Marla Laramie Photography

That’s a line from one of my favorite Christmas carols, and I think it fits for this family.  Does the little guy have on the most adorable Christmas sweater?  And all the red and black really go well together.  This mini session had me singing Christmas carols in my head and thinking about decking the halls.  You may remember this fabulous family from earlier this year when we did their family session.  I was so excited that they wanted to be a part of my mini sessions to get their Christmas card images.  These are two of the sweetest kids you’ll meet and I love working with the whole family!

I love how the red and black pop against the brick and the fountain.

Look at those sweet grins!

On Sunday this adorable little cutie was a part of my holiday mini sessions.  She was full of giggles and excited as could be.  And loads of fun!!  Need I tell you I fell in LOVE with her spunkiness?!  She was happy to spin and twirl for me and show me all the things that caught her eye.  Let me tell you her enthusiasm was contagious and it carried me through the rest of the day. Her mama had her dressed in the most darling outfit … and I even managed to get a few shots in the hat.  So. Cute.

I promised her mama one image for her sneak peek.  I lied.  I couldn’t resist posting three.

Check out the mischief sparkling in those baby blues.

Told ya that grin was contagious.

A quick note about scheduling.  October is full but I still have two openings left in November for regular sessions.  I also have one opening for this Sunday’s mini sessions and one opening for the following Saturday’s mini sessions.  Contact me via email at marla@marlalaramie.com if you’re interested.

Last night I missed the first part of my games while having dinner with friends.  I made a mad dash home to catch the second half of the Bucs game and the last three innings of the Rays game.  We had the Bucs game on one channel and the Rays game on the other … back and forth … which game to watch?!  It all ended well for both teams and I can’t believe the Rays are headed to the World Series.  I’ll admit, I’ve become a bandwagon Rays fan, the excitement is contagious.  I’ve never been much of a baseball fan but its impossible not to root for a team that’s come so far. 

After making my pal Debbie wait ALL WEEKEND for the rest of her sneak peek, I hope these are worth it!  Have I mentioned how much I love this family?! Big sister Natalia is a bit shyer than her little sister, but I still got a few smiles out of her.

Can you believe the intensity of those eyes?

What’s a little girls’ photo session without some twirling?!

And a sweet smile …

A hug between sisters.

Ahhh, there’s nothing like a vacation, is there?!  We spent our Fall Break last week back in Tampa, visiting family and friends.  We had so much fun catching up … it was so great to see everyone!  And I forgot how much I missed having so many choices for restaurants and shopping … I’m so going to miss that.  Sarah and Anna were so excited to spend time with their Uncle Chad, to get time with their cousins, and play with friends.  We watched football … and I got a giggle watching my husband and my brother with their laptops set up so they could watch their fantasy football stats!  We ate tons of yummy food.  The girls got to play with their cousins, hanging out, going to the park.  We even managed to get a trip in to a local Buccaneer merchandise shop.  And one of my highlights was seeing the new Bucs training facility (well, from the outside anyway), and we could even see the players practicing (through cracks in the fence!).  I was an idiot and didn’t have my camera with me, so no pictures of the fabulous new digs.

I even had a chance to get together with some former co-workers to have lunch (it was great to see you guys!).  Elliot was nice enough to keep the girls so I could go and catch up.

The last three days of our trip we spent with friends.  We took a trip down to Venice Beach for some yummy seafood and let the girls wade in the surf for a bit.  I think it was the sand they really loved though.  We enjoyed it so much we all went back to the beach the next day for some real swimming … and more playing in the sand.

The worst part of our trip was both girls had tummy bugs part of the time … and unfortunately we passed it off to at least one person.  Sorry about that!!  Oh and the second worst part of the trip was saying goodbye.

Oh and I want to thank my brother Chad, and our friends Debbie & Carlos for getting me addicted to Tampa Bay Rays baseball.  Yeah, just what I need, another Tampa team to follow.  Its bad enough I’m an obsessed Bucs fan.  Speaking of which, I spent the first 250 miles of our trip home trying to get the Bucs/Panthers game tuned into the AM radio in the car.  We made it all the way through the first half before we completely lost the station.  I spent the next hour or so trying to find another station carrying the came … with no luck.  Good thing ESPN runs game highlights!!

Bare with me as I get caught up this week.  If I don’t respond to you right away I’m not ignorning you.  I’m still going through my emails and trying to follow-up.

Oh and Debbie, I promise, your sneak peek is coming … probably tomorrow or Friday!

In the meantime, here’s what you get when you tell four little girls they can “get their feet wet” in the surf.