Jana : Senior

It was supposed to be warm and beautiful out on Tuesday!  Instead, it was COLD and WINDY!  Jana was a trooper though... shivering inbetween beautiful smiles. :) Jana actually graduated early, but she will walk with her class in May!  Congrats Jana - I'm excited to see what your future holds!

Here are a few of my favorites from your session!

Barret : Newborn

I know I just posted pictures from the hospital the day after baby Barret was born, but wait, there's more!  Ginny brought her sweet 11-day old baby boy over so I could get some more newborn snuggles (and pictures :)).  He did great!  He slept most of the time, and only peed on me once. :) He even gave the camera a couple sweet smiles!  I agree with Ginny - they were definitely NOT gas. ;)

Here are a few of my favorites from our session!

Sister & Boys : Surprise

Yesterday was my brother-in-law's birthday - Happy #30, Aaron!  My sister (Cassy Sage) had the awesome idea to do a secret photo shoot of her and their boys with pictures as a birthday gift.  But not JUST a photo shoot... she also had the idea to design an album for Aaron.  It included their original e-mails to each other and excerpts from e-mails as they got to know each other.  It included engagement pictures (my very first "shoot" though it was done with my point and shoot because I couldn't afford a "real" camera yet :)), wedding pictures, pictures of Malachi and Jericho as they were added to their family, and so on.  I had so much fun designing it!  We ended the album with pictures from the secret shoot... including my sister in pink pants.  She wore pink pants on their first date so Aaron jokes that it was the pink pants that sealed the deal. :) No matter what it was, I am glad that Aaron is a part of our family.

Now I can finally post pics from our secret session!

My sister is so beautiful...

Jericho was so excited about his daddy's birthday :)

New Arrival : Sawyer

There are times I get overwhelmed as a mom of two kids... and then I watch someone like Krista mother her four kids with patience and grace, and I am in awe. :) Brian and Krista just added number four to their family (about a month ago) and I was excited to take pictures of baby Sawyer!  I won't lie, it's a challenge trying to get a picture of four kids four and under!  Thankfully Krista loves candid style, because that's what we got.  It was so fun to see the love between these little siblings! :)

Sawyer loves to do this half-asleep look... it is so sweet.  He finally got tuckered out by the end of the session and completely cashed out, so we did get both eyes closed! :)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Barret : Brand New

My dear friend Ginny and her husband Chris just had a beautiful baby boy and became a family of four!  Fun fact: their daughter Emmalyn and their son Barret are the same age apart as my daughter and son are! :)

Avery and I went to visit Ginny, Chris, and Baby Barret the day after he was born.  He is so cute!  Here are a few pics from the hospital. :)

Donna : Headshots

Over Christmas break not only did I get to spend time with my Aunt Donna, but I also got to take her pictures!  She needed some current shots for her online presence and I was happy to help.  I think it was my coldest shoot to date, so it was a mini mini mini session. :) Aunt Donna, only you and I will know how cold it truly was that day... because you can't tell from your photos! :)

Here are a couple favorites from our session...

Thatcher & Family

This family was so fun!  They had planned this shoot months in advance, and we were crossing our fingers for a random warm December day... hey, it's been known to happen!  It got cold... really cold... so it turned into my first studio shoot!  We rented studio space and had a great experience!!  I was a bit apprehensive since I'm used to shooting outdoors, but they were patient as I made adjustments and I think it went well.

It was a large group - Tom and Kristy (with adorable baby Thatcher - 9mo), Tom's brother Jim and his wife Kristi, Kristy's brother Brian and his wife Jessica, Tom and Jim's parents - Brian and Kathy, and Kristy and Brian's parents - Tim and Denise.  Did you catch all that??  Yeah, there are a couple of repeated names in there! :)

THEN.... right as I began to work on their pictures, my hard drive crashed.  Thankfully I had everything backed up!  I had to send my computer in to get a new hard drive and I just got it back, got everything restored, my programs re-loaded, and all settled into my "new" computer.  Whew!  FINALLY I have a sneak peek for you all!  Thank you SO much for your patience!

Here are a few of my favorites!