Ashlock Family, Part I

(Playing catch-up here.)

Our dear friends Ryan and Laura visited us last summer.  We had precious little time together, and so we crammed as much as we could into our days.  A snippet of our time included a photo shoot with their beautiful girls.  With Laura's coaching, here are some of the shots we got:

(Part II coming as soon as I can get it on here!)

Typewriter

Sometime ago, Mama gave Sophia a mechanical typewriter.  You would have thought she'd hung the moon! The stories, letters, cards, and experiments that have rolled off this old tool have provided endless hours of entertainment.  A few of the jewels have landed themselves in the keepsake box.

Free textures courtesy of the electric typewriter, also known as the internet.  When I remember where I found them, I'll let you know!  Big thanks to my hubby, who helped me figure out how to add the textures to my photos.  And if you see them showing up on every picture from here on out, let me know that that is NOT okay, that pictures can stand alone without a texture added.  Even if it IS fun to add them.

Baby Genevieve, Again

A few more shots of Genevieve, with her mommy:

Genevieve has the most luscious skin, and her eyes are so clear and just starting to focus:

Genevieve gets a bath in the most awesome stone sink.  Oh, did she love that warm water!

Baby Genevieve

Before Genevieve was born, her grandmother asked me to capture her much-anticipated grandbaby.  Nine days after her birth, I met Genevieve and her mommy and daddy, Nathan and Jessica.  The heat was cranked up in their home, props were hauled up into the loft, and the capture began.  

Genevieve is a precious baby girl, and so obviously adored by her mommy and daddy.  What a delight to catch her newness and wonder, and her parent's love of her.

Thank you, Lynda, for asking me to do this, and Nathan and Jessica for allowing me into your home to play with your baby.  I pray God blesses you richly in your new role as parents and grandparents.

Christmas

The year is drawing to a close, and I have much to be grateful for:  the love from my family and friends;  people who believe in me and encourage me; God, who showers me daily with His abundant blessings.  I am in need of nothing.

Wishing each of you a Happy Christmas!

~Kristen

Thanks, Julie, for snappin' our mugs!

CNN iReport

My husband sent our snowflake pictures in to CNN, and they were published with a very nice producer note.  You can see the iReport here.  (Sometimes I get the producer note to appear; sometimes not.  Not sure why.)  The comments underneath slay me!  Some I really appreciate, too.  If you need to waste some time being amused, check them out.

At any rate, this was fun to share, and to see the images published.

Snowflakes and God

A light snowfall dusted our place on Sunday.  Below-freezing temperatures have guaranteed no snow melt.  Yesterday, my husband came in, exclaiming about the snowflakes that still clung to his car's windshield.  Excitedly, he grabbed the camera.  He spent the next half-hour shooting snowflakes, running back inside to thaw his trigger finger, and running back out to shoot some more.  As we reviewed the photos together back inside, our son proclaimed with astonishment, "I didn't know they really look like that!"

God left nothing out when He created our world!  Down to the tiniest snowflake full of the most intricate detail, He thought of it all!  And what a happy surprise to the human eye to see something like this!