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not even a mouse Matt. 

Wishing you and your loved ones the Merriest Christmas ever!!!

*This was taken last night in Minneapolis, where we spent time with Matt’s family.  We flew out this morning and just arrived in San Antonio to spend Christmas with my family!  I hope you are surrounded by your family and friends celebrating with food…games…stories…and the gifts that really matter.  xoxo

This funny/hyper/linebacker bulldog belongs to the adorable snowy kids in the post below.  I just HAD to share her cute furry face with you.  The last time I saw Chloe was last year when she was just a puppy.

More to come.  I’m still thawing out from today’s awesome shoot with the Bleskin Family!

This year…

Last year…

Here’s a super quick peek at my most recent family shoots.  I’ve got another session Monday afternoon..and the wind chill is supposed to be -15!!!!!!!!!!!!  Maybe I do miss Florida?!?!  Just kidding Bleskin Family! See you soon.  

Panama City Beach, FL

Carter, MT

After 27 days spent in the panhandle of Florida, I’m headed back to Great Falls.

Here’s what my friends back home have to say: “Get ready for reality.”  “It’s 10 degrees here!”  “You don’t really want to come back do you?”

I AM READY!  Matt and I miss Montana, our cozy house, our comical dogs, our awesome friends.  I’ll even go as far to say that I miss working!   :-)   This break has refreshed, inspired and completely energized me for anything and everything that comes my way!!!!

But even though I’m stoked to be back home soon, I’m a little emotional about leaving.  I hate saying good byes!  So, what is the best remedy for saying good bye to a place that I may never return to again?  Photos, of course.  Here are some shots I grabbed really quick this afternoon in Mexico Beach.  You’d think that I would’ve had plenty of time in the last month to take some!  HA!  Nothing like waiting until the last minute.  Thank you Florida for the good times!

All of these pictures were taken in the span of 1 hour.  It’s crazy how fast the clouds changed every time I turned around…

And finally…the BEST part of Mexico Beach: the Montana crew!  Here’s Shannon and Kelli with their kiddoes.  We’d get together while our husbands were working away all day.  ;-)  We’ll see you back in MT soon!  xoxo

We partied last night for Matt’s birthday with hamburgers on the grill, yellow cake with homemade chocolate frosting and friends from Montana who are also down here for training. Our friends’ daughter Addison made this card for him and we thought it was too cute!  Today is my last day in Florida and Matt will be home next week!  Off to pack, take some last-minute pictures and say my good-byes.  Happy Birthday “Mr. Matt.”

That’s A LOT of candles, Mr. Matt!  Yep…I put all 35 on there.