We were honored when Sandi (editor-in-chief of the latest magazine - The Sandbucket) contacted us and asked if she could use our work in the very first issue.

You are invited to join us for the debut issue of The Sandbucket.  This issue is chock-full of fun articles.  Come be inspired to get reading with your children.  Gather new recipes that you’ll want to try out for yourself.  Get to know Denise Demarchis of Matilda Jane a bit better.  Read of the giving adventures of families in Atlanta as they went out to feed the homeless.  All this and many more articles that touch upon raising and teaching our children.  There is even a fun teen section where we meet some real teens and talk about their talents as well as some fun DIY projects.  Each page of the magazine is filled with beautiful and useful content, never being interrupted with ads.  Only useful content that can strengthen you and your families.

The Sandbucket Magazine has offered to give one of our readers a free digital print of their debut issue.  If you are interested in getting a copy just leave a comment, and we’ll select a winner on Wednesday, February 1st. The debut issue of this exciting print and digital magazine begins today!!

Check out The Sandbucket Magazine , and be sure to become a fan on facebook to keep up with the latest updates.

We are doing great, and we have been busy as I’m sure you all are too… We finished up the school year which seems like a blur now. I ended up having vein surgery done on my left leg from continued vericose vein pain from my 4 pregnancies. My leg is healing, and I hope the pain will be gone soon. Yay! Before all this happened, I was on a frustrating phone call with insurance. After hanging up and not getting any answers, I broke down in tears not knowing if the surgery would be covered. My daughter came up to me and asked what was wrong. I told her that my legs hurt and that I just wanted them fixed. She asked where she could kiss it to make it better for me. It melted my heart. If only it were that easy. Thank you to all of our family and friends for the help and prayers!  This week was a great week of Vacation Bible School, celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary, and taking care of sick kids. I am ready to relax a little and have it feel like summer now.

***We ARE booked for the remainder of 2011. This includes our Mak a Dif sessions as well.***  If you are interested in a session in the future, please stay tuned to the blog for further booking information. Meanwhile… you all can still get these fabulous frames from us!!!

The frame above: 11×16 Twin Double Fonzie         Inner color: Tahitian Sky             Outer color: Pumpkin

Here are more great products that we recently put together and gave to a fabulous client of ours:

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we wanted to share some of our love to our fans that support us. It would be our wish to gift each and everyone of you but from THIS contest we found our winner!!!

The winner will receive this 8×8 frame in the color of their choice!!! These fabulous frames are made by The Organic Bloom. It is a new product line of frames we will be offering anyone who is interested in them. You don’t have to have had a session with us in order to get these fantastic frames!

Thank you to all who took the time to participate in the contest! We appreciate the time you took to write a comment to us. There were SO many of you with great answers!! We loved reading them! Here are some of our favorites of you guessing how the session ended:

• In a trip to the ER (Thankfully that did not happen!)
• Paint fight! And that we joined our kids in the fun! Too funny! (Something that we would do.)
• That there were tears… (That definitely could have happened with our dramatic crew!)
• That Tater was in his skivvies - (You think? - haha)
• Brought in snow to paint! (Good idea!)

A lot of you were right on with your guesses!! It was too hard for us to pick who had the most accurate, so we went the easy route with a random number generator. And our winner is….

Comment # 14! BROOKE you won!!!

You may choose the frame to be the color of your choice from the frame color above or the colors you see below. Congratulations to you! We’re so happy for you. You’re gonna love it!

Thank you to all who took part! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Yep, you read it right. We are expecting our 4th little baby! It seems so unreal. We are early in telling, but we are very excited. I also didn’t want to fake feeling great all the time. We told our family on Halloween by putting what you see above in their trick or treat bags.  

Here are the kids all dressed up…

To see what we *all* looked like this Halloween click here…

Wild Sorbet is an amazing frame company that we use to provide our clients with unique, high quality, handmade frames. Not only are their frames super yummy, but the staff is so kind and great to work with. 

They had a contest to collect images for their 2010 catalog. We entered and…

WE WON!!!!

You can check it out the complete post here:  http://www.wildsorbet.blogspot.com/

We won 1st place in the studio category! For those of you who have never been to our studio, you will be able to see a sneak peek on their blog or at the top of our blog under ‘about us’.

We also won 2nd place in the nursery category! It shows our little girl’s room. You also will see the Cherry Lolly frame… a favorite by many.

We are opening up sessions where 100% of all session fees collected for this date will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.

We have a passion for this cause…    About 1 1/2 years ago, we had a close friend pass away from breast cancer after battling it for about 10 years. We were able to photograph her and her family 3 months before she went home to be with Jesus. We are so thankful that she was able to see the birth of her first grandson and take care of him the first few months of his life. Those images are still so precious to us and the family. She was one to always do things for others, and we are so thankful for the memories that we have of her.

Hitting closer to home, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2005. At first, when you hear the words, they seem so surreal and hard to believe. Thankfully she did not have to undergo chemo or radiation. She had a bilateral mastectomy in December 2005. We can still remember how horrible it was to watch her come out of that surgery. At one point, Tater noticed her breathing only 2 times a minute and had to notify the medical staff. It was a tough first week of recovery, but we are so blessed to have her healthy and with us today. My grandma has also had to fight the fight of breast cancer, and thankfully is a survivor too.

After my mom’s recovery, my mom planned a surprise party for all of those closest to her that helped her during her rocovery (her mom, sisters and daughters). She hired my dear friend, Christin, to be the party planner. Christin is excellent at this, and we all had a ball. When we first arrived, we divided into 2 teams and had a video scavenger hunt. If you have never taken part in one of those, it is a blast. We were given 21 things that we had to accomplish, go find, or do. You have to capture it all on video. We watched our created movies, laughed a bunch, chatted, ate wonderful food, and received the gifts that my mom gave us all (including pedicures for future fun). It was an evening that was filled with love and celebration. 

Since we have prior committments on Sunday, Ocober 11th, we are offering our sessions on Saturday, October 10th. If you are interested in booking a session with us on October 10th to help support this cause, please contact us at haley@capturingroots.com to book and talk about your session. 100% of your session fee ($175) will be donated. You also will receive 25 free Chistmas cards from us for sharing your heart and money toward this cause. 

Kristen with Images for a Cure featured us on the blog. You can check it out here.

Contact us for more details or book now!

We are thrilled to announce that we are carrying the adorable kid’s clothing line of Jenni Jackson clothing here in our studio! We are exclusive dealers here in Central Illinois. The line consists of a variety of beautiful fabrics, fun bandana’s, and a wonderful mixture of colors. These dresses add a lot to a photograph, so we will be adding them as a recommendation in our ‘What to Wear’ brochure that we give our clients. Come shop with us!

ONE DAY ONLY! We will be offering these special sessions on Saturday, April 25th. It is special pricing, so be sure to reserve your spot! See below for details.

The morning sessions will be for the urban kid.

In the afternoon, we will be doing sessions for modern teens, seniors, and young adults. This is a great opportunity for those who want to update their profile image on Facebook/MySpace or just have some great images around. You will get to model for us, and I’m sure we will have fun creating images with style.