Capture life: Shelby Lane Photography

Popping in real quick

Just wanted to say Happy Holidays to everyone out there!  The kids and I had a great Christmas.  There are the ages where everything is still magical and exciting, and we had a blast.  Mac got a digital camera so now he's taking all sorts of great self portraits with the self timer.  It's so funny to watch.  Charlotte got doll toys and so now she's a pretend mommy.  So, now the tree is gone (thank goodness -- after a month it was dropping needles like crazy!) and everything is cleaned up, and I am back to work getting everything together for the new year.  The studio is still closed till after New Years, but I am checking email every so often.

Just a couple of quick, fun things.

First, my fellow photographer Kimberly Hill (if you're reading this, HI KIMBERLY [waves]) posted an excellent book list and I wanted to share it with you:  Must-Read Books for Preschoolers.  We have (and love) many of these but there were some on the list I hadn't heard of yet.  Many of you know that I used to be a librarian, and so I always love a good book list.  I told Mac that he could recommend one book a month for the blog and he's so excited, so expect that first review in January.

And then, even though it's a little late, I felt like it was time for a little Peanuts around here.  This always, ALWAYS makes me a little teary-eyed.  I hope you all have a wonderful week with your families and that everyone stays safe!  See you all next year!

Linus Tells the Story

Oh, and here is a "new" YouTube version of the classic Snoopy dance.  Don't watch if you're worried about someone butchering a classic (because this is funny and well done but it might change the song you hear in your head when you see the Peanuts). Thanks, Kori.  ;)

">Hey Ya. Peanuts Style

Ahhhh, Christmas!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We ate too much, but it was worth it.  Is keeping to a healthy diet even worth it this time of year?  I was talking to a friend of mine this past weekend and we were both swearing that we'd get back on track today, but of course this morning I feel like Christmas is only a few weeks away, so maybe I should wait till January.  ;)

Just as a reminder, this is the LAST WEEK to order if you want to have prints back before Christmas.  We are past the deadlines to be able to get cards without a rush order.  But print orders that are in by this Saturday will be back in time for Christmas delivery.  I am closing out all 2007 sessions so if you'd like to reorder, now is the time.

The website is STILL in the process of being moved.  I will be transferring the domain to the new servers later on this week, so we may still have site or email outages sporadically.  Thanks for your patience with this!

I know it's been awhile since I blogged images, but I feel guilty about blogging sessions when I know I have people who still need to order.  :)  But now we are caught up, and we'll be seeing several of you this week so you can get your order in before the deadline.  In the meantime, here is Aubrey, one of our newest Little Blessings Club babies.  Doesn't she have the sweetest little pout?  I do love a gummy baby smile, but this just makes my heart melt.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!  The studio will be closed until Tuesday morning -- as always, if you would like to come by and pick up orders next week, please let me know when you will be swinging by so we can make sure someone is there.  We do a lot of off-site work this time of year and I would hate to miss you!  We are almost always closed from 12:00-1:30 for lunch and errands. 

In other news, my web design company is moving my site to a new hosting company, so I may not be accessible by email until we re-open next week.  IF YOU SEND ME EMAIL DURING THIS TIME and do not hear back, I did not get your email.  I just want to let everyone know that we are likely to have some downtime.  I'm just not sure how much.  But once we are moved and we get all the new settings adjusted, I hope to be done with the server outages for awhile.  ;)  Thankfully, we have this scheduled over the holiday when we are not going to be open anyway, so our email/site traffic should be less heavy than usual.

To those of you who are traveling, have a safe drive or flight!  Eat lots of turkey and mashed potatoes.  I am a firm believer in the theory that food is calorie-free on holidays.