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the perfect summer salsa

June 29, 2012

Though not your typical salsa. The main ingredient: strawberries.

Best served with lime-flavored tortilla chips. The recipe is below.

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Strawberry Avocado Salsa

Ingredients

2 cups finely chopped strawberries (approx. 1 pint)
1/2 cup finely chopped, peeled avocado (approx. 1/2 of avocado)
4 Tablespoons finely chopped red onion
4 Tablespoons chopped, fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon lime zest
4 Tablespoons fresh lime juice (1 lime is sufficient for both the juice & zest)
4 teaspoons finely chopped, seeded jalapeno (leave the seeds in for more heat)
1/4 teaspoon sugar or Stevia equivilant

Instructions

Chop and mix all ingredients. Serve immediately with lime tortilla chips.

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welcome home | minnesota newborn session

June 28, 2012

Just weeks after photographing THIS maternity session, I was invited back to Jeri and Justin’s home to photograph their new addition.

The transformation from “expecting” to “new parents” is one of my FAVORITE life stages to document.

When the cozy unit of two becomes a family of three.

There’s just nothing quite like it.

Sweet and precious, every detail to be savored.

Even this kind… because it passes in the blink of an eye.

Loved how the word “shhhhh” calmed him down.

And how his momma and daddy already knew him so very well.

A precious thing to witness.

Thank you, thank you for sharing your home, time, and beautiful son!

Tags: Minnesota baby & child photographer,Minnesota family photography session,Minnesota newborn photographer,Minnesota photographer,rosemount session

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senior session LOVE

June 25, 2012

My absolute FAVORITE from a morning session at a local ranch.

I love the wind breezing through Carisa’s hair and her horse’s mane, the sun, her ease in front of the camera… it captures our time together so perfectly.

Tags: high school senior session,horses,inver grove heights session,Minnesota photographer,rosemount session

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Colleen Warmka - June 26, 2012 - 12:09 pm

Gorgeous! You do such awesome work!

Tina - June 26, 2012 - 1:03 pm

Thanks Colleen!

Sharon Brown - June 26, 2012 - 11:25 pm

You captured Carisa and Caliya so perfectly! She can’t stop looking at the pictures you took and cannot beleive how fast you got them up on the site!! You are a Pro!!!

Tina - June 27, 2012 - 9:55 am

Thank you, Sharon! I can’t help but share them, there are soooooo many lovely shots. I’ll have a full-on blog post up soon!!!

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family vacation :: key lime cove resort & six flags great america

June 23, 2012

This wasn’t our first trip to Gurnee, Illinois. The first took place four years ago and the boys have wanted to go back ever since!

Who am I kidding? I wanted to go back for the candy counter at the Key Lime Cove Resort alone! This time… it was right down the hall from our room. Dangerous. Very, very dangerous. Oh and there’s a mini Starbucks on site. Along with an arcade and several places to dine.

And drink. What made this trip unique were the friends that decided to join us in the merriment.

I absolutely love the tropical style of the resort. It is even reflected in the rooms:

Below are a few more shots taken around the resort:

The indoor waterpark at the resort has a several killer slides (including the “Toilet Bowl” which I seemed to get stuck in every time), a lazy river, and many other areas we never had a chance to explore. In addition to taking a day at the waterpark, we also purchased discounted tickets to Six Flags Great America through the resort when we booked our trip – which was the highlight for our boys.

[BTW, Tilly snapped the upper left corner ride and full carousel iPhone pics above.] Key Lime even shuttles you back and forth to Six Flags at no extra cost!

Our friends had to head home before us so we spent our last full day just hanging out as a family at the Gurnee Mills Mall.

Which seemed to have grown substantially since our last visit!

It was a fun, fun trip we are sure to do again… perhaps with even more friends next time.

Tags: family fun,family vacation ideas,key lime cove resort,six flags great america,waterparks

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