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  • Welcome to Kimberly Coughlin Photography!

    Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so glad you stopped by.  I'll use this little piece of the internet to post client sneak peeks and also to share my life and my family with you.  I've said this many times, but I truly believe my 3 boys are the most photographed kids on the planet!  Unfortunately, they are getting a bit tired of that record so they are giving me a hard time when I get my camera out.  So, just know that when you see my family on this blog, there were definitely bribes involved!

    I love having the opportunity to create lasting memories for those I meet along this journey.  You'll find I'm a very easy person to get along with and I'll give you my all when we are together for your session.  I treasure each and every one of my clients who make my dream of photography possible!

    I specialize in on-site, natural light photography sessions.  I will meet you in the comfort of your home or at another location.  I love shooting in the outdoors and always enjoy trying out new places.  Historic locations, farms, parks and even your backyard make great backdrops for your photos.  I shoot primarily expectant mothers, newborns, babies, kids and families but I also do events and find them incredibly fun!  Another of my specialities is birth photography and I am humbled, honored and overjoyed to document the arrival of your special newborn.

    I hope you enjoy my new and improved blog but if you'd like to reference my previous one, I've included a link in the menu bar.  I haven't deleted it because I still love all of those posts and all of the history of Kimberly Coughlin Photography!  Please leave comments here on my new blog so I'll know you visited.  Bloggers LOVE comments!  :)

    Kim   

     

Crazy!

This little blog is not just about me sharing client images, but it is supposed to be a place for me to write about my family and our happenings and post photos.  So I have a place to look back at and remember the little things that made me smile or the milestones in my kids’ lives.  I’ve been really bad about that lately.  I’ve felt like I was on a freight train that was traveling at mock speed and I just want to step off for a few moments but it keeps going faster and faster and I’m nervous about where I’m going but I know I can’t stop it.  This has been going on for about a month with lots of changes in our little world.  I’m making a real attempt to grab control of that train and force it into the station so I can hop off for a bit.  It may continue to glide along the tracks while I’m on the sidelines and I may have to run to jump back on, but I need to take this break, however short it may be, just to breathe again and get perspective.   

I blinked an eye and the calendar now says July.  Mid-June saw the wrap up our Jake and Nick’s sports.  And wow, what a season they both had.  Nick’s 6-8 year old flag football team under the coaching of an incredible duo, clinched the championship with an undefeated season.  They were the first team in the history of this organization to go undefeated all the way to the championship.  It was such an amazing experience to be a part of this team.  I think it changed Nick in very positive ways and gave him something to be very proud of (and something his brother was very jealous of!).  We will never forget this season and the excitement and the joy and the fun these kids had playing a game they loved.

Keeping with the sports theme, Jake played baseball for the first time and we couldn’t have asked for a better coach or team for him to have that first experience.  And Matt was right out there with him assistant coaching.  Jake fell in love with the sport and will play again in the fall giving up football.  They pulled together as a team, made incredible improvements throughout the season and came within ONE game of the championship!  AWESOME!  They played their hearts out in the last game but came up short.  They still held their heads high and knew what they had accomplished was indeed great.  Jake made some wonderful friends on the team and I hope we see them again in the fall.

The school year wrapped up first for a special girl in our lives, cousin Sarah who graduated from high school among the top of her class with her choice of college acceptances!  She made it into all the top schools around here and that is no small feat this day and age with competition so fierce!  This is Sarah last summer when we did her senior photos…

And here is Sarah with her little admirer, Brett!  He truly has eyes for her and she is so sweet to him. 

We had a lot of fun at her graduation party visiting with family and Brett even got to climb into a school bus and take a seat!

I got to hang out with this couple and catch up on their upcoming wedding plans (they didn’t know I was taking this photo…I thought the shadow was cool!).  We’ll be doing fun engagement photos in the next few weeks!  Can’t wait for that!!

The boys’ school year came to close (finally!) on June 18th.  I got to spend a few hours at Nick’s Luau party in first grade.  It was a super hot day but the kids made the most of it and played lots of fun games!

Nick had a fabulous teacher and we’ll definitely miss her next year!!!  (She’s up at the top posing with Nick)

I wanted the make the last day of school special for the boys so Brett and I ran around and got some decorations and some fun snacks and we had a little celebration when they got home. 

So, now we’ve had two weeks of summer already.  The boys have been busy for sure with lots of sleepovers, trips to the pool, the Waterpark, pick up baseball games, and today their cousins from Arkansas are on the way here to spend a few weeks.  That will bring lots more sleepovers and exciting adventures for sure! 

I’m trying to keep my train moving slowly at least for the summer.   Or if not exactly slowly, not at mock speed either!  I’m definitely going to do a better job at keeping current with my blog posts!

July 2, 2010 - 1:44 pm

judy - Love these pictures–what memories. And how those boys have grown! Brett and Sarah–too cute.
Take a deep breath and just relax a little–what a great family.

July 5, 2010 - 7:17 am

Lucky to Have a Wife Like You - Good job Honey!

Hot, hot, hot!

I was so happy to finally meet up with this family after our fall sessions were rescheduled multiple times due to weather issues.  We’ve had this date on the books for quite awhile and when it finally came, whoa, was it HOT!  Saturday was probably one of the absolute hottest days on record this year and I felt bad for the kiddos who were battling heat, gnats and having to have their picture taken when they’d much rather be running the grounds of Meadowlark where we met up for photos.  It truly is a child’s paradise with lots of room to run, lots of turtles to see, cool hidden pathways through the gardens, bridges and HUGE fish to spy in the ponds.  They loved the location but the heat was definitely a distraction.  We found some shade and got some great images.  Thanks “B” family for coming out and putting up with the steamy weather!  I hope you enjoy your first look at what we captured.

Brand New

Ahhhh, a newborn.  They are so perfect and pink and fit into your arms so snuggly.  This sweet 13 day old baby girl was no exception.  She made my heart go pitter patter.  And the sweetness from her big sister…they will be bestest friends one day.  I loved hanging out with this family on Friday evening.  And can you believe how incredible mom looks?  Yeah, those are NOT maternity jeans she’s wearing 13 days after having a baby!  I’ve been crazy busy since our shoot on Friday so I’m just getting to posting my favorites.  I hope you like your sneak peek “M” family.  I’ll be in touch soon with the rest of your session.

I’ll have more from this session to post after I get through them I’m sure!

June 29, 2010 - 3:01 pm

judy - As always–wonderful newborn pictures. Love the baby in the basket, and how tiny she looks in her dad’s arms. Beautiful family.

June 29, 2010 - 3:29 pm

Emily - LOVE the dresser shot! What a sweet, sweet girl. :)

Chris + Evyn III (last one I think!)

Chris and Evyn definitely hold the record for the most photos on my blog!  I can’t stop posting them. :)  Their wedding was so much fun and their families were wonderful.  I loved celebrating with them.  This was the first wedding that my husband came along with me and was my co-shooter.  He took some wonderful images that you’ve seen in these posts.  It was great having him and getting his perspective in the photos.  He also had a great time and thinks we should do weddings every weekend!  hmmmm, that might be hard since we have three very active kids!  I think their grandparents enjoy a sleepover every once in awhile, but every weekend, maybe not so much!  Ha!

Anyway, I think this is my last post on their wedding.  I think.  I might be lying and after I go through them more closely some more may appear on my blog.  I’ll also be working on their slideshow and may post that here as well.  Chris and Evyn, I hope you are enjoying your honeymoon and are not checking my blog, but if you are, I hope you love what you see!!! Thanks so much for asking me to be a part of your very special day.  I wish you all the happiness in the world! 

June 23, 2010 - 11:04 pm

Deb - More please…how about one more posting…this is so EXCITING to look at the pictures on your blog!!!!!!!!

June 24, 2010 - 6:22 pm

SarahW - Beautiful wedding! Fantastic job, Kim!

Chris+Evyn II

June 23, 2010 - 5:19 pm

Margaret - Beautiful, beautiful!

June 24, 2010 - 4:28 pm

judy - Love, esp. the jumping one. Great bridesmaids’ dresses.

July 21, 2010 - 9:15 am

Sophie - Kim, your blog is georgeous! You are such an inspiration to me :)