The Smothers Fam

Some of you might recognize the little guy in these photos... Yes, that would be Elijah and I still have a huge crush on him. Well the gang's all here now! Enjoy the cuteness of this little family.

Jeremy + Molly

I thoroughly enjoyed our time together this morning. It started out with a beautiful sunrise in a sunflower field - we really got a kick of these little flowers waking up to the sunshine.

Jeremy and Molly are both so genuine and their relationship and love for each other is so incredibly pure and rooted in Christ. That was such an encouragement to me... just to see that love and have the privilege to capture it. They're getting married January 31st, so get excited!

AND! every single one of you should check out Molly's Blog. She's such a creative person and a talented artist - it's a fun blog to keep up with.

baby isaiah

no no, you can't see him yet. but in a couple more months he will be here to grace all of us with his handsomeness in his little air jordan outfit. yes, this child will be quite the basketball player.

anyhow, janae is the proud mama of this child and we had a good time shooting wednesday. she's like a big sister to me and it's just so much fun to see her go through such an exciting time in life! yay cute belly.

light painting

a couple years ago, i took a class from wyman meinzer. i learned some things... like how to take photos of armadillos.
how, you ask?
oh, okay, well you grab it by the tail and "windmill" it around until it gets dizzy, then put it back on the ground and start shootin' away. yes, wyman is crazy. but the good kind of crazy. i also learned that you shouldn't get married young... well, i'm married now and i haven't taken any armadillo photos :) sooooo

well, now i'm wishing i picked his brain a bit more. wyman knows light. he more than knows it - he lives for good light. i'm sure he would camp out for a month with the coyotes just to get the perfect shot with the perfect light. he just knows his stuff. why am i giving a tribute to wyman, you ask? well...

over the weekend, my 'business partner'/great friend did some exploring. we both had wyman's class together, so we had some fun reminiscing and thought we would play with some light. and maybe get in some trouble, too.



look at us and our monkey arms


yes, this is the trouble part. i wish you could have all seen our reaction when we both reached the top and BAM... the rig started pumping away. that ladder was calling our names though!


let's end with this one :)

pool party again

here are some more from our barista-tastic afternoon at the pool. phil's girlfriend from minnesota surprised him for his birthday... awwwwwwww! enjoy.

here was his reaction


and then...


is it okay that i think this one of the cuter things in life?




the smothers fam

pool party

Us Baristas at Starbucks had a pool party today. I will post more about it, but I couldn't help myself...

Everyone, meet Creed. And PLEASE note the funfetti so perfectly lodged in his nose :)