Happy Halloween and a little sneak peak!

All I can say is the boy's will be hyper for the next couple of weeks from all the nice candy(you know, not the cheap stuff but the chocolate!)they were given today. We went to my mom and dad's house to trick or treat and enjoyed a nice dinner with them, a long walk around the block and 2 hours of Wii! I had to drag my husband away late, ya know since the baby was 4 hours past his bedtime and was not liking it at all.

My friend Rachel from church came over today for some relaxing girl talk and a little photo shoot afterwards with her girls. She took some pictures of her own because she was there to pick my brain and learn more about shooting in manual! I don't know how much she really learned but we had fun! I have a few pictures of her baby down below but haven't gotten around to editing all of them yet!

Oh here is a picture of my boys and neice from tonight. The pictures is not that good because Cayden already hates sitting still for pictures. Whats a mom to do?

Deadline Extended! Photography Session Auction for a family in need and a little sneak peak!{ Arizona Photographer Jolie Anne }

I have a dear friend that is greatly in need this Christmas Season. To make a long story short, her husband as been diagnosed with cancer. A cancerous tumor is putting pressure on a major artery in his leg causing dangerous blood clots, and because it is on this artery they can not just go in a remove the tumor, they must depend on chemotheraphy and radition therapy to hopefully get rid of it or atleast make it smaller. Chemotheraphy should begin sometime this month but meanwhile the doctor has told Dan that he can not work. With no source of income, the family's debts are rising and they are having to depend on friends and family for many things. While this family should just be dealing with Dan's cancer and all of the emotions that come with it, they are having to deal with having to figure out how to provide major neccesaties for the family. Shelly has decided to start cleaning homes for extra money, starting with mine. She will also offer laundry and ironing services. Dan, Shelly, and their 4 beautiful children need all the love and support we can muster this Christmas season (IF anyone is in need of these services please contact her at shelsauer@gmail.com and check her blog out at http://thesauerbunch.blogspot.com/ for updates on Dan. If anyone has some other way of helping this family out please contact me at jolie@jolieannephotography.com) SOOOO, I, Jolie Anne Photography, have decided to auction off 1 of my Child Sessions!! Here are the session details-This session is for up to 2 children. This session usually lasts about 1 hour. I edit the best 15-20shots and you will receive 4x6 proofs one in color and b&w (30-40 total) on a high resolution CD. This is a $325 value plus you will receive 20% off any print orders should you decide to order prints as well! The hightest bidder will receive a gift certificate that will expire November 31,2009. You may then use the gift certificate yourself or gift it to someone for Christmas. The session must take place in or around Phoenix, Arizona.

Here is how it works-
Bidding will start at $75
If you want to bid, leave a comment with the bid amount and your EMAIL address(just so I can contact you right away)
If you wish to outbid someone, leave a comment with your bid amount each time you bid
On December 6th, 2008, whomever has the comment with the highest bid wins!
The session must be used within one year.

Now for a sneak peak of a family session I did on Thursday of a beautiful family of 6!

Sneak Peak Time - Henderson Family { Phoenix Photographer Jolie Anne }

I shot a Christmas Session this past Sunday of a wonderful family and their beloved dog Bailey! You guys were so fun to shoot!









I still have some spots available so sign up quick before its too late to get those Christmas cards out!

My boy's

Wow, I get so busy sometimes that I forget to post pictures of my beautiful boys! I just love being a mom of boys(of course I really don't know anything different do I?)My days are filled with 2(the twins) rather handsome, intelligent and rambunctious boys that love to laugh, wrestle, play, whine(I think its the age), cook, explore, wrestle some more, repeat the word "Mommy" over and over again, repeat the word "Daddy" over and over again, earn coins for doing chores and special tasks(can you please entertain the baby for 30 minutes, oh I mean just a moment), wrestle some more with a few kicks added in for fun, asking "Why?" over and over again, play instead of sleep resulting in special coins getting taken away resulting in screaming, ride in our new mini van but still miss our "little" car,(In Britton's words,"This mini van rocks!"), fight over who gets the best seat in the new mini van, demand cups for the 12 new cup holders in the new mini van, fight over who gets to help mommy close the new mini van's sliding door, help feed Cayden, kiss and hug Cayden every night before bed, making funny faces so that Cayden laughs instead of cries(it works too Thank You God),say "Please, Thank you, AND Your Welcome" and that STILL love to just cuddle with mommy in bed. The Lord as really blessed me with 2 thoughtful and loving boys!
Cayden, my little energizer bunny, NEVER stops moving! Really! We had to make his room his "safe" room because he crawls every where but really doesn't stop any where for long. I was going nuts just knowing he would swallow a well earned coin of the boys, or end up with a hair ball( hey, we have 3 dogs, its bound to happen), or fall in his attempt to climb stuff. So we spend a lot of time in his room, where, he is happy NOT playing with you but all of his toys BUT if you leave the room, Oh MY! I think I still hear the screams from my quick bathroom break. He is a very happy baby and really only cries when you aren't paying attention to him. Did I mention I have 2 other children, a house that seems to always need cleaning, 3 dogs, a husband, and a photography business? Oh yea, he has my complete attention. His favorite words are still," Mama and Da Dee(used to be just dada)". He occasionally mimics something you say and he now loves to wave bye bye, sometimes with both arms. He also prefers people food over his bottle and when you are feeding him his bottle you have to hold it for him and put something in his hands OR if he holds it the bottle, it is never finished AND he has a blast watching milk pour out of the nipple into his eyes, mouth, or nose. He is the cutest thing but man am I in for it when he is walking!

I leave you with some pictures from the park the other day:

Christmas Session Sneak Peaks!

I had my first Christmas Session last Sunday and had a blast! The Darby girls were very excited and fun to shoot! Thank you guys! What a beautiful family!
Here are my favorites from that day:

AND the winner of the Tart Charmer Tote is....

#63 SOCIALWORK4KIDS!!!! Congratulations!!!

(drawing held by www.random.org)

New cocoons in my Etsy store and a sneak Peek of Mr. B

I now have Christmas cocoons up in my Etsy store and I was able to have them, and some that we already have listed, modeled on a very new newborn the other day! Mr. B was VERY comfortable and stayed wide awake the entire time! Thank you Staci for letting us take pictures of your handsome little guy! Don't forget to check out all the kewl hats as well, especially Halloween and Fall ones!