Pumpkin Picking and Halloween

Here are some pictures of my girls and their daddy on their pumpkin picking day and a snapshot of Snow White and Red Riding Hood too! Hope your Halloween is full of treats! :)

A Beautiful Maternity Session

I had the privilege to shoot Erin and her gorgeous son for her Maternity Shots. I met Erin at a photography Workshop back in May of this year. Isn't she the definition of the pregnancy glow?!
If you would like to see the whole photoshoot, go to my website www.moments-treasured.com and click on "October's Featured Gallery"...

Thank you so much Erin! I can't wait to shoot your Newborn session next month! :)

Work, Work, Work....

I am so sorry I haven't been writing this past week! I am trying to catch up on sessions and all it entails! I have another session tomorrow and I wanted to finish and upload several sessions! Last night I went to a NICU to shoot another baby for NILMDTS-- a 3 month old.... these sessions become a priority when I have a cushion with deadlines.

Well, I have several pictures to share, so I will start with last weekend. We went to a pumpkin patch... It was cold and rainy, and too yucky to take pics of my kiddos, they ended up with soaked hair just trying to pick out their pumpkins, but I met up with Emily for a few minutes to say hi and meet her cute kids and to take some quick pictures of them.

Emily's daughter is such a cutie!




There are more pics, but that was a little sneak peak....

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation

As you may already know, I am a Volunteer Photographer for this wonderful organization. The babies and their wonderful families will forever be in my heart. And yes, the two pictures above were taken by me at the hospital.

With the Month of October being recognized as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, The Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation holds its Annual Fund Drive for six weeks starting in mid-September and ending in October.

If you are in a place to make even a small contribution to NILMDTS, please know that doing so will continue to allow the organization to provide improved resources, training, communication, and other tools necessary in support of our amazing contingent of professional photographers who provide the gift of free remembrance portraiture to families in need.


Your Donations Support the Organization in Many Ways -

* By supporting the continued education of our volunteer photographers
* By allowing us to further our outreach to hospitals and hospices across the world
* By offsetting the costs associated with outreach efforts including Formal NILMDTS Training Seminars
* By supporting the Family Forum which creates a productive and supportive haven for healing
* By supporting the Photographers' Forum which provides a helpful environment for our member photographers to express their feelings and receive advice on the various issues that they face in this noble work
* By supporting the day to day operations of our Headquarters Offices...
Visit www.nilmdts.org

Short Bloggin'

Today I went to an AWESOME Photoshop seminar here in San Diego! I just got home, made dinner for my family, and before I have fun doing the dishes (yeah, right!), and getting my little ones
ready for bed, I just wanted to let you know that I will be back to blog about my day tonight sometime!

My 3 Year Old LOVES....

These Guys...


So we go to our local bookstore today. We go straight to the Magazines and since my daughter can only see the Magazines on the lower book case, she passes the Nickelodeon and Disney magazines and picks up the latest issue of Bop Magazine (I used to get those!) and HUGS the magazine and says "Look MAMI, the Jonas Brothers!" I started to crack up and my hubby was surprised, though he didn't think it was AS funny! She then says " I LOVE the Jonas Brothers"-- she is 3!

So the whole way home, my hubby is trying to convince my daughter that the Jonas Brothers are stinky and yucky (soooo jealous :) ) and she says "no, they not stinky papi".

So when we got home, I hooked up my itunes and played "Burning Up".
These guys are talented, and their music is something that both my daughter and I can listen to in the car...

I think we will be in trouble when our daughter is a teen, if she already thinks the Jonas Brothers are "Beautiful" !

Talk about losing my mind!!!

Thanks Carey! Canon is making a VERY mysterious marketing campaign of a new camera being released... since the new 50D has already replaced the 40D it is for sure not that one!
I am hoping that the new generation 5D is what is coming out! Oh Gosh!! If it is, then I know what I am going to get for Christmas!

So Honored :)

I got an email from a fellow photographer and friend Dana Fallentine and she said she had 2 pictures for me... I was a bit surprised and was thinking it was from the NILMDTS BBQ last month. I opened them and I saw a picture I took of her and her family framed and over her fireplace... I was sooo excited (Dana, you are going to have to invite me over to your house so I can see it in person ;) ) Here is the picture up close...
I love when people show me what they have done with their pictures! Thanks for emailing me Dana! You made my day :)

It is that time of the year again...FREE Greeting Cards!

Wow... can't believe we are getting closer to the end of the year!! I already have seen Holiday items at Costco... (OK... I admit it, I already bought pretty Christmas wrapping paper!)

You know what that means! It is time to book your sessions for the Holiday Season!!! Yay! My favorite part of the year!

For those of you who just realized you need to book your session-- I have a great promotion going on:

Just book your session by October 31st, 2008 and receive 25 CUSTOMIZED 5x7 Greeting Cards FREE!! (That is a $80 value!). Please email me at susanne@moments-treasured.com in order to check session availability-- I do 2 sessions a day-- morning and late afternoon and they are going fast!!!

Above are just two samples of the over 50 different greeting cards, which can be customized in ANY color you wish! We have 5x7's trifold 5x5's and 5x7 folded cards!

Getting Back to Business....

It really has been a while since I have blogged! But now that September is officially underway, I am ready to get back into the daily (?) habit of blogging once more. So much to blog... so little time!
Well, as previously mentioned, my youngest just turned 1 year old over the labor day weekend... she has been walking for several weeks already... so I now have a toddler :)

My eldest just started preschool, she is 3. I was kind of skeptical of sending her to school but she loves her class and her teacher so much, that I am glad we did. So now our 3 year old has a schedule of school and other extracurricular activities.... she is 3!!! I didn't have that at her age!

Well, here she is on her first day.... with her pigtails... so cute!