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life

keeps us all so busy!  sadly, the rest of the italy images will have to wait until i have the business at hand under control...

so, step one...get our Limited Editions and Specials online...so, here they are...

*March- Large Print Sale (this will span the entire month)
        Now is the time to decorate your home with images!  For sessions photographed during March, our large prints 16x20 and larger, will be 40% off!!  Those wishing to order a large print from a previous session, your  savings is 25%.  (this offer DOES NOT apply to Senior Sessions photographed in March)

       

For Years to Come:  Tuesday the 25th-Saturday the 29th.
        This very formal session is designed for clients looking for fine artwork to hang in their homes.  A very  traditional portrait set, inspired by the works of famous painters.  This session would be perfect for  children, families, mother and child, or father and child.  Heather then paints this image resulting in a timeless original piece of art that will be valued for years to come.  This is a perfect opportunity to take advantage of our large print sale!

Contact the studio:  605.886.8858 to schedule your session! 

re-adjusting

to 'normal life' has been harder for me than i thought...i am SO VERY TIRED!

the house was a mess, unpacking made it worse, and then just the general acclamation to schedule has been really hard for me.  thankfully tho, the transition has been fairly easy for the kids.  they seem a bit more tired, falling asleep around 8pm, but getting up much earlier than normal.

for me, i think i'm finally getting sick.  all the stress of travel, work, etc., has finally caught up to me.  i'm sure that in a day or so, i'll feel so much more 'like me'.

today i start back into a session.  i'm excited to get my camera back in my hands for a portrait session.  i have so many new goals i want to achieve in the studio, and today will allow me to get started on them.  so many great new ideas have been rolling through my head in the last few weeks...the inspiration i'm sure was italy!

i also am excited for the weather to start to warm a bit.  kelli and i have all the plans for the new sets drawn up and ready to be created...we just need the weather to allow us to start working and painting in the atrium again.

look to the website to be revamped in the next few weeks.  i have all the images from last year to update with, as well as the new calendar for the limited edition with dates and other 'special' things planned.

and lastly, i WILL finish our travel blog from italy...i need to add more images and tales of our adventures... keep checking the blog and the website for those updates!

h

home again home again

isn't the way the nursery rhyme goes? 

we got home late last night/early this morning after 20 hours of travel.  all of us are shot, but i know happy to be home again.  the kids i think had finally  had enough of each other, and both were starting to miss different elements of their 'normal' lives.

me...while happy to be home, already deeply miss italy.  i love the culture, the art, the things that i can't have here in south dakota...but, i know that i can always go back, and that alone gives me great comfort!  november will come soon, and rod and i will be in matera teaching the 'italy art escape', so, i have that to look forward to...

max and cristiana are wonderful friends/business associates/family---forever i will be grateful for all that they shared with the kids and myself, and for the time, love, and effort they put into making our stay the wonderful experience that it was.  many amazing memories were created.

the ONLY snag in our entire trip home was that one bag was inadvertently left in italy...and it truly will sound like the 'dog ate my homework' kind of story...but...

KYLE'S HOMEWORK BAG WAS LEFT IN ITALY...

yep, 3 weeks worth of homework.

his books were packed in the rolling backpack, and those came home with us, but the paperwork...NOPE.

max was able to find it, and it is in process of shipping home from italy now.  so, all is good...but, it will arrive much later to the school than any of us thought or expected.

but, even that is not enough to put a cloud over anything of the trip!

i have many plans for the images taken, hopefully i'll be able to share some of the commercial endeavors here soon...keep watching for new stuff...

we got slack near the end of the trip in our blogging of adventures as well.  as soon as i can get everything unpacked, i will update the blog and add some more images...we did make it to pompeii, as well as a wonderful surprise stop in positano and the mediterranean sea.

ok, off to throw another load of laundry in and grab a quick nap...jetlag is starting to set in,

h, k, c