When I first saw Jenay and Riley I noticed right away that they had similar adorable shoes.  Stacey, their Mom, just laughed and said that even though they had gone shopping separately they had picked out almost identical shoes.  For as much as these beautiful, teenage girls want to assert their independence they are more […]

Last Wednesday was Jill’s shopping night and it highlighted just how old I am. We started our trip at Hollister where we’d been warned to watch out for the images on the walls. Not only that, but we couldn’t even take a shopping bag from there because I didn’t want my 12 year old to […]

It’s been super busy around here.  The fist week in August I had four photo sessions mid week.  I hardly ever have photo sessions during the week, never mind four!  I was smart enough to end the craziness with a newborn session.  Miss Charlotte was 10 days old when she came and it was lovely […]

Ellie has been asking for a new umbrella for six months. Her last one had died and untimely death and she was really hoping for a replacement.  Last week during her shopping night I finally relented because I just couldn’t resist the polka dots.  As we were driving home from our trip I told Ellie […]

I don’t go on location to shoot family pictures very often.  Mostly because I set my appointments back to back, but also because I like to have more control over the lighting situation.  Since I’d been to Lida’s house numerous times I knew how beautiful her yard was and I also knew I’d be able […]

I could have easily called this blog post Speechless.  I just can’t figure out what to say about these images.  I know these kiddos from church and from preschool and I’ve enjoyed volunteering with their mom, but I honestly had no idea how photogenic they were. Sure it was fun taking their pictures and hearing […]