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Something fun happened the other day...... | Bloomington Photographer

We had a great family come in the other day for family portraits and images of the kiddos.  This particular family has an adorable 4 year old and boy/girl twins that are just at a year old.  When they came in, the baby boy was already walking, but baby sister wasn't yet - though she was still steady on her feet but still holding on.

We did this fun image, with mom and dad holding their hands to show just how big they are.... and then something happened!

 

Little sister takes off!  She let go of mom's hands and took those first steps!  I still had the camera in hand, and got this cool little series of images.  Hope you enjoy them too, they are hilarious!

Just as she let go.....

All together now.....

 

Horray!  She did it!  (While she herself shows you that She's #1!)

Images that Inspire

Sometimes I get an idea in my head and can't wait to execute it.  With a recent session, that's exactly what happened!

The idea for this one has been on my mind, and here it is!  I love the adrenaline rush when it all comes together!

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I wanted to share with you one of our favorite family dinners!  Originally, I am from a town named Jacksonville, IL and there is an incredible pizza place there called Leo's Pizza.  The family that owns it is from Italy, and they have some awesome pizza.  One of our family favorites was a chicken alfredo pizza that we haven't found anywhere in Bloomington-Normal yet (though if you know of somewhere, let me know!).  

This is a recipe from www.allrecipies.com and I have adjusted a couple of things, first to to make it less time-consuming and also to add the corn-meal bottom to the crust.  Start with the dough, and as it is rising, make your sauce.  That's the first time saving step.  Also, I make a double batch of sauce, then freeze 1/2 of it so I don't have to make it the next time.  :) 

When the crust has risen, I use a pizza stone, brush it lightly with olive oil, then sprinkle it with corn meal.  Then, I roll the dough out right onto the stone and pre-cook the dough for 10 minutes to ensure the dough does get cooked fully once the pizza is assembled.

Another time saving step is to use a can of cooked chicken, drained, instead of the roasted chicken it calls for.  Additionally, the canned chicken tends to be more moist once your pizza has finished cooking.

I assemble the pizza in this order:

corn meal covered stone

precooked crust

garlic/butter sauce

alfredo sauce

shredded, seasoned chicken

mozarella cheese

shredded parmesan cheese

Here's the recipe below!!

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

Prep Time:
30 Min

Cook Time:
20 Min

Ready In:
50 Min

Servings  (Help)

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Original Recipe Yield 8 servings

 

Ingredients

• SAUCE
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup grated Romano cheese
• GARLIC BUTTER
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 pinch dried rosemary
• 1 pinch salt
• DOUGH
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 (.25 ounce) package instant yeast
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
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• 2 boneless chicken breast halves, roasted
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. To Make Sauce: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Blend in salt, pepper and flour, then stir in the milk and Romano cheese. Simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat, cover and set aside.
2. To Make the Garlic Butter: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Blend in the garlic, rosemary, and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until garlic is tender but not browned. Remove from heat, cover and set aside.
3. To Make the Dough: Pour the warm water into a small bowl and stir in the yeast until dissolved. Allow to rest until yeast foams, about 5 minutes. Mix the vegetable oil, sugar, salt, rosemary, and garlic powder together in a mixing bowl. Stir in the yeast mixture, and gradually stir in the flour. Gather into a loose ball and knead until a smooth ball forms. Cover, and let rest 1/2 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Season the roasted chicken with rosemary, thyme, poultry seasoning, garlic powder and salt. Chop or shred and reserve.
5. To Assemble the Pizza: Spread dough out on prepared pizza stone. Top with cooled garlic butter, covering entire crust. Next spread with Alfredo Sauce (if necessary, warm to spreading consistency), leaving crust edges. Top with chicken, turning to coat with sauce.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until bottom crust is lightly browned. Remove from oven and let set for 2 to 3 minutes before cutting.

Naughty or Nice?

 

We hope Santa was good to you this year!  There's no doubt for this young lady, though, that her own special Santa was right there placing those special somethings under the tree!

Squeaky Friends

We had some new friends come in today!  Aren't they adorable?

Profile Picture Night - The Results. Have you been blogged?

We had an awesome turn out to our meetup and profile picture night, and met so many new people, saw a lot of people in person and met many of you for the first time.  We seriously think we will be doing this again!  Here's a few sneak peeks from the night.... a big thanks to all that stopped by!

Those that wanted to come but were not able to come by - we will see you next time!

An Eagle Scout Project - How YOU Can Help!

My next door neighbor is working on his Eagle Scout project.  If you have been around scouting you know this is no small feat!

I wanted to share with you this project, as it not only important for the Eagle Scout-to-Be next door, but also the troops that will eventually filter through the base that this project will benefit.  If you would like to help this troop out, I am happy to collect the DVD's and forward them. Here are the details of the project from my neighbor:

Eagle Scout Project

 

Troop 27

East,

Peoria

IL

 

My Eagle Scout Project is to collect used or new DVDs to send to our military service men and women overseas.

 

They need the DVDs because it is not safe to go outside for off duty activities because of snipers, bombs, mines and other terrorist activities.

 

Our goal is to collect 250 DVDs to make a video library.

 

How you can help:

 

 Donate new or used DVDs beginning July 1, and ending August 2, 2009.

 

Please let me know when you are ready to donate the DVDs and I will plan for pick up of your donated DVDs.

 

My Troop plans to mail the DVDs by September 1, 2009.

 

Thank you for helping with this Eagle Scout Project and supporting our Troops.

 

Eagle Scout Candidate

Jacob Peterson

309-862-0998

sboat@verizon.net

 

Lincoln's 200th Birthday Celebration-Bloomington!

We are so excited about this fun event that will be going on here in Downtown Bloomington on Sat, July 18, 2009. A representative from our studio will be at this event taking pictures of the children on the Lincoln memorial bench; located on the side of the McLean County Museum. We are so excited to be a part of this fair and to see all of the fun events that will be going on.

Some of the events at this fair will be tours, games, music, dancing, exhibitors, and Abraham and Mary Lincoln reenactors. There will also be horse drawn wagon rides, storytelling, scavanger hunts, and the Upper Limits climbing wall.

We can't wait to see what a fun even this will be and we hope to see you there. Don't forget to stop by and get your picture taken on the Lincoln bench!

For More information please take a look at this link. See you there!

Celebrating the 4th of July

In celebration of Independence Day I have a cute image to share that we did yesterday at the studio!

Photographed for an event coming up later this month, we welcomed into the studio a young lady and Mr. Lincoln, and here is an adorable storytelling panel that speaks for itself!

Old Times, Fun Times

I was talking about old T.V. show favorites, and came across this portion of an episode of Laverne and Shirley, and old favorite along with Gilligan's Island, Happy Days and Mork and Mindy.  Here's a clip for you!