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one year ago…

brooke — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:00:33 +0000

Tonight my family and i will go the annual ‘Barn Bash’ for the high school students at our church. Bob Lloyd always leads the square dancing. Ken always makes the fire. Students always crawl through the hay. There is a lot of flirting, smore eating, and cowboy hat wearing that goes on. We’ve brought our camera gear the past few years and have photographed some hilarious students. I can’t believe how much bigger our kids have gotten over the past 12 months! Be sure and check back soon for our updated family pics, photobooth style.

Headed to Chi-town

brooke — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:19:53 +0000

my husband and i are headed out to Chicago in the morning for our second annual trip so that he can run the chicago marathon. usually when we tell people that we are going away for a relaxing weekend away from our kids they ask where we are going and what we are doing. when i tell them that our weekend includes finley running 26.2 miles, they think we are crazy. last year was a ton of fun and we definitely have a better plan to see each other along the race course and find each other amidst the thousands of people at the finish. we are staying downtown, riding the train everywhere we go and will probably just enjoy holding hands for 3 days without our kids interrupting us every third sentence. i know i’ll have plenty of pictures to share, but looking back on a few from last year, i’m already excited because it won’t be freezing cold this time. i can’t wait!

Everleigh Macuik

brooke — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:27:27 +0000

this story started several years ago when i was a young mom of two little kids, and one another on the way. jenn saw me pushing an overflowing shopping cart with two kids in tow and God said to her, ‘you need to be friends with that girl.’ praise the Lord she did! jenn was a single girl who loved kids and so i let her borrow mine whenever she needed a baby fix. we laughed together, cried together, worked out together, and just shared our lives with one another.

a few years later, jenn met dan, and i had the privilege of shooting their wedding (i wish i was blogging back then, because it was gorgeous!) a few months later, jenn came over to my house and told me some news, dan had gotten a new job at a church in Oklahoma City and they were going to be moving away. my heart sank because i knew it would be a great job for their family, but the thought of living without her was so sad! i’m not sure who had a tougher time, me or my kids. they LOVED jenn and dan so much.

when jenn told me that she was pregnant, i squealed with excitement. by this time my babies that she had grown up loving were off to elementary school and it was her turn to navigate the newborn stage. the day that jenn was induced at the hospital, my phone never left my side. dan kept me updated with text messages on how she was doing. i made a crazy decision…i went to my kids school, loaded them up in the car and i drove my family it OKC to be there for jenn and the birth of her daughter everleigh. i was so sad that i missed the actual birth (jenn was with me for my daughter maye’s birth) but we stayed in the hospital room for several hours and got to enjoy their first few moments as parents.

Elleman Family | Fayetteville, Arkansas

brooke — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:00:26 +0000

my dearest, sweetest, adorable college roommate allowed me to update her family pictures the other day. we have way too many stories to tell about each other. pop squad. road trips. mommy world. three kids apiece. what can i say, i love her to death.

aaron is such a fun daddy!

work it out davis. work it out.

what’s a good family shoot without the youngest kid breaking out into huge tears at the geese that are about to attack!

allyn, thank you so much. i love you and your sweet family!

Year in Review: My Family

brooke — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:43:10 +0000

in case you weren’t aware or haven’t ever seen, i have a pretty incredible family. my husband finley and i have three young kids, who are obviously not shy from the camera. we pack a lot into our days. from kindergarten & dress up to playing soccer & star wars to eating fruit snacks & napping, our life is full and blessed. these are a few of my favorite images and memories from this past year. they all make me smile

i was able to pull of an 80′s party for my birthday back in february. all of our friends dressed up and we had some dancing, picture taking, and 80′s trivia. my two sisters (kym & martha [in-law]) really rocked it out here. my facebook album 88mph (from back to the future of course) has all the rest.

here’s my husband finley and our kids getting their snow trampoline on. i love it that elle is getting thrown around. funny that we are about to get blasted again with the snow again on Christmas Eve!

our little maye turned one this summer. she is an absolute doll. she has the most amazing “cheese” whenever we say smile for the camera.

a group of our friends all got together for a lake day this summer. finley and elle are both crusing along on the wakeboard. thanks Paul for teaching us that trick. maybe this summer they’ll be doing it on their own!

ahh, the cousins. we love our cousins. poor silas is always outnumbered whenever the Roddas come to town. the two big girls are 2 days apart. it is so fun to have all these girls gathered around for a tea party and some sprinkler fun!

we got all dressed up for “cow appreciation day” at chick-fil-a. my husband’s goal was to get as much free food as possible, so we went all out. the ladies who rang up our order said that we were some of the most committed customers of the whole day. my kids = total cuteness!

this is probably the picture of the year for our family. we are going to order a bunch of new pictures for the house soon, and this one will be huge. elle and maye went to the other room and when i inquired as to how they were doing, elle responded that she was “working on an art project.” obviously! they came back around the corner, both so proud of their accomplishments. elle for her fantastic artwork, and maye for being such a great subject. it generated 36 comments on facebook back in august! this is an all time family classic.

our kids got to go on “fall retreat” with the student ministry over labor day weekend. they loved the slip-n-slide and the blob the most.

finley and i got to take a trip to chicago in october so that he could run in the chicago marathon. it was incredible to see over 33,000 people run in that race. it was brutally cold that weekend, but we pulled off a little self-timer fun as we were walking along the banks of lake michigan. this one is going in our bedroom for sure.

what a fun treat to watch kids grow up and pray that they love each other and turn out to be loving adults. halloween was such a blast and the kids turned it on once again on our way to the school carnival. i can’t wait to look back in 10 years and remember all these fun memories.

crossland | rogers family

brooke — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:23 +0000

wow…the crossland’s make some gorgeous kids! I have gotten to take pictures of them about once a year for the past several years and they always have killer clothes and a hip new theme to each session. this time we broke out the dirt bike boots and capitalized on the blazing fall colors. my little girl Maye even got in on the action!

well, I guess Macy is teaching her boys how to be affectionate, and obviously our little Maye didn’t mind getting her smooch on with her buddy Maddox! let’s just say the apple doesn’t ever fall that far from the tree.