A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with Loretta Bryan.  She is a local artist and hand-makes each bead and pieces the jewelry together by hand as well! I have got to admit, I had to try on some of the bracelets and necklaces myself. I couldn’t help it…they were just screaming to me “try me on!”.  Okay, yes, I am a dork….but I can now say I am a proud owner of a matching necklace, bracelet and earrings!  If you are interested in buying her one of a kind pieces, please email me and I will get you her contact information!  She is the sweetest lady you will ever meet!! 

More from the engagement session! Look forward to seeing you both in March on your big day!

I am sooo very happy for Chris and Meredith! Chris and I went to school together, and when they asked me to do their photographs, I could not have been more excited to capture their special moments!  These two were awesome sports…I know they had to be freezing without a coat on! The snow made for a beautiful backdrop though…!!   Here is a sneak peak….more to come!

Yes, Chris and I are very excited about farming! Photography was my dream and farming is his!  Chris has helped me so much in the growth of my business and been so supportive. Now it is his turn to work hard toward his dream as my business continues to grow!  I tend to incorporate a little of my personal life, along with my “business” life (I mean, they are both my life and who I am right?) into this blog, so sorry if I bore anyone!   We hope by the end of winter to have cows and possibly some chickens.  We have nothing against store bought meat and eggs (heck, that is what we use now), but we want to be more dependent on ourselves for our food and feel the quality will be amazingly different (and better) if we raise it ourselves! We will use no hormones or pesticides so our meat/eggs will be organic!  

And because every post is better with a few pictures, here are some pictures from the other week! I came home one afternoon to this! My man had been cooking a bear roast over a fire all day while stacking/cutting up firewood (no, bear isn’t my favorite meat, but it was perfect over the fire and was pretty tasty)!  

  I am told we can never have too much wood!

Well, if you haven’t seen it on facebook yet, Chris and I found out on Tuesday that we will be having a little girl! We are so excited (although it really didn’t matter to us is we were having a boy or girl)!  The best thing is that she is healthy and everything looks great!  I must say, that after finding out the sex of the baby, all I want to do is shop and look at baby stuff (I am only allowing myself to window shop right now)….

Okay, okay…I did buy this cute little pair of gloves after we found out we are having a girl! I mean, I had to have something “pink and tiny” to take a picture of for the blog post right?

Happy 2010!!  It has been a cold winter, and I have got to admit that I catch myself staying around the house more when it is so darn cold!  We heat our home with our wood burning fireplace, and it works for the most part. However, there are those days that Chris and I are gone all day and cannot keep the fire going while we are out! This afternoon was one of them. The old Cristen would have waited until her husband got home from work so that he could get the fire started (I cannot help it….I was brainwashed as a child to not have a fire in the house or it may burn down). Although my husband has helped to un-brainwash me, I am still so afraid I am going to do something wrong!  However, this afternoon I decided I was going to surprise my man with a fire when he got home (I mean, he does the hard part by splitting all the wood right?). Maybe it should be a New Years Resolution, maybe I just feel kind this afternoon, maybe I am FREEZING cold and too cheap to turn up our furnace…)  :)  Here was my fire I proudly created in our little fire-room!

Yeah…I didn’t even have to go to the wood pile….he has a barrel of wood already in the basement!