My Six Hens | Fort Collins, CO Family Photographer

This year has been so incredibly full already. On January 1st, we welcomed our very last child… our sixth hen, into the world. There isn’t quite anything that will put things in perspective for you like new life. There is of course the endless feedings and changing and rocking, but more than anything there is just so much love. It is so deep and all consuming. I have been sucked right in and hesitant to do anything but use the opportunity to try to memorialize every last milestone. Being a mother of six, you would think that at the very least maybe you got used to it all. You don’t though. You just don’t. And knowing that each milestone will be the very last in a line of pretty amazing milestones… I am clinging so tightly it hurts. She is the perfect addition and the best way to complete our family.

And shortly after we learned that even more change was on the horizon for us. My husband, whom is my assistant and accompanies me on the majority of my sessions, was going to be laid off from his job in the oil field. Many of my fellow oil field families have been feeling the strain and it has seemed to catch up with us. While we were taken a bit back I admit by the timing and how abrupt the change was, we had been discussing him possibly joining my business on a more full time basis since it has grown and grown so much the past year. I do believe that things happen for a reason. This was a sign in so many ways. I will be able to delve even deeper and have two extra hands and another soul to help. My business has always revolved so much around my family. This makes everything much more meaningful. My husband is actually fairly talented with a camera in hand himself so after our last baby is a bit bigger we may even begin shooting together. We have been a team in every way so this seems completely appropriate.

In any event with my husband now taking on a good bit of the workload with me, and having him home as a full time stay at home Dad, I will be able to host more workshops, offer more sessions and do more of what I love. It is a blessing in disguise. I am so incredibly excited to embark on this next chapter of our lives. I have always been a bit of an open book so I am excited to share this journey with you all.

And because I can’t resist, here is a bit of our life with our six hens.

(For those wondering I will likely NOT be changing the business name formally, but you may notice six little eggs in our branding to reflect our six sweet babes.)

And a few favorite iPhone snaps: (If you’re interested in following some of my musings and our adventures I am My4hens.)

And a beautiful family photo of ours from my amazing and talented friend Nicole Smith at Nicole Smith Photography