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Wow! Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph the contestants for this year’s Winterville Marigold Pageant. Growing up, I was a participant in this pageant several years and was honored to be given this opportunity. The Marigold Pageant and festival has been on hiatius for the past several years and finally thanks to a few dedicated individuals, it has been given new life and will return this year! The pageant is scheduled for Saturday Feb 28th and the festival is scheduled for Saturday May 16th. I hope you’ll join us in the “City of Marigolds” as we bring this tradition back!

And now, here is a sneak peek of the beautiful pageant contestants! Man, I’m SOOO glad I am photographing this thing and not judging it!! Good luck girls! You are all winners!!

Little Miss Contestants

Junior Miss Contestants

Miss Contestants

Love is in the air right? I hope each and every one of you is having a wonderful Valentine’s Day, full of love and happiness! Gabe and Layla each wanted to do their part in wishing everyone a happy day! Hope you have a wonderful one!

OK, so I have to start this post out with a picture this time. I had to show all of the mommies and daddies out there that YES! it really IS ok to bribe them now and then!

These three beauties visited me today and ok, I can admit, the two little ones were challenging but let me tell ya, I have this three year old little man at my house that challenges me EVERY day, so trust me when I say it, it takes a lot to rattle me and these two might have tried, but nope, they didn’t do it. They are all three so beautiful and I had a great time with them and their mommy and grandma. I’m hoping that when it warms up we can go hang out in the outdoors and get some shots that are more their speed. And if that doesn’t do it, I swung into Walmart this afternoon and stocked up on a few more of those suckers before they sold out! Here is your sneaky peek! I hope you like them…

Here is my entry for a contest at a fun blog I recently discovered. There is a different contest each week and when I saw that this week’s contest was “the eyes have it” I immediately thought of this photo. Their contests are open to pros and amateurs alike so go check them out! Click on the button above to check them out!