A Totally Awesome 40th Birthday

I got invited to capture moments from a beautiful ladies birthday party! She invited all her friends, and they brought out their best from the 80’s!

Give with a Happy Heart!

That is what we are called to do. Give and be happy about it! Do not give with reservations. Do not give yet wish you could be using your time/money/resources in a different way! Give with all your heart, and a happy heart! Give in a way that shows the world Jesus, and what a merciful loving God we have!

So when our local christian radio station was having a fund raiser, I could think of no better way to help then by giving away a session!

Let me tell you, this is one of the sweetest families I have ever met! All because I followed God’s directions for my life! I am so thankful that I was able to give in this way, and meet an amazing family in the mix!

Oh, I should mention that this family and their session were absolutely stunning…happiness and love just poured out of them. So I may be going overboard with the amount of pictures that I am sharing of theirs =D

Miss Maci

I am sure you are all starting to feel very familiar with some of these sweet babes at this point! I love getting to do multiple sessions, that is why the first year plans for babies are wonderful! By their first birthday they know me and are comfortable, and you don’t miss out on any of the milestones!

Here are Maci’s 6 month pictures, she was a ham as always =D

3 reasons, 1 session

We got three sessions taken care of all in one with this wonderful family! I can’t believe that I have been doing pictures with them for almost two years. I have loved every session I have had with them! So we got little brothers 6 month pictures, big sisters 2 year pictures, and some sweet family pictures.

Enjoy

Woops

Here I am, falling behind on blogging again! It is crazy how much harder it is to stay caught up on everything with this sweet little addition we have! We are still doing some homeschooling type lessons, but just sticking to the basics instead of themed things. Hoping to get into the swing of themes instead of just letter/number recognition and writing! But at least we are doing something, right?!?!

So here is the first session I will be posting in this vicious game of catch up
Little miss C as her 6 mo session!

I am Undoubtedly Hugely Blessed

This year was my first year actually marketing for doing weddings. I actually got started in doing photography (more then just for fun), because a friend came to me and asked me to photograph her wedding. I said yes (of course). Then I started planning my own wedding and realized what a serious job this was. I tried to “back out”, but long story made short I did it!
That first wedding is not my finest work (of course). I had friends who were going to mentor me, but we never had time. So they were teaching me things I needed to know via text…on my way to the wedding. It was inside an old poorly lit church, on a super gross rainy day.
I never wanted to shoot another wedding again, end of story!
I shot a wedding with some friends, just for experience, and then last year I had a wedding for a friend as well and I had photographed 2 receptions. Nothing amazing, nothing horrible!
Last Labor day though, I got to tag along with another wedding photographer (one of the sweetest gals alive) at my cousins wedding. COMPLETELY different and amazing situation. Then and there I fell in love with it!

So, I decided to become more accepting of wedding photography. I am so excited that I have booked 7 weddings this year, with a possibility of 2 more! How amazing, what a huge blessing! It has been a little crazy with a newborn, a 3 yr old and all the time that weddings require but I have yet to regret it!

This beautiful wedding was the first one of the year, while my little miss G was only a few weeks old. Leaving her was rotten, the wedding completely made up for that though!
This was a wedding about second chances and happily-ever-afters! Gorgeous, wonderful, a huge blessing (for everyone, not just me). So here are some of the images I captured =D

Part 2

I did some senior pictures for this pretty lady at the end of last summer, and we did another session this spring to get in some more outfits, another location as well as a different hair style! Such a sweet girl, and I cannot wait to see what her future holds =D

All summer long Senior session will be $100 for session, CD, and a free sheet of wallets
Be the first from your school to book and get a free 8×10 as well!

Refer a senior and get your session for $100 as well!!

The Silly Twos

I cannot believe Mr. B. is two already! We did a few pictures of him during the Easter minis…just to make sure mom had a few in case it didnt get warm enough out before I had the baby! Fortunately we got a gorgeous, and super windy day for his pictures! He was full of wonderful smiles and contagious laughter

The W Family

All of the mini sessions are done and almost all of them have gotten to their new “homes” =D So now I just have a few sessions left, and then I will be caught up and all ready for our sweet little babe to arrive!
So for now I will share a few pictures from a family that I have gotten to work with a few times! They are super great to work with, and love it everytime!

Sunday Snow Day

After a Saturday of mini session (which were wrapped up in the last blog) I had a couple on Sunday…we also got 8 inches of snow that day! At least we weren’t Springfield who got 18 inches! This year has been a weird one for the weather already!

I am going to put both of the sessions from that day in this one so that my odds of getting caught up before this little baby arrives are a little higher =D (I’m pretty sure having a 3 yr old does damage to the possibilities, but we will try anyways )

Mr B, had no interest in pictures at all. He really just wanted to get to hang out with my little miss, and…well…avoid the camera =)

Then we had miss R, who was a busy little diva. And just so sweet. Poor girl came out on Saturday for outdoor mini sessions, but it had turned about too colld and windy for her to be happy. She was glad to be inside for the rest of her pictures on Sunday