Ella's First Day of Kindergarten!

Ella is the newest Nicholas Valley Knight! Welcome to the next 18 years of your life!

It's finally come, my little baby is leaving for her big debut at public school! How sad that she will have to leave me for 6 hours a day when she is only 5.

Ella is very excited and can't wait to meet new friends. Her teacher is Ms. Rogers, and we have heard great things about her.

We can't wait to embark on a new journey with our sweet Ella-bella.

Good Luck little one...mommy will miss you, being her little shopping bud!

This is her teacher Ms. Rogers!
Ella in line with her class waiting to go into the first FULL day!

Photo Blog

Here is the photo blog for my new photography business! My friend Missi and her family were go great to work with, and I love that she is so cute pregnant.....it's so much easier when you have great subjects! :)
http://www.allysonrandlephotography.blogspot.com

Here's my NEW BUSINESS LOGO!!!

I'm so excited to start...so I thought I'd share my new business logo/slogan! I love the way it turned out, and the bright colors.

So very soon, I'll have more info to come....

Here's to LIFE IN FULL BLOOM!

Lots of Shots!

I have pulled the trigger! I finally started getting my photography going! YEAH! It will be Ally Randle photographer...(still working on my logo and slogan) hopefully my "new" photography blog will be up and running in the next two weeks.
Thanks to the cute families that will be helping me launch my new business...I can't wait to see those families and babies!
I also mentored with Julie Parker while I was in Utah. She is fantastic and I LOVE her style of shooting!
You can check us out on her blog:http://julieparkerphotography.blogspot.com/2008/07/get-shcooled-ally.html
I learned SOOOOO much, I can't wait to start! So if anyone needs Christmas cards, you know who to call! :)
And thanks to my hubby who thinks I'm mildly insane, but still supports me 1,000,000 percent!

Finally Kate's Headstone!

The other day my good friend Jenn told me about this blog that she was reading...it is written by a mom who back in June, lost her 15 month old baby by drowning. She happens to be an amazing writer and has documented her pain and thoughts about the last 3 months of her "new" life. Her blog site is: http://adailyscoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-treat-friend-who-has-suffered_7959.html

She is able to write so many things that I thought, but just couldn't get out!

It brings back lots and lots of thoughts about our Kate and how horrible that time was for our family. This sweet lady tells her story so well, and talks about how to handle and cope with grief, or more specifically how to treat others who are going through it. I think that everyone should read this....most of us (hopefully) will never have to live through this kind of pain, but many of us will know someone that will deal with this type of enormous loss. Just make sure you have a tissue!

When we were in Utah these past few weeks we finally got to see Kate's headstone at Wasatch Lawn. Kate is buried next to her Grandma (Nate's mom). It was Ella's first time to see it, and she drew Kate and her Grandma Rosan a few pictures to leave there.

I am so grateful to have an eternal family. I am so grateful for my beautiful kids and husband. Ella is so wise...too wise sometimes. I hope one day that she will get that little baby sister that she is longing for!