Happy Birthday Dad

I would like to wish my Daddy, Lee Shattuck, a Happy 78th Birthday today! He is the bestest Daddy in the world : ) I wish we could be there for his birthday, but we can't be : ( Hope you had a great day with our family that was there with you. I love you!

FCA First Tourneys

Well we are on our way tomorrow to Osseo, MI for our first boy's basketball and girl's volleyball tournaments, hosted by Bird Lake Bible School. We are SO excited about his event we can hardly wait to go! Our guys and gals have worked so hard to prepare for this! Jerry is our boy's bball coach and he has worked a lot of hours with the boys too. We will have a long trip there and back, about 3 1/2 hours one-way, but it will be fun riding the big bus. Well I'd better head out of here because 4:30a.am. will come really early, ugh! I will try and post some pictures on here later. If you are able to attend the Bird Lake Fall Classic, cheer on our Defenders!!!

Happy Veteran's Day

Well today is a very special day -- Veteran's Day! I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all those that have fought and those that continue to fight for our freedoms!!! Wow, what a huge commitment you have made so that all of us can be free! I would also like to say thanks to my brother Doug, for fighting in Dessert Storm and the Iraqi Freedom War!!! --Here is a song that my cousins, Randy & Rick Shattuck wrote and then did a music video for it for a CMT contest. They asked if I had any pictures of my brother that they could use for this video and I did, but it just happened that my boys were in those pictures, so...yep you guessed it, my boys got to be a part of this music video!!! Thanks Rick & Randy for thinking of my brother when it came to making this video! --This is a great song and is available for purchase if you go to their website: theshattuckbrothers.com. They didn't end up winning the contest, but they sure would have had my vote, what a great song it is! Click on the link to hear and see this song/video.
http://theshattuckbrothers.com/your_gift_small.html

The Petty Kids Photo Shoot 10/09

Last week my niece DD brought her little munchkins over for pictures! I had a great time taking pictures of little Miss Becca and little Mr. Izaak : ) If you wish to view these photos, click here: http://janiececooperphotography.blogspot.com

My Kiddos Fall Photo Shoot 10/09

Last week I dragged the kids to take their pictures again : ) They are so use to it, they just roll their eyes and smile, HA! I have put some here on my blog, but I have also put some others on my photography blog. If you would like to see them, click here: http://janiececooperphotography.blogspot.com

Happy Trick or Treating Day!!!

Well we are about ready to go and get our kids so much candy that we will be heading to the dentist next week to get their teeth filled, HA! This year I told the kids "we are NOT buying anything for costumes, we will use what we have", so... Kallee will be a cowgirl and Keegan a ninja. Keegan didn't have any ninja swords, so Daddy got up this morning and cut up some boards to look like swords and then spray painted them silver. He wrapped the ends in black tape for handles, they turned out pretty neat looking and Keegan was thrilled with them : ) Later on my sister, Mary and her family will be meeting us in town with her kiddos, CJ & Maverick. They will be going trick or treating with us. This will be the first year she has taken her kids out, so it should be fun! She made her kids outfits, they are gonna be Jessie the cowgirl and Woody the cowboy, from Toy Story. After we fill up the kids with candy we are heading for dinner and then home to finish Sunday dinner. They are going to spend the night and come to church with us and then dinner. We will have 15 of us here for dinner so we will have a good time! Well we are off, so ta-ta for now. I will try and post pics of the kids later.

The Derscheid Girls Photo Shoot 10-09

I had a blast taking picture of "the girls", they did such a GREAT job! All of them are so pretty and are sooo photogenic! All's I can say is "Daddy better get his gun loaded now", HA! Thanks for allowing me the privilege of taking these photos Sara & Tony! Up for your viewing pleasure, go to: http://janiececooperphotography.blogspot.com/