it’s been a whirlwind of activity here at casa de lessinger this month!

i watched my niece (1.5) and nephew (3.5) for a few days … in addition to my kids (and if you can’t recall their ages because there are so many, they are 9, 5, 3, 1.5, and 1.5). Oh wait. See that 9 over there? The oldest? Well, the week that my niece and nephew were here also happened to be the week he went to church camp. So the good news was that there were only 6 kids. the bad news was that the easiest and most helpful kid was the one that was gone!

the following weekend, we had my grandma’s 80th birthday. yes, i have photos. no, i haven’t got them ready to share yet. read on. :-)

we came back from south dakota on sunday, and flew out to new york on the next tuesday. my hubby is from ny and we took a trip to visit his grandma and family. flying with 5 is … an experience. but it went well and we had a blast.

somewhere in all of that, i was able to be part of a fantastic 90th birthday celebration. i love how the dad brought out his top hat. check out his big ol’ smile whenever it is on his head!

thanks so much for letting my take your photos, guys. i know *ahem* some of you were getting a bit tired of the camera but everyone was so cooperative and the group looks fantastic!

click the image to see more!

one last thing – my senior search is still on! let me know if you are interested, and shoot me an email for additional information. summer is flying by!

Hi, all! Yes, my poor blog has been very neglected lately. As always, there is too much to do and too little time!

Here’s my reason for a drive-by posting tonight. Senior photo season is hitting. Well, if you are here in central MN, it feels like hurricane season rather than senior season. But i digress.

I need 2 or 3 outgoing seniors to be my marketing team. This is how it works: we shoot your senior photos. You get a good deal on your package. You tell all of your friends and show them your killer photos.

It’s that easy! So if you are that senior, contact me right away and we’ll get this thing started.

Here are my basic senior package prices. I don’t shoot in studio. All of my work is on location – I come to you, and bring my “mobile studio.” Think about the benefits of having your entire wardrobe + your “gotta look great” stuff right there, rather than trying to drag thing to a studio.

hope to hear from you soon!

I know, I know. It’s not even 8 pm on 1.1.10. But it’s already been a great year. The twins turned 1 yesterday, and we let them rip into some cupcakes today to honor the event. It’s my version of the cake smash – only at home.

Red velvet cupcakes + white cream cheese frosting + blue icing = MESS.

Synchronized cupcake eating.

“Whatcha got over there, Holden?”

Awwww. Aren’t my boys cute?!? Unfortunately, my bathtub is not looking so hot. That blue icing was a bear to get off of the babies, and not so great for the tub, either!

I haven’t shared much for photos lately. Since Thanksgiving, we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving (obviously), 4 birthdays, 1 preschool program, 1 holiday dance show, 1 church play, Christmas, New Years, and 1 mega-cool spy party for a bunch of loud, crazy, excitable 8 & 9 year old boys. Not to mention that tomorrow it will officially be 12 years since I got hitched. That’s a lot of celebrating! Hope your holidays have been memorable and exciting, and here’s to a great 2010!

at the mall, anyway! I actually don’t like thinking about Christmas until Thanksgiving, but that’s because we have managed to smoosh 4 out of 5 of our children’s birthdays between Thanksgiving and New Years … plus Christmas and New Years itself and our anniversary on January 2. Yeah. That was some GOOD planning. :-)

But I digress. So here are a few Christmas card samples if you are one of those on-the-ball types that is already ahead on the seasonal planning. I threw in a couple of photos that were handy.

You might recognize the family in the doorway from an earlier blog post. I just love this shot!

And the small army of children + the redhead is me and mine. The hubs was taking the photo, which is why he wasn’t in there with us. Don’t you love my artistically enhanced version of him? Ha! My personal Thanksgiving goal: a family photo!

If you are interested in cards or card designs, send me an email through my site or comment here.

Also, my friend laura mentioned that she is having problems commenting. if you are having the same troubles, let me know about that too – specifics are good so i can try to troubleshoot.