Happy 4th of July!

We hope everyone takes time today for a moment of appreciation for the freedom we have in America. It’s truly amazing. We are so blessed to live here and experience freedom on a daily basis. And we thank all of you who serve our country to continue to fight for our freedom and safety. THANK YOU!!

Our 4th of July was fairly quiet. We contemplated whether we would attempt to go out to The Broadmoor, The Air Force Academy, or Palmer Lake for an evening fireworks show, but at around 7 pm when Tyler was clearly ready for bed and Natalie was looking rather tired herself, we realized that as parents of little ones, it’ll likely be a couple years before keeping the kids out past 10 pm makes sense! Anyway, this is actually the very first year (since moving to Colorado) that we have not worked a wedding on the 4th of July, so little did we know that leaving our house just was not even necessary to enjoy some pretty amazing displays in our own neighborhood! So…we enjoyed quite a great show simply sitting out on the corner and snuggled under blankets! And not only did we have great fireworks, but the lightning was also all around us. It ended up being just perfect since Tyler slept peacefully through it all, Natalie got to watch some, and then we watched more once she was happily asleep. So it is possible to have a great 4th of July, complete with impressive fireworks, without leaving your home and with two little kids!

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Scott Whitbeck - July 8, 2010 - 10:07 pm

Just checking in Jon,
Hope you are ok after the Rockies took all three ( and 11 of the last 12 ) from your Cards. Rough weekend for Cards fans.

Scott

Kevin Coleman - July 11, 2010 - 1:41 am

As always, you pictures are spectacular!!!!!!!

Baby Portraits of Claire at 6 months | Jonathan Betz Photography

Sweet Claire recently had her 6 month portraits, and after the studio portraits with just her, we captured such a precious moment between her and her Big Brother Aidan and then moments with her dogs. The one where she’s eating his ear is too funny, and according to Mom, Heather, Aidan did the same thing to the same dog at that age! We met Heather through our business networking group, and should any of you have needs for fantastic skincare products from Arbonne, Heather is a fantastic consultant! You can check out her website: Heather’s Arbonne Site

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Jenny & Jeremy | Engagement Portraits

Jenny, and her fiance, Jeremy, live in St.Louis and were here for a visit and to have their engagement session here in Colorado! We’re beyond excited to travel to Saint Lucia (South Caribbean) next April for their wedding! Jon can’t wait to photograph their beach wedding!! We took them around Garden of the Gods and into Cheyenne Canyon and Helen Hunt Falls for their session. They had such a blast taking their pictures. The highlight for them was at Helen Hunt Falls, and they had quite a lot of people very interested to watch their pictures there in the water! The session ended perfectly with an amazing sunset and some beautiful and romantic silhouettes. Congratulations you guys on the wedding…we love you and are SO EXCITED for next April!

Here are some favorites…

An amazing sunset…

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Aya…Class of 2011 | High School Senior Photography

We want to congratulate Aya for receiving our merit-based scholarship this year! As our winner, she received her session for FREE and also had a studio credit to spend toward her order! Aya is quite an accomplished student and very talented. We’ve loved getting to know her whole family! We were at The Broadmoor, Cheyenne Canyon, and America The Beautiful Park for her session. The funniest moment (see below) was when we were photographing her with her dog. Right after the pictures, her dog bolted into the lake at The Broadmoor after the geese! Pretty hilarious and definitely surprising (to both us AND the geese)! Take a look at her movie below to see favorites from her session. Congratulations, Aya, on receiving our scholarship!!

Doggone funny!

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Connor’s Family | Cheyenne Canyon Portraits

Before they move, David and Audrey were really excited to add a family session to their baby photography package. We took them to the beautiful Cheyenne Canyon area and ended up at Helen Hunt Falls. If you’ve never been to the Cheyenne Canyon area, it’s definitely one of our favorite spots. After doing this session last Saturday, Jon brought our family out for a Father’s Day hike on Sunday. We love the mountain stream that runs through the canyon and the ruggedness of the scenery. These are our favorites from their session…

-L

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