Memorial Day Weekend

My family and I went up North for Memorial Day weekend. We planted 100 trees on our property just West of Wausau on Saturday. On Sunday we spent the day at our Amish friend’s farm. My wife and kids have never seen nor experienced the Amish lifestyle. Owen and Ada and their children are wonderful people. Owen gave us a buggy ride and made handmade ice cream for us. Then they gave us a tour of their beautiful home.

After the tour it was time for chores. We got to milk some cows and even my wife and son gave it a try. After that, we fed the calves some bottles of milk and then we fed and watered the pigs.

I was thrilled to offer my family this great experience. My father is from a farm in northern Wisconsin. Growing up, I was always up there helping my cousins do chores. I know how to milk a cow, muck a stall and throw bales of hay. I used to spend weeks on the farm as a kid during the summer. Living in the city, my kids didn’t get that experience. It was a real joy to have the opportunity for my family to experience something like this.

Next time we head up North I can’t wait to visit the amish farm, get some of Ada’s awesome homemade bread and sweet rolls. Her apple butter is to die for too!

Baby Adrik

Jennie and Joel came to me for a maternity session about a month ago. They are an awesome couple. We had a great time creating some wonderful maternity portraits for them.

This week they brought in baby Adrik for me to photograph. What a cute bundle of joy! He was a hungry little guy too. We had to pause during the session and wait for him to finish a bottle before we resumed. By then, Adrik was happy and we got a ton of great images. Thanks Jennie and Joel!

Katie from Tosa West

Katie is one of our Ambassadors for Wauwatosa West High School. We had so much fun during her session and I love how her images turned out. Katie has such a great attitude and I think it really shows through her portraits.

Andraya's Prom

My daughter Andraya (in the bright yellow dress) had her Junior Prom this past weekend. Andraya and all of her friends met at the park for photos and then on to dinner and then prom. I thought Andraya looked stunning. It’s hard to believe that she is almost 17 and soon to be a senior.

We hosted the post-post-prom party at our house. At one point we had almost 20 kids and a lot of them slept over. A few even pulled all nighters! I finally kicked them all out and went to bed at 9:30am. We were all exhausted but my daughter had the time of her life!

Bunny Days

Every year we bring bunnies to our studio before Easter to do portraits with children. Hoffer's Tropic Life Pets has been wonderful about loaning the bunnies to us for each season and the kids were so excited to see them. Ron built us a brand new set from scratch and his hard work really paid off. The portraits turned out great and it looks like everyone had a fun time this weekend.

Maternity and Newborn Portraits

We have several options for new parents from our maternity sessions to our Watch Me Grow program. Each session is fun and different and every portrait we create tells its own story. Let us create something special for you.

Lill Purse Party

This past Saturday, we were happy to host a party featuring purses from 1154 Lill Studio. 1154 LILL Studio is The Original Custom Handbag Company established in 1999. There you can mix and match from over 28 styles and 150 ever-changing fabrics to create the handbag of your dreams. We were fortunate enough to have a client who is one of the Wisconsin reps. Lori and I have been talking for over a year about bringing Lill purses to our studio. We were finally able to host a party here and it was so much fun. Everyone got to look through hundreds of fabric samples and find a design that fits their lifestyle. We got to meet some great new women and also have some of our friends out as well. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon and I can't wait to see my new purse! Ron decided to hold off on buying a man purse... for now.

You can find more information about 1154 Lill Studio at http://www.1154lill.com
~Melissa