I can't believe they are moving....

That's right! This sweet and cute family is moving away! Sniff Sniff! I have had clients move away before so I guess I should not be so sad but I love seeing my clients' children grow! At least we were able to squeeze these shots in before they moved! It was such a cold day at Hollingsworth Park but the kids suffered through it. Brooks was so cold and tried to be a trooper but he just could not stand it! We were able to get a few good shots before he 'called it a day.' I had to include one of him crying in the slide show because when I saw it, it looked to me as if he were saying 'Mom...this lady is keeping me out in the cold. Make her go away!' Ha ha! Sam did great and was as energetic as ever! She is so cute and I will miss seeing her grow up to a beautiful young lady!

You guys take care and enjoy the warmer climate!
To view the Shealy's slide show, please click here.

My sweet cousin is a Senior!

If you are my friend on Facebook then you already know what I am going to say. I remember when Melyssa was born! You see when she was born, I was 18! I do not feel that far away from 18 years old yet here I am posting my cousin's mini Senior session and I feel like I was just holding her not too long ago! It's amazing how time flies!

Melyssa: You are a beautiful young woman and God has so much planned for you. Life is going to get really fast but slow down long enough to hear what He has to tell you and show you!

I love you!

To enjoy Melyssa's Mini Slide Show from her Mini Session, please click here.

Our Family Thanksgiving 2009

This year I was not able to attend Thanksgiving as I normally do. Since we were so close to home we had already decided to spend the night at home. But, I had to leave earlier than I would have liked on Thanksgiving Day because my poor husband was at home with our sick little girl. So, I do not have as many photos as I normally do but these are keepers regardless! We had our normal 100+ group there. We had tons of food (as always!), lots of sweets and snacks, our Christmas Ornament Exchange and our football game after lunch. The wind picked up on Thanksgiving Day and Table Rock was one cold place to be! What a blessing to have such a wonderful Christian family that I can call my own!

Love you all & see you next year in Alabama! (If no one gets sick! ha!)

To view our Family's Thanksgiving Slide Show, please click here.

Jenny & Zach Are Engaged!!

No these photos are not engagement photos but rather the reaction from my cousin, Patti. You see, Patti's daughter (also my cousin) Jenny, became engaged the day before Thanksgiving. I happen to be at the right place at the right time and snapped these photos of Patti hearing the big news!

Your ring is beautiful Jenny! Just as you are!
Enjoy these next few months of planning your big day. It goes by so quickly!

Love you all!

To view Jenny's mini 'I Just Told My Mom I'm Engaged' slide show, please click here.

It's the Chou Family!!

Once again I was granted the pleasure of photographing my friends, the Chou Family. We always have so much fun and we always end up talking about Alabama Football! I could talk a lot about that now (because we have had such a fantastic season!! RTR!!!) but I will not! I will just mention how much I adore this family and how much these children have grown! Especially Stafford! He is not a little baby anymore! He is growing like crazy and Davidson, his older brother, is your typical little boy! He is inquisitive, loves to explore and is 'on the go'. And, they both are gorgeous boys! Yes I can say that about the boys for now because they are both so young. Later on, they will have to be described as handsome; but for now they are gorgeous little men!

I hope you like their photographs from our fun shoot in downtown Greenville! (Oh how I love those old brick buildings!)

To enjoy more of the Chou Family photographs, please click here.

The Long Family!

Meet the Long family!
Aren't they pretty? I had the pleasure of photographing them at Falls Park on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Everyone was so gracious and nice; even when I misread my calendar and showed up 30 minutes late! Ahhh! But, what can I say? I am human and they were so very kind to forgive me! We had a great shoot & the kids did great! Thank you so much for allowing me to photograph your sweet family!

Take a moment to view their slide show here!

My Claire Bear is Nine Months Old!

Here are my sweet babies! My oldest, Cade is 6 and my youngest, Claire is 9 months! We went to Converse College the other day and utilized their beautiful campus for our shoot. Cade found many trees to climb and I found beautiful Magnolias and leaves on the ground to use as our backdrop!
Thanks be to God for the blessings of children and a wonderful Fall show to photograph them in!

Enjoy their show!

Sweet Miss Kynlee

Look how big my sweet girl Kynlee is! She is growing up so quickly and is so pretty! Her big brown eyes just suck you in when you look at her. She is super sweet! She wasn't too excited about having her photos made but once we were outside she was a new woman! She had her 'babies' with her and she did so well! I always love photographing her because she is just so cute and such a sweet little girl!
Don't they all look adorable in their snowflake pj's!
Love it!

Take a moment to view Kynlee's slide show, here.

The Swanlunds.....Logan & Parker

Aren't these two so stinkin' cute? They did so well at our shoot and we had never met before! I am always amazed at how well some children do when they meet a stranger with a big camera around her neck and then in their face! I love sweet Lauren's precious smile and Mr. Ryan's gorgeous eyes. These two love each other so much.....remind them of that mom when they are fighting one day as teenagers!

To view their slide show, please click here!

Enjoy!

The Leonard Family

I love photographing families. And, some of the time, the bigger the better! Why? I guess it is because it reminds me of my big and crazy family. The Leonards were so gracious and allowed me to shoot all we could think of. We were able to squeeze in so much in such a small window and the kids (and adults!) did great!

Take a moment to view their slide show here!
What a heritage Mr. and Mrs. Leonard have established!

The Brothers Garrett

I truly love my job. These are three good reasons why. These boys are absolutely precious and are so dear to me. I feel like we are related somehow; I'm not kidding! That is how much I love to photograph these three! Their love for each other is unmistakable! I love how two of the boys have blue eyes and one has brown. I love how sweet Porter has red hair! I love the silly expressions Cal makes and I love how Miles is such a great big brother!

Thank you so much for allowing me to photograph these three men in training! =)

To view their slide show, please click here.

The Scott Family

I love when I meet new people out of nowhere! My family and Susan's family happen to be having Mexican at the same restaurant one evening. We get to talking and Susan invites me to a MOPS meeting at her church. I begin to attend and love it and in getting to know one another, we decide it is time for a photo shoot. So, one cold morning I meet Susan and her precious family at their home. Now, Colin was ready for his shoot but William was not 100% sure. That is until Dad found a beetle on the ground (deceased of course) and proceeded to place him on my shoulder while we were photographing the boys. To both of the boys' delight, this strange girl who had walked into their home now had a dead bug on her! Revenge was sweet!

Take a moment to view this sweet family's slide show by clicking here.