Finally done with holiday orders and I'm pretty sure everyone's cards have been sent out, so now begins the fun job of sharing all of these sessions! This family is dear to my heart as I've photographed both of their boys as newborns. It is always such an honor to get to watch these kiddos grow up and they have become healthy, energetic, all-boy-boys! We had to outrun the rain, a footrace, and in many cases, the boys, themselves to snag pics at our session, but gosh, just look at those grins and bright blue eyes!

I couldn't resist. We've been working for so long to get moved into the studio and make it operational. We made major progress today. So much so, I was able to set up my light that I've had sitting in a box for 2 years now. My two (not-so-willing) models let me do a few test shots before I put them to bed. I'm happy. Very, very happy.

Today, for the first time in my life, we all went to a Christmas Tree farm to cut our own tree. It was such a fun experience, even if it was a little warm here in Austin, TX and the farm was, well, a little bare. It's also the first time in a loooooooong time that we did colored lights. Thought I'd go retro this year. Wish we had some of those silver tinsel icicles, too ;-). I love it that the boys are finally old enough to help out with the decorating.

I truly did not believe we were going to have time to put up a tree this year. Accomplishing this goal tonight leads me to think that maybe, just maybe, we'll get around to taking the holiday card pic that I've been planning in my head for months now. Maybe...

And then, here are the winners for November:

We've got one more round of winners to come at the end of December and then in January, it's voting time again! I can't wait to see what happens this year!

Congratulations to all of the finalists!