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I am too excited about Liz and Gardner’s wedding.  Liz won me over from the moment we met.  She’s just so gentle and sweet.  She listens well, but not at the expense of adding her own two cents.  The things she shared about Gardner made me sure I would like him too.  And sure enough, […]

Just before I left for my annual summer vacation, I had a flurry of portrait sessions.  I always love it when a session includes catching up with a friend.  So, Juliet’s session was a favorite since I got to visit with her wonderful mother, Annah.  You’ve all seen her beautiful daughter Claire and Juliet’s infant […]

I love this little family.  Sweet baby Hope is a blessed girl to be born to one like this.  Ben and Cally are in our small group and their first baby girl, Anna Grace, is precious.  So dainty and beautiful with some major spunk.  I’m sure sweet, roly poly, bright-eyed Hope will follow suit.  So […]

Sarah Elizabeth messaged me on May 20 of last year and said basically, “I’m calling the church tomorrow to set a date, but I want you to shoot my wedding.”  It made my month!  She and Alan started dating May 18, 2009.  On May 18, 2012 they got engaged and May 18, 2013 they got […]

Another year has gone by and it’s time again for Sadie’s birthday party.  This year it was an enchanted garden theme, since she is such a classy big girl.  I think it’s so special that she’ll have memories of celebrations of her birthday with each parent.  And, as usual, Dan and Hagen outdid themselves.  It […]

Amanda and Paul were married in Mexico.  Without me.  But they had a great, fun party here and invited me to be their Birmingham reception photographer.  It was really fun to watch them together.  I know I, and all wedding photographers, say that a lot.  But here’s what I mean.  Amanda is fairly confident… she […]

Remember the contest I had to help raise money for an almost-new-mom my friend Catie was helping?  Well one of the winners was a friend I’ve known since early childhood.  Natalie and I had our first daughters around the same time and I don’t think I’ve seen her since we were both pregnant.  Meeting her […]

My mom will be so happy with me for posting Easter!  Just a few highlights- my mom made these beautiful dresses, my awesome sisters walked around with my girls with umbrellas so they could egg hunt in the rain, we all brought really yummy food, my bro and sis-in-law made an adult Easter “minis hunt” […]

A couple of weekends ago I shot what turned out to be one of my favorite photo sessions.  The family involved, the location, and most of all the precious, sweet girl made it so.  Kathleen is graduating this year.  It’s wild because she was in a sixth grade Sunday School class I taught and it […]

Back in my full-time-work-for-someone-other-than-myself days, we had some friends named Jess and Matt.  They lived on the other side of town, but since I had only one child and they didn’t have any yet, we found ways to get together occasionally.  It was so fun.  Now, two kids and no social life later, we never […]

My big girl is nearly 5 and a 1/2 and I’m finally blogging her 5th bday!  I am committed to catching up on personal posts!  This was our first birthday party away from our house.  It was also the first time we invited only friends her age.  Except that I messed up the date and […]

My friend Makenzie was retired from the wedding coordinating business.  But this sweet, persuasive bride-to-be Lara talked her into doing one more wedding.  And from there, I came into the pic and got to meet gentle but firm, organized Lara and her equally gentle but firm police officer fiance Casey.  They are such a cute […]

A few months ago I got an email from the younger sister of a friend I grew up with.  Somehow she grew up, got married and was due to have her first baby in April!  I hadn’t seen this girl since she was in fourth grade.  It was quite a treat to get to reunite, […]

It’s safe to say that there are too many images in this post.  But this little Emma is so unbelievably cute, I just couldn’t help myself.  Remember her parents Liesa and Chad’s wedding a year and a half ago?  And then her infant session?  This family has a history of great photos on the blog […]

If you’re looking for the contest go here: I WANT TO WIN!!!!! In other news, Christmas happened.  Four months ago.  And I’m just finally blogging it.  Mainly because my mom is begging for Easter pics and I can’t bring myself to post out of order. We start with my favorite thing, Christmas Tree chop chop. […]