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And now, presenting the winning family of the giveaway from a few weeks ago! I was able to do the shoot while we were in Utah last week. Luckily we had perfect weather, great lighting, and [mostly] happy children. Here are just a few shots.

Interested in booking your own session? Take a look at my photography website for information.

Remember when we left the Provo student scene for good?
We went back last week for a family reunion and had one last chance to check everything off our list. After being away for a few months, we remembered a few important additions. We did a pretty good job completing our list and we definitely enjoyed doing it, especially since we got to eat at all our Provo favorites.

☑  Eat at the new Cannon Center
☑☑☑ Try Kneader’s all-you-can-eat French Toast
☑  Play pool/Bowl at Fat Cat’s
☑  Buy BYU shirts for each of us
☐  Get Pudding on the Rice (out of business)
☐  Shop at Coal Umbrella (another out of business)
☑  Eat one more Cafe Rio Pork Salad
☐  Ride the Heber Creeper (another trip maybe?)
☑  Try all the restaurants on Bulldog Boulevard
☑  Hike Mt. Timpanogos (last summer)
☑  Go to Acaydia Spa
☐  Attend the Festival of Colors (sorta missed that one)
☑  Get BYU Bookstore chocolate-covered cinnamon bears
☑☑  Have the best hot dogs ever at J Dawg’s
☑  Paintballing
☑  Lunch at Tucano’s
☑  Ride a scooter around Provo (thanks, Mooey)
☑  Dinner at Sammy’s
☐  Hike the Y at dawn (we’ve done it twice before, so we’ll call it good)
☐  Go to the Springville Museum of Art (there are always other art museums)
☑  Try Spark Lounge (our new FAVORITE! try the $10 three-course lunch)

PS That’s a picture of campus with my Holga and a roll of 35mm film. More pictures to come later.

Our first giveaway is now over. The winner of a free photography session is ducksfly2gether. Lucky you!

I’ve had an interest in photography for a long time. I wanted to be good at it when I was growing up, but I never seemed to have the right skills. Or the right equipment. During this past year I’ve been practicing my photography and slowly getting gigs. I had the opportunity this month to be the second shooter at a wedding. Now I’ve decided that I’m ready to start doing photography as a business. I’ll be specializing in photographing families and children.

For the grand opening of my business and my new photography website, I’ll be hosting our first ever giveaway. The prize is one free photography session for up to six people.

To enter, visit my website and take a look around. Come back here and leave a comment on this post. I’ll randomly choose one commenter as the winner.

The session will take place in the DC metro area, so you should either live here or plan on coming out before the end of the year. But there’s great news for all you Utahns (since I know there are quite a few of you): we’ll be in town for a week at the beginning of September. If you’re a winner, we can find time for a session during our stay (ideally on Sept 3, 8, or 9, but we can plan all that later).

Hurry! You only have until Monday August 31 at 11:59 pm EST to enter.
The winner will be announced on September 1.

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Amelia is nearly sixteen months old. She has grown up so much lately. She has seven teeth, all of which have popped through in the past three months. I think as she gets older she’s also getting more anxious to be active. She hates being trapped anywhere for very long, whether it’s in a car seat, stroller, or crib. She is learning some really fun things right now. She loves music. Almost anytime she hears music she’ll bob her head and rock her torso with the beat. She also loves books. When we’re sitting on the couch, she’ll grab a book and climb onto the couch with us, shove the book in our faces so we know she wants us to read it to her. She’s still learning how to walk. She’ll gladly walk with someone holding her hand, but when she’s on her own she’s decided that crawling is much faster.