great time!

We just got back from Chattanooga, TN and we had such a good time on our quick trip!!! It is always great to hangout with friends. We feel so blessed to have so many great ones in the photography world to bounce thoughts and ideas off of.

Here is a picture of all us!! Our amazing hosts and friends, The Nudds, our good friends Katie and Chris Torres, and new friends Sean and Melanie Mclellan.



This image was taken with Nikon's new AMAZING D3. Garrett went through my bags before I left to make sure that I did not try to stow it away. Although he did try to sneak a pair of purple fuzzy boots in my bag (don't worry Graycen, I caught him).

super bowl.

We are currently in Chatt, TN visiting good friends/photographers. More on all the fun very soon but for now I would like to congratulate the New York Giants. I am by no means of fan of theirs but I do enjoy a good football game and absolutely love an underdog victory (not to mention the fact that I do not care for the Pats much). Great game to all!!!

sticky and brandy in disney!

Sticky and I have been to Orlando together before but unfortunately did not have time for Disney. So when we were planning our trip down for the e-session we made sure to squeeze in a day or so of Disney fun. This part of Orlando holds a very special place in my heart b/c all the way back in the Spring of '97 I was an official Disney Cast Member. While attending BGSU I decided to try out for the Walt Disney World College Program and much to my surprise was accepted. I spent 5 months learning more than I ever imagined and made some friends that I am still very close to today. I also made the decision to go into photography while I was there, for that the experience has been priceless. I could go on and on about how great it was, but I will spare you=)

We decided to visit Epcot b/c Stick is not a huge fan of rides and we really did not want to stand in lines the whole time anyways. I will say that Jan is an AWESOME time to visit. The crowds are very low and you will see so much more. We visited all 11 countries in Epcot and just about ate at every single one as well, lol!!! The cream puffs at Paris are AMAZING!!! We also visited Downtown Disney b/c it was a short walk from our hotel and it is the home to the World of Disney which is the store I worked at=) It was so wonderful to show Stick around Disney and of course to share a few cast member secrets with him! I cannot wait to go back with him someday, hopefully we will have the chance to visit all the parks!

Here is a SLIDESHOW of our fun=)

1 year old!

Miss Josie entered the world exactly 1 year ago today!!! This is an image we caught on her shoot over Christmas. As you can see, she already gets the concept that a smushy face on a window is very silly looking=)

Hope you have an amazing day Josie!!!

josie

We had the chance to finally do an official shoot with our niece Josie right before Christmas. Josie and her parents, Chuck (Stick's bro) and Mel, live down in Charlotte, NC so the opportunity for a shoot is a little limited. We were thrilled when they wanted to make some time for it on their visit home!! We experimented in some new environments and Josie handled it like a champ. As first she was a bit unsure but it really did not take long for her to warm up. The whole family did great and we cannot wait for the next one=) Thanks guys for everything - the shoot and of course the visit.



The whole family, too cute!


Josie looks like her Mom (if you ask me) but she does have that great Rammel eye color. All the Rammels seem to have the best eyes!





Miss Josie will be turning 1 soon and we saved an image for that post. So stay tuned=)

christmas 2007

Once again we had an amazing Christmas thanks to our awesome families. We managed to squeeze 6 parties in 4 days, it was GREAT! We really should have snapped more photos, the same thing I say every year. Here a few that we did manage to capture.

Uncle Stick and Stephanie


This object has to be on some sort of record re-gift. No one is really sure what it is...


Kyle seemed to like it=)


Us=)


Clay has the gift thing figured out at a very early age.


Maddie is so great at giving hugs in exchange for gifts. She is hugging Aunt Mel here.


She is also quite the dancer=)


Be quiet Uncle Sticky.


An attempt of a group shot of Sticky and his siblings and their families. As you can see it is not only the kids who have trouble smiling for the camera=)


Maddie's after dinner tv watching position.


Miss Lexi


Lexi and Josie with their new books from Grandma Joan.


Josie loves the camera. There will be more on this precious little one soon.


Onto the Granny's house for the Baxter Christmas. Here Stephanie is opening the traditional cracker.


Drew checking out Austin's crown (there is ALWAYS a crown in a cracker and it is a MUST that you wear it).


Thank you to all our family for making the holiday so much fun and relaxing!!! We cannot wait for next year=)

happy new year

I know that I am a little late with this but we wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! We have so many things to still blog about that happened in 2007 so please stay tuned for those. And of course we have some really exciting things in store for 2008=)

We had a wonderful and incredibly busy holiday! There were many parties, presents (that I am pretty sure we did not deserve) and 2 weddings thrown in there! If you sent us an email in the last few days please be patient. We are going to catch up on all those very soon now that we are back home and in the office.

Here is a greeting we designed for my friend Tara and her son, Turner. It is fun to mix things up a bit and do a New Year's Greeting! Cheers Everyone!!!

merry holiday

the nudds

Earlier this week Stick and I went on a little road trip to Chattanooga, TN to visit our dear friends Garrett, Joy and Graycen Nudd. Garrett was kind enough to shoot some portraits of us for our Holiday Greeting which we CANNOT WAIT to unveil!! The images are absolutely stunning and exactly what we were envisioning! After our shoot we had the pleasure of turning our cameras on the Nudds=) Garrett is my absolute favorite photographer on the planet so having to shoot him and his family was of course an honor but also a bit nerve racking!!! Luckily I had Stick and Graycen there for comic relief (they are quite the pair). Plus Joy let me help her with her make-up so I was really looking forward to the final result (she looked amazing!!!).

This family is looking more and more stylish every time I see them.


I cannot say enough about lil g. She is all the warmth and sweetness of both her parents wrapped up in one beautiful little package.



This is what Graycen will look like in a few years on her way to her first designer shoe store (if Aunt Brandy has anything to do with it!).


This was suppose to be of just G&J but lil g had other plans=)



What a HOT couple!


After the shoot we headed to an awesome party for Blush Magazine. I will have to steal the images from Garrett that he took of the four of us there as well as our picture with an awesome native Ohioan named Nan.

And then right before Graycen headed to bed we gave the Nudds their first ever Christmas crackers!! For those of you who do not know they are an english tradtion that are usually pulled or cracked open after Christmas dinner. They include all sorts of things, the only constant is the crown=) Here are the Nudds in their crowns (I have a great one of Garrett opening his but I want to be invited back, lol!!!):


Great times as usual guys!!! Thank you so much for having us in your home. Cannot wait to do it again someday!!

the adams family

Sticky and I took a short trip to Kelley's Island over Thanksgiving to visit with family. While we were there we decided to do a quick shoot with my brother and his family. Us girls spent the day curling hair and putting on make-up while the boys raked leaves. We found an abandoned building that worked quite well for the shoot. It was loads of fun and something that we do not do enough=)

Stephanie


Amber and Steph, gorgeous girls=)


Ollie and Austin

sticky.28 years old

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STICKY!!!

Today is Sticky's 28th B-day and I could not be more thrilled to be the one celebrating with him. I thought that I would post some recent images of him in action:

Holding the flowers, awww.....


Wearing a shawl!


Smoking a cigar??!!!


Sticky is an amazing person and the best husband a girl could ask for. No matter how crazy, stressed or hard things may get at times I will always have my best friend to make me smile. And for that I am blessed. Happy Birthday Stick, I Love You!!

Image by 6 of Four Creations (our friends!!!).