Wrapping It Up!

What a season! This has been my best holiday season so far in this business – I’ve had wonderful clients, orders moving (mostly) smoothly through the lab, a busy but manageable schedule, and I didn’t get sick. Usually, I get sick, thanks to my kids bringing germs home from school, sometime during the holiday rush, which puts me further behind. I managed to make it through the season without any major illness in me or my kids. Woohoo!

And now, I’m excited to have some time off. My last session for 2007 has been shot and will be edited soon. The last of my holiday orders are arriving from the lab today. And thus, once those last few items are off my desk, I’m going to spend some quality time with my family. I work A LOT in the months of October and November. A LOT! My kids and my husband are so understanding, so supportive, never complaining about the toll it takes on our whole house for Mommy to be working around the clock. So as a promise and a thank you to them, I am going to close up shop for the next few weeks. We are going to bake cookies, watch movies, play outside, sing carols, wrap gifts, visit with family and friends, and celebrate the everything that Christmas means.

Thus ….. Shannon Holden Photography will be closed from tomorrow, December 20, through Monday, January 7. My business phone line will be set to voice mail only. I will be checking email and voice mail once daily and will respond to any urgent issues as soon as possible. Anything non-urgent will be addressed after January 7. Thank you to everyone who has shared a little part of your life with me this year. Thank you for entrusting these memories to me. I will hope to see many of you again in 2008.

Keep reading the blog! I will try to post a few more session glimpses from these past few months, and I’ll probably share some personal shots too, if I pick up my camera in the next few weeks. (wink, wink)

For today, I leave you with one of my last sessions of the year, and a sneak preview for these fun clients. S Family – I’ll have your full presentation ready for you by tomorrow.

Miss A is full of spirit! I’ve gotten to meet so many little ones this year the same age as my daughter. Miss A was just like my little girl, very eager to explore, very impatient at being stuck in one place. She was such a trooper to endure the suddenly cold day. Her little hands got so cold! I had a fantastic time seeing her sense of adventure and curiosity. And look at those precious tiny boots! What a sweetheart!