Monthly Archives: October 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Wishing you all a safe and fun Halloween and Happy Trick-or-Treating for all your little ones! Living on a mountain-top in the Bozeman Pass, there aren’t a whole lot of trick-or-treaters that show up, so we go to them! Here are a few scenes from Halloween 2007 along beautiful Yellowstone Street in Livingston. They really...

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Paradise found…

When you’re young and in love and living in Paradise Valley, Montana, life is pretty darn perfect. So it would figure that the day of my session with Carrie and Ellis would be perfect too! In fact, haven’t we been having the most awesome weather??? . The newest addition to Carrie & Ellis’ “family” is...

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A taste of winter…

A touch of snow really makes for the perfect holiday portrait. Luckily, there are still a good few patches of it up here at Sky Ranch following that magnificent mid-October snowstorm. The cool pastel colors and light combined with the warm and vivacious personalities of these two spunky sisters made for a session that was...

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Happy, Happy Birthday Baby…

Happy Happy 1st Birthday to one of the cutest sets of twins in Bozeman! Beautiful Lauren and her happy-go-lucky twin brother, Ryan, are 1 year old today and will be celebrating with a big party in their honor this weekend!!! . Oh, I remember when our own twin babies turned 1 year old…how I did...

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double proud…

One of the great things about being a mother of twins is not only do you have double the pleasure and double the fun…you also have double the pride!!! . Sam & Larissa could hardly contain themselves waving us down at the schoolyard today with their Presidential Physical Fitness Award Certificates and patches in hand....

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Introducing Luxe Holiday Cards by MINTED!

I am always on the lookout for the best products to offer and boy, was I thrilled to discover these gorgeous holiday photo cards by minted. They were recently featured in both Town & Country and Cookie Magazines. . Here’s what I really love about them…gone are the days of the tacky holiday letter insert....

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What I Love About Park County!

It’s another big night for the Saarel Family…we’ll be attending an artist’s reception for our twins, Sam & Larissa (only 8 years old) and other community artists, professionals and amateurs, who have their artwork on display in a juried exhibit titled “What I Love About Park County”. The exhibit will feature paintings, photographs, stories, poems,...

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Holiday Gift Ideas…custom jewelry and gifts!

Not to scare anybody, but I just realized that Christmas is only 8 weeks away!!!!…so even though I’m going to send everyone on my mailing list suggestions for holiday gift ideas including deadlines for ordering, I thought I’d also post ideas here every week or so. So let’s start off with one of my favorites…Planetjill...

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How sweet it is…

We just returned from a long weekend trip that proved itself to be a children’s paradise… Let’s start with a couple nights at Fairmont Hot Springs… less than a 2 hour drive and oh so far away (or far enough away) from Bozeman and Livingston, school and work, the phone, the mail, the computer… it’s...

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the real thing…

Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, the kids just won’t all look at the camera at the same time. Makes getting that “perfect” family portrait difficult. So you go with the flow and do the best you can and then, in the end, you realize you got the perfect shot after all… And sometimes...

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