Cheesecake Strawberry Bites

I saw this idea on pinterest, and thought it looked super simple and delicious, and I couldn't have been more right! Pretty sure they were gone in about 10.2 seconds! Too bad raspberries wouldn't hold up to this :/

1 lb strawberries, washed, dried, tops cut off and centers cut out.
8 oz cream cheese-softened (could use low/nonfat)
3 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
graham cracker crumbs


Wash strawberries and pat dry with a paper towel. Cut off tops and hollow out center and cut off the tip from the bottom to make them stand up. Mix in the mixer cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until creamy. I wanted to try some chocolate ones but was out of cocoa powder, so, I added a few tsp of hot chocolate mix after I had filled half of them with plain cream cheese :)
Pipe cream cheese mixture into each strawberry and top with graham cracker crumbs, refrigerate if you are saving for later, but really, who does that?!

Seriously couldn't be more simple, and helps fulfill that cheesecake craving without all the calories :)

Enjoy!

~Susan

Southwest OK Newborn Photographer | We Are Family

Yesterday we decided to do something totally different; "Let's go try and take family pictures of ourselves!" I raided our closets and tried to pick out a coordinating wardrobe, which was actually pretty fun! Little did I know it was going to be THAT difficult to get everyone looking at the camera, let alone smiling! Of course every time someone would move it would throw the camera off focus. So, after setting up the self timer and having it snap a ton of pictures in a row...I think we got a few worthy of posting photos....

This is our Spiderman web slinger pose :)

Don't smile- let's do a "model" pose! haha!

My Love

I love how we got the light from the sunset!

Finally everyone smiling!

Our pride and joy!

It was fun, but exhausting trying to get 3 kids to cooperate, especially the stubborn 2 year old...wonder where he gets that from?!? :)

~Susan

Susan Wetlesen Photography specializes in newborn, birth, family and lifestyle photography in Southwest Oklahoma and surrounding areas including but not limited to Lawton, Wichita Falls and Altus.

Southwest OK Child Photographer | Brotherly Love

I have been trying to line up some time to do a photo shoot of my friend's boys for a few weeks now, but things have gotten crazy and then she went on vacation and, well, you know how the story goes! Anyway, she recently got home and we were finally able to get together and capture some some sweet memories of her boys cuddling and loving on each other. The weather has been awful here for a while now, so we just stayed indoors and kept the boys comfortable at home :)

Here are some of my favorites from today, both boys were so cooperative! You can definitely tell big brother LOVES little brother!

These boys are so cute and come from such a sweet family! 

Hopefully this weather will clear up soon so I can do a few more sessions outside with the gorgeous leaves before the snow comes! 

~Susan

Susan Wetlesen Photography specializes in newborn, birth, family and lifestyle photography in Southwest Oklahoma and surrounding areas including but not limited to Lawton, Wichita Falls and Altus.

Southwest OK Family Photographer | The Smith Family

I had the pleasure of capturing this sweet family and their love for each other on this special occasion of their little (handsome) man turning one! Poor Sawyer was not into the whole cake smash idea and wasn't sure what to think of it! The sun was super bright that day and there were a lot of people we had to dodge to keep out of the background, but we were able to get some lovely family shots! Here are some of my favorites!

Thank you for allowing me to capture this special milestone in your lives!

~Susan

Susan Wetlesen Photography specializes in newborn, birth, family and lifestyle photography in Southwest Oklahoma and surrounding areas including but not limited to Lawton, Wichita Falls and Altus.

Fall Mini Sessions-Rescheduled!

Due to the weather forecast of 60% chance of rain (which was totally wrong) and the fact that I thought the leaves needed a bit more time to change, I am rescheduling the fall mini sessions. I finally decided on a location, and I enlisted the help of my friend and her family of 5 to come out tonight to test out the spot! Her husband dressed up all the boys in his favorite football team, and I like the way the red and white turned out! These were taken with my NEW camera, which I am so in LOVE with! I was telling my husband, it's like my new child, I don't want to put it down ;)

For your convenience, there are two days to choose from; September 16 and 22,  from 9-11 and 5-7. They are 30 minute time slots and cost $75. This includes 5-7 pictures on a CD; 1-8x10 of your choice and an extra 10% off additional prints or products ordered.
Here are my favorite photos! This would be an example of edits you would receive:

What a lovely family!

 If you would like to book a slot, please email me at susan.wetlesen@gmail.com! I look forward to capturing your family during this gorgeous fall time!

~Susan

Moustache On A Stick

I've always wanted to try these photo booth props with a photo session. I was looking at them on Etsy and decided they would be way cheaper if I made them myself :) Since I already had the card stock, all I had to do was buy the sticks and find some templates, which I got from here. I told the kids they could have these ones if they posed for a picture with them. They are simple and cute, and I can't wait to use them on some upcoming Fall Mini Sessions! Flipping through the photos on my camera after I snapped a few gave us all a pretty good laugh!

Ok, time to take the kids outside to play before bath/bedtime! 

~Susan

Fall Mini Sessions

For those who live in the Mat-Su area: