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october is a super duper busy month for my photography biz…
which i love.

and the weather is so fabulous (when it doesn't rain).

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are those the glasses not the cutest little thing you've ever seen???

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photo session just before the new baby arrives….

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can you FEEL the love in this one???

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sigh.
he is a dreamy snuggle baby.
i wanted to keep him.

photography is so much fun!!!

 

Sam Times - You guys really look happy. And these pictures are taken nicely. I also agree that those glasses looks cute on him. πŸ˜€

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh my goodness. Kimberlee’s picture is so beautiful. Wow. Meg, they are all amazing! Great job.

Heather G. - In love with Kimberlee’s family picture!!

Momma Bug - I was trying to figure out what that 3 was for when my little daughter came up behind me
“Awwwwe, it’s a little baby number three!”
she said.
Oh.
Very darling and colorful – I love your colorful-ness!

happygirl - I love the pics. You must be the most fun person to be around. You are able to make your subjects look so relaxed and just plain HAPPY. πŸ™‚

Jill Franklin - awww…Great pics! I love the one of the baby and the number 3 sign. You made me smile! =)

Kerry - awesomeness! the last pic with the number 3 is just stunning – those lips! xx

Michelle - GORGEOUS! Love your photography!

Suzette - You are amazing, Meg!!!

Janelle - Meg – do you decorate for Halloween? I love your style, would love to see your cool Halloween decor!

amy jupin - i love all of them, but oh my goodness, kimberlee!
wow.
i think she needs to order a ginormous one and put it on the mantle.
yes, yes!!!

Kimberly Dial - Love all the pics & the one with the tiny one & the number 3 gave me the best idea ever … thank you Meg! I wish I lived close enough to bring all my grandgirlies to you for a photo shoot — I’d sure do it! Thanks for sharing your wonderful work!

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - You are lucky to have such a fab job!!
Gemma x
http://www.homemadegems.com/

Mindy Harris - megan i just wanted to thank you for putting up the pic of the little boy in glasses.
it is a total “Jesus moment” because i’ve been struggling with wilder having to get glasses. his glasses will probably be here by friday and my heart is just so sad about it. he will look cute (duh), but i’m just so sad that we GAVE him a genetic thing he didn’t need. i spend all my time trying to give him things he NEEDS, not what he doesn’t need.
griffin is edible.
kimberly’s lipstick is like, amazing.

keri ~ forever folding laundry - KimberLEE!!!!
I love it so much!
She needs a GIANT one of those in her house.
Gorgeous.
{and little griffin. too much sweetness for words.}

Kate B. - Yay for sweet Britton! Great pics – all of them!

Rach - Oh my… the 4th one is my fav. Talk about unspoken love in all of their faces. BEAUTIFUL!

Laura Phelps - RUN away with it
not RIUN away
certainly not RUIN away
ugh
red wine and comments don’t mix well for me πŸ™‚

Laura Phelps - as if Parenthood tonight didn’t leave me CRAVING a new born…now THIS little polka dot swaddled bundle of goodness??????
Good grief.
Need to hold that baby…and RIUN AWAY WITH IT!

Michelle from Australia - Is the last pic of Griffin? Even if it is not, he is one uber-cute little bundle of joy. p.s. WHEN are you going to come to Australia and take some photos here? We need a photographer like you Meg!!

Kimberlee Jost - I love you more than donut frosting.
I do.

Terrie G - Every single one of your new baby pics makes me loonngggg for that new grandbaby to come! Lot’s of Love on that family pic! Thanks for sharing!!

AshleyAnn - Is that little Griffin? Love, love the #3 next to him. And…wowzers on Kimberlee’s family picture. She needs a big ole’ canvas of that one…so much love.

Lori Austin - Beautiful pics – as always.
The little guy in glasses…too cute!
LOVE the one of Kimberlee’s family. Precious! (p.s. I *love* her
brooch!)

sarah w. - Beautiful.

Jenna@CallHerHappy - I don’t think I could have your job. I would be in jail for kidnapping all those snugglies!
Jenna
callherhappy.com

Valerie @ Chateau A la Mode - Babies….they are so sweet aren’t they? I want one! Beautiful family picture.

seriouslysassymama - I love your pics!

This Farm Family's Life - Beautiful pictures!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - I LOVE Kimberlee’s photo and that last one as well. My sister just had a baby yesterday and Im in love all over again. Those sweet little baby noises and smells…just wonderful! You must love your job:)
xo

Jo(ke) - I just got back from Paris (blogged about it today if you feel like reading) and I wish I had your photography skills. Beautiful pics. Beautiful families.

Leah - Awesome pictures! On another subject, I made your pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and they were SO good. I wrote about them here: http://leahsthoughts.com/2011/10/11/not-your-typical-pumpkin-muffins/

shauna - love the one of kimberlee!

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friday ramblings….

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mmmmmmm……sweet baby emmet.
i love his name.
and he was dreamy.

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have you noticed our lack of craft thursdays???
my kids have.
i realize that is a sign of having too much on my plate.
i just can’t do it.
and with so many sports practices we just don’t have the time.

BUT once the photo season is done for me….27 more days….i will be able to do it.
football will end.
volleyball will end.
we will have more time at home….i hope.
and craft thursdays will return.

annie just came up with her own project instead.

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lauren’s volleyball team is so much fun to watch.
they are serious.
they hit so hard….i would never stand on the other side of them!

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there is BIG NEWS at our house…..
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ANNIE can TIE HER SHOES!!!
she was so excited to tell me.
she kept saying “daddy is going to be so proud of me!!!” Β  πŸ™‚
pretty darn cute.

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she came home from school yesterday with this face.
i said “you have a mustache”
and she smiled so big and announced “YES!!! my friend did it with marker FOR FREE!!!!”

well ok…as long as you didn’t pay for it.
oh annie.

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chelsea - Where did you find your sign in the back ground of your picture? the grey sign that has family rules on it/ I love it!

leonieke - pffff.. it’s a relieve to hear something is not going your way ( crafty thursdays) you still sound like a miracle mother to me! making beautifull pictures of your own children and others.. enjoying your daughters sport, and still visit lots of blogs and write your own. wow..
this dutch girl is still impressed. πŸ™‚

Heather G. - Go Annie!! And I’m dying that “the mustache was free.”

Kimberly Dial - Emmet is soooo cute! I loved volleyball in high school (I feel certain I’d die if I tried to play now! πŸ˜‰ I love your Craft Thursdays so I’ll be glad when you have more time πŸ˜‰ and that Annie is a girl after my own heart. I have a feeling (a strong one!) that my oldest granddaughter Emily & her are kindred spirits! Gotta love ’em!

Shaina Brown - Love a sweet little baby named Emmet, my “baby” Emmett just turned 3. The volleyball pics make me miss my glory days, love that she isn’t wearing knee pads! And Annie? what can you say, it was free after all!

Michelle - ahhhh. . . it wasn’t even a year ago you were taking pictures of my sweet babe & that sweet Emmett makes me want to rewind to clock (or get pregnant!) Love Annie’s stash. . .too funny!

Valerie @ Chateau A la Mode - Heehee Annie…way cute!

Lori Austin - Hip hip hooray! Good job Annie! We just celebrated this milestone at our house too. I think our girls are close in age. Fun times!
Lauren looks so intense.
The baby pics are about more than I can take. Why did we stop at 2????? Sniff….
Happy weekend.

Christine H - Hi! I’ve been searching your website for awhile tonight trying to find out where you got that print on the top of the cabinet that Annie is painting in front of (see 2nd photo from the top on this post). It has all the words/sentences on it like “use kind words” ” be considerate” etc. I know that you’ve probably mentioned it before but I had no luck finding a source reference. If you wouldn’t mind sharing I’d appreciate it! thanks!

Jenny B. - Yay that Annie can tie her shoes! We’ve been working on that at our house too. I’ll have to show my 6yo son this post. Maybe knowing that Annie can do it will give him a little boost. πŸ™‚ So funny about the “free” moustache! Has she read the book Moosetache? It’s funny. πŸ™‚

Jenna@CallHerHappy - O my gosh! Annie cracks me up. She has an eye for a deal.
Jenna
callherhappy.com

Angie G. - I love the photo of Emmet – we can’t wait to see them all!! Thank you so much! Angie

Tracy Fisher - If we lived closer I’d let you in on our whacky carpool! haha. It’s one of those carpools where everyone starts texting each other by 3pm trying to figure out how to get all of the kids to their sports… and trying to get a night off every once in awhile to make a nice dinner…haha.
Love the baby in the photo!
tracy fisher

Kat - Oh gosh that little baby Emmet makes me want to have #5 now!!
Annie is so sweet – love the moustache and that Lauren, she is gorgeous. (Oh to have toned legs and a butt like that!!! You go girl!)
I so get why you are so busy all the time and I only have 4, but wow it is always busy!!

shauna - that top baby pic!
aaaaghh!
so great.
you are so great.
even without crafts.

Ashlyn@Pinecone - Ooooohhhh that sweet babe!!!!!! Happy weekending!

Tanya H - I love the links you share, gets me thinking about gift-giving!

heather - friends that give free mustaches are THE best kind of friends.
happy weekend!

This Farm Family's Life - We haven’t been doing very many crafts either. My oldest has been begging me. We finally made spiders last night. Ready for things to slow down also.

seriouslysassymama - Your Annie should get together with my Abby. They would totally hit it off! Oh baby Emmett. I would almost ask for the Doc to untie my tubes for a cutie like that.

Kimberlee Jost - Yay, Annie!
So glad she didn’t pay for the mustache.
Tell her I’ll give her one for free, too. πŸ˜‰

Elaine Entz - oh good… now for the rest of us moms who rarely do crafts with our kids, we can feel less guilty πŸ™‚
love love love that b/w print behind the globes. did i see that at kitchen corner?
lauren’s fun to watch… great to see her blooming in her volleyball talents…

Sarah - What type of lens/settings do you use for the volleyball pictures. I’m trying to get better pictures of my daughters games. Thanks!!

Ashley - that picture of emmet? my ovaries hurt. thanks for that. πŸ™‚

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - Baby Emmett is a dream!
Love the VB shots! Lauren looks fierce!
Annie is cute as always!

ingrid lapp - I just found your blog about a week ago and have spent a lot of time reading thru all of your old posts. Very enjoyable….however the laundry piled up and we didn’t eat very good meals πŸ™‚
ps. loved every one of them

Jen Brandt - LOVE…Annie’s moustache and sweet baby Emmet. Have a wonderful weekend, Meg!

Jennifer - Oh my goodness, Emmet is one handsome dude! Beautiful photograph.

Kate B. - Lauren’s not wearing knee pads. How tough is that girl?

Holly - cute little Annie!

happygirl - Such a precious baby. LOVE the free mustache. LOVE the kids noticing the crafting is missing. It lets me know they LOVE it and it’s not just a photo op. Things like this are what make you the authentic and special blogger you are. πŸ™‚

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utah was amazeballs.

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out of the 18 of us….there was one PC…everyone else had a MAC.  :)

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auwww….walking to the ski lift.

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my buddy crystal from the workshop in san diego.
pretty hair.
cute shirt! 

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sandy….crazy.  :)

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lisa was my roomie.
she takes rad pictures.

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kelley was also at the san diego workshop!
and she had mirror glasses…my favorite.

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i gave wendy my camera and asked her to take some head shots for me.
you will be seeing these for a year now.
she is goooooood.
i love them. 

HA!
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note to self:
never go to the top of a mountain without cute red beads on…..you never know where your new head shot will be waiting for you.
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IMG_4531-1the happy couple again. 

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the mosquitos were bad.
kim was being smart.
and it was cold.
i was wearing a big puffy red coat that wendy had in her car.
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shooting the couple in the canoe….

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getting ready to take pics of a newborn baby….

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wendy the baby whisperer/disco dancer.
she had her hair twisted the night before & it was a huge afro the next day, which was what she was hoping for.
the coolest hair ever.

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one of my baby shots…..his name was denver.

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more teaching time before we left for our second and third shoots.

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the third shoot had farm animals!

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so much fun.

the second shoot is not shown here yet.
it was the most fun i have had in years.
i can't wait to show you.

i made it home easily…….happy to see my family.
ready to go NUTS on craft weekend prep.
it's ON.

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jennyonthespot - Amazeballs. Do you know how very much I love you?

Kelley - total awesomeness all weekend long. so glad you were there. LOVE your shot of the boy and the goat. wendy rocked your headshots. so perfect!

Kelly - fun about the mac preponderance. now I’m curious about the cameras. My husband and I shoot with Pentax but the Canon and Nikon people definitely seemed to be much more in abundance on our recent trip to Chicago. Kelly

honeybeemama - how fun! i will never be a true photographer, but i’m addicted to the work of others! and now…i need to go find my necklace for the day. who knows who will be taking my picture!!

danielle burkleo - jealous and those headshots are amazeballs too.

happygirl - This looked like a wonderful time. And you learned so much. I love my mac. I can’t go back to pc, no way.

brittany - Wow these are beautiful what kind of camera and lens are you using?

karen - awesome pics meg!! you are getting soooooo good!!

Kimberlee - Any place that has canoes and smoked cheese is fine by me. πŸ˜‰

cam - cool pics chick. sorry i missed it.
nice (red) balls.
(had to say it)
ciao,
cam

Jess - Glad you had fun Megan! Love the new pictures that Wendy took of you. πŸ™‚

Mindy Harris - meg you are gorgeous in those headshots. i think they really capture the “essence of meg” although i have only come into contact with you 3 times and if i sound like a groupie then i guess i am. they are just cute cute cute pics of you that tell us: “i may be famous but i am approachable. i have normal days too!”xoxxo!

Southern Gal - Is that a lens cap in Sandy’s pocket? I do that all the time.
And Wendy’s hair? I fight my hair everyday so it won’t look fuzzy, curly. Hmm. Maybe I should just let it go? Nah.
Looks like you all had fun.

Jennifer - I LOVE!!!! baby Denver, what a cutie!! and your headshots are AWESOME, of course, NEVER go to the mountains without smoking hot jewelry! note to self!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, great pictures! Those are awesomesauce!

jen @ tatertots and jello - Oh man, if I had known you were in town I totally would have stalked you down LOL. Glad you had a good trip!
xoxo
Jen

Sarah @ Redhead in Ruffled Flats - Awesome photos! It sounds like you had a blast! Can’t wait to see the other photo shoot!

Kerry - oh my WORD meg, those pics are too awesome.. I love the one of the baby being prepped, I always wanted to see how that was done and then the RESULT is just STUNNING! go You! And those beads…. oh man, what an awesome head shot. xx

melissa*320 sycamore - LOVE the new profile pic! Looks like so much fun πŸ™‚

Terrie G - Great pictures!! I can do flowers…not sure how well I would do with people! πŸ™‚

Jen - I LOVE that you have been sharing about your trip! I hope to go to something like this in the future…so much learning. Ohhh, and next time I am hiking in the mountains I will definitely be caring some cool, colorful beads to throw on! πŸ™‚ Fabulous!!

Dee Stephens - WOW! that is amazing! I love Utah!

lorelei - there is nothing better than a baby on a plate. πŸ™‚

emily anderson - man, i’m so jealous about craft weekend. i want to go BAD.

Jenna - What a wonderful trip you had! I’m actually really interested in Wendy’s hair…go figure! Wonderful pics, Meg!
Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com

Amanda Evans - Very cute Meg πŸ™‚

Jennifer - All the pictures so amazing! I wish I had been the mother of that baby and gotten everyone’s different pictures…so cool!

MichelleB - Looks like an amazing time! I love the pictures of people taking pictures πŸ˜‰ What a great opportunity! I really should do something like this and learn how to take better pictures! Of course I always think your pictures are amazing πŸ˜‰

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friday in utah…..

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after a morning of camera talk….good stuff….we went on an adventure.
we rode a ski lift up to the top of the mountain (i think we were in deer valley…) and took pictures.

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hysterical isn't it???

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wendy is rad.

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i call this "meg in the mountains"
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tyler and wendy rented a canoe for our mountain photo session….it was a wild ride up to the lake.
and when we got up there….MOOSE!
whoa.
so cool.
don't see that in kansas!

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this was our destination……….

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anna and dave have been married for three weeks.
they were GREAT sports…13 photographers shouting out "look here!"  "touch his arm!"  "KISS!"

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and just for fun i thought you'd like to see a little behind-the-scenes….
HA.

i am having an AWESOME time.

for real.

surrounded by super sweet photographers who want to learn like me is such a cool place to be. 

and this house is crazy amazing!
i feel spoiled.
big time.

more to come…….

 

tiffany m gardner - ok…miss meg…where did those red beads come from? I have been looking for some forever! looks like so much fun…i am a photographer and your work inspires me! way to go!!

Melissa - What program do you use for editing? How do you get the dark-ish edges that seem to make your subject “pop”???

AshleyAnn - Meg…these are gorgeous. You inspire me to challenge myself to grow as a photographer…Blue Lily one day?

Gretchen P - Moose are amazing! I had a mother and calf follow me while I was backpacking in the Grand Tetons. Very cool! Sounds like you are having an amazing time!!

Mindy Harris - what a neat opportunity, meg. thanks for helping us feel like we’re there. i like your “meg in utah” pic. you are adorable.

Sally - That is a beautiful place! Thanks so much for sharing such an amazing weekend with us. I can’t wait to see more of your pictures πŸ™‚

Gemma - Yay for being nosey…I love it!
Gemma x

Kerry - wow, it looks like a beautiful place! love the Meg in the mountains shot, your necklace is gorgeous!

Kimberly Dial - Utah sure is a beautiful place! You, my friend, are what my oldest granddaughter calls an “Adventure girl”! … glad you’re having a good time! Enjoy!

Kimberly Dial - Utah sure is a beautiful place! You, my friend, are what my oldest granddaughter calls an “Adventure girl”! … glad you’re having a good time! Enjoy!

lacey - thank you so much for posting pics of Utah. I grew up there. I miss it so much. My family is still there. I haven’t been home for almost two years seeing your pictures made me feel right at home! I needed that thanks.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Yay! Meg in Utah! So fun!

Valerie - Weird engagement photos is RIGHT! I admire people for stepping outside of the box…but that is a BIG step!
I love your outfits! You always inspire me on things to wear! Great blog!

Nicole Q. - I’m crazy jealous about your location . . . every where you turn in Utah you see a pictureperfect landscape to shoot pics of. Deer Valley is beautiful. How i miss that state!! So glad you are enjoying it.

Leah - So beautiful! I adopted one of those photos as my desktop background photo.

Rachael - I am so jealous but glad you are having a good time!

Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Hello Meg in the mountains. Glad you’re having a great time! πŸ™‚ Beautiful pictures, as alwasy!!

Jamie Smith - I am jealous of you.. had Blue Lily do our photos and just got them back this week. I LOVE THEM. I am saving my pennies to go to a GO PRO in 2012. And from your pics (both times you have hung with them) I am so staying in the party house.

Doris - I’m so glad you’re having a great time!

Ruth H. - Aww, you are making me so homesick! I grew up in the Utah mountains, seeing stuff like that in my backyard, practically. (Moose, elk, deer, coyotes…) Now I am living in the flat midwest. Love the trees, but miss the mountains! Enjoy that cool mountain air for me.

Peggy rice - I do believe team blue Lilly are the coolest people I’ve ever met. Tell them bonjour from the Rice’s in Paris!!!

Tanya H - ah, you’re killin’ me. I live an hour away. LOL!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - When we did our tour of New England a couple months back, we were on constant lookout for Moose. There are signs on the highways everywhere(so different from New York State where the worst you have to watch out for are deer or cow crossings(or of course snow mobiles, hah!). LOVE that you actually saw some!
Im so glad to hear youre having a wonderful time!

Ali - Mooooooose!

Kirsten P - Great photos of beautiful places! I especially love the birch trees in the ski lift photo – remind me of northern Minnesota and Michigan.

Terrie G - What gorgeous scenery!
I like ‘Meg in the Mountains’!
Moosen! – Have you ever heard Brian Regan’s bit on that? My son do him is even funnier!
Have fun & learn lots!!

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school supplies ROCK.

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which color is your favorite?

mine is yellow green and wild strawberry.

 

Heidi Jo the Artist - It is so hard to pick one favorite, isn’t it!?! I lean towards the purples and blues, and like the Wisteria a lot until you get it on paper, too light! And then I would probably go for violet, indigo, or turquoise blue if I was going to color something. I gravitate towards the cool colors.
When I was a kid, the sea green always stuck out to me for some reason. I really love the whole rainbow of crayons and once I get my hands on some fresh ones, I don’t think I’ll be able to resist taking pictures of them either!!

Lisa - I love these pictures…oh how I love crayons! I think it’s something we never outgrow! Orchid, Green Yellow, Carnation Pink….I could go on and on!

April M - Cerulian, Indigo, and Pacific Blue πŸ™‚ Love the colors – made me smile!

Kelly - NICELY DONE! Kelly

Kerry - Meg, just read through all the comments… PUH-LEASE could you put as a print in your Etsy Shop? πŸ™‚ xx

Laurie - Never mind my favourite colour; I could SMELL those crayons just looking at your pictures! Its been a while since my kids used crayons and your photos just brought my sense of smell to life remembering the days they did!
Anyone else?

Su@TheIntentionalHome - you gotta check out these 2 canvases made with crayons and a glue gun. . I just pinned them on my pinterest page. . .but this post with your pictures of crayons reminded me of them.
http://pinterest.com/pin/121800970/
AND
http://pinterest.com/pin/115564337/
I think they will make you smile. .perhaps an idea for craft Thursday

Emily - Spring Green!

Gina in Louisville - cornflower blue and melon green….I love that I knew that without looking or thinking.

Denise - orchid & magenta πŸ™‚

Lynne @ Our Happy Home - Macaroni and Cheese
Tickle Me Pink

John - A+ on the ROYGBIV

Life with Kaishon - I just love new crayons. This year my son didn’t even need them : ( Middle school. I got some any way though. I mean, that smell is divine. And those fresh points…what is not to love.
I think my favorite color is basic green. I love reading all of their names. I LOVE your pictures of the colors. So pretty.

Barbara - This is definitely a post that made me smile.

robin - love your pics…. πŸ™‚
i haven’t gotten a huge box of crayons since i was little (like 25 years ago!)…. but back then, my favorites, together, were spring green and midnight blue! πŸ™‚
hey Meg…can you and Annie (and your other kids, too, if they want :)) sing that birthday song and post it? it’s the one that goes something along the lines of “when you were born the angels sang………..” or something like that? i see posts about it and am really dying to hear the tune πŸ™‚ pleaseeee???? πŸ™‚

Jeanie Rhoades - These are GREAT photographs! Smile-bringers!

Kristin - orange and robin’s egg blue! fun photos. πŸ™‚

Stacy - I used to organize my crayons when I was little. Wait I still do! LOL

Jen Brandt - Cornflower!

Lori Austin - All those beautiful colors make me smile.
Have loved periwinkle since I was a kid.
Magenta is a favorite also. I have many, but those are at the top
of the list. πŸ™‚

Niki - Soory put my blog name in wrong. Opps

Niki - sea green & cornflower.
Drop in and “see” me sometime if ya want, I can tell ya, I know what it is to have 15-16 year old in the house with little ones also *wink*
It is all kinds a fun. Ha.
Love your blog & your kids, Niki

Juli - For me, it’s always been Periwinkle and Seafoam Green.

Elizabeth Gleason - Periwinkle all the way

Laura Phelps - losing my mind magenta
ok
i made that one up

se7en - Oh you can’t beat a freshly cracked box of crayola’s. Hmmm forest green, red plum … oh so many I could go on!!! Lovely post!!!!

Carly Winborne - i need prints of these pics for my sewing/craft/homeschool room. these are amazing!!! i don’t know who would like them more, my children or me!

Wendy - I love it! When I smell a box of crayon, I can remember back to that first day of school. Granted, those were the days when your school supply list consisted of a pencil, a box of crayons and a cardboard pencil box ( I dread getting that list these days). I still to this day love to color and I’m ashamed to say I have my very own box of 64 that my kids can’t touch. Bad mommy! πŸ™‚

Kerry - you guys get Macaroni & Cheese Crayola???!!! My life is complete!! MUST FIND SOME. I like Robin Egg Blue & Mauvelous too. OH I love that they all have names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie - Nothing is better than new crayons!!

erlfisher - Who doesn’t love new crayons? (oh, the perfect-pointy ends!) And as I tell my kids – please don’t make me choose a color – they are all so beautiful!

lala - cerulean. love, love, love those photos! there is nothing better than a new box of crayola crayons!

alicia @ la famille - school supplies are the best. i could look at ’em and smell ’em all day long.
and turquoise blue and dandelion…they should get married. they’re perfect for each other.

Tam - right now my favorites are turqouise blue and dandelion. I just posted last night about loving the rainbow in every crayola box and the perfectly sharpened tips πŸ™‚ We still have 3 weeks of summer before school starts.

Jill - I’m going to go with Orange and Wisteria today…loving the names of some of the others.

Holly - Spring Green and Mac and Cheese! I love the smell of a newly opened box of crayons.

kat - Oooooooooooh, I love school supplies! I have an entire board dedicated to school supplies on Pinterest.

carolyn - I just have to tell you how much this post made me smile. What is it that’s so magical about a box of crayons? My youngest is heading off to college in 3 weeks so no new crayons in this house … unless I just happen to pick some up for MYSELF! Oh, and I’ll take the turquoise blue please.

Mindy Harris - wow that is a long picture. howd you do that? my fave remains cerluean.

Lori Danelle - Robin’s Egg blue & Dandelion πŸ™‚

Maria - Dandelion and periwinkle….Those were the days!

Carrie K - out of all your gorgeous photos…this one made me SWOON…wow…really really amazing…i keep just scrolling through this happy picture πŸ™‚
i cant pick a favorite…the other ones will be mad at me πŸ™‚

Chantelle - Today? Orchid and Robin’s Egg Blue. Tomorrow? Who knows. πŸ™‚

MaryLea @ pink and green mama - Turqoise Blue and Yellow Green all the way….but really it’s RAINBOW! : )

Brenda - I Love Dandelion! Also love new boxes of crayons! My kiddos know not to touch my crayon box!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Periwinkle and Salmon ~ Love!

Laura - Wild Strawberry is great! Good choice! I also like dandelion and sky blue.

Danielle H. - I love wild strawberry and robin’s egg blue! I also LOVE the smell of crayons – reminds me of school starting and new beginnings. I also have to keep my crayon tips sharp – no yucky peeled back wrappers for me!

Elizabeth - Palo de rose. LOVE THOSE SHOTS MEG.

julia - not olive green

Kimberlee - Well, how fun are you today?!
I’ll take Turquoise Blue.
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Lisa Currie-Gurney - THOUGHT OF YOU THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM… WHAT A GOOD MOM YOU ARE. HOW BLESSED YOUR CHILDREN ARE TO HAVE YOU, AND YOU THEM. THE GENUINE, DEEP LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR HUSBAND, GOD, AND YOUR FAMILY.
THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU ARE FOR THOSE WHO READ YOUR BLOG.
THANKS FOR BEING YOU MEG.
YOU ARE PRAYED FOR GIRL.
HUGS FROM MY HEART

Lisa McCracken - Hi Meg! New to your blog and I found you through Matthew Mead’s “Summer with Maatthew Mead”. I love your blog and I love your pics even more:) Can you tell me…what lens do you use/favorite lens for your camera?

happygirl - LOVE the photo. And my favorite color is RED.

lorel - i love all the colors but scarlet and lavendar are looking good right now. Happy back to school – its our first day back with the kids (writing on lunch break) and all is going well so far! Yay!

Sarai - I like orchid and salmon πŸ˜‰

valerie - oohhh, Sea Grean and Periwinkle were always my favorites when I was little. And bronze, of course. πŸ™‚

Meg Carter - I wish my screen had a scratch and sniff… nothing says the start of school like the smell of crayons.

Michelle Webster - Wild Strawberry has been my favorite has been my favorite since I was a kid!! =)

Tammy - Magenta.
Which, for years as a child I pronounced: “Magneta” πŸ˜‰

Patricia - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the photos! Awesomeness!!
My favorites are Robin’s Egg Blue and Tickle Me Pink.
But truth be told, I love all crayons!

Terrie G - Is there anything better than a new box of crayons?! I haven’t had one of those in years…yellow green & plum…favorites! I just got off the phone with the teacher I work with. I get to go to school on Friday to meet the new kids and write their names on all their brand new crayons! πŸ™‚

Natalie - I love new crayons!! :0)

Nikki - Robin’s Egg Blue and Melon!!!!!!! Great pics!!!!! (I’m riding a caffeine high right now, can you tell?)

Jenni Bailey - Sea Green all the way. Followed somewhere down the line by Salmon.

Leah - You should sell that as a print on Etsy! So pretty! I could see framing it and putting it in our arts supply area.

Linda - Oh and i love robin egg’s blue!

Linda - Oh My gosh! I Love that photo. You need to make a print because I have to get it for my sister!

katie phillips - I was practically drooling! :D—
I LOVE Yellow Green, Wisteria, & Dandelion.
<3

Molly Pearce - Oh these pictures made my day! My two fave colors are sea green and orchid! Even though I don’t have children yet me and my husband always get a few new *office* supplies this time of year. New Sharpies, high lighters, pens, pencils and construction paper for me πŸ™‚ Happy Wednesday Meg!
~Molly

Chantelle - cerulean. hands down. and school supplies TOTALLY ROCK!!! I hyperventilate whenever i walk into the department stores this time of year…

Wendy C. - Wisteria and Goldenrod are my favorites and Yes, I’m that Mom smelling the new boxes of Crayons in the school supply aisle. Nothing better!

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - I love apricot!
Gemma x

Jen - NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, better than a box of fresh Crayolas! Enjoy your peace and quiet! My kids don’t start until after Labor Day!!
Oh-and I am totally a periwinkle girl!

Holly - I totally opened my kids crayons and took pictures the other day!

Jen - love school supplies. even though I am not a teacher and don’t have any school age children. it is what makes my Target bills so high half the time. πŸ™‚ Turquoise blue is prob my fave. THEY HAVE A MAC & CHEESE COLOR NOW??? wow.

Erin - love the photos! I have an obsession with crayons. My favorites are: Cerulean, Wild Strawberry, jungle green (used to be a bright green) and Purple Mountains Majesty.

Michelle - melon. I love the melon crayon. πŸ˜‰

bonnie - oh brand new crayons make me so happy… i dont comment often but i love reading your blog and seeing your beautiful photos. happy back to school days.

Jessi - Blue green, for certain.

deb meyers - cornflower … i always check for the cornflower.
Also…a fresh sharp new black.

Jodi L - A brand new box of crayons……LOVE IT!!! The smell of new crayons too just SCREAMS back to school!!
I will have to go with Robin’s Egg Blue as my fav!
Fun post! πŸ™‚

Alice H - very neat photos! I like Orchid, Sea Green, and Melon!!

Dawn - Is there anything better than a brand new box of crayons to start off the school year? I think not! Sometimes I buy a brand new box just for me, and keep it hidden so my kids can’t use them.

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i know i already shared this one….but it's so awesome….it had to be on again.

i ordered a canvas of it.
my last kid to be a toothless goofball…..wahhhh.

there is still one more michigan post to do.
best for last…..

 

 

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Cathy~As the World Flops - I have checked out several pages of your blog and I love it… your pics are so bright and fun. These kids seem to have a great time doing whatever it is they are doing that day.

Lynn - What size canvas did you order? Do you mind telling me where you ordered it from? Is it somewhere anyone can go to for canvases?

Debbie Hargadon - I came here especially to comment on Talby — ha!!! so did SO many others! She is striking and so interesting looking. You are in real trouble with her as she gets older. Lauren’s photos were beautiful too. It is amazing how different all your children look from each other. . . one of God’s many gifts to us that each kid is meant to be so different from the others in the family, even when raised under the same roof and from the same parents. I love the uniqueness of Jenny’s kids too — those photos make me laugh, just wanting to know more of their little personalities. So fun to watch them all grow.
The Costco canvases are pretty good — depends on the quality of the original photo, but it is hard to beat the price. I believe you can do it all online at costco.com
Enjoy your first quiet days of back to school. At least you don’t have a kinder this year!

Jenna - I cannot get over how beautiful Talby is! And the pictures of her always capture her internal beauty too πŸ™‚

Jemm - These are so great Meg. I wish I could figure out how to take good pics of my kids. They don’t like me taking pictures and they don’t make good faces. They always look way too posed. What kind of lens did you use for these?

happygirl - Still adorable. πŸ™‚

julia - It’s so neat to see you evolving as a photographer – you keep getting better and better!

jennie - talby looks so grown up!

Megan - I have an annoying habit of comparing relatives to eachother and I’m going to inflict it upon you! Talby has a huge resemblence to Lauren, and out of all of the kids Annie and your eldest son (Scott is it? I’m terrible with names…) look most like you and your husband. And they’re all adorable!
Your blog never fails to make me smile, btw πŸ™‚
With love, from a fellow Meg

Kat - Your kids are gorgeous.
I think Talby is going to be a stunner.
Love, love the gappy teeth. Beautiful idea to get a canvas of the last one…waaa I will cry along with you.

Lynn - You are so inspiring! You make me want to be a better photographer. πŸ™‚

Lee Anne - Hi Meg
I have a few photo questions. Were do you order your photo canvas pics from…can I order them all the way from Canada? Do you shoot in RAW format? I have a Canon Rebel XTi and have never tried RAW, mostly because Walmart photo lab can’t handle that size of file. I always take a portrait of my kids in yard the morning of the first and last day of school. I think if I started to shoot in RAW, I could probably get a better quality picture that would produce a better print, but I just not sure how to handle these files.
By the way, I love your pictures! I’ve been visiting your site religiously for about 2 years, and love seeing the happy pictures of your family and how fast they’re growing up.

www.coconutsandlimes.blogspot.com - …I’m ready for my close up Mr. DeMille.
You have a gift, Girl!

Annika - These kids are so beautiful!

Shauna - By the way, I love those close-ups! Beautiful….

Shauna - Just curious…where do you order prints and canvases from? Im so sick of getting poor quality prints from cvs…I need a better place to get them done. I do my photobooks with my publisher, but they dont do prints or canvases. Id love to know! Thanks πŸ™‚

Kerry - These are awesome Meg! Too precious πŸ™‚ xx

Michelle - That photo of Talby is absolutely gorgeous!

Katie - So cute! What’s better than missing teeth?!

meg schmidt - I’m so glad you’re putting that one on canvas- it SO deserving! Love your blog, Meg (and your name;)) and i finally commented because there were only 3 ahead of me and usually when i want to comment there are about 50 ahead and i always think, “She definitely has waaaay better things to do than read what commenter #51 has to say.” Haha πŸ™‚ Anyway, i love your realness and appreciate you sharing your life with all of us.
Meg

Terrie - Still love that toothless grin! I’m going to play with my camera on a newborn next week. What lens do you like to use for portraits …esp. babies?

Jack - Love the wrinkled nose shot and the gappy tooth – Bet it will look fab on canvas! Thanks for introducing me to ‘Paint Me a Picture’ by the way. I now have one of Lindsay’s wee canvases on my mantlepiece.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Great, closeups!

keri ~ forever folding laundry - I love them all!
Every one of them has twinkles in their eyes.
The sign of happy kids, in my opinion.
πŸ™‚

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i love taking pictures of families!
all cuddled up together…..bonded.
it’s an awesome thing.

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Kerri - These pictures make me want to have more children! Wish I could afford them, and wish I wasn’t 38. SIGH

Year Old Birthday Party Ideas - Love the family picture! Lovely photos!

Rebecca W - such nice photos!! πŸ™‚

Jenny B. - I love your family photos. They all look so natural… not all coordinated and perfectly posed. And I love that mom’s red shoes. Such a great pop of color. πŸ™‚

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Funny, I was drooling over those red Toms wedges too:) Great pictures Meg!

se7en - These are stunning!!! I need you in my life!!! I would love a photograph of my whole family actually looking in the same direction – let alone at the camera!!!

Lynette - Loved, Loved, Loved seeing my “little” brother and his family on your blog! I have been watching to see if you’d post any of the pics of the family from the Husker state! Thanks for allowing me a peek into their session!

Terrie G - I know family #5! I miss seeing them since we have moved. They are so sweet! Great pics!!

Wendi - Excited to see the Driggers….love the sweat pants. These are great pictures!

Jess - Love the family pictures Megan…especially the last one. Can’t wait until it is our turn!

Nicole Q. - You made my day to get a glimpse of our family pics!!! THANKS!!!

Jennifer - These are all so beautiful! πŸ™‚ Thanks for sharing the link to Hire Blog Help. I’ll have to check that out.

Shelly Todd - So fun to see a family on here that I know! Crazy! So, I live in Olathe and my husband and I just opened a booth at a local antique place in town. I’m thinking about a road trip out to Barely Makin’ It. What do you think? Would I be able to find some fun things for my booth? I’m filling it with furniture but want to find some fun accessories… I’m doing some yarn wreaths and book page wreaths, chalkboards in ornate frames, etc. Love your blog, by the way!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I love you, Meg!

Cindy - Ah what a fun surprise! Love our photo you chose to post, Meg. THANK YOU again!!! It’ll be fun to finally have a profile pic on my blog πŸ˜‰

Kerry - wowza. these family pics are awesome Meg! That’s so funny you linked up to Hire Blog Help today – I just received my first Virtual Assistant job today πŸ™‚ xxx

Lisa - Fantastic! You find such great locations to shoot. I love the brick background. Sidenote: Red Toms WEDGES?! My heart skipped a beat. Lovin’ her style!

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