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I thought it would be fun to give a little glimpse into how we spend our days at home this winter…….Yesterday while waiting for the bath to fill up for Ben I noticed that I hadn’t heard Mia for a little bit, so I crept down the hall and peeked into her room, and this is what I saw….

Reading Cinderella, all curled up on her bed….only 2.5 years old, and it seems she knows the joy and contentment in reading a good book, in a quiet room. We love to read around here! { Notice the old cell phone and elephant on her little head board, a few of her favorite possessions…}

Ben enjoying his traditional after school bath, the first thing he tells us when he gets in the door from school “Mama can I have a bath?!?” it’s become a good little routine for him, to come in and do that, helps him calm down and chill out after a busy day at school.

Then there is our little puppy Ruby who has been a bit down lately with the cold and rainy weather…a little game of fetch and a couple treats perks her right up, but she definitely misses summer time…don’t we all??

Since the weather has been so yucky lately, we haven’t been able to spend as much time as we usually do outside…we are keeping warm with comfy socks…

and the kids have been finding fun things to do indoors, such as this lovely game of “restaurant” they played a few days ago…

We have been enjoying lot’s of arts & crafts time and baking as well…

We have noticed that Ben sure does have a creative artistic side to him, he’s also a bit of a perfectionist already, whereas his little sister is happy to mix colours, makes messes, and colour outside the lines, a free spirit if you will…enjoying some afternoon play doh time…

Ben makes me laugh everyday without fail!

Piling the toys up on the couch, Mia loves to play with cars just as much as Ben does…

They sure do love playing together, of course they get on eachothers last nerve, but they are also the best of friends i’d say…

Our days are always full of lot’s of hugs…

tons of smiles & laughs…both our kids sure love to laugh…(and scream, and run around like crazy monkeys! lol just being honest)

and of course the mama with the camera out all the time…

Winter isn’t so bad around here….but we sure do miss spending the days outside, and will look forward to their return in a few months! I love my family & being home with my kids…nothin’ better…

The new year came so fast, I didn’t get a chance to do a year end wrap-up post like I had hoped to do, also because someone hacked my blog, and really did a number on it! It took my hubby a week or more to fix it! Thankfully everything is all back in order, and my website and blog even got a new more stream-lined look, and got updated with tons of new photos! If you haven’t checked it out yet I would love you to stop by and see my new look www.shelleykphotography.com
I am not known for being good with computer stuff, but have been forced to learn more about it since I started this business, my little macbook has done me good this last year, and so I reorganized and updated my desk this past week as a little gift to say “thanks”I am forever grateful to my husband Chris for doing all the behind the scenes website/blog designing stuff, my logo, and pretty much anything to do with computer updating, hard drives ect. I couldn’t do this business without him! He is even my second shooter at most weddings, and does an amazing job taking the photos of the “guys” before the ceremony for me, and keeps me on my toes throughout the wedding day, reminding me of certain things, bringing me water, making sure I don’t lose all my lens caps, and holding my uber fashionable kelly moore camera bag for me. Thanks hubby!! Of course I am also thankful for my parents, Chris’ parents & Rachel (my cousin) for helping out with babysitting for my weddings, this was SO helpful, and the kids love you all so much!
This fall was my busiest season yet, and I had a wonderful time capturing lot’s of engagement sessions, weddings, families & newborns, I have some good material to blog over the winter months while us canadian photographers go into hibernation. But today I finally want to share some of my favorite images from this fall’s mini-session day. If I remember correctly it was close to +30 degrees with the humidity, not what you’d expect for a fall session! My friend & college photography student Lauren, stayed with me the whole day as my wonderful assistant, grabbing and lifting props for me, and even holding onto two big dogs leashes! Mini-session day 2011 went so great, and I was so happy to see so many repeat families come out again this year, it’s always great to shoot the same kids over and over because you get to know them, and they get to know you, which helps in the picture taking process. So…thank you again to all my clients/friends for another wonderful season, I look forward to another year of learning and growing more, and capturing more precious memories! And without further delay…some compilations of the children from mini-session day 2011!

If you are interested in snagging a spot for my 2012 fall mini session day, email me as soon as you can at shelleysomers@gmail.com and I will put you on the list! I will be setting everything up early on, to ensure a date as I am busy most saturday’s with weddings. ALSO if you are a photographer in the York Region, Durham Region area, I am really looking for some second shooters for my 2012 weddings, so if you are interested in shooting with me, or you know someone who would potentially be interested in this send me an email!!