This Is What I Believe In
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Above, my favorite shot from Laura and Mike’s family session. He loved jumping on the bed!
Keep reading for today’s blog contest!
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Had to get a shot of him playing with cars on the floor too.
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I think this shot is so cool. As I’ve mentioned here once or twice (or maybe 10 times!) before, I always want to make sure the youngest child has as many pictures as everybody else in the family! Blurry in the background: big brother, mom, dad, and the family dog.
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Everybody! If you know Laura and Mike, and would like to see their slide show, shoot Laura an email and I’m sure she’ll share. It’s such a great one!
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My favorite close-up of my little friend’s big brother.
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Here’s my fave of my little friend himself! Yummy light in this one!
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Awwwwww! I LOVE that one!
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They have a basketball court in their backyard. So cool!
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And lots of room for other sorts of games.
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Laura is a Creative Memories consultant. (Click here for her Web site.) She has many volumes of scrapbooks of her boys. Mike gave her the family session as a gift for her birthday. What a sweet gift that was! Now there will be some snapshots of HER in those scrapbooks too!
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As a mom with two boys, I love this one!
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Before I was allowed to enter his room, I had to make an oath that I was not, nor ever had been a Yankees fan. He enjoyed showing me his many hobbies. Baseball cards…
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…playing the violin…
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…and reading (Harry Potter), to name a few.
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Hanging out in mom and dad’s room was a special treat!
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Laura and Mike renovated the kitchen this year, so it’s cool to get some shots of them in their new kitchen! If you watch the slide show, there’s a shot of Laura and Mike in the kitchen that was taken by my little photo assistant there. You did a great job, buddy!
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I had no trouble coaxing these two into dancing.
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Isn’t their living room so cozy? I love the rich colors.
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What makes this picture REALLY special is the next one…
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…Mimicking mom and dad! I love it!
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They love to hang out looking at their scrapbooks. (I LOVE the dog in this picture!)
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There were so many books to choose from! Laura, I admire you so much for doing all these gorgeous books for your family!
Note: Clients who show me a completed scrapbook get a very special price on 4×6 scrapbook prints! You must show me a completed scrapbook of your family during your family session in order to take advantage of the special price for these unmounted prints. It’s a great deal!
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This is my favorite picture from the scrapbook-admiring series. “Brothers!”
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This one is my favorite family shot! I hope you enjoyed your slide show, Laura and Mike!
If you’ve been reading the blog post, looking for today’s contest here it is: The title of the blog post is “This Is What I Believe In.” What is it I believe in? The first person to answer correctly will win a $10 iTunes gift card, and in your name and with lots of blog praise, Laura and Mike will win 10 free 4×6 scrapbook prints for their next scrapbooking project!
Have fun!
Peace,
jules
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My family calls me "the mamarazzi."
CHRIS!!!!!
You WIN! “FAMILY” is the correct answer! Wow, new blog reader too. How did you figure that out so quickly? You’re AWESOME! Sending you email to find out your address so I can send along your iTunes gift card! WOO HOO!
Laura and Mike, you can thank my friend, Chris, for your 10 free scrapbook prints!
To all my blog readers, this is so cool because Chris and I met in middle school, dreaded middle school, and went through high school together, and reconnected through Facebook only a few weeks ago!
Thanks for commenting, Chris!
And to everybody else, especially Laura and Mike, thank you so much for your comments! I LOVE what I do!
–jules
Love the family pics, but the new banner photo is awesome!
it is a good thing a picture is worth a thousand words, because i am speechless. thank you julie.
Love the last shot!!! Awesome family photo.
You believe in lots of hugs. So do I with my family.
WOW!!! My little friend Ethan is a potential screen idol! You are a beautiful family and your love (and laughter) comes through perfectly in these pictures. Julie – you are amazing!
Wow! Words cannot describe how amazing you are Julie. We look at our family every day, but boy how we can really “see” them in these pictures. You really captured who the boys are right now and we will treasure these pictures for years to come. This was the best birthday gift ever!!
Laura
No fair, I have 20 scrapbooks and we already had our family session.
Great pictures and I am going to check out her website. Thanks.
Applies to you, too, Dawn. Just remind me when your gallery goes up to tag it as “scrapbooker.” I saw some of Jackie’s scrapbooking work in her room. You guys are amazing! — jws
I was going to say “love” too. Bill beat me to it. So I’ll say “relationships” since that word won once before. (Long time blog reader here!)
“love”
Great pics (as usual) of a beautiful family!
Togetherness
OK, I was going to say family too, but Chris beat me to it. But I noticed that there were a lot of hugs in these pictures, so I’m going to go ahead and say “hugs”.
I can’t wait to see how these pictures look in one of Laura’s scrapbooks!
Family
You also fully believe that once you see what can be accomplished by a professional documentary artist, you will never go back to “smile for the camera” portraits.
PS: Great pics Laura and Mike!!
Well, that’s true too, but not what I was going for. Here’s another hint. It’s a one word answer, longer than 3 letters. — jws
God.
Hey Justin! Thanks for guessing! Well, yeah, God, duh, but … in particular, as relates to this session, what do I believe in? –jws