I spent the morning at Ryan + Rebekah’s place, photographing their new little cutie, Emory. We finished up our shoot with bath time…
LOTS more images from their shoot coming soon! 
Baby Emory.
My 60 Second Shoot. Nolan.
Meet Nolan.
Nolan + Winston have been buddies since age 4. When he came over the other day to play with Winston, I said, “Come on, Nolan. Let me take a few quick photos of you for your momma.” With some, “Ahhh, mom!” from my boys, I knew I had to HURRY! So, in the COLD, on the porch, I click-clicked a few QUICK shots, + then back into the house we went!
Here’s our buddy Nolan…
And here’s some of Nolan + Winston being silly…
THANKS Nolan! We sure enjoy having you come hang out with us!!!
Connie.
Last night, my good friend Connie went on to be with the Lord.
Connie was a wonderful, sweet soul + she will be greatly missed! Our hearts are deeply saddened by her passing, but we rejoice that she was a follower of Jesus, + we look forward to the day when we can see her again in Heaven.
Winston (pictured above with Connie) would like to say, “It was a blessing that we could know Connie for awhile. She was so loving + sweet. It was a great gift for her to die on Valentine’s Day + get to be with the Lord. I miss her.”
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16
Silly Cards + Happy Valentine’s Day!
I love Valentine’s Day! It’s a day dedicated to spreading some love.
This year, we paired up valentine sayings with our silly photos. Some of the photos we used were “oldies-but-goodies” (previously taken photos) + some of the photos are brand new! Then, with lots of cutting, glue, tape + signing their names, the guys put their Valentine fold-out cards together. Here’s a peek…
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Win + Hou. School at Home.
Before I was a photographer, I was a teacher. And I LOVED it!!! (To all my students out there who are now in COLLEGE!!!, I miss you!!!)
This year, I’m a teacher again. I’m home schooling Winston (3rd grade) + Houston (kindergarten). As a teacher, I loved letting the students “show off” their great work along the walls of the hallway. But this year, my BLOG will have to do as our way to “show off” their hard work.
We recently made some books in science. Here’s Winston’s…
And here’s Houston with his book….
Sarah.
Sarah is beautiful. Inside + out.
And she’s gifted, too! She’s written a book (available soon!), + she writes a blog, encouraging young adult women.
HUGE THANKS to Larry Caddell (+ Lance) for letting us use your BEAUTIFUL car!!!
40.
It’s a BIG YEAR for me! Yep! I just recently turned 40!
One of my gifts this year was a Lego version of me that Winston made, + it’s SO CUTE that I MUST share photos…
I always tell the boys when they make drawings of me to PLEASE give me HUGE lips!!! And he remembered!… (And no, those lovely lips look nothing like mine, but I can dream, right?)…
He made me wearing fancy heels (+ a set of red ones were in the box, too)…
And an ADORABLE skirt…
We had presents + then gobbled up an AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS cake that Cooper made for me! It was a GREAT birthday!
Stacy.
I first photographed Stacy last August. He was used as a model in an adorable little shoot titled “Green Gables“. (You can see those photos HERE.)
Stacy was FABULOUS to work with, so I was thrilled when he contacted me wanting to get more shots for his modeling portfolio. We headed out last Friday afternoon to a few different locations in Raleigh. Stacy had chosen the locations ahead of time + boy, did he choose good ones! I wish I could photograph in locations like this every time!
And here’s some of our downtown shots…
I loved getting his long reflection…
Near the end of our shoot, we met some singers / dancers who seemed to be out on their own photo shoot. They looked so amazingly stylish, I just had to incorporate them into a few shots!
And here’s a quick little video I shot while the guys were talking…
I WISH I had taken a video of these guys dancing. It was AMAZING! (PLEASE contact me + let me know who you are!!!)
Stacy, I hope you like the photos! THANKS for the great shoot! You are such a talented model + so wonderful to work with.
Sneak Peek.
Here’s one from my shoot tonight…
More images coming soon!
Routine Brilliance.
My sweet friend, Brytani Fraser, blogs with the idea of making creativity a routine and helping artists have real confidence in their craft. She’s such a wonderful encouragement to others. And today, I had the privilege of being featured on her blog…
You can check out the interview here… Routine Brilliance
