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Missing in Action - Contest

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Last week when I started blogging again I announced a contest for anyone who left a comment on my Missing in Action Post, that I would choose, at random, a winner of a $10 itunes gift card.

I have 2 blogs - www.kimberlyjarman.net and www.xanga.com/kimberly_jarman, so I pulled all the comments off of both blogs and put all the names in a basket and drew one name.

The lucky winner is:

Trufflequeen - Vanessa from my xanga blog

To claim your prize you need to melanie @ kimberlyjarman.com and give her your contact information. She will then get you a $10 itunes card!

We are going to be doing more contests with a lot of different surprises, so keep checking back!!

Kim:)

Reagan Juarez - Cutest Little Guy

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:26:09 GMT

Isn't he the sweetest little thing on earth? A couple of weeks ago I was asked to take pictures of little 4 week old Reagan Juarez. I love taking baby pictures because you never know what you will get, but this shoot turned out to be one of my favorites.

Reagan did so great and allowed us to do so many fun things with him. We got great pictures and I can't wait until his next session. Reagans parents choose to do a Baby Lifestyle package, which is 3 different sessions within the first year of Reagans life. This way we can capture the brand new little baby, the crawler, and the walker... all major stages in a baby's life.

Below are a few favorites of the session.

I Love this little outfit.. he's Daddy's little Rocker!

One of my Favs!!!

Another Fav!

I am so excited about these next two pictures with the Piano... new FAVs of all time!

Reagans Daddy has a recording studio in their house, so we had to get some pictures with the drums!!!

Reagan, you are the cutest little thing and I can't wait to see you when you are crawling!! Thanks Juarez Family for allowing me to capture these special times!

Jessica and Alex Wedding Album - Westin Kierland Resort, Scottsdale AZ

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:25:20 GMT

I just finished Jessica and Alex's Wedding album. They were married in November at the Westin Kierland Resort. It was such a beautiful wedding and the album turned out so great. This is a 10x10 square album and is going to look so amazing!! Click here to view the entire album.

Marcella and Chris's Wedding at the Windemere in Mesa, AZ

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:15:00 GMT

Chris and Marcella got married on Saturday at the Windemere Hotel in Mesa, AZ. I have gotten to know Chris and Marcella very well over the last year and they have become good friends of Jamie's and mine. It was quite fun because Jamie and Kailee came as guests, so i got to see them!! I also got a great shot of Kailee and Jamie dancing... made me cry.. you can see it at the end.

It was supposed to rain all day on Saturday, but we prayed the clouds away and it worked!!!! We had a beautiful day and were able to get lots of great pictures.

I also have to thank Jenny and Lizzie for helping out. These are 2 girls from my workshops that have done so great and are starting their own businesses. They have learned a lot and came to shoot with me for the day. They both did fantastic.

The dress... It was gorgeous!

Chris and his dad getting ready.

There were so many cute kids running around, but I love this shot!

Lots of emotions... this is Marcella's brother and mom... they were balling watching Marcella come down the aisle.

Love this shot we captured of Chris... this was right when he saw her.. he was very happy!

Dad was very emotional as well! Lots of happy tears.

We convinced Marcella and Chris to take a short little field trip off site to a great place to take pictures. We got some really great ones and I LOVE them all! Aren't they so cute?

Marcella looked beautiful!

I love this!

I have to end with a shot that I took of Jamie and Kailee dancing. It was the first dance of the night and Jamie surprised me by bringing Kailee up to the dance floor. I started crying.. it's an awesome thing to see your husband dancing with your little girl. I got mad at him though afterwards because he distracted me. LOL!!! I'm so glad I got this shot though!

Thank you Chris and Marcella for letting me be a part of your day!!! You are both wonderful and I'm so thankful for our friendship!! Enjoy marriage.. it's a wonderful thing!

Kimberly Jarman - Missing in Action

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:17:40 GMT

MIA – Missing in Action

I was just informed that it has been over a month since I last posted. A month!!! Are you serious? I could have sworn I posted just a few days ago. My oh my how time flies!!!

I must apologize for my lack of posting, but I did need to take a short hiatus to catch up on life… there is so much going on in my life and I was watching it go by, behind my computer, so I had to step back for a tiny bit and enjoy some of the little things.

I must let you all know that things are going very well. Business is wonderful and I have a ton of great pictures to show you very soon as well as many more sessions coming up soon. We are very booked this spring with weddings and only have a few dates still available, so get ready for lots and lots of updates.

Twitter
Are you on twitter??? If so I am updating twitter regularly with short little updates on what I am up to. Follow me!!!

Personal News

My little baby girl just had her 6 month birthday and has decided to start crawling and pulling up on everything!!! Life as I knew it once is now gone. My mornings and nights are consumed by my little beauty, and I’m taking it in as much as I can. She is growing up much to fast and I don’t want to miss it. So, my time is limited now and I must learn how to time manage…something that I have been trying to work on all my life!

My husband and I just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and I am still madly in Love with him. Life just couldn’t be any sweeter!!!

The Blog

Melanie, my wonderful studio manager, and I will be taking off a week in February to sit down and really hash out the business so that we can run more efficiently. Part of that includes coming up with a lot more content for the blog so that I can keep it updated more often.

Stay tuned for some really exciting things to happen in the next month or so that will keep you all coming back for more and more and more!!!

How are you? Contest?

Finally, how are you doing??? I would love to know!!! Please comment below and let me know what is going on with you!!! I will choose at random one post from the comments and that person will get a $10 itunes gift card!!! Bribery at it’s very best!!! Make sure you include your name and a way to contact you.

Meet the Amazeen Family.

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:00:45 GMT

Meet the Amazeen family... aren't they so cute? I had SOOOO much fun on this shoot! I Love families who are fun and willing to do anything. We got some great pictures and I truly loved every minute of it. The kids were so fun and so well behaved. Andy, you can tell is a wonderful big brother and little Sophia... she would come up and hold my hand whenever we walked to a new location.. it was the cutest thing. She was a very fun 3 year old and reminded me of me when I was her age, especialy the curly hair!

Thank you Eric and Nia I had a wonderful time with your family and hope to be able to do it again next year!

Thank you for your service Shaun....

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:34:16 GMT

Shaun grew up 2 house down from me from age 2 until I was out of high school. He was pretty much like my brother the entire time. We rode bikes, played forts, built snow slides and castles, and football in the street. I have so many memories of my friend.

After High School we lost touch for awhile. I did my thing and Shaun joined the Army. About 5 years ago I was able to reconnect with him for a bit, but then lost track of him once more only knowing that he could be called to go to Iraq at any time. About a year ago I started googling his name to try to find him again and I was desperate to make sure that he was ok.

I was so glad when I found out that he was ok. He was serving in Iraq and had been for awhile. He had also gotten married and had a little boy. I managed to make contact with his wife, Keri, and reconnected with Shaun and his family through my favorite thing... facebook!!!

About a month ago I saw a post that Keri had written to Shaun on facebook. She told him that his son had just taken his first steps. My heart was broken...he wasn't here to see his son turn 1 or take his first steps. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to not have my husband here to see Kailee grow up in these most important moments. I really wanted to do something for Shaun so that he could see his son and have pictures that documented this place of his life.

I emailed Keri and asked her if I could do a session for Desi, their 1 year old son. She was thrilled and agreed to meet me to get some pictures done.

A couple of weeks ago we met up and I was able to meet Keri and Desi for the first time. It was special to me to meet the wife and son of a friend that was more like a brother. I felt like I was meeting family.

We took some great pictures of Desi and I hope these pictures will help Shaun to see what an amazingly cute and wonderful Kid he has waiting for him when he gets home.

I have to thank Shaun so much for serving this country and protecting all of us. He truly is a hero. Thank you Shaun, I hope you enjoy these pictures of your family.

Isn't he Beautiful!

Love this!

Keri is gorgeous!

Sweet Moment.

He LOVED this!

Look at those eyes!

Love it!

Such a cute kid!

I love this one of Desi and Keri

You are all in my prayers... come home soon Shaun!

Liz and Durann's Day After Pictures

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Well, i'm starting to get a little caught up. It's amazing how much editing has to be done to stay on top of things:)

In October, while I was out in Florida for Liz and Durann's wedding, I decided to do a day after session with them. We had a lot of fun and got to do things that they wouldn't have done on the day of the wedding. This led to very very cool pictures!

I wanted to share a few favs!!

Kim and Nathan - Engagement Session

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:14:00 GMT

Kim and Nathan, um, can we say "Models"?? They both rocked this engagement session and we got so many great pictures of them! We went to a new location for me, Market Street, and I found so many new fun places to take pictures.. think of a little kid in a candy store, yup, that was me! I love what I do!!!

Kim and Nathan are getting married at Sassi in the very very hot month of June.. they are troopers!!! We are going to have a great time at their wedding as long as we don't all melt:)

Thanks guys for the total fun! You are both wonderful and i'm looking forward to the wedding!

Chris and Marcella - Engagement Session

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:04:21 GMT

Marcella and Chris are in my small group at church. When they got engaged they called me up and said they wanted me to photograph their wedding! I was so excited! It's really fun to be able to photograph friends that you know! I'm really excited for their wedding in February! They are a great couple and Jamie and I are glad to call them friends:)

We got some great pictures and I really think they show off their wonderful personalities. They are both goof balls and have so much fun together. I LOVE it!!!

Here are a few of my favorites from their Engagement Session!!!

Get ready for tons more pictures.. we have been so busy lately that I haven't been able to blog, so there will be a lot of blog posts coming shortly.