PLEASE READ.

Laura Reaux, a fellow photographer, and her family lost their home in a fire Christmas night.  Sadly, they lost everything …but luckily Laura, her husband and their five children were not at home during the fire.  

They need our help. Take a minute, Look around your home, take note of what is around you….and then imagine having to replace ALL OF IT!  That would be tough. super tough. But then add the stress of comforting 5 children during a time like this.  

First of all, they need our PRAYERS.

Second, they need DONATIONS. come on people. every little bit helps. $10 – $25 – $50 – $100 – $500 whatever you can give.

For now, donations are being taken through a paypal account that can be found on laura’s website.  www.LauraReaux.com

I will update this information as it comes to me.

Melissa.

More later.

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sweet is as sweet does…..

not sure if that makes sense but it seems to fit this little Christmas session! some adorable little cutie pies completely decked out in red & green….lollipops….reindeer antlers…..red fluffy kaiya eve tutu….precious green winter vest jacket…………and we had lots of playtime!!!!!!

fun fun.

 melissa.

here is a tiny sneak peek….. first thing that comes to mind when I look at this pic is “pretty little family” even though a family of 5 is not normally classified as “little”.  can you say “cool”. these kids were COOL! with a capital C.   (mom & dad too!! hee hee) so add that to extremely good looks and that equals = A PRETTY LITTLE FAMILY!!! wait til you get to see the images we created at the end of the session of baby girl. woo hoo! cute stuff.

I will post more soon, trying to stay focused on Christmas production. I just wanted to show an image or two when I can real quick. couple more weeks and we should be able to see the light of day. eek. My words to everyone will be “wake me when it’s 2010!” :0

night night.

melissa.

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you can prolly tell that I had a super fun fabulouso time with “alex”….she is so cool.  we just played all afternoon. changed clothes…played with purses, and shoes, and hats, and……

I really enjoyed playing around with the vintage hats that I am now obsessing over! she rocked those hats!!! how fun!

thanks alex (&renee) for such a fun time!!!! hope yall like these!! (of course there’s so many more)

night yall. gonna try to get a few hours sleepy time. gotta finish editing everyone and placing orders. I kinda feel like santa claus…..this MUST be how the North Pole is “jumpin” right now! No stopping til everybody has their pretty little packages!! (aka…christmas cards, portraits, awesome wall art displays, etc.)

melissa. ~yawn~~~~