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I'm Suzy of Simply by Suzy, and I'm so happy you're here at my blog because I can't wait to serve you with lots of good stuff like a peek into all of my favorite photoshoots for clients, freebies and resources on motherhood, how to get more connected with your life, and how to take beautiful pictures of it. 

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Picking outfits, getting your kids to behave, the sheer logistics of getting ready and out the door, cleaning up perfectly... planning a big amazing photoshoot of your family can seem daunting and stressful for some. Read about an alternative way to approach your family photoshoot experience so it's easy and FUN.

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Sometimes there is more to see in a picture, than just somebody’s face.  

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Although this family’s session was recently featured on Let the Kids’s, I loved it so much I thought what the hey, might as well share again for those of you unfamiliar with LTK (one of my favorite lifestyle family blogs by the way, and will provide you with hours upon hours of distractions from all […]

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I just came across this video on a friend’s facebook and thought it would make for a great follow up to yesterday’s post..   In an interview with 109 year-old Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, when asked what her secret to feeling good was.. “Optimism,” she said, “and looking for the good. Life is beautiful. You have […]

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I don’t know about you, but I’d kill for this kind of unadulterated confidence.   Oh, and some things I’m trying this next month – * Reading more books. I just finished reading Warm Bodies and Kiss the Girls – both were excellent and I finished each in under 2 days to my own pleasant […]

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UGH. Please tell me, all you mamas out there pushing it through morning sickness, how the heck do you do it for weeks on end?!  Seriously, you all deserve a medal because I’ve had a bad case of the stomach flu for just the last few days and it.is.the pits (yes, I am totally that […]

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