Camera + Faces = Photoshoot

Family photo shoots can be so much fun, especially when the family has a lot of bubbly and fun personalities.  Oh... Did I mention I'm related to them?


This last shot is my favorite shot of the day! Why you ask?  Well because it REAL LIFE! It's such a candid shot.  The only one's looking at the camera is Baby Oakley and Grandma Sharon.  Hey, at least the baby is staring at the camera.
Great shots of a beautiful family!

What one is your favorite shot?

Toodles

First Pumpkin

After we picked out the perfect pumpkins it was time to carve them.  Although, Corbin is a little too young to carve a pumpkin, so we painted his.  He was so excited and focused on painting it too.  As you can see he got a little bit of paint on his arm but that was accident.  Otherwise this was the cleanest paint job I've ever seen a 17 month old complete.  Most the time they get paint all over their bodies, face, hair, any where they can touch.  But not my little guy.  And after painting for a few minutes he started touching the end of the paint brush but he freaked a little once he realized what happened when he touched it.  As you can see from his BIG cheesy smile, he really enjoyed being creative.  He will now walk up to his finished pumpkin with so much pride in his work.  So adorable!



Check out the video I got of Corbin painting his first pumpkin!
Corbin's First Pumpkin from Crystal Barancik on Vimeo.

What did you do with your pumpkins?

Toodles

A Day At The Orchard

It happened to be one of the most beautiful days we had in October.  The sun was shining and the pumpkins were calling our names.  Okay, they weren't really calling our names, but we had to get Corbin out to the orchard so he can pick his very first pumpkin.  We made our way to Spicers Orchard... enjoyed a free hay ride, picked our favorite pumpkin out of the bunch, and then left with our doughnuts and cider in hand.

Trees changing colors, apple cider, sugary doughnuts, and pumpkins... now this is what I call FALL!

Have you visited the orchard this year?

Toodles

It's an Adventure!

In case you you didn't know, I own a camera AND I like to take my camera and venture out in this big world and just take a photo of whatever my little heart desires.  So, Brittney, at Moving Forward Blog, and I did just that a few weeks back, actually maybe a few months back.  We just set out... with camera's in hand and imaginations ready to go to capture anything that might have caught our eyes.  Here a few of my favorite shots of the day.

I have a lot more but I must first take the time to go through them.  What ones do you like?

Toodles

It's Late, I know... But still...

Homemade gifts, the best gifts you can give and receive.  With Grandparents day coming close I found a few pins on Pinterest that meshed this homemade gift.  You know when you see a few inspirations and then mesh them together to create something even better than the things you saw separately.  I had to stop at Michaels for a few supplies.

2 Canvas'
1 Can of light blue spray paint
1 Can of yellow spray paint
2 Different colors of paint that don't match the spray paint (I chose to purchase a set with a variety of colors)
Letter Stickers (I chose to purchase different font styles)

After placing the letters on the canvas to my liking I took the canvas' outside  and spray painted each one a different color.  After letting the paint dry I carefully took off each letter showing the font in white.  Then the real fun began... the little man's footprints to complete our project.  The finished product came out just as I had hoped it would.  

We made 2 and both are different colors to go to each set of grandparents.  And they loved it!!!!!

Hand made is the way to go!!!!

Toodles

Happy Grandparents Day!

Some of you may or may not know this, but today is actually GRANDPARENTS day!

Our little Corbin has been blessed with some very amazing grandparents.  Above we have my dad, whom we refer to as Papa Dave, and my mom, whom we refer to as Grandma.  And below is Jeremy's dad, who is Papa, and his mother, Nana.

Grandparents should have a day that recognizes how awesome and amazing they are, just like there is a Mother's Day and Father's Day.  We have been so blessed to have these wonderful people in our lives to help whenever possible with our little baby boy.  Thank you so much for EVERYTHING you do and have done for our little family! We love and appreciate you all.
We can't for the GREAT Grandparents either!

My Grandfather, who is shown here holding baby Corbin the day he was born!  All that hair, I know!

And Jeremy's Grandma, holding Corbin when he was 11.5 months old.  So precious!

Corbin also has a Great Grandma and Grandpa Fay, Great Grandma Gearhart, and Grandpa Tim. Unfortunately we don't have pictures with them.  But maybe we will soon.  

We LOVE YOU!

Toodles

My Week....

We started our week off with a day trip to St. Helen, MI to visit my grandparents.  My brother, his girlfriend, Ashley, and Tristan joined us as well.  The boys enjoyed Wreck It Ralph on the drive up.  Apparently my brother hijacked my phone and took a snap shot of himself in the mirror.  I literally just saw it today.  Of course it made me laugh.  Along with our week we had to start wearing long sleeve shirts in the morning.  There has been a nice cold chill when we make our way around in the mornings.  Long sleeve weather already?  I know.  Chilly weather comes about and I whip out my scarves.  Since last year I've really been enjoying adding to my collection of scarves.  I got this one while doing some birthday shopping.  And of course a FRIDAY shot, because Lord knows I was ready for Friday.

My week really wasn't this short, but this is all I captured of it.  Maybe more next time....

Toodles