Christmas Cards are Here!!

Have you had a session this year with LTP?  Does your heart skip a beat at the thought of saving time on your Christmas cards?  Let Lantern Tree do all the work for you!  Take a gander below at the great selection of cards available, send a quick email or make a short phone call, and we'll take care of the rest.  You'll have more time to decorate the tree, bake those Christmas cookies, and hit the stores for gifts! 

All cards are one-sided 5x7's, printed on photo paper, and include envelopes.  Pricing is $2 each for the first 25 (minimum order is 25), $1.25 for each additional card.  To get your order started, simply tell me the following:  

• Description of the card template you'd like
• Names of images to include on the card (view your photos HERE)
• Any wording changes  
• Your preference of glossy, matte, or metallic finish (add $.15 per card for metallic)

Call (317.752.9671) or email beaver.shannon@gmail.com to place your order.  You will be able to proof your card before the order is finalized. 

Here's hoping Lantern Tree can make your Christmas Season a little brighter!!

Our Facebook Winner!

If you're a LTP facebook fan, you might remember our contest to reach 150 fans not long ago.  Well, meet Cindy, the winner!  When I sent out the message that there was a free session up for grabs, I think Cindy's wheels started turning and she set out on a mission to win.  Many of you may even be reading this as a result of her incredible recruiting skills!  I don't know how she did it, but Cindy definitely convinced more friends to "like" the LTP facebook page than anyone!  So it was no surprise when I pulled her name out of the bowl as the big winner!  A well-deserved win, we can all agree.  :)  

So as promised, Cindy and I arranged a session.  She suggested Metamora, a great halfway point between Greenfield and her home in Ohio.  I'd never visited Metamora, and now I'm wishing that sweet little town was just around the corner for ALL my sessions! Gorgeous buildings, bridges, a pavilion, railroad tracks, need I say more?!?  A photographer's dream.

Cindy brought along her husband, daughter, son-in-law, and four grandchildren.  We realized it had been ten years since we'd last seen each other (one of Cindy's other daughters and I were roommates in college), so it was great to see and catch up with everyone throughout the session.  Everyone pitched in with silly faces and goofiness to get some big smiles from the youngest of the bunch, and I think it was a success! There are just so many great shots to show you all, so I'll quit blabbing!  Enjoy.

Take a gloomy, rainy day, a few leaves, some super fun & cute kids, a fabulous mom & dad, and you have a recipe for some pretty rockin' pictures!  I met the Todd family at Potter's Bridge Park in Noblesville recently, after praying all afternoon for the rain to stop in time for our evening session. Amazingly, the rain cleared up as soon as we arrived!  But as soon as the sun set and our session was over, Mr. Rain showed up again and let us all know it was time to head out for some frozen yogurt.  Orange Leaf, anyone?  :)  

Without further ado, here's our favorite not-so-newborn-anymore girl, Baby Graely, and awesome big brother, Caedmon, along with their parents, Kevin and Liz. Enjoy!

It's hard to believe that less than a year ago, I blogged about the miracle of my non-eater son, Trenton, finally beginning to eat two foods on a regular basis: Pudding and yogurt.  Yes, he only ate those two foods, and yes, we were jumping for joy about it!  He had truly never eaten food by mouth in his entire 4 1/2 years of life, so this was the first HUGE step on the long learning-to-eat-and-drink journey that Trenton had in front of him.  

No one could've expected that this journey would be coming to an end only a year later, but I am proud to declare that at the ripe old age of 5 1/2, Trenton is now eating nearly anything, and has even been drinking for the past 2 months!  It's absolutely remarkable to see how far he's come!  Jumping for joy isn't even close to describing how we feel about this--picture cartwheels and triple axels!  ;)  

Now picture a heavenly light shining down on the Feeding Friends Clinic, a wonderful place filled with angels performing feeding miracles every day.  :)  If you look back to last November's post, you'll see that I sang praises of the wonderful, amazing women who worked so hard with Trenton on developing the ability to eat.  Today's post is no different!  One therapist angel in particular, "Miss Colleen" (as Trenton knows and loves her), gets to claim all the credit for teaching Trenton to chew and to drink from a straw--two skills that are much more difficult to teach than I could've ever imagined.  There aren't enough words to begin describing how amazingly talented, patient, and loving she is with Trenton, and there aren't enough words to thank her for what she has done!  It's because of Colleen that Trenton sits in the cafeteria with his kindergarten classmates every day and unpacks his lunchbox.  It's because of Colleen that after 5 years, Matt and I can finally sit down and share a meal with our son.  She's changed our lives, and has given Trenton a gift that I will never take for granted.

Would you like to meet her?  And better yet, her family, too?!  Colleen's husband, Dave, and their children, Lilly and Henry are pretty amazing themselves!!  They are such a thoughtful, intelligent, creative, and fun family!  We had a great time at Coxhall Gardens in Carmel, and even had a special guest appearance by their dog, Lizzie!  Here are some shots from our evening.  Enjoy!