that's a wrap

Well, 2010 photoshoots have come to an end and I am super excited about what 2011 will bring. To finish off the year, I met up with the Goeglein family at Kay's home in Fort Collins for a fun photoshoot. I fell in love with her baby grand piano so we took several pictures there and throughout the home. Kay's son Evan is heading off to seminary school so this is likely the last year that they would all be together in Colorado for Christmas, so these pictures were special to her and her children. I also got to meet Stefan the newest grandchild for the first time. You will remember Travis and Jen's family from here, well, they recently added to their brood with the birth of Stephan nearly 6 weeks ago. We had an amazing time and it was a perfect way to end the year for my photography! Enjoy!

kohler family

The day after Christmas I was able to meet up with three wonderful families to end out my photo sessions of 2010. One of those families was the Kohler family. They had the rare opportunity to all be together for the holidays and took advantage of it by getting some family pictures done. When you look at these you will find that they were a lot of fun to photograph and you will also see a sweet little boy named Christian who I couldn't help but fall in love with! Enjoy!

2010 what a year!

Wow, what a year 2010 has been for my photography! I never in my wildest dreams imagined that this simple hobby would take flight into what it has! There is nothing comparable to knowing that your friends and family love your work and pass your name on to others, there is nothing better than meeting babies on the day of their birth and photographing them through their milestons, and lastly, this time of year reminds me how much I love to photograph people as nearly all of the Christmas Cards delivered to me have my pictures on them!

Here is a look back at this year in photos! I am not finished yet, I still have a few more sessions in 2010, but this was already getting so long that I felt like it was time to get it posted! So as it may be early, please enjoy it! I tried to get all of my clients on the video, for this would not even exist if it were not for my clients! Thank you for such an amazing year, I look forward to capturing your families again next year!

Kris Chadwick Photography 2010- A Year to Remember from Kris Chadwick on Vimeo.

sweet family

I had a lot of fun with this family. It was a last minute shoot before they left to Kansas for the holiday and unfortunately it was too cold outside to get pictures, so we moved it indoors and the kids played in the basement while we got as many shots and we could in between the fun! I can't wait to get some pictures when the weather is nicer and we can be outside!

a promise to myself take 2- The Mouse King

As promised I am going to blog about my son Karson and his 1st grade Christmas Program. Karson's school does an UNBELIEVABLE program for the 1st grade class. Well, I should say that all the grades K-2 do elaborate Christmas programs, but none of them are quite as time consuming and as elaborate at the 1st grade version of the Nutcracker Suite! The music teacher at Eaton Elementary School has such a creativity about her and a lot of dedication to put this performance together year after year for nearly 100-125 1st graders. Every child has a costume and a part in the play, it is fantastic! Well last year, Karson saw the program as a kindergartner and he came home and said "Mom, next year I want to be the mouse king." I wasn't for sure what was so enticing about the Mouse King, but he was set on it, and let me tell you he did not forget. At the beginning of this year, when he saw the music teacher he told her, "I am so excited for the Nutcracker, can I be the Mouse King?" I thought she would take it in stride and when the time would come she would forget. At the end of October, Karson ran into the house and told me "guess what, guess what....I am going to be the Mouse King!" The music teacher had made his entire year!!! So as it was, he played the Mouse King in the Eaton Elementary School 1st grade Christmas Program last night.

The Mouse King and his mice followers battle the toy soldiers, then the Mouse King has a one on one battle with the Nutcracker, at the end of the battle, Clara the little girl throws a slipper at the Mouse King's head and he falls to the floor, dead! It was so cute and the PERFECT part for Karson! He was in character all night and did such a great job. Here are some of the pictures from the program. I was not in the ideal spot to get good shots, but we ordered the DVD so we will always have the memories!

the thornton family

Jackie got a hold of me last minute to see if I could squeeze her in and she was in luck the day she emailed, I was able to make it work. I am so glad I did. It was the first Sunday in a while that I didn't have family stuff going on in addition to pictures, so it was nice to get the chance to take on a last minute call for once. The Thornton family is wonderful, the kids are ADORABLE, mom and dad are so fun and we had a great time capturing their family pictures in what turned out to be a little bit of a chilly afternoon. They all did great despite the cold and I fell in LOVE with the color scheme they chose. I always get excited to see what families will put together for colors, and the Thornton's did a great job! The colors really popped! Jackie, thanks for letting me capture your family, it was a great time.

a promise to myself

I rarely get the chance to take pictures of my own kids these days, let alone blog about them! This week is different, I promised myself that I would take pictures this week and lots of them. Kyndal has her Christmas program for preschool tonight and Karson has his 1st grade program on Thursday night where he will be playing one of the lead roles in the Nutcracker Suite! He is so excited to play the Mouse King and Kyndal is equally excited to wear her pretty dress, stand on stage and have everyone ooohhh and ahhhh about her! All kidding aside, she LOVES the camera! She plans her photoshoots (props and all) and she tells me when to catch her "best smile". I think we might be in trouble. Anyway, here she is in her beautiful dress ready to head the program! I will take even more pictures there and again on Thursday when I will post another blog about my Mouse King :)

its been a long time

I met up with an old friend and her kids this weekend, a friend I haven't seen in a LONG time. I met Jenn when we were both pregnant with our boys. We were in a birthing class together and I never thought I would see her again after the class, but 2 months later we found each other again when our boys were in the NICU together both born early. We would talk when our boys were near each other incubators in the NICU, but after discharge we didn't see them again, until......our boys ended up in the same preschool/daycare about 1 year later. Small world. We have kept in contact through facebook, of all things, but have not see each other in a long time, as our boys are now 7! It was so great to see you Jenn, hope you love your pictures.