beautiful little girls that seemed to love being in front of the camera.  Ummm, particularly little Miss I, who jumped in front of the camera at every opportunity - awesome, I love it, she was right there with me till the end, full of energy.

So the brief was some long grass shots.  Something I have been wanting to do forever, but long grass shots in Australia in the middle of summer come with their hazards [in the form of snakes].  SO we scoped out a gorgeous area, made heaps of noise, stamped our feet and cleared the area.  Infact, I think it would have been highly unlikely that any snake would have been game to come within a mile of our chosen location.

I really hope you enjoy your preview - here are some of my favourites from the session.

and these two are my absolute favourites

XOXOXOX

Robyn

It  was a slow morning, a lovely blissful morning.  One by one they greeted me in bed - the order is always very predictable, and certainly by the time there is five of us in bed, it’s very squishy.  The thing I completely love about school holidays is the mornings - there is no requirement to be any where at any specific time.  Breakfast at 10.00am and no real need to get dressed in any great hurry.

Yesterday there were tears, today I look at them in wonder.

Recently, I became a member of ACOCP, an amazing organisation dedicated to giving the gift of photographic memories to families that have experienced stillbirths, premature and ill infants and children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of their local hospitals, as well as children with serious and terminal illnesses.

Before Christmas, I had the absolute pleasure in meeting and photographing the most beautiful Canberra family.  A family blessed with 3 amazing children.   A family full of so much fun and love.

I feel so honoured to be able to share a tiny part of this family story.  Their middle child, a beautiful little girl, suffers from Infantile Battens Disease.  She is now in the final stages of the disease.

I wanted to share the story of this last image.  This beautiful quilt belongs to Chloe.  The little photo in the middle is actually sewn onto the back of the quilt, and is an image of her smiling - a beautiful healthy little 18 month old girl.

For those of you that know of a family that could benefit from the services of ACOCP, the ACT co-ordinator is Natalie Bice.  Please spread the word.

and a new beginning.  We are home, we are finally home.  After nearly 7 months of living out of suitcases, it is no surprise that we took the first possible opportunity to move back into our house - renovations still continuing around us, but who cares, it is just so good to be home.

This year ahead holds so much exitement, our house nearing completion, my business, a wee little holiday to France in the planning, my baby starting school for the first time.  With this comes a tinge of sadness, my baby starting school in just 2 weeks time, a very bittersweet time for me.  At 5 1/2 she is just so excited, and so ready for school, and me - well I am going to miss turning around in the supermarket to look for that little hand to hold.

For now, I am not thinking that far ahead and in fact, I am going to cast back to Christmas, and the amazing day with had in the rain - ah the rain.  A lovely day spent with Andy’s family minus one very important person.

A day spent down at the Canberra Croquet Club.

Let the games begin

This last image is of the newest member of our family - Mahlia at just 5 weeks of age.

hugs

xoxoxox