Happy 40th Birthday Julie!!!

Can you tell who is 40??

















We just wanted to let you know we still love you even though you are a little weird.
Have a good Birthday!

We met Kate from Jon and Kate plus 8!!!!

Yesterday I went with 4 of the kids and stood in line in the freezing cold for 2 hours to meet Kate Gosslin! Well, not really meet her, but we got her autograph and she talked to Quincey! She told Quincey "you belong in my family" and Quincey walked away with the biggest smile! Now Quincey wants Kate to be her mommy. lol You can see by the look on her face as she walked away, she was very excited! MacKenzee told her we think she looks alot like Maddie. Good thing she didn't tell her we call her Maddie when she is "very" naughty. I am not in the pictures because I was being gently moved to the "photography area" because I was trying to take pictures of the kids getting their books signed.

FAC Christmas party...

Saturday we battled the rotten weather to go to the FAC Christmas party. FAC is the agency we used to adopt Quincey. It was worth it to see Dan and Joe. They are the men that went to Korea and escorted Quincey home almost 5 years ago. It was extra special because we haven't seen them in about 3 or 4 years. This is the first time that Quincey really understood who they were. Joe told Quincey about how she sat between them on the airplane and sang to herself. :) Here are a few pictures. Dan is the one with Jack, Kennedy and Quincey. Joe is the one with just Q. I also included a picture of us and one of the Droste family. Megan was also adopted from FAC too!

EMILY!!! You are the winner!

Congrats Emily! I will be getting your prize to you soon! Thanks everyone for your votes!

Christmas is in the air!

I have been really busy designing Christmas cards! If you are interested in having one designed let me know asap! I can even do one for you if you haven't had me take the pictures. I would just need your digital files. Contact me for more info!
Here is a card I just finished up...

Thanks Tara!!!

I just wanted to say thanks to Tara Staton for the awesome job she did on my blog!!!

Senior contest....

Vote for you favorite senior portrait! All you have to do is register and post a comment under your favorite picture. Whoever has the most comment by December 5th wins an 8x10 print of the image and a gift certificate for NCG. One vote per person please.

The Martin Family...

We have been trying to do this session for a while but got rained out a few times. But Sunday was beautiful so we got it done! I took a few of Saige and Mel too. Aren't they cute? :)

My newest nephew, Luke Andrew...

Isn't he adorable? Just so tiny and sweet, gosh, I love babies. He even slept through the entire session!

Christmas card sessions....

Yes, it is that time of year again....time to start thinking about Christmas. Well, I will start tomorrow, after trick or treating tonight :) I will be doing Christmas card sessions in the next few weeks. They need to be done soon so that I will have time to design cards and get them printed. There are lots of options so just give me a call or drop me an email to discuss them.
I will post samples in the upcoming days.

Eve is one!!!!

What a wild and action packed session :) Between my kids and Tammy's kids running wild and Eve scooting as fast as she could across the floor, it was pretty interesting! But, lots of fun!
I think Eve's pictures turned out quite nice. She is such a little inspiration to all of us. And to her mom, it is so obvious how much she is loved! The picture with the beads is Eve with her "Bravery Beads" They each represent something Eve has gone through...a hospital stay, surgery, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc. So, you can see she has been through a lot. But, she doesn't show it, she always has a smile on her face. What a sweetheart. See you guys on Friday for your family shot!

Jackson...

What an adorable little guy and boy is he loved. As an adoptive parent we often have people come up to us and tell us how blessed our children are to have a home and a family. I am sure Ted and Becky would agree, WE are the ones that are blessed! How lucky we are to have the honor to parent these little angels! Thanks for letting me take his pictures. I will let you know when I have the rest of Jackson's pictures ready to view.

The Klein Family....

Here is your sneek peak Lee and Tiffany....

Garrett and LeAnna....

This was my first session with my studio lights. I still need lots of practice. Karen brought the kids over since they were all dressed up for a wedding. Isn't he adorable in his tux?

The Hanses Family...

Boy, I took a lot of pictures!!! I think I shot over 100! This was by far my largest group yet, about 40 people. Thanks for your patience. If you look carefully you can see that this family has a sense of humor. There was one picture I couldn't post on that blog that was so funny! ;) I will have the rest of the pictures posted on my site soon. Thanks everyone!

Andrew is back!!!

When Sandy asked me to do another session of Andrew I was happy to! You might remember him from our first Little Hero session. Andrew is a great child. He is so full of life, you would never know he was sick. He loves superman, as you can see. Andrew's brother and sister were great with him. We bribed him a bit for some of the posed pictures :) "Ok, one more picture and you can go play for a while". Hey, whatever works. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to take this sweet guys pictures. I would be happy to do more whenever you like. You are all in my prayers. Thanks Super Andrew!!!

Smith family....

I had such a good time taking these pictures on Friday. The fall weather was beautiful! Addison is such a little sweetheart. I didn't think she like getting her picture taken at such a young age. But, she sure hammed it up! We were all laughing so hard at her expressions! What a doll!

Homecoming 2008....

I was hired to take pictures for P-W's homecoming on Friday night. Here are a few for a preview. Everyone looked so nice! Pictures will be ready for viewing in a few days. To see the rest go to www.juliemartinphotographysite.com and click on proofs. Enter the password "Homecoming08" to view.

Thelen family....

Sunday I drove up to Rainbow Lake to take pictures of the Thelen family. It was a beautiful day. Don't worry, we did get some good ones with all the grandkids staying in the picture :) I just thought this one was cute! Your proofs will be ready in a few days.