Ashlee Woolf

2 Already

2011-05-12T00:44:00.000-04:00

Time really flies! These little cuties (well the 2 biggest ones) are turning 2 and I have been taking their pictures since they were newborns. They are still just as cute as ever - and now they have little Peytan to pose with!

This group shot was a little tricky, but we got one!!

I don't know why, but I was feeling a little black and white tonight.

So you get the B & W version for now.

So sweet!!

Happy Birthday guys!

Phoebee

2011-05-12T00:37:00.000-04:00

This is cute Pheobee...otherwise known as 'seebers' :) She is my cute little niece and she has a big birthday coming up, she is turning 1! So in honor of her big day we took her out for some pics. She was a little shy, but we squoze a few smiles out of her.

Loving this RED hair!

Pulling her famous "bull dog" face :)

So cute...Happy early Birthday Seebers!

6 months...plus a little

2011-03-25T01:23:00.003-04:00

Just one for tonight because it's getting a little late, but it is definitely one of my favorites. Funny thing is that this is the very first picture that I took. She was such a good baby, never fussed about anything and was so happy the whole time!

She's got the same killer blue eyes as her big brother and sister...LUCKY!

6 weeks old

2011-01-08T20:19:00.003-05:00

He is getting big way too fast...6 weeks old already. He had his big day last Sunday, we blessed him in our church. Here are a few shots of him in his little blessing outfit. He looked so handsome! We sure love this little guy!

I love this one :)

A picture is worth a thousand words...

2010-12-09T18:06:00.002-05:00

Are you excited for Christmas?

This is how excited for Christmas we are here at our house!

McCoy

2010-12-02T17:39:00.004-05:00

Well, he is finally here!

McCoy Andrew Woolf

Nov. 20, 2010

He is such a good little guy, and we are all pretty much smitten (probably me most of all though)!

The lighting in my new place is not ideal, especially during the winter. So when my friend Dana offered to do a newborn session for me I couldn't pass it up. Check her out here ...Dana Peterson Photography. She sent me home with the images and I edited them...I did put my watermark on them, just so that they were marked - not trying to steal them ;)

This one took a lot of work to get, he really did not want to sit like this. In fact, I don't think he was that into getting his picture taken at all!

I loved that she got a little grin here!

Thanks Dana, I love them!

Derrick

2010-09-12T17:44:00.004-04:00

This is Derrick, my cousin, he was in need of a few senior pictures. So while they were here in Boise we took a few - and here are a couple of the finished pictures...

These were a couple of my favorites and I couldn't decide which I like better - black and white or the colored version :)

It was good to see you and your family for a few minutes while you were here, good luck on with your Senior year!

Life...

2010-07-17T13:24:00.004-04:00

Lately life here has been hectic:

we've recently moved, just down the hill - but still a lot of work

still trying to finish up law school

I've been working nearly full time hours

I am pregnant and getting bigger and bigger every day

(we're having a BOY! we're thrilled!)

our house in Michigan flooded...

we are trying to sell our house in Michigan

and as always we're enjoying life with our 2 energy filled little women!

Those are just the major things that come to mind right at this moment:)

I'm really not trying to complain, or have you all feeling bad for me, I'm sure that all of your lives are probably just as hectic in their own little ways. But because of all that we have going on right now I am going to put my photography on the back burner for a while. I probably will not be doing any sessions this summer other than for family and close friends. There just aren't enough hours in the day!

I do have a new little nephew scheduled to make his debut here on Monday so you should check back for pictures of the new little guy sometime here in the next few weeks I hope!

Blessing Dress

2010-07-17T13:15:00.004-04:00

Phobee was blessed on the 4th of July, so we took a few shots before her big day. My mom is a wonderful seamstress and made this gorgeous dress just for her!

Phoebee

2010-07-17T13:08:00.002-04:00

Phoebee is my new little niece, and she is darling of course! I have had these sitting on my computer for a while now. So it is about time we get these out there for people to see :) Phoebee is now almost 3 months old, but these newborn pictures were taken when she was about 2 weeks old.

This is Carlee, the big sister. She wanted to get in on the photoshoot - so of course we let her. There is a whole series of these pictures and they all just crack me up!

Bad News

2010-05-04T10:14:00.004-04:00

We recently took a little trip to California....something happened to my camera

somewhere between here and there :(

When I pulled it out at Sea World to take some pictures of my girls everything I saw through the viewfinder was blurry. I thought maybe it was just me, but Andy saw the same thing. The pictures taken on AUTO still work, but I am going to be out of commission here on this blog until I either get it fixed - or convince my husband that an upgrade is now in order! I'll let you know when I am back up and running...hopefully soon.

But until then I will leave you with a couple (or a lot) of recent pictures of my girls. I took them around Easter:

I ordered these last 2 in 16 x 20 on styrene to hang in my house...love them!

S P R I N G

2010-04-15T11:47:00.004-04:00

It is finally starting to feel like spring here in Boise. (Now just watch it is going to snow tomorrow! ) I have had a super busy past couple of months, but hopefully now that we are moved things will start to slow down a little bit. Probably just wishful thinking, but I can hope right?

Keni is already 6 months old. I hadn't seen her for a month or two and I couldn't believe all of the cute curly hair she had grown since I had seen her last...definitely a trait she gets from her dad :)

She was pretty willing to sit anywhere and everywhere we put her, and we only caught her trying to sneak a handful of dirt a couple of times :)

Good luck with all the packing and moving guys!

Blue Eyes

2010-03-16T16:47:00.004-04:00

We ended up picking the perfect day to go to the park for some Easter pictures. These two were the perfect little models, every time I take pictures of them I don't think they could get any cuter...but somehow they always manage to :)

These two are now 9 months old, I couldn't believe how much their hair had grown since I saw them last. They look so grown up already!

Landon was pretty serious about it all, but with the help of Grandma being silly in the background we managed to coax a few smiles out of him. I'm sure she will agree that it was totally worth it!

They both have the most amazing blue eyes - I didn't do anything to them in photoshop I swear!

Their newest trick is standing up, this momma is going to have her hands full when these two start running around...which by the looks of things is not too far away :)

Thanks guys, I should have the rest ready for you soon!

Curls

2010-02-21T00:22:00.005-05:00

In honor of Shay's birthday today we put curlers in the girls hair last night. They kept them in all night, and it turned out so cute! Of course, we documented the occasion with a few pictures ;)

The birthday girl...finally 3 years old!

The big sister...

These 2 lately have been such good little friends, it is the sweetest thing to see :)

So Sweet...

2010-02-04T15:40:00.004-05:00

Last week I got an e-mail asking about taking some newborn pictures from someone that I don't know! She said she had seen my blog - I really didn't know anyone other than family and friends looked at my blog ;) I have really only taken pictures for family and friends, and friends of family and friends so far...I guess I am branching out. Exciting!!

Anyway, on to more important matters:

Meet Cole...

He was born on Christmas Day - what a great Christmas present :)

He's 5 weeks old and was as sweet as can be. All it took was a bottle and a diaper change

(or two - haha)

and he went right to sleep.

I discovered that I didn't have too many little boy props for pictures.

I need to start adding some blue and green things to my collection!

This next one is one of my very favorites!

So sweet and peaceful...

Have a fun time on your trip! Hope you enjoyed you sneak peek :)

One More

2010-01-21T15:13:00.003-05:00

I just finished editing these today and just for fun thought I would share one more...

Ahhh, so sweet!

3 Months Already

2010-01-15T14:30:00.004-05:00

We are headed out of town for the weekend, but I wanted to get these up!

If you remember Keni (I did her newborn pictures), well she is now already 3 months old. She was so content and happy the whole time we were taking pictures. I think she just might be spoiling her mom and dad ;)

I have been eyeing this cute blanket every week at church and was so glad they brought it!

It took a little bit to get her smiling, but it was worth it!

Andy, just made me a backdrop stand this week. So we tried it out today and it worked like a charm.

This is my favorite picture from the session...so far!

Totally worth having to move the couch and make a mad dash to the vaccumn so that

Kelsie and Joe wouldn't see all the scary things lurking behind my couch!

Darling baby...cute pictures...the end!

Doll Houses

2009-12-21T19:43:00.005-05:00

My cousin is having a contest on her blog. A Show and Tell of something that you have made for the holidays. Check it out here if you are interested! The winner gets a gift certificate for some fabric...I am always looking for ways to increase my fabric stash:)

(My personal family blog is private, so I am posting these here!)

A while back a friend of mine sent me a link to a tutorial for these cute little doll houses. Luckily for me I happen to know two little girls who are going love these! I'm pretty sure that I had as much fun making these as they are going to have playing with them. I will definitely be making more of these in the future - with a little wonder - under and some creativity the possibilities are endless!

Here is the link to the tutorial so that you can give it a try...you know you want to!

Doll House Tutorial

Everything at our house has to be pretty similar so that it doesn't cause too much contention ;) But these are going to be gifts for my two little yahoos for Christmas.

I found the cutest little Strawberry Shortcake Doll sets to go with them. They come with a tiny little dolly that will be the perfect size for the house, and a little closet for the clothes she comes with. So CUTE!

I think that they are going to be a hit!

Nativity Advent Calendar

2009-12-21T19:08:00.004-05:00

I saw the pattern for this advent calendar a few years ago. I had searched all over for a pattern for a nativity advent...there aren't a lot out there. Growing up we had an advent calendar that we would race each morning to be the one that was able to put the new piece up for the day. Now that my girls are old enough to really get into it I wanted to have one at our house. The pattern that I used for all of the pieces is from Art To Heart.

Then I wanted to change up the manger and background a little bit so we made up this pattern. I love the way that it turned out. It was A LOT of work and time, but it will be a fun addition to Christmas at our house every year!

My Little Family...

2009-12-16T22:55:00.004-05:00

My photographer friend Dana was so kind to meet up with us on a FREEZING cold day last week to do some quick family pictures. Hopefully she didn't end up with frost bite on her fingers :) I hurried and edited some of them so I could send out our Christmas card...yes, I am a procrastinator. Anyway, here are a few of my favorites.

I think Dana did a great job...you can check out her blog here:

www.pictureittoday.blogspot.com

Thanks Dana!

Christmas Twins!

2009-12-06T17:44:00.004-05:00

Since it has been so cold I haven't really been doing much photography lately. I don't really have the equipment or the room to do pictures inside. But I was able to do a few Christmas pictures of these two little kiddos at their house where there was a little more room to move around :)

They had grown so much since the last time I took their pictures. They are now 6 months old!

Melinda had them all decked out and stylin' in their Christmas outfits...

Look how he has his little arm around her, so cute!

He looks like such a serious little man, just taking care of his sister.

Melinda also had this Santa Bag...it was the perfect size for the two of them.

This just screams Christmas Card photo!

Just a little sneak peek, I'll have the rest for you soon!

{ A Good Start }

2009-11-08T17:39:00.003-05:00

This is Nolan...Nolan and his parents! We met up to do a few family pictures. Things didn't go as smoothly as we were hoping they would go ;) Nolan woke up quite a bit earlier than usual and was having kind of a rough morning. He really didn't want much to do with me and my camera, I'm sure it didn't help that it was pretty chilly out there! But I did sneak this cute shot of him...

No worries though, we are going to reschedule and finish up another day. So check back for more of this cute little family!

A Little Halloween Preview

2009-10-30T10:19:00.003-04:00

Here they are in all their fanciness!

At our house princess = sparkly. So they are pretty much sparkles from head to toe! Sparkly makeup, sparkly head bands, sparkly dresses, sparkly lip gloss, and sparkly shoes.

Cinderella, just striking a pose.

Sleeping Beauty is all smiles!

Happy Halloween......tomorrow!

Adventures at the Train Depot...

2009-10-26T01:05:00.004-04:00

Here is a little sneak peek for you Molly! We ventured out to the train depot this weekend...along with A LOT of other photographers ;) But this little cutie was such a trooper in the cold and wind. I think it paid off though!

There are so many cute ones, I may have to share a few more when I get them edited!

Family of Six

2009-10-24T23:20:00.004-04:00

Dana and I met while I was still living in Michigan and she was living in Idaho. We met totally by coincidence, but ended up finding out that we went to the same high school a few years apart and that we both grew up in the same little town. What are the odds?

Well, we happened to both be members of the same online photography forum, and ran into each other there. Now that I have moved to Idaho - we live about 15 minutes apart. So we decided to do a trade off, I take her family pictures and she takes mine. What a great idea! These are a few that I have edited so far:

Aren't her little blonde kiddos so cute? There were so well behaved too, they were all pretty willing to go along with any of our ideas :)

Sorry for making you wait for these Dana! I'm pretty sure there is at least one that will be Christmas card worthy ;)

Brand New...

2009-10-23T00:54:00.004-04:00

This little one was just so tiny. You really do forget that they can be that small! Tiny hands, tiny fingers, and a tiny little cry...so sweet! We have been trying to arrange a day to get together to get some pictures, but the sunshine just has not been cooperating. Finally we found a day that worked for everyone and the sun was shining :)

Here are a few of my favorites...

Thanks for coming over guys, hopefully I wore her out and she took a good nap for you after you left :)

Cousins

2009-10-15T00:53:00.003-04:00

These are my niece and nephew. When we moved to Boise we ended up being almost neighbors, and my kids have LOVED being so close to these two. And...it just so happens that Jade is turning 1 this weekend!

Yep, she is already a professional walker.

She stood still for me for about a minute while she tried to figure out just what exactly I was doing. Then she was off.

Andy was standing behind me waving a Reese's over my head as a bribe so that we could keep his attention. Worked like a charm!

We got one! Trying to get these two together and both looking at the camera was tricky, there are some pretty hilarious out takes;)

A Little Overdue...

2009-10-15T00:02:00.004-04:00

I haven't taken any pictures of my kids recently. I think we owe the grandparents some new photos, so we went to the park the other day and I brought my camera along. Surprisingly they were actually really into having their pictures taken! Even Shay...and that NEVER happens.

I LOVE this one!

A few Changes

2009-09-28T00:31:00.003-04:00

So I changed the blog around a little bit. I am going to make the pictures a little bit smaller so that they will load a little bit faster. So the pictures from previous posts will be cut off on the right side, try to ignore that :)

Maternity...

2009-09-26T00:08:00.007-04:00

Would you believe me if I told you that she is 39 (and a half) weeks pregnant!?! She has the cutest little belly!

This is Kelsie, we were neighbors growing up way back when - and now we are neighbors here in Boise. It really is a small world after all :) We got together tonight to do a few maternity pictures, and check out a few new places to do pictures here around the city. After all the walking we did, I thought for sure she was going to go into labor tonight...

Seriously, I wish I looked that cute when I was pregnant. She was still wearing her regular jeans...with the button done up! Who knew that was even possible ;)

Thanks, Kelsie!

All Mine...

2009-09-13T16:38:00.004-04:00

It was time for some new pictures of my own kiddos, and here are a couple!

A few more...

2009-09-12T15:26:00.005-04:00

I am just finishing up these pictures and needed to post a few more:)

Can you believe the blue eyes on these two?

This little man, was cracking me up with some of the facial expressions we got!

Before we finished mom wanted a couple of pictures of her Sienna's birth mark. She said it was a little heart on her bum. Seriously...it was a perfect little heart right on her cheek! (Don't cabbage patches have hearts on their bums?) It is so sweet! This picture doesn't really show the heart shape all that well, because her cheeks are a little squishy, but it is a perfect heart shape...crazy!

Landon & Sienna

2009-09-05T13:49:00.005-04:00

These two were so much fun to take pictures of, and they were so content and put up with me manhandling them for over an hour! By the end I think they were worn out, and hopefully they took a good nap for their mom that afternoon!

Sweet Sienna...

Handsome Landon...

A friend of the family made these darling hats...and I LOVED them!

The pair of them...don't you just want to snuggle them!

FINALLY!

2009-09-05T13:29:00.001-04:00

This cute family has been patiently waiting (or possibly not so patiently waiting) for these pictures to be edited. I took their family pictures a couple of days before we left Michigan. I was unable to work on them because we left the computer in Michigan with Andy. So I FINALLY finished them because I FINALLY got my computer back and we FINALLY got our internet up and running! YAY!!

Their mother, a very talented seamstress, made these cute capes. They are perfect for doing "tripple whips", running, and of course for spinning!

I do have to mention that Mellissa also made her dress, with no pattern!

People like her amaze me!

I really had so much fun this day. There was a lot of work that went into the day, but not by me. Mellissa was sewing and planning and packing and praying for good weather long before we actually started taking pictures. I'm glad that it all worked out and that the weather was so cooperative! Michigan weather can be SO unpredictable and it nearly foiled all of our plans. We were way too determined to let a little rain stop us though :)

I hope you like them!

It Turned Out To Be the Perfect Day...

2009-07-26T01:04:00.003-04:00

for pictures. There is a story behind this session, but it is late - and I should be in bed. So the story will have to wait until another day;)

I knew Melissa would be looking for these so I am hurrying and posting them before I am computer-less in a couple of days. There are lots of cute ones so I am sure that I will be posting more. Enjoy!

She's Two!

2009-07-22T22:44:00.004-04:00

On Andy's first day of school he walked past a couple of people talking and heard one of them say that he was from Utah, so he stopped to talk to them. Lo and behold they had a lot of other things in common as well (softball, hunting, fishing, sports) so it has worked out fabulously. Added bonus for me that his wife is darling, and my girls love their little girl. I am oh so glad that Scott and Andy met that first day of school :)

Anyways, back to the point of the post...this little cutie just turned 2! She was so well behaved, seriously, she did everything I asked and smiled at all the right times. Her mom & dad would stand behind me and say "show us your vampire teeth" and she would give this big pretty smile. It worked like a charm every time. I am definitely going to give this a try with my 2 munchkins...

We did her pictures on the 4th of July, so she was dressed for the occasion!

I know Scott was thrilled when we suggested we sneak in a few family pictures while we were at it, but he was a good sport anyway ;)

We are definitely going to miss these guys when we leave!

Carlee

2009-06-29T09:02:00.007-04:00

My sister and my niece Carlee have been out visiting us for the past week. We have had plenty of adventures and even had time to sneak in a few photo sessions! Here are some of my favorites...

Ainslee (my sister) was in the background doing all sorts of tricks and dance moves to keep Carlee entertained. I'm sure we had some very entertained passersby! Carlee seems especially partial to the song "If Your Happy and You Know It", every time we sang it she would just cheese it like this.

Do you think it's possible for her to be any cuter?!

I don't!

An Evening in the Wetlands...

2009-06-18T21:21:00.006-04:00

These guys had this great little wetland area right near their house, right in the middle of the city, it was great. Lillypads as far as they eye could see, (well pretty close anyway) it was a perfect place to take a few pictures. I just wanted to share a couple of my favorites!

They are soon to be a family of FOUR! Exciting!!

This little one wasn't too fond of my camera, she was way too busy exploring. When you are this cute though, it doesn't take much to get a good picture!

Thanks guys, it was a fun evening!

Little E. (Part 2)

2009-06-08T22:09:00.005-04:00

We brought him indoors to finish things up....here are a couple of the shots we got. He was a good little sleeper, and I'm pretty sure the whole time he was here he never even cried!

Meet the proud big brother...he wasn't too interested in getting his picture taken, but we took a few on the sly anyway! You can definitely see where little E. gets his good looks, his big brother is so handsome!

Short and Sweet

2009-06-04T15:11:00.000-04:00

This was a super quick little shoot, we wanted to try to get some outside shots but Mr. E. was getting swarmed by mosquitos so we had to cut it short. There will probably more to come of this little guy, we are going to finish his pictures up indoors and mosquito free. He is such a handsome little guy, so darn cute with all that hair!

Teeny Tiny...

2009-06-04T15:10:00.000-04:00

Little baby K. was another awake and alert little baby! She was pretty patient with me moving her all over the place and was content to just check things out. She was so tiny, I forget just how little brand new babies are. (For the record though, mine were never this little!)

Everything is cuter when it's tiny right...she was so sweet!

So Tiny...

2009-06-04T15:07:00.000-04:00

This little girl was so darn adorable! She was very alert for being so tiny, we couldn't get her to sleep for more than a minute or two. But we managed to get some pretty cute shots for Mom and Dad...