For it is in giving that we receive….

A little while ago I was the photographer for the first family photo day for RRHC, where all proceeds went directly back to this wonderful program.   I wrote a post about how amazing Rural Response is and how important it is to our community last spring when we were going to have our first shoot, but due to scheduling conflicts we moved it to the fall and booked right up:)  I want to thank the wonderful families who came out and supported this wonderful cause!!  It was a wonderful day.  Here are a few pictures of the beautiful families that came out.

* There is one more family that was involved in the family photo day that we did a few weeks later that I will be posting later today:)

My thanks to Melissa Wormington for singing songs with me, giving me antlers and make silly faces behind my back, you were so much help:) Thank you thankyou:)…and a BIG thankyou to Rural Response for contacting and choosing me to be the photographer for the day!!  I can’t wait for the next one!!

Jodi xoxo

Pumpkin Patch take 2….

Today we ended our Halloween week by going to the pumpkin patch again:)  I have different kids on different days and I didn’t want anyone to miss out so we braved the cold and headed one last time for the year.  Can you believe it is that time of year already,  Halloween has almost come and gone so quickly. It is true what they say “don’t blink.”   Thanks Melissa for coming too!!!

What made this day for two little boys, (one wasn’t so sure of the “tractor”) was what happened next…..

                                LOVE…love…love….

 

 

A chilly day, a few tears and a wipe out or two but what a day, What an amazing “don’t blink” kind of day:)

They did the mash….the daycare mash..

Do you hear that…wait….ahhhhhh quiet time:)  We had a very busy morning at Jodi’s halloween town today.  Lot’s of paint, stickers, feathers,and icing:)  It is days like today that I really LOVE my job, full out dance party in my kitchen, paint up to your elbows, icing all over your face kind of day.  Love it!!

 How cute are they??

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It’s the great pumpkin…

Linus: He’ll come here because I have the most sincere pumpkin patch and he respects sincerity.
Sally Brown: Do you really think he will come?
Linus: Tonight the Great Pumpkin will rise out of the pumpkin patch. He flies through the air and brings toys to all the children of the world.
Sally Brown That’s a good story.
Linus: You don’t believe the story of the Great Pumpkin? I thought little girls always believed everything that was told to them. I thought little girls were innocent and trusting.
Sally Brown:  Welcome to the 20th century!

I love the pumpkin patch, my crew and I look forward to this outing every year.  The owners are wonderful and let the kids run through the patch picking their absolute most perfect pumpkin.  This can be a very serious task and not taken to lightly, after picking the one that is just right the disscussion starts on what it soon will be….  mine is going to be all green with red eyes … well mine is going to be a princess with purple and sparkles… to them the fun is just beginning, LOVE this time of year, so much magic is in the air…

 Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there’s not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see.

Lucy : Not again! Writing a letter to a stupid pumpkin? You make me the laughing stalk of the neighborhood! All they talk about is my little brother who always writes to the Great Pumpkin! You’d better cut it out right now, or I’ll pound you!
Linus: There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.

 Dear Great Pumpkin, I am looking forward to your arrival on Halloween Night. I hope you will bring me lots of presents…..  You must get discouraged because more people believe in Santa Claus than in you. Well, let’s face it; Santa Claus has had more publicity, but being #2, perhaps you try harder.

 

It was another GREAT day….

Lucky to call them friends…

I have been thinking about all the ways I could start this post and introduce this family.  I could start by saying what an inspiration Patti has been to me and how much I have grown as a person because I have had her in my life, but that really goes without saying.  I could also start this with how I met Victoria when she was just 7 years old coming out to her driveway to “inspect” Matts new girlfriend, I think I met your approval:)  Or I could say how Victoria has grown into a beautiful young woman and a wonderful mother to her absolutley adorable son Noah and the love that are in the eyes of both her and Eric as they look at him is undeniable.  As all these things are true I think I will introduce the Harnett/Wellman family with this…

“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.”

~ Marge Kennedy~

You have a beautiful family and I am very lucky to know you!!

xo Jodi

Welcome Benson…

Kim emailed me a few weeks ago to see if I would take a few pictures of her little man, I was honoured she would think of me and I jumped at the chance.  I have known Kim for many years now as her and my husband grew up together and have been friends since diapers.  Thank you so much for letting me come over and steal a few snuggles from handsome little Benson!  Here are the pictures from that day.

                                                                                                            he he he,  how cute is he!!!!!

Thank you…

Compiling lists of gratitude are so important, and necessary.  They can help lift you up when you need a little push and can help bring you back down when that hot air rises up a little to far.  It can put things into perspective that sometimes otherwise become a little blurred.  To give thanks for the beauty that surrounds you is sometimes just like opening a window to get a breath of fresh air;  the clean crisp breeze washes over you and fills you with a sense of balance.   Here are some things to be thankful for…

Holding hands with someone you love…… Thankyou

To look into the eyes of what to you is perfection…    Thank you

To be called “mommy”…   Thank you

To be able to say you married your bestfriend… Thank you

There are so soooo many things to be thankful for….

    ~ Thank you, Thank you, Thank you… ~

Jodi

Words of Gratitude…

I have said it before and I am sure I will say it again, I love family photography.  It inspires me; it fills me with such a deep sense of the word, love.   This weekend marks the first anniversary of the beginning of my journey with Dreaming Tree Photography.   One year ago I asked some of my favourite people if I could steal them away for an hour and play with my new camera, and well the rest is sort of history.  I can’t even express into words the gratitude I have towards the wonderful people now friends who have let me join them for a walk in the park, a swing in their backyard or a family game of hockey.  To the parents who let me sit on their floor and snuggle with their babies as I try to get that perfect yawn, thank you.  To those wonderful couples who invited ME in to their magical fairytales, who let ME be the one to capture those moments that will forever be cherished, Thank you…Thank you.   What a year this has been, it has been quite the ride and I have enjoyed every minute of it. 

 Here are some pictures of one of those amazing families I was talking about.  Thank you Loni and Trevor,  you have such a beautiful family.

If you only have one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
-Maya Angelou

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven ”  ~George Bernard Shaw

Going to the Chapel…

Today is the day, the day that was dreamt about too many times to count.  That little girl sitting in her room on the floor dressing her dolls, having them say their I do’s;  has now grown into the woman about to make it her reality.  Today she marries her bestfriend.  

Come live with me, and be my love,  And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
John Donne

When two people are one in their inmost hearts, They shatter even the strength of iron or of bronze.  And when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts,
Their words are sweet and strong, like the fragrance of orchids.
I Ching

I would love to be the one to capture all your little details, from the hair to make-up to dress, the ceremony all the way to the cake and the little moments in between.   For more information on pricing, packages, etc. Call me @ 519-440-0000, or email me at dreamingtreephotography@hotmail.com

Jodi