Rice Photography

Seven

2012-02-11T17:48:00.001-08:00

Just a couple of pictures of this beautiful family of seven. More to come later…

Benny Boy

2012-02-10T16:36:00.001-08:00

My Sweet Benton turned one this week. Happy Birthday to the happiest baby I’ve ever met!

Ashley and Matt

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Ashley and Matt had a wonderful winter wedding just after Christmas. Thankfully the weather was perfect! Ashley had so many great locations for pictures. My favourite was when we stopped into Starbucks for a few pictures and of course I had to get a fudge oat bar, my fav! The ceremony was beautiful and they were married by Matt’s father. Thank you for letting me be a part of your day!

Baby in the Belly

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You may recognize my sister Carolyn. She is a regular on my blog. She has a baby in her belly which is due to come out the end of April or beginning of May. Another niece or nephew to take millions of pictures of! Weeee!!!

My View

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This is the view from my office. My shelf above the computer. I know it’s not Christmas anymore, but I love this picture. My boys. They drive me crazy, but I wouldn’t trade them for anything. Not even a box of Twinkies.

Monster Bum

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My sweet 11 month old angel.

Canada Day, Horses, and Love

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I shot a beautiful commitment ceremony on Canada Day.

The Hall Family

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The Hall family and I go way back. I grew up with them. The oldest daughter, Jacinda and I have been friends since grade three! So many memories! But I’ll save them for another day ;)… We did the pictures out on the family farm. I even wore my Puma flats for just an occasion. Okay, so I’m a city girl. But I don’t own cow boy boots!

Jacinda and her lovely family…

The kitty was the only thing that would make her smile. Note the lipstick on her cheek…

Jarom and his new wife. Is there anything more romantic than sitting on an old truck surrounded by cows? I think not.

All six of the Hall siblings…

They wanted the cows around the truck for the pictures, so they put cow feed all around the truck. Awesome!

Sister’s!

Jazlyn and her little family!

The whole crew…

And I had to get this one with Kaliah and her baby horse…

Ashley & Matt

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Just a couple for now…

After Lunch Bath

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Asking to go in the bath with his brother. Who could resist that face?

A Very Rice Christmas

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Caught red handed eating a candy cane from the tree and hiding behind the couch!

Sitting on the kitchen floor

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Cookie Monster Cheerio's

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As we started the shoot, Diana told me she didn’t care if her daughter’s bag of marshmallows were in the pictures. That’s how she wanted to remember her daughter, exactly the way she is. At this point I wanted to hug Diana and run around the park singing. This is the photography I love and am passionate about. That is what Lifestyle photography is, it’s all about who you are, it doesn’t have to be perfect. And I also added in a little Cookie Monster container of cheerio's… not sure if MY container adds specialness to the pictures or not ;)

These two pictures kill me! Her big sister is throwing leaves on her head.

My Family

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One of the best things that has happened since becoming a photographer is meeting Nikole. She is seriously the best! She is my friend and an amazing photographer. We met on kijiji 4 years ago (?), when I wanted to get some pictures of me and Scott and the rest is history. I asked her to take a few pictures of our family in September. She had the immense pleasure of photographing my two year old Nolan who is the ~~worst~~ most angelic child to photograph. She should count herself lucky! Here are two of my favourites:

P.S. my husband has the hottest freckles…

Most Handsome Baby Award

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Happy six month birthday Brennan! Seriously, this guy is too much for me! And look at the sweater his Mamma made him. I need one for each of my kids.

Three little girls

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I just loves families with all the same gender of children. That may be kind of biased of me. But oh well! Three beautiful girls! Future wives for my sons? You never know!

I found some trees that actually still had some yellow leaves on them. I’m always looking for photography locations as I’m driving around the city. Sometimes the places can be kind of random. But worth it for the beautiful photos. My favourite picture is Mom and her three girls hugging. There is nothing more special than a Mamma and her babies. It makes my heart dance!

Saturday Afternoon puzzle

2011-11-06T20:52:00.001-08:00

So many things I love about these pictures. Nolan and his water addiction and his bag of chips. The only thing keeping Benton happy is being aloud to chomp down on a spoon. Clark’s dedication to this puzzle ( I really dislike puzzles). The fact that Scott is the only one fully clothed in this photo. We have a relaxed dress code in the Rice family.

Terry & Jillian

2011-10-26T20:55:00.001-07:00

My second and last wedding of the season! Terry and Jillian are so awesome! I had a great time walking around downtown Edmonton with them and the bridal party. The weather was perfect. The reception had some of the best decor I’ve seen. Golden sparkly crackers? Yes! Black mice holding candles? Yes again! Nikole took the beautiful ring shots. They make me drool every time I look at them. Thanks for having me at your wedding!

Jamie & Matt

2011-10-25T20:33:00.001-07:00

This was the first of the two weddings I did this summer. I took the summer off since I recently popped out a baby. I feel the time slipping through my fingers lately. My babies are growing too fast and as much as I love photography I just don’t want to be too busy while they are so small.

Anyways, Jamie and Matt had a beautiful and fun wedding with the formals and reception taking place at Jamie’s family farm. I especially loved the yellow, since it’s one of my favourite colours. A big thanks to Jayson for being my second shooter!

8 months

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Benton is 8 months. Though he still looks much younger due to his tiny size and lack of hair. He is seriously the sweetest baby. He keeps busy with his many hobbies, including:

-playing with the dishwasher

-chasing the vacuum

-watching the clothes spin in the washer

-eating junk off the kitchen floor left by my other two kids

-climbing the stairs while mommy is ~~busy on pinterest~~ keeping a close eye

-playing with the weekly flyers

Friends!

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These are our good friends. We are always doing really exciting and fun stuff together. Like visiting and eating. I know, so exciting right? Those are the best kinds of friends though, the ones who you can just hang out with and know they won’t judge your messy house or poorly behaved children.

Cache and Clark are BFF’s. Nolan is betrothed to Miranda (the youngest girl). Though Nolan actually has a crush on Veronica, the oldest.

Monday Morning

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Scott let me sleep in late this morning (Yay for a husband who works from home!). Benton had been up three times during the night. Nolan also wanted to join the party and woke up once. When I woke up this morning Clark was sick and asleep on the couch. Scott and Nolan were snuggling and watching some classic G.I. Joe cartoons. Benton was playing happily on the floor. It seemed more like a Saturday morning to me.

My babies

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I took a few photos of my two babies while my oldest was at school. Now that I look at these here I want to add his in, so I can see all three of my babies. I just can’t believe these guys are mine.

Beautiful family

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Isn’t this family so beautiful! These are some of my favourite clients. I’ve been photographing them since their middle girl was six months old.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-10-12T21:27:00.001-07:00

I hope your thanksgiving was full of turkey and pie. Mine sure was, and I didn’t even have to cook it! We spent the weekend with my husband’s family in Saskatoon. His sister has four boys. Add our three boys into the mix and there was ~~chaos~~ fun to be had all weekend. I keep teasing Scott that we are peering into our future of seven boys. I would secretly love that.

I feel like I have so much to be thankful for. I know life can get really tough sometimes. But I really do have many blessings in my life.

A few things I am thankful for:

-The Harry Potter books (I am reading them for the first time. Why can’t they be real??!!)

- the 1/2 pound Reese Peanut Butter Cup that Scott and I found at Wal-Mart

-My boys, or as I like to call them, my treasures

-My hot husband who seriously does more housework than I do

-My parents, siblings, siblings in laws and parents in-laws ( I really lucked out with getting great in-laws)

-that my brother is finally getting married because my soon to be sister in law is awesome.

-that Scott doesn’t complain about us eating out so often

-for wonderful friends

-for mayo

-make-up

Someone’s little brother got engaged

2011-10-03T18:04:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to my little brother (younger by 17 months…)! Here are a few pictures which hopefully won’t embarrass him. Look at his cute dimple! And hopefully talking about our awesome Star Trek club and our Star Trek novels that he wrote and I illustrated won’t embarrass him either.

Anyways… I took Tyler and Maddy’s pictures at the MacEwan art campus, since this is where they first met. Special times!

Terry and Jillian

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A few for now…

Ollie Ollie Olive

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My niece is six months. It still feels weird to say niece.

Derek + Krista + me taking pictures of them eating = most awkward meal ever

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What goes better with love than a big extra burger? For me a big extra and love are the same thing. Derek and I share a common love of the big extra with no onions, which you can only purchase at certain Wal-Mart McDonalds (one being a three minute drive from my house). I am the oldest of five kids and he is the baby of the family. I could write all sorts of embarrassing things from his childhood, but I’ll be a good big sister and just say nice things. One of my joys in life is trying to make him laugh, which isn’t hard to do. The best is when he smacks his legs while he laughing. He is all grown up now with a beautiful girlfriend. They are the best babysitters. They even clean my kitchen, which is pretty much the best thing anyone could do for me. Trying to keep my kitchen clean is the bane of my existence.

Derek and Krista

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My brother and his girlfriend…

Jamie and Matt

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Just a few for now…

Back in the day…

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Remember last fall when I was trying to sell our house and I was a sickly pregnant woman? Well I neglected some of my posts. I did post a few from this wedding but I wanted to post more. This was a particularly special wedding. Cassandra (the bride) and I went to college together at Grant Mac Ewan. She also works at the hospital where I had my youngest two babies. Luckily she wasn’t my nurse though, because she would have seen me in an embarrassing state of yelling and cursing when I had Benton.

Cassandra and Sean are seriously one of the most caring and sweetest couple I have ever met! They had a beautiful fall wedding in St. Paul. And my hunky husband even got to tag along as my second shooter.

A six month old that looks like a two month old…

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That’s my baby! He is actually almost seven months now. He is so tiny and so pale and so bald. He has been zipping around and crawling since he was five months old! Probably because he is so light there is no effort needed to haul his tiny frame around. Dear Benny, please stay my baby forever.

My Cheeky boy

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Nolan is my little two year old. He has his Dad’s eyes, he loves trucks and tractors, he is obsessed with Cookie Monster and he has the most mischievous, cheekiest smile I’ve ever seen.

Family pictures at the museum

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Here’s a little preview for you. What a beautiful family!

Emily

2011-08-10T19:53:00.001-07:00

Dear Emily,

Thanks for being the best behaved baby ever. I never really used to be a baby person. I never wanted to hold other people’s babies. Even after I had my first two boys I was kind of afraid of making other people’s babies cry. But something about having a third baby changed me. Maybe I needed that much more practice with a newborn. Now I kind of want like six kids. I think I may have a baby addiction. Might as well keep trying for a girl, right?.

Her face is so precious! Look at those gorgeous eyes!

Happy birthday!

2011-08-10T19:37:00.001-07:00

Remember this little baby? Well she is all grown up and one now. Her mom wanted to do a cake smash which I was excited about since I have never done one before. And check this girl’s dress! Isn’t it the cutest ever?

That face!! She is so cute!

So the cake smash was more of a “touch the icing on the cupcake delicately”. I’m not going to lie, I wanted to smash the cake for her and then eat it. Anything to do with cake and icing is my weakness. What am I talking about? All food is my weakness.

Carolyn and Allan

2011-07-25T14:14:00.001-07:00

So this is my little sister’s wedding. It happened last October. I’m just blogging it now. Worst sister ever? You can decide. I know there are quite a few pictures in this post, but I mean it is my family. I can’t help it. Anyways… So everything happened at the Douglas Country Inn, between Brooks and Duchess Alberta. It was a perfect fall day. Wonderful weather, gorgeous leaves, yummy food (and since it was my sister’s wedding, I could go for seconds and thirds. Ziggy piggy!) We did the formals before the ceremony, in my home village of Rosemary. I love small towns for pictures. You can go anywhere without getting into trouble!

Classic Carolyn…

I had to post this picture. That’s my little man all shy going down the aisle.

Carolyn with my brothers. They are awesome.

The sister’s! Back when Olive and Benton were still chilling in the wombs.

My handsome Clark.

I wish I had five kids

2011-07-08T23:41:00.001-07:00

Okay, maybe not. Especially after a “special” day today which involved my five year old throwing a huge tantrum at the mall, my two year old throwing a temper tantrum at Taco Del Mar and my five year old almost injuring my baby by picking him up by his shirt. Sheesh! But when I see big families full of beautiful children I may have a tiny desire for a few more kids…

These are my cousins!

This is my youngest cousin. Fun fact, I am the oldest grandchild and she is the youngest. And we both happen to share the same birth date.

Ridiculously handsome baby

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How did this little baby….

…. turn into this big bouncing six month old?! I took his newborn pictures last fall when I was a slacking blogger, so I never actually posted them.

Seriously. How handsome is this baby?!

I couldn’t get over his curls. I don’t have a hope of having kids with any kind of curl.

Lisa and Davin

2011-07-08T15:35:00.001-07:00

I love engagement shoots. Especially engagement shoots in a parkade with an awesome and good looking couple. Too bad I have to wait almost a year to shoot their wedding. I’m excited!

Mr. Clark

2011-06-28T00:04:00.001-07:00

Okay, I have a slight obsession with horizontal pictures. When I do client pictures I always do both horizontal and vertical. But when doing personal I always find I hardly do vertical. I need to work on that…

Anyways… here are a few pictures of my handsome five year old. My little artist who loves raw broccoli but hates chocolate chip waffles.

Two Year Olds are Special

2011-06-27T23:51:00.001-07:00

There is a special age between18 months until 3 1/2, when kids do not want to be photographed. Unless of course you have perfect child, in that case you do not need to read this post. clients always get so flustered and they seem to think theirs is the only only child who does this. I am here to prove my child is the worst culprit of them all. Trust me. I avoid formal photo shoots with my two year old to prevent me from losing my mind and consuming a whole bag of Oreos and crying in my room. I’m fine with other people’s two year olds, but mine hits a special nerve in me.

Example A: all I wanted for Mother’s day was a nice picture with my boys. But Nolan decided he would rather hit the baby and run away.

Example B: One day we all accidentally wore navy blue shirts. I thought it was funny so I asked my sister to take a picture. You will notice Nolan is the only one not smiling. Also I know you are wondering to yourself: “ I had no idea the Rice’s had a pet Muskrat. When did this happen?” Folks, that is my hair, not a muskrat.

Example C: My sister sent the boys some shirst so I wanted to take a picture of them wearing their new shirts. But instead of smiling for the camera Nolan, in a fit of jealousy (he wanted to hold the baby) decided to choke Clark.

Example D: The above pictures were just snap shots. I finally decided to try to get a picture worthy of hanging on our wall. A much more difficult task.

Nolan always get distracted by the baby. He just loves him so much.

Nolan trying to escape…

Getting better….

As good as it gets! And it only took a few chocolate chips as a bribe. This picture is hanging on my wall in the family room.

This is the age where you don’t try to pose them. Just try to sneak some pictures of them being themselves. Those make the best pictures anyways. Like this priceless gem showing how much Nolan loves his baby Benton.

Carolyn

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I went to visit my parents for a week. They live in a tiny village called Rosemary. 10 points if you’ve heard of it. 100 points if you’ve been there. While I was there my youngest sister came to visit and of course I had to take some pictures.

We had to snap one beside a tractor. It is a farming community after all.

Benz-a-renz

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My baby is four months! Commence eating cutest nose on earth.

Olive you!

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I win for having the cutest niece! My sister recently moved to Fort Mac and I miss them so much!

More Baby R

2011-06-13T19:58:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to share a few more pictures from my photoshoot with Baby R’s family.

Seriously, they have the most beautiful children!

A baby Boy? What???

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I hardly ever get to photograph baby boys (except my own). This little guy belongs to one of my favourite families that I photograph. I took his sister’s baby pictures when she was six weeks so we did his around the same time. He is two months younger than my baby, but heavier! Look at his little man hands, they are so cute! Such a handsome boy.

Little pieces of Benton

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Olive

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Isn’t that the most beautiful name? This is my sister’s baby. My first niece on my side of the family! She is pretty much the cutest baby girl ever.

Baby R is six months

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I thought it would be fitting for my first client post after my six month break be the same baby as my last post. Now it is super convenient for you to scroll down just a little ways to see how much Baby R has changed. I’m thoughtful that way! This is one of my favourite families and they seriously have the cutest kids ever. I kind of want to take them home with me.

Worst blogger ever… 6 months later…

2011-04-02T20:15:00.001-07:00

I have been awarded with a very prestigious award… Worst blogger ever! Sorry everyone! I am still alive and taking pictures. I have many excuses for not blogging which I will list below:

-Selling our house

-moving to a new house

-being sick and pregnant

-giving birth to a ridiculously cute baby

-having a really cute baby that never sleeps

I think these are really good excuses, don’t you?

Now it’s time for me to post pictures of the newest baby Rice:

Benton Scott Rice came quickly into the world weighing 8 pounds (Yay! Not another 11 pounder!). He is such a sweetie and I couldn’t be happier to have another boy!

All my babies… Clark, Nolan and Benton.

I’m a little bit obsessed with all things hounds tooth!

Baby R

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Sweet little baby R and her awesomely soft purple blanket. I need to go and buy one ASAP, hopefully they have them in boy colours!

For Cassandra & Sean

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Just a few of the formals from Sean and Cassandra’s wedding more to come soon!

Some news…

2010-10-12T14:59:00.001-07:00

There is a new baby Rice on the way! Which sadly means I won’t be taking bookings for portraits for the months of January, February, and March. And For weddings Jan until June. unfortunately, I’m not one of those lucky women who snaps back from giving birth after two weeks due to the large size of my babies, so I’m taking lots of time off. Also I want to cuddle my baby as much as possible before he grows up!. But I will be sure to refer you to some incredible photographers if you want to e-mail me!

Natasha & Kraig

2010-09-29T12:10:00.001-07:00

Natasha and Kraig had a wonderful and emotional wedding day in Calgary. The reception was held at the beautiful and classy Spruce meadows. I loved shooting there! A big thank you to the talented Alysha Sladek for being my second shooter!

Natasha Has the most contagious smile, you can’t help but smile when she does!

Natasha hanging out with the girls before the ceremony…

A little bit of Kelly and Jim

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More to come later….

What happens when I edit while my baby is awake…

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He climbs onto the table and eats sour cream and toothpaste. I have no idea why there is toothpaste on my table.

Elresa and Mike

2010-08-31T09:58:00.001-07:00

What a beautiful wedding. Elresa looked so gorgeous, and her dress was perfect on her. Mike and Elresa are such a sweet couple and I won't deny tearing up when Mike gave his speech to Elresa and sang a song that he wrote for her. A special thanks to Nikole Bordato for helping me out!

Clark posing by a chicken coop

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Baby Heaven

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Little baby N is so little and so sweet. Here is a little sneak peak for mom and dad...