I had a very busy night last night! The coordinator of the Tulsa Chapter of Mended Little Hearts contacted me, wanting a group picture done. As some of you know, my son was a heart baby. He had Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) and had pretty major open heart surgery when he was 12 days old, and only 3 lbs. To say the least it was a very scary time in out lives.

So it was totally by chance that Susan would contact ME of all people, to take a photo of their group!

Lets just say trying to get 25 kids, most of them 4 and under, to stay in a group and have their pictures taken is far from easy. Bless their hearts, its hard for ME to stand around and get my picture taken!!

So, it didn't go quite as planned. :) We got a shot out of it, but we are going to try for a park or some place like there, where we will have a better background, more room, and where the kids can get worn out a little before we try to keep them herded for a group picture. :)

If you know anyone who has a child with or who had a heart defect, this group is the place to go! I wish it had been around when we were going through everything with N. It would have been so great to talk to other parents who were experiencing the same trials, emotions, and confusion as we were at the time, and to know that we weren't alone. I am planning on joining the group, so if you have any questions feel free to email me and I will pass them along to Susan!

My son will be 3 in less then 2 months! :( It makes me sad that he is growing up so fast!

So after bribing him with some Cheerios and Oswald, he actually sat still for me for a little bit and I got to take some pictures of him. :) Plus, he thought the umbrella on one of the lights was really neat and kept talking about it.

I just finished up my baby announcements and added them to the "Cards and Announcements" section of my website! Go look and tell me what you think! When you book a newborn session with me, you will receive 5 complimentary announcements! They are printed at my professional lab, and are the best of the best when it comes to quality! Plus they are hand-designed...and can be changed up a little to suit your taste!

DAY: October 25th (yes, this year ;) )

Time: 8am-1pm

What: MINI-SESSION DAY!!!

Details: I am doing a day of mini-sessions!! You get 20-25 min for the session, and get a 15% discount on my one of a kind, hand designed cards and normal prints, PLUS a promo card with for 25% off your next session!!! (can ya tell...I like to give ;) ) I will be hosting this at Woodward park. It should be beautiful weather by then...and will be a lot of fun! (we can all jump in the leaves!!)

This is GREAT for those out there who need to get their Christmas pictures done, need a new family photo for the home gallery, or need some new pictures of the kids...but don't want to go through a whole 2-3 hour session. This also works great as a sweet gift for someone else who might not be able to get professional pictures done this year!

Cost: $45

Contact me soon, I already have 2 of my spots reserved. When you contact me, I will send you further details (all the boring stuff that I don't need to write here ;) )
sarah@sarahmansurphotography.com

I am going to start doing portrait parties! What are portrait parties you ask?

Portrait Parties are kinda like any other "party" you may have gone to, but WAY more fun! ;)

When someone wants to do a party, they are the 'HOST'...we then plan a day, where they invite all their friends, family, anyone they want, either to their home or to a outdoor location and we take portraits! Everyone will have a appointment time, and will get 20-25 minutes in front of the camera! There is no need to hang around for the whole party (unless you just want to!) Just come 10 minutes before your appointment, enjoy some snacks and drinks, and get some pictures taken! Its as easy as that!

Within 2 weeks after the party, your images will be hosted online, where you will proof and order them. You will then give your order/payment to the host, and he/she will deliver them to you when they are ready!

So basically you get a FREE mini-session! How cool is that!

FOR THE HOST: So...why would you want to host one of these awesomely cool parties? Well, as the host you will get a free full 2-3 hour session, $50 in print credits, and a free magnetic fridge calendar with an image or two from your session!

Its a win-win for everyone! So email me if you are interested! These are super fun and you can earn some free stuff!!! sarah@sarahmansurphotography.com

I just added my Christmas section to my website. It includes a few samples of my cards, that are fully customizable, and my Christmas Special that I am running.



Go check it out!

So on my trip to Pennsylvania, I got to do a little session with my friends sister and her boyfriend! They took me to this beautiful park in Grove City. It was a lot of fun...and Becky and Zach were a lot of fun to work with! Zach also saved me from a Daddy-Longlegs Spider that was trying to eat me alive! (did I ever mention my utter hatred and childish fear of spiders?) If he hadn't helped me I might still be standing there in the ferns, covered my leggy creepy spiders!

I LOVED these ferns! They probably thought I was nuts...but we don't have ferns just growing like this in Oklahoma...at least not around here! They only ferns I have seen were in pots hanging around my moms house!!!







And...just because I can...and they are too far away to kill me... ;)



And one of my beautiful friend Stephanie who was such a great host and is such a good friend!!