Miss Payton | ONE!

How fast a year goes by!  Last year I was taking Mason's one year photos...and in a blink, I'm taking Payton's one year photos!  Every time I see these two they change bit by bit.  I'm so lucky to be the one to document their childhood :)

We started out by the lake.  It was such a foggy day, and much colder than expected, but they hung in there long enough for me to take these and several others:

                                    She walks all on her own, but she held on to mommy's hand this day <3

 Handsome Mason...is 2!

                                         Then we headed to the playground for some family fun!

Now, for Mason's one year photos we gave him his own cake to have fun with.  He was NOT into it at all, so we were anxious to see how Payton would react when we gave her a cake.  I think she was quite pleased...

                               Thank you Julie & Dave <3  Hugs and kisses to Payton and Mason!

Vacation Part 3 - Bryce Canyon!

Bryce Canyon is amazing!  It's one of the most bizarre places...but is very pretty.  On the drive to Bryce we stopped at a diner that one of Jay's friends family owns.  We were told to order biscuits and gravy with a cinnamon bun, so we did.  The cin buns were DELICIOUS...not to mention humungo.

My happy hiker :)

 The shapes that wind and rain have created are just amazing.

One last vaca post to come - back to Zion, but a much different part of the park this time!

Canning: Plums in Honey

Ahh another blog about...canning.  My husband and I took a trip to the public market and picked up some fresh plums, vanilla beans and a few other ingredients.  When it's grey outside, these colorful fruits seem to make the day a bit brighter :) 

Once again from, 

Food In Jars

mmm vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks!

We chopped up the plums and squished them into the jars, along with 1 cin. stick  and 1 piece of the vanilla bean per jar.

 

I boiled honey and water together, and then filled the jars! SO easy!

Can't wait to try these tomorrow night!

Mother's Day Mini's!

I'm very excited to announce Photerica's first ever mini-session weekend!  

 Saturday April 22nd, I will be holding mini-sessions to celebrate Mother's Day.  

It's the perfect opportunity to have photos taken for Mom, or for all those moms who treat themselves (and I recommend you do treat yourself!) to have a session with your kids, spouse, friends - anyone really :)

There are 2 package options to choose from:

$50 

20 minutes at a location of my choice
Up to 2 people in the session ($10 per extra person)
10 photos will be included in your online gallery
10% off of all prints for 1 week

OR

$65
20 minutes at a location of my choice
Up to 2 people in the session ($10 per extra person)

10 photos will be included in your online gallery

3 digital images of your choice
10% off of all prints for 1 week

 

Location is TBD (but will be pretty, I promise and somewhere easy to get to)

Session times available:  2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm and 4pm 

 Rain date will be May 12th (hopefully not needed)

Email me at Erica@Photerica.com to hold a space!

 

Payment is due at the session.

Remember - referrals are a great way to earn a FREE mini session!!