
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Can't wait to be born...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
WHERE did you get your bag???
Here's Sam on the back of the Classic Bag with Bamboo Handles option. Larissa is on the front of the bag...
This is the lovely Audrey Bag...
And finally, my favorite, the Classic Tote Bag with 2 different images on each side, fuschia leather, candy-stripe lining and underglass options. Yep, I went all out!
These beautiful leather handbags make fabulous gifts for yourself and others!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tucker & Pearl
I mostly do pet portraits as part of a family photo session so it was great fun to just do "the dog". And the last time I did a cat portrait was a few years back when I flew to San Francisco to photograph a pair of cats! Meow!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Gorgeous Mikal ~ Class of 2009!
Have a great senior year, Mikal! And thanks to you and Terry for making the trek up to Sky Ranch!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Raves from Hamburg, Germany...

My husband entertained her while the session was taking place, so she only first saw the images online once she was back home in Germany.
Here's what she had to say:
Monday, August 18, 2008
Celebrating 7 years at LillyLu!!!

The years have been good to me.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Pop Art Canvas Prints

Thursday, August 14, 2008
Dignity and Respect for ALL...
babe in the woods
Don't ya just want to pick this basket up and carry him home???
"Honey, you'll never believe it!!...Look what I found in the woods!!"
Thank you Stacey and Karsten for your enthusiasm and willingness in having Cooper be my first official babe in the woods!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Jeans and a Plain White T
and is there anything "cooler" than this beautiful old vintage Dodge??
When we found this neat old broken tree is the woods we discovered we were on the wrong side of the barbed wire fence. Easy for me to crawl through it even with the camera, but poor Kyle...he's probably about 6'5" tall! Maybe taller!
It was worth braving the barbs though...
Thanks, Kyle for allowing me to shoot your senior portraits! You were a great sport!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
PROUD MAMA
Larissa, in the 7-8 age category finished 5th behind 4 girls in the 11-12 age category with a time of 6:08...only 26 seconds behind the first place finisher. WOW! She placed 17th overall. Sam finished in the top 25 for the boys and 43rd overall.

Larissa placed 1st in Floriculture for "Best Child's Bouquet". Isn't it beautiful?
Larissa and I got up before 6 a.m. on entry day to cut our flowers fresh from the garden and make our arrangements. I entered my bouquet in the "Montana" division which required the use of wildflowers. Using a silver champagne cooler to display them in was just the ticket...I placed 1st and even won the Reserve Grand Champion for Floriculture!!!
Oh, and I can't forget to mention that Doug got a real kick out of learning that his parsley placed 1st! It's been a great week for the Saarel's!!!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
They're BAAACK!!!

With cousins, Rio, Wesley and York at the beach (not shown is cousin Daniel Nolan)...

Seeing my daughter having a good hearty laugh with my mom is a real heartwarmer...
and are you getting dizzy yet???...here they are at Knott's on the Mexican Sombreros followed by Sam on Big Foot Rapids...
Sheesh...it's pitch dark, and the kids are still at it...doing CANNON BALLS in the pool...and I'm sure that neighbors, Marie and Marge were totally amused...
Here are 2 proud "Minnow B" graduates...Sam even DOVE (in almost perfect form) off the 3-meter high dive, while Larissa bravely closed her eyes and jumped!
Thank you Oma & Opa for showing Sam & Larissa a really great time.
THEY'LL BE BACK!!!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
sweet sweet baby...
This is such a beautiful and powerful image, you could stare at it forever... I'm definately going to have to put some of these up at the hospital...
We did a number of family shots that were "perfect", but this one has got to be my favorite...at this point, 2-year old Jonas was not going to sit still anymore and wanted to play...