Invisible Children.

here is the link to the facebook group if youd like more information but you should just go there and click on the little attending button.

the more the merrier!!!

see you there :)

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reincarnation.

02.23.10

in my next life i want to come back as a peppy beautiful tall lanky red head. or a bird. or a sea turtle.

im scared of deep water though so i guess the whole life in sea thing wouldnt work out. it will definitely have to be one of the others.

this girl did anything i asked her too. like flail her head around like a maniac so i could get a photo of her awesome hair.

i had so much fun :)

i dont really believe in reincarnation though people. well maybe.

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February 23, 2010 - 11:38 pm angelique - ahhhh, these are AWESOMEEEEEE. i want her hair.please?k, thanks.

February 23, 2010 - 11:49 pm Karen - ummmm, yeah, i'd totally love to come back as her (if i did believe in reincarnation, but i don't!) hee hee RIDICULOUSLY GORGEOUS is an UNDERSTATEMENT. and CRAZY OUT OF THIS WORLD TALENTED does not do you justice, girlfriend! actuallly, on second thought...i'd like to come back as a photographer named Kimbrali! ;)

February 24, 2010 - 12:05 am ashleym - these are beautiful, Kimbrali! I would like to come back as her too.. so we will have to duke it out ;)

February 24, 2010 - 12:28 am Ashley Isaac - wow, she's HOT! i love her & i don't even know her. i'm just a little partial to red's ;-) you rocked it out, as always!!

February 24, 2010 - 12:39 am Sarah Castor - I. LOVE. THESE. PHOTOGRAPHS! AWESOME! AS ALWAYS!

February 24, 2010 - 8:24 am stephanie - LOL. You are too much. And these are beautiful and so is she.

February 24, 2010 - 2:53 pm Tracy Waldrop - You need to have your own column, really. What a hoot! Gorgeous shots!!

February 24, 2010 - 4:46 pm amy tate - Great job Kim!! Sydney you are so beautiful!!

February 25, 2010 - 11:18 am Rachel - these are just beautiful!

February 26, 2010 - 2:23 am daniel - these shots are soOooO amazing! i can't even find the right words that would justify their "awesomeness"! ;)

March 1, 2010 - 7:28 pm melissa - so pretty. love her hair!! and of course the pics are fabulous!!! you ROCK girl! ...and btw, the new blog looks awesome!! so very YOU!

March 2, 2010 - 11:53 am Laurie Fontenot - Kim, these are beautiful as always! I want this girl's hair...awesome!!

March 2, 2010 - 3:09 pm Crystal Delahoz - um, can I just come back as you and be a rockstar photog. Gaw! these are seriously to die for! Gorgeous girl!

March 2, 2010 - 6:51 pm Amy - ga-ga gorgeous. I could stare are the first four forever.

March 4, 2010 - 2:20 pm Julie - I love these, what an awesome shoot!!

March 5, 2010 - 2:25 am Erin Woolsey - oh sweet goodness. first off, it's been too long. i hope you are doing well :D. second off, YOUR NEW LOOK ROCKS!!!!!! I LOVE IT. my favorite is the immediate texture and warm colors. very calming and relaxing, makes me want to look your pics more and more :). who helped with the new look? :)

March 5, 2010 - 1:32 pm shanna - Julie, these are beautiful. I can't wait to see the finished product of my boys! Is this the cutie you were telling Ross he needed to meet? LOL!

yesterday was a bad day. really. really. bad.

02.18.10

7am

wake up with a headache. luckily my son is the cutest creature on the entire planet and he woke up in a good mood and made me feel all better.

unfortunately daughter does not wake up in a good mood and she puts up such a fight when i attempt to brush her hair that i just let her go to school looking like a hobo. luckily i love her more than life so she can get away with it.

8am

start tackling email.

attempt to put together a new ordering system for my website that requires a little more computer knowledge than i have. actually a lot more computer knowledge than i have.

waste half my day because i totally failed at the ordering system attempt.

3:30pm

senior session.

finally day is getting better! beautiful girl. lots of wind. great sunlight.

oh wait……..  car key falls out of pocket sometime during shoot in the hood around the train tracks.

day is not looking so hot again. luckily the senior and her mom and her little sister and her sister in law are angels and i adore them and they helped me search for that key until we found it right as the sun was disappearing.

7pm

pick up kiddos and really unhealthy fast food to feed us for dinner because husband is never home now that baseball season has begun.

son has melt down in bathtub because he can not find his disney rookie car to play with in bathtub.

9pm

way past kids bedtime yet we are still up making “brownie pops” for daughters late valentines day celebration at school.

plan a.

bake brownies in cute little mini rounded muffin pan. put on sucker stick. dip in chocolate. put on red and pink sprinkles then let harden and wrap up in adorable valentines day themed bags.

sounds fool proof.

not so much.

brownies stick to silicone baking mold. brownies fall off of stick. chocolate is everywhere and will not dry and harden on brownie. mess. big big mess. sprinkles all over floor.

put kids to bed because i am about to lose my mind.

move on to plan b.

bake two batches of plain old brownies.

one batch comes out hard as a rock. inedible.

cut up edible brownies into 15 little squares and package up for daughter to take to school in the morning.

bad day over!

awesome.

but no no no wake up this morning to find out that daughter has a few more than 15 kids in her class so we end up ditching the brownies so no one will be left out.

i know it could be a lot worse though :) trust me.

none the less here are a few images from a couple i recently photographed. they make me smile and i could really use one of those right now.

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February 18, 2010 - 1:50 pm haley lancaster - I hope today gets better! these pictures are great-- cute couple- beautiful girl! Love the timelessness and casualness!

February 18, 2010 - 2:05 pm Jamie Kutter - you and I had about the same day yesterday...chaos! still not used to life with two kiddos! they are so worth it though~ these images are gorgeous!!!

February 18, 2010 - 5:34 pm Kathy - Oh Kim! I hope today makes up for yesterday. Amazing images. Love em! SMILE;)

February 18, 2010 - 9:29 pm Kaitlin Young - Aw I saw Lyndi at school today.. what a cute couple.

February 18, 2010 - 9:32 pm Kaitlin Young - wait. i just looked again. Is that her? lol. I dont think it is. Well whoever it is looks just like someone i know

February 20, 2010 - 9:35 pm Amy Martin - I triple puffy heart love this and the post before it :) sounds like my life! When are we starting that support group!?? For reall forget about the others... lets plan a night out like yesterday and sit and complain about our lives... LOL PS.... I drug an antique Iron bed out into a field weeks before I left for Thailand for our family photoshoot and NEVER made Christmas cards!

February 22, 2010 - 11:01 am Tracy Waldrop - I love reading your posts because they are so much like My LIfe. Great photos!!

happy valentine’s day.

02.14.10

i had really big plans for my children’s valentine’s cards this year.

had big plans.

they didn’t happen.

thats how things work around here.

i bought a huge pack of red heart shaped balloons weeks ago and i was going to blow up hundreds of them and have the kiddos jumping around them in a big beautiful field but instead it has rained for like 10 years straight in southern louisiana and the wind was out of control the day we finally were able to take these photos so we ended up in a little corner downtown trying to get away from the wind. beckett was miserable and cold and raeleigh wouldnt stop posing so after 30 seconds of some super fast shooting we were back in the car calling it quits.

whatev. its all good. i dont expect things to go as planned anymore anyway :)

so here is the inside spread of the card design that i DID end up making….

the same cards that never made their way into their envelopes and into the mail.

to all of my family. expect these some time in the next month or year :)

love you all. happy valentine’s day.

PS rael was super proud of her heart shaped hands so next time you see her pretend like you knew they were supposed to be a heart and not a pair of pretend binoculars :)

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February 14, 2010 - 1:44 pm Aaron Martin - I want your son's hair. Creepy? I think not.

February 15, 2010 - 8:38 pm Mollie Kendall - heh... things NEVER work with our own kiddos huh. I still love what you have! They are so so adorable!!

February 15, 2010 - 10:04 pm Rachel - sounds like we live at the same house...my plans usually work about as well as yours! the photos of your kids are super cute though!

February 16, 2010 - 10:28 pm Christine DeSavino - Love em! Your kids names are awesome, too!

February 17, 2010 - 10:19 pm Lisa Trakis - Ha! LOVE the binoculars...errr...hearts<3<3

who dat ?

02.10.10

sorry. it had to be done.

and now that i have gotten my mandatory saints chant out of the way we can move on to business.

first off i want to send a big virtual hug over to ashley @ luxecetera. she is the super talented designer behind my new brand and blog.

since the very beginning of my photography adventure over 6 years ago i knew what i wanted out of my brand. ive paid a lot of different designers a lot of money to get it right for me. some of the designs were really bad and some were really good but they were never JUST RIGHT.  i think this is mostly because i am such a weird girl. i like too many things. i am a walking contradiction.

i like bright and bold and colorful one second then neutral and simple the next.

i LOVE to shop and buy overpriced dresses and fancy shoes yet i prefer to wear my $3 old navy flip flops and target hoodies daily.

i love to photograph people in dark dirty downtown alleys and also in big open fields full of sunshine.

i love the beach. i am scared to death of the ocean.

i want to save the world yet i dont even recycle at my own home. thats embarrassing to admit.

i love the outdoors but i hate dirt and mud.

it goes on and on.

so i explained all of this to ashley and she worked with me to finally come up with MY brand. it makes me happy. i have always been an emotional person. i cry over everything as ive said on here many times. i cry when the sunset is exceptionally pretty. i cry when i see a rainbow. i cry when i leave the mountains every year after our family ski trip because its just so sad to leave something so beautiful. and i also cry when i see a really great old tree. yeah im totally nerding out here but its the truth. one thing that makes me love this state is our trees. i complain a lot about living where i do because i am a texas girl at heart but wow….. our trees are awesome. and our food. and now our SAINTS :)

anyway…. back to trees……. i dont know what it is about them really but they just make me happy and they make me smile and they make me feel calm and at peace which is the feeling i want to give people when they look at my photos and when they visit my site. thats the whole point. did that make sense at all?

i also really love photographing chill families and laid back seniors. they mesh well with my personality and work better with my style of photography i think. around the holidays i am super busy photographing families and a lot of time they are super stressed. pretty often they show up to a session in matching uncomfortable starched outfits wiping their kids faces telling everyone to smile and sit up straight and then they ask for natural loving family photos :)

but thats not now it works though :) i can only photograph what people give me and i cant make people look relaxed when they arent. so im hoping to change peoples thoughts on family photos down here in the south. relaxed = good !

wow im rambling.

i also want to thank my kickass photography friends from around the country who helped me decide on my new brand. love you people.

and also MINNUTES which is the awesome brooklyn based band which gave me permission to use their music on my new senior site. if you like happy music you will love them. trust me.

this whole blog post just sounded so very acceptance speech- ish :)

id also like to thank my mom and dad and my manager….

:)

ill just stop typing now and share some images from a senior that i loved. she is obviously beautiful but also so much fun. it is equally as important to bring your personality to a session as it is to bring cute clothes.

she brought her book sack which is her trademark and i thought that was pretty cool.

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February 10, 2010 - 4:16 pm Stephanie - You always get the most gorgeous senior girls--and you do such a beautiful job. Nice work chica!

February 10, 2010 - 4:20 pm lauren gauthier - looooooooove the new look, kim! congratulations on the rebranding- it is seriously gorgeous. (and you are seriously TALENTED!)

February 10, 2010 - 4:24 pm kim tyler - love, love, love it. She has amazing eyes.

February 10, 2010 - 4:55 pm Sharon - love, love everything!! your new branding is perfecto!

February 10, 2010 - 8:27 pm timothy pham - wow! love her attire! the location you picked out was AWESOME! and her smiles? priceless!

February 10, 2010 - 11:14 pm Amy Martin - Love it... Love the rambling. And I might have to copy the entire first part about being a walking contridiction.

February 11, 2010 - 1:16 am Kayla - Love the new branding!

February 11, 2010 - 1:39 am amy - totally boss!

February 11, 2010 - 3:21 pm Karen - love these seniors! you do amazing work, girl...i can't get enough! :)

February 11, 2010 - 9:51 pm haley lancaster - your blog looks fantastic!!!!! isn't it great to get a fresh start? I would say priceless, but you and I both know it is NOT. ha ha.... can't wait to unveil my new look, but am trying to wait for it to all be finished. Amazing pictures as usual- awesome awesome awesome!!

February 13, 2010 - 7:26 pm kara elmore - what is it about you miss kim .... is it that i think we are twins? Is it that we love the same things - and would describe oursevles exactly the same? I don't know - but even if none of what you wrote was what I thought... I'd still love you! WOW you show people SO beautifully! And your description of only being able to photograph what people give you... DEAD ON PERFECT!

voila.

02.02.10

hello!!!!
is anyone still there?

did you all give up on me?

do you even care?

well if you do still care… i sure do love you for sticking around.

i hope you enjoy all of the newness that so many wonderful people have been working very hard on.

i will go into a lot more detail soon about those beautiful people but for now my brain is mush and im attempting to start a new schedule so i need sleep.

my body is so used to going to sleep at 2am that i am worried i will never live life normally again. i attempted my first cup of herbal sleepy tea last night and it was so gross i ended up pouring half of it into my bath water. i figured that was ok since there are so many tea body products out there now and i surely didnt want it to go to waste. luckily i was told that i just didnt brew it correctly and that is what caused it to taste like old dirty peppermint water.

so for now why dont you go check out my new senior site…. here.

and look at these images of my beautiful friend ainsley too. she is one of a kind.

these are for her portfolio because this girls got big dreams of moving to LALA land and becoming a star.

i believe dreams come true. do you?

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February 2, 2010 - 12:41 am angelique - the site looks GREEAAATT! i love it. and these picture are awesome too! keep up the good work, kim. fabulous as always :)

February 2, 2010 - 1:10 am Amy Martin - I LOVE LOVE LOVE the site!!! And I miss your blogs.... I am sad when your name isnt on bold in my gogle reader

February 2, 2010 - 1:24 am kelli jane - woohoo!!! I love everything about it :) :) So happy for you and love this senior session :) oh, and thanks for the tips on having a boy and the boost of confidence!

February 2, 2010 - 1:24 am kelli jane - woops, I mean shots for her portfolio not senior session

February 2, 2010 - 1:26 am Aaron Martin - The site looks great, and the pictures of Ainsley are beautiful. She's going to go far.

February 2, 2010 - 2:06 am Ainsley - yayyy!!!! i LOVE THEMM even though i already have them haha you're my fav. FOREVERRR.. wanna come to LA with me? hehe.

February 2, 2010 - 2:16 am Sarah Castor - Love the new site! And AWESOME photos of this lovely girl! Have I seen here in some sort of commercial before? I am being totally serious!

February 2, 2010 - 3:00 am Karen - i'm lovin your new diggs! congrats, girl! we need to celebrate...to a new year, new resolutions, and living life to the fullest!

February 2, 2010 - 9:45 am Krista Muskovin - the new blog and site are awesome Kim! These shots are gorgeous!!

February 2, 2010 - 9:51 am Joy Kaminski - 'atta girl, Kim. B-yootifal blog. I can't believe you can create all this, and GAWJUS photos...but you can't brew a flippin' cup of tea. Try again, love. I know you can do it.... hahahahhahha

February 2, 2010 - 11:47 am Rachel - love it! love love love it! luxetcetra did a great job...love them! glad you are back and i HAVE missed you!

February 2, 2010 - 11:59 am Sondra Trahan - Love the new site. What???? No guys?????? HA!

February 2, 2010 - 1:44 pm amy - looks great Kim! You must be so relieved to have it finished.

February 2, 2010 - 1:56 pm haley b - these photos are gorgeous. and she is beautiful. LOVE.

February 2, 2010 - 5:34 pm Jamie Kutter - I love your new look! beautiful work...ALWAYS! love.

February 3, 2010 - 10:20 am Christine DeSavino - Lovin it!!!

February 3, 2010 - 5:43 pm meredith keating - Hollywood's gonna love her with all of these pictures!!!

February 5, 2010 - 6:35 pm Amy - Finally the suspense is over! All of the waiting was killing me. I love your new look!.. blog, senior website, splash page!, and kids site.. I especially like your "about me" section on your senior site. You are too funny. :)

twentyten.

01.08.10

its a brand spankin’ new year people.

time to promise yourself to eat better and exercise daily and get more organized!

….. and then fizzle out in a week and continue on with your unhealthy messy ways for another year :)

at least i know thats how things work out for me.

here is my “new year’s resolution” from last year… copy and pasted from 2009’s new year post on here…..

“mine is pretty simple. nothing specific really. i just want to do everything i did in 2008 a little bit better in 2009. i want to become a better mom. a better photographer. a better business woman. a better daughter. a better christian…..and the list goes on and on. i also randomly sort of want to learn how to play the piano. again. ( i dropped out of piano lessons in 2nd grade when i totally bombed my piano recital in front of a church full of people. i still remember how embarrassing it was.) but mostly i just want to learn how to play coldplay’s “clocks” i LOVE the intro to that song!”

um……

id like to think i became a better photographer. and im always a pretty great daughter. but i didnt start going to church regularly like i had wanted to. i didn’t spend less time working and more time with my children like i had wanted to. i definitely didnt become a better business woman and i SURE AS HELL didnt learn how to play clocks on the piano :)

oh but thats what i love about a new year.

i can just try again and it just might happen this time.

actually ive got a lot of people working on new things for me this very second so i have no excuse to NOT get more organized with my business.

i will have more time to LIVE my life.

oh its going to be fabulous!

happy belated 2010 everyone.

here is just one of the 25+ sessions that i need to dig into and share.

i quite liked this one :)

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January 8, 2010 - 1:01 am Tracy Waldrop - I love your post-processing! Your images are so clean and fresh

January 8, 2010 - 2:38 am Amy Martin - I heart you!! especially bc you pasted last years resolution...... each year everyone usually has the same ones anyway. That is why I dont believe in them. My friend posted this in her twitter and I loved it... " I don't do resolutions.I'd rather surprise myself w/ all the great things I manage 2 accomplish than disappoint myself."

January 9, 2010 - 12:10 pm amy - Love these.. my fave is the very first of girl laughing in field. This looks like "muddy" location no?

January 10, 2010 - 12:03 am Amy - beautiful captures kim! i'd tell you to hurry up and share the other 25 session you need to feast upon us but that would go against your resolution of working less. :)

choose joy.

12.17.09

i bought myself a sweet little bracelet last week that has this little message engraved into it.

choose joy.

so simple but very important

so often lately i have had to remind myself to choose to be happy. it really is all a choice.

it is a very hard choice to make when you are stressed and overwhelmed too.

i look around my house right now and it totally looks like a daycare center. not even exaggerating. i just havent really had the extra time to clean up around here lately.

i have toys and blankets and crayons and legos spread out everywhere. BUT my house is super colorful because of it. so when i look out on my living room floor and see the out of control mess filling it i choose to be grateful. what would my life be like without those little wild kids creating that out of control mess?

not nearly as colorful… or happy or beautiful or full or love. also those kids are just really freaking funny :)

so i hope this Christmas you CHOOSE to relax. who gives a crap if you havent finished your Christmas shopping or sent out all of your cards yet?

i hope you CHOOSE to give your family your time and love too instead of just new shiny things.

and i hope you CHOOSE joy :)

speaking of….

i had the bright idea of photographing my children yesterday afternoon on my way to pick them up from school. it was a yucky overcast rainy day but i knew it was “now or never.”

so i rushed them home and threw clothes on them. we didnt have time to really fix their hair or clean faces or worry about matching.

we walked down the street and trespassed into a neighbors back yard and i bribed them more than any human has ever bribed before!!!!

of course they didnt do a thing that i asked them to do but if there is one thing i have learned from my job it is this…

KIDS DO NOT DO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO.

and im ok with that.

Beckett fell in the mud and picked his nose and ran around like a wild man while raeleigh continued posing like she was straight out of a really bad olan mills photo circa 1985.

it did not go well but i kept a smile on my face and enjoyed them for that few minutes of alone time.

the photos are far from great but i still brought them to the horrid evil land of wal mart and let them each pick a goodie.

beckett = a disney cars mater toy.

raeleigh = super cheap cell phone walkie talkies.

dont let me fool you……

i am not going to be winning any mother of the year awards. but that is sort of the point of this blog post. ive spent the last month and a half neglecting my family and its something i thought i HAD to do. in reality i chose to do it though. i chose to  put my work over them and i will never do that again.

along with my business, i am a work in progress.

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December 18, 2009 - 12:22 am Tracy Waldrop - I have to say I sat down at my computer at 11:20 and clicked on your blog first to see what was going on and this post was meant JUST FOR ME. I, like you, am always overwhelmed by wearing so many hats in a day. Taking a look at the big picture and putting things into perspective is just what I needed. Thanks for writing what you felt. I will remember to have JOY and be thankful for the little things that come my way each day!!!

December 18, 2009 - 12:24 am Tracy Waldrop - Sorry, by the way, adorable picture!!! Stinkin cute!!

December 18, 2009 - 1:36 am Lauren Hammonds - I love you. I am so glad we're friends. you are an AWESOME mom. You are an AWESOME photographer. I love what you have to say and you have gorgeous kids. :) You're special sweet thing.

December 18, 2009 - 1:37 am Sarah Castor - WOW! Very inspiring! And very true! Thank you for bringing honesty to the forefront and helping me realize where I'm placing priorities.

December 18, 2009 - 2:14 pm amy tate - Glad to hear someone else's house looks like mine does!! But no matter what I know you are a great photograher but most important I'm sure you're a great MOM!!

December 18, 2009 - 8:38 pm lane - i love love love it! i agree to CHOOSE joy. have you read the secret! a little odd at times, but mostly rad! it is about making the choice to think happy thoughts! loved it. now if only that part about wishing for a million dollars would come true! toodles

December 20, 2009 - 1:59 am Jolene - Kim, That was a very insightful blog entry. I am so proud of you for being honest. We all at one time or another put work or something else before family because we thought we HAD too. At least you saw it and corrected it. Hope y'all have a very Merry Christmas. Jolene

December 21, 2009 - 12:38 am Stacey S. - Wow, What an eye opener! It's always a pleasure to come and check out your new stuff and this one just hit home for me... Thanks for that :) I know my fam is going to want to give you a hug. That picture is too stinkin cute!! Hope you and yours have a great Christmas!!

December 22, 2009 - 7:30 pm kara elmore - completely inspiring to me. Thank you for choosing these words today - they were JUST what I needed. Love your FREAKING GUTS Kim!!! :) And your kids, too! And I love even more that you took them to the horrid evil land - because that's what i would do too ... bribery at its best. And just this image alone was worth ALL the gobs and gobs of mud you washed off. :) MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 25, 2009 - 8:03 pm Amy - I have been thinking a lot about that lately too--------to choose joy. I could use a sweet reminder like your bracelet. 2009 was filled with too much drama and stress. 2010 will be filled with joy.... because I am going to choose joy. Merry Christmas Kim!

December 27, 2009 - 11:11 pm vanessa diel - Love the photo. And you go girl with all that newness. God Bless!

December 30, 2009 - 9:23 pm Lisa Trakis - xoxo Lots of love to you and yours Kim. Love the pic, so stinkin cute! Happy Holidays.

January 7, 2010 - 5:30 pm Jamie Kutter - you make me laugh everytime I read your blog! love this photo of your kiddos!

February 2, 2010 - 2:44 am Karen - i love you, kim...you are truly an amazing woman, photographer, friend and most importantly a wonderful mom! thanks for the reminder, i needed it!

hello again.

12.16.09

im hoping now that the holiday madness is coming to an end i will have time to update this bad boy every once in a while.

it has been over a month since my last post….. how very embarrassing.

since then i have photographed so many families!

i have around 25 sessions that need to be blogged. im exhausted just thinking about it.

im also exhausted because i have had so very little sleep these last few weeks.

pulled a few all nighters and gained a few more pounds.

i have been living in this chair in front of this computer from the moment i wake until the wee hours of the morning surviving off of coffee loaded with sugar and creamer and Mexican food. this is a combination that will surely help you gain weight if you are needing too :)

i sadly did not need these extra pounds.

i am so looking forward to a much needed vacation though. im also looking forward to making quite a few changes with my business.

i am going to have a whole lot of newness going on around here in the following weeks! i know ive said that before but this time i am paying people to do it for me so it actually gets done.

new site.

new logo.

new pricing.

new policies.

no more miss nice girl.

when i say order in two weeks. i mean business.

these changes have to be made to keep my sanity intact.

hope you all check back often to see all that’s in store.

its going to be fabulous.

and here are just a few of some super sweet kiddos that were such a pleasure to photograph. they didn’t want the session to end! that made me feel pretty stinkin’ wonderful.

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December 16, 2009 - 3:33 am kelli jane - they're all beautiful kim!! and let me tell you...changing things with my business/policies.....no more miss nice girl...that's all I've been thinking about lately! Time to strengthen the backbone!!

December 16, 2009 - 4:14 am Sarah Castor - I am always totally IN LOVE with your photographs! These children are wonderfully adorably delightfully cute and you did a fabulous job, of course, capturing that! I'm sure your wee hours, all nighters, few pounds, and insanity were worth it! Enjoy your break!

December 16, 2009 - 5:05 pm haley lancaster - what beautiful children. And- you are the location queen. love em! looks like we are both up in line with LUX- I am beyond excited too for some much needed professional change-x0

December 16, 2009 - 6:29 pm angelique - yay! can't wait to see the new stuff. i'm sure it will be fabulous as everything else :) good luck with all your work!

December 17, 2009 - 10:19 pm Andrea - These are stunning -WOW! Incredibly beautiful!

December 18, 2009 - 1:20 am Molly W. - Hooray, you're back!! Lovely photos as always.

December 19, 2009 - 1:10 pm Sarah Wheeler - these are adorable :)

December 25, 2009 - 7:54 pm Amy - beautiful images kim. i can't WAIT to see your new look! and FINALLY you are putting your foot down. about darn time. ;)

December 30, 2009 - 5:41 pm Erin Woolsey - first off. wow girl, you must be so exhausted! and on top of it all to re-haul everything. first off, i admire you and i cannot wait to see the new changes. aand way to lay down the law. all around, you're great :). hope the new year also brings many free days and great sleep. yes or yes :)

February 20, 2010 - 2:55 pm Adrienne - Fun and fresh images....great job. I'm sure the parents place great value in what you can produce through your eyes.