wk 24/52

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving! Mine was full of family (and food of course!) Not seeing my Grandma at the table was very heart breaking, but it was Liliana's first Thanksgiving. Life comes and life goes, it was an important day.

So I had already chosen my photo for this week, an easy camera phone picture. But yesterday my sister took some photos of Lily and I and I thought it would be great to use one of those!

So here's Liliana (and me!) on her first Thanksgiving. She looks so chubby in this photo. Maybe it was the 2 rolls she ate or all the mashed potatoes :)

wk 23/52

In case you're wondering...I have intentionally skipped week 22. With my Grandma passing, I really want to take a photo that shows how I was feeling during that week. I haven't the energy to do it now. As you will see in the next two self pics...not much effort has gone into them, with both being shot from my camera phone :) Quite a bit has been happening in my house, with the past few weeks being some of the most busy and emotional weeks of the year. So later this week, I will try to take a photo that I should have taken during week 22...a week I will remember forever.

This photo should have been posted on Friday. I didn't cheat...it was taken last week! I included my other "baby" who deserves to be in a lot more pictures than I take. He's out of the country for a couple weeks and I'm holding down the fort! This was us in the car when the kids and I dropped him off at the airport :(

Just for some info, I just ran a quick black & white action with no tweaks on this photo from my camera phone.



ps. I'm going to do my best to getting back to posting Project 52 every Friday! Well...I hope so. LOL.

What am I supposed to do...

...with all that hair?? I need to take a trip to the store to buy some clips and bows! I'm just so used to Zach's spikey hair and Abby's long hair that I can curl and flat iron :) I've forgotten how to do baby girl hair!

Just wanna squeeze those cheeks!!!

My very good friend from Canada came to visit back in September. I'm finally getting around to finishing the photos that I took while she was here. I was so glad to see her & her husband, and meet their son for the first time! Liliana is just two days younger than little Nate. It's been a great experience going through all these baby stages at the same time with Kim, even though we're miles and miles apart.

Love you friend! And I love your family!


They're just chillen'...munching on corn and peas. :)





I can't resist the look on his face here!

Baby Cammie

What a sweetheart this little lady was. You remember her lovely Mommy and Daddy? They are being so patient with me as I am very behind in delivering prints, uploading galleries and returning emails because of what has transpired this week with my family. But the least I can do for them is post a sneak peek of some photos I have finished. Thanks for waiting you two and for being so understanding. I promise it will be worth the wait!

What a gift right now...

If nothing else does...this photo puts a smile on my face. Thank you Jeanette. You're awesome. I can't even tell you how this photo makes me feel. I love that little baby girl so much, that face is one of the most important faces in my life. I could stare at it all day. Soon we're going to have a family photo session swap, Jeanette and I. I can't wait for that. We need to do it before more time passes...before Lily gets too big. Now more than ever I'm realizing how important photos are.

Wk 21/52

This was taken by my friend Jeanette in Chico last week (so even though it has my name on it...it was all Jeanette!!) Thanks for taking my weekly photo friend! I love what you captured.



And thank you to everyone for your condolences about my Grandma. They mean a lot to me and my family. Its been an extremely difficult week. Extremely. But God is so good and He's giving my family the grace that we need to get through it. I am diligently scanning photos and getting a slide show ready for her memorial on Friday. My husband is great too, he's trying to be the rock that I need. We actually were able to steal a date last night. Have you seen "Fireproof"? I think its almost out of the theaters, so when it comes out on DVD, BUY IT. It is absolutely awesome. I think the best thing was at the very end...a huge scripture verse spread out all over the huge screen.

So sad...

That is the only way I can express how I'm feeling right now. I am just so sad. My Grandma passed away last night. During her life she was a beautiful picture of love, grace and commitment. But a very short battle with cancer was lost, it was way too soon. I don't even have a picture of her and Lily together. Why don't I have that?? Lily is already almost 9 months old and I don't have a picture of them together?

Grandma is rejoicing with Jesus right now and I am genuinely excited and happy about that. She gets to see Jesus with her eyes where we only get to feel Him in our hearts. If you are reading this blog, and you are a stranger, or a lurker, or a friend, or whatever, and you don't know Jesus as your personal savior. What are you waiting for? I know how many people visit this blog, I can "see" you!!! Its my mission today to tell you that Jesus IS real, He died on the cross for you, He loves you, always loved you and will love you forever, no matter what mistakes or triumphs you've had in your life. I'm not talking about anything other than a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. How do people who don't know Jesus cope with tragedy? I know I am not always this real on my blog. This is a public blog which I also direct my clients to go to. But you know what, being "unreal" is old. Jesus isn't out to stomp on your fun, He's out throw His arms around you have love you more than you've ever been loved before. If you would like to talk more about how to have a personal relationship with Jesus, please email me at amy@amyschuffphotography.com or call me at 916.420.8889. I will personally walk you through giving your heart to Christ. But You don't need me to make this decision, all you have to do is say you need Him and accept him as your Savior. No, things won't be all roses after that happens, and all your troubles won't automatically disappear, but you know what??? Now you'll have someone to turn to, to rely on, to talk to and to share your life with. This is the most important decision you will ever make. I do promise you though, that life will taken on a new meaning after you decide to follow Christ.

John 3:16...totally paraphrased :)

"For God so loved YOU, that He gave his only Son for YOU, that whosoever (which is YOU) believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting LIFE!!!" Whoooo hooo!! That is awesome!!! How can you not be excited about THAT???

Sooooo, I get to see my Grandma again one day. I'm not just saying that either. I absolutely will! Don't you want to have that assurance?? That hope? Hope is hard to come by these days, but I can definitely say I have it. My family does, you can too.

I will miss her very very much.


Click this link to be taken back to My Grandparent's photo session. I'm so thankful to have had that time with the both of them.