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Tonight I had a great time hanging out with a longtime friend and her beautiful family – both the two legged ones and the four legged ones. Lori and I have known each other forever – I think we went to preschool together – and I was honored to capture her and her kids and one of her nieces with their beautiful horses on their farm. Thankfully the rain held off and we got some beautiful shots! Here is just a small sample:

Tonight I had another wonderful session with a Little Hero and her family. Addie Grace was adopted from China when she was 20 months old but before that, she had to endure a heart surgery at only 8 months of age to repair a moderate sized hole in her tiny little heart. Her mama commented on her application about how sad it makes her to know that she had to do that without loving parents to hold her and tell her everything would be alright.  She has overcome so much in her short little life and now she is blessed to be part of a wonderful and loving family! She is also a trooper to have endured the humidity tonight – you can see we were all starting to sweat before it was all over with. But no matter, she is an awesome and courageous  little girl with a bright future in front of her! I feel very blessed to have met her and her wonderful family!

For more information on a wonderful organization that offers complimentary sessions and prints to families with children like Addie Grace, please visit the Littlest Heroes/Inspiration Through Art website. If you are local, put “Athens, GA” as your location to increase your chances of being matched with me.

My good friend and coworker brought her beautiful kids out tonight for a session. Kayla is knocking on the door to adulthood or at least teenhood (sorry Steph, but you know she is…) and Tymon is a wonderfully typical little boy, who is also cute as a button (and even sweet when he wants to be). I was really honored when she asked if I would do these pics for her (although, ahem… someone… that stayed at home… well, we missed you ok!?!). I hope that I captured the beauty that is her kids (and that she doesn’t kill me when she sees how many really good shots I got!!). So here you go girl, here is a sneak peek for ya!

I love meeting new people. That is one of the fun things about my job. But I also love doing sessions with people I know and this family is no exception. It’s fun and relaxing (well, I think so, sometimes the people in front of the camera don’t always agree – esp the dads… just sayin…). I had a great time with these guys last night. These two boys are SO cute and SO easy to photograph. They are close in age to my two kids and I would photograph them any old day over mine! Easy peasy! And cute to boot!! And their parents are so nice – just the kind of people you love to be around! Thank you guys for doing this session with me! I had a blast and hope that you get some good shots that you will love! Here are a few to hold you over…

This cracks me up! He picked them for his mommy. This was right as they were loading up to go home so yes, he made her take them home with them. I love how he got the roots and all. And yes, his mommy is of course allergic…

I was so honored when a longtime family friend called and asked would I shoot her family for a birthday gift to her son and daughter in law. Larger groups are often a challenge but not this one! They were all easy going and ok with anything, even down to the yougest of just 2 years old! I hope you guys like this little preview and I will be in touch with you soon with the rest of your pictures!

My BFF and her family live in South Carolina. Thankfully her parents and her brother’s family still live here though so that I get to actually see her every now and then!! Our visits are often too far between and every time I see her kiddos, they have changed in so many ways! She has a son, Christian, who is five and has just started kindergarten! Isn’t he handsome!!!?

And then Miss Tori. She is only about 5 weeks younger than Layla so we got to experience so much together during our pregnancies and births and just watching our girls grow at the same time! She’s simply adorable!!

And then here is their cousin Ellie. Beautiful….

And don’t they make a lovely group?!

Dawn and Jacob and Jen, it was wonderful getting to spend a little time with you this morning! You have beautiful kids!! I can’t wait to see you (and then) again soon!

And thank you to the “N” family for letting us use your beautiful yard! We truly appreciate it!

Sienna was the winner of the Little Miss Marigold category in the Winterville Marigold Pageant this past February. I gave each of the three winners a session and Sienna used hers today. She is a beautiful young lady as you can tell by her photos. I had a hard time picking out favorites because she doesn’t take a bad picture! But here are a few that I narrowed it down to just for the preview!