i heart faces: Pets

My kindergartner and her puppy after a long day at school…

i heart faces: jump

I Heart Faces: Best Face of 2012

It’s so hard to choose ONE photo when I have taken hundreds of my own family, along with thousands of other people and their families. So I’ll just say that this is one of my favourites. :)

My little Ella-boo hates sitting still for pictures…

I convinced her to go for a walk with me one day during the fall. It was windy and freezing, but she co-operated for this shot. The very next frame she was pouting – but at least I got one!

i heart faces: orange

My daughter loves playing her guitar- so it just seemed right to bring it along for our mini photo shoot.

I am in love with the autumn colours around our new house this year.

i heart faces: Friends

Friends and siblings

 

Shoe adores him.

Most of the time…

i heart faces: Enjoying Life

This weekend, we spent over 7 hours in a van with ten people.

While we were driving back to the hotel on Saturday night, my husband hit the brakes and made a sharp turn.

Just as I started to think “What in the world?…”

I noticed that he had pulled up next to a park.

He knew that amidst all of the busyness of our weekend- the kids and I needed some time to just “enjoy life”.

We spent over an hour running, laughing, sliding, and swinging together.

It was the perfect spontaneous break that we needed.

i heart faces: Hey Girl

 My tired girl after a long day…

i heart faces: beautiful black & white

 

One of my favourite couples that I’ve had the honour to photograph!

They’re beautiful people- inside and out.

 

"When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls! "

~Ted Grant

 

i heart faces: By the Book

 

My oldest daughter, has always been a bookworm.

Since the time that she was 1 and I’d read the same baby board book to her over, and over again… To an 11 year old, who’s favourite author is now Jane Austen… she loves her books.

I chose this photo cause it perfectly depicts her- curled up in a corner, with a blanket, reading a book…

i heart faces: family fun

 

I had a blast shooting my friend, Stef, and her three kids. This shot was one of my faves because of how their personalities are all shining through. We spent a good 10 minutes trying to get a shot of all three of them blowing a bubble at the same time- it was hilarious! No one is looking at the camera here, because they were all trying to co-ordinate their bubble-blowing and I just adore the interaction between them… :)

Most definitely one of the “funnest” families I know!

i heart faces: Best Face Photo 2011

How do you choose just ONE face?

Going through all of my photos from 2011, made me incredibly thankful for all the many faces that surround me; new and old!

But if I had to choose just one image, it would be this one…

I love how real her expression is. How her eyes are looking through my lens. Her natural, slightly-chapped lips…

This, is the other side of my crazy girl.

i heart faces: innocent wonder

I love watching the innocent wonder of a child as they explore the world around them.

This picture, captures my youngest perfectly.

She is the epitome of a “girly-girl”- yet, she has two older brothers that she plays with all day long.

 

Here she is picking flowers, naturally. (from my garden none-the-less)

And yet, also carrying around the toad that her big brothers found.

 

Not to mention the super hero cape… :)

 

i heart faces: Winter Wonderland

“Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes…”

 

Ok, so snow really isn’t one of MY favourite things- though it does make for beautiful pictures!

We haven’t had many substantial snow falls yet this year- so I was really hoping for one before this challenge.

Thankfully, Saturday morning, we had what my kids were calling a “blizzard.”

My daughter, was more than happy to go out in it for a few shots! :)

 

i heart faces: smile

A few weeks ago, I decided to put a collage of different faces together for each of my children. Sometimes it’s so hard to get a genuine smile out of kids who are used to “posing.”

I believe that I was making fun of her little brother, who was standing in the doorway watching while I took this shot. I can always get a smile out of my kids when I start making fun of them! :)

And this smile- laugh even… is so genuine.

So, Charity.

 

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i heart faces: best face of 2010

This was not an easy decision. I had so many “favourite faces” from 2010. Having 7 children, I was finding it difficult to choose just one as a favourite. So, I went a different route.

 

This is the face of my best friend. The one I have woken up to every morning for the last 10 years.

I took this while we were in Niagara Falls for our 10th anniversary. We were sitting in the Keg enjoying a gorgeous view of the falls.

 

Definitely, one of my favourite faces.

i heart faces- Pet Faces

My “mouser” watching squirrels out the window. :)

i heart faces: scenic B&W

Our youngest daughter seems to think she is royalty. Having 6 older siblings, who wanted to carry her around all the time as a baby- has made her think that she should still be carried around all the time. Even though she is now two and a half… She most often demands requests piggy-backs from her siblings, who all too willingly comply. This shot of her big brother piggy-backing her down to a beach in Cavendish, PEI is one of my favourite memories from our family vacation.   

i heart faces- Orange

It’s been a while since I entered an i heart faces photo challenge- but when I saw that it was “Orange” week, I knew it would be perfect for my oldest daughter! She loves the colour orange. Me.. not so much! She is always insisting on wearing orange nail polish. I try to convince her otherwise- but this girl knows what she likes.

 

She thanks you for the opportunity to wear (and drink!) all things orange!

 

i heart faces: photo collage

i heart desserts

I would pay the full admission price at Wonderland just to have one of their funnel cakes.

Fortunately, (or unfortunately… my waistline will decide) I have learned to make them at home.