Baby, Child, Family, Newborn and Senior Photographer
The March issue of Montana Parent magazine is now out! I had a great time photographing the cover and feature story at the Gallatin Valley Farm to Table Food Fair a few weeks ago. The kids loved playing games, like racing to sort food into the right food group and food bingo, as well as trying samples of lots of tasty local foods.
This is just one of the many great articles in this issue, so be sure to pick up a copy just about anywhere moms and kids go in Bozeman!
Amy Shertzer Photography is headed to Central Florida in a few weeks and I’m happy to announce that I will be scheduling a limited number of photo sessions while there! Sessions are available the week of March 21st. Please contact me (amy@amyshertzerphotography.com) for more details and to get your spot. I can’t wait to see some smiling faces in short-sleeves and surrounded by green!
I can hardly believe it’s Friday again. This week has flown by! So, without further ado, I present you this week’s favorites:
1. Chocolate Croissants. The new French bakery/cafe, Cafe Francais Des Arts, opened in Bozeman last week and I have to confess that I’ve already been in twice. How could I resist with the likes of this calling to me from the pastry case? And, yes, they taste as good as they look. Actually, they taste even better than they look! Bozeman locals, you must go check it out!
2. Chocolate Chip Cookies! The croissants are a French classic, and the cookie is an American classic. I made a batch of these for my book club last week. These have been my go-to cookie recipe since I ripped it out of a cooking magazine years ago. I’m going to do more than just tempt you with the image. . . I’m going to share the recipe!
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever
1 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup coarsley chopped pecans or walnuts
2 cups chocolate chips (any combination of semi-sweet, milk, or white chips)
1. Heat oven to 375 F.
2. Whisk melted butter and sugars. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt. Stir into butter mixture. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
3. Scoop dough by 1/4 cup onto parchment-lined cookie sheets. Be sure to leave adequate space between cookies. Bake 10-14 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Remove from oven and immediately move to cooling racks. Try to resist eating half the batch.
Makes 24 large cookies.
3. Frogs. The new temporary exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies is Frogs! and the exhibit got 2 big thumbs up from me and my kids. There are at least 20 different species, all in their own terrariums. We had fun going from case to case trying to spot them all. Some were just hanging out, happy to show off their interesting colors and others were putting their camouflage skin to the test. My favorites were the poison dart frogs and these guys, a species of tree frog:
My kids loved them all, from the underwater swimmers. . .
. . . to the enormous bull frog!
These frogs haven’t seen the last of us. This is another “must-do” for the Bozemanites!
Enjoy the weekend–and stay warm!
Can’t wait to see the frogs myself, I have the feeling we will be visiting quite often. Thanks for the lovely photos!
I LOVE FROGS! Thanks for sharing!! 
Gallatin County hosted its annual Wild West Winterfest this past weekend and one of the ways we have fun out here in the cold western winters is by ski joring. Okay, it’s not actually that common, but it is pretty cool. It’s a team event with one person on a horse and their partner on skis. They maneuver a circular course, hitting some jumps and slaloming cones, all under the ticking hand of a stop-watch. The team that successfully navigates the course, in the fastest time, wins.
Despite the biting wind and frigid mid-teens temperatures, we watched a few competitors ride the track. These young sisters did pretty well. . .
. . . until a wipe-out on the last jump!
The next team up, competing in the Adult Female category, fared a little better!
If you ever find yourself with the opportunity to view a ski joring event, I highly recommend it!
Amy -
That’s me!! Would love to chat about getting those pics from you – you are right, it was SO FUN!! What a rush – my first time ever!!
Yes, you’ve come to the right place. And, yes, your computer monitor is functioning completely normally. I’ve got a new and improved logo and have spent the last few days sprucing the place up a bit! I’ve updated my main website as well as this blog and I’ll be updating my business cards and other printed materials in the next few weeks. So, take a look around and enjoy the nice, fresh, clean colors. Here’s a little sneak peek of the business cards I’m working on. I can customize each individual card with a different image and I’ve had fun going through the archives finding that so many of my clients actually coordinate nicely with my new colors!
It looks awesome, Amy!
Great job. Clean, tight and much more you.
Hi my friend! I love the final product! You can tell how hard you’ve worked, it’s great – clean and perfect!
