Miss E quickly became my friend and I was rewarded with tons and tons of hugs from her!  As you can tell, she is such a sweet little girl who has a big heart.  Her big brother was super patient with her too.  I was really amazed.  Good thing since he’s going to be a big brother again!  Yay!

I really thought I had posted these, but maybe it was just on Facebook?

Little boys are just so much fun!  I love how low maintenance they are.  When boys come into the studio it reminds me of being a mom for the first time when my son was born.  Such awesome memories!

G and J are so adorable and fun to photograph!  I love this first portrait because mom just looks so beautiful and relaxed.

I realize there are several sessions I haven’t posted yet so I will try to catch up a little.  I’ve been a shooting and editing maniac during August and am so thankful for your business.  There aren’t many September sessions left and October is quite limited because of my wedding.

Here is the V family.  I’ve photographed them several times and they are just so awesome.  They are the nicest family and all so good looking!

I have many more stories to share so check back soon!

OK, I guess they are technically toddlers since they are 18 months old, but they are still babies to me.  :-)  It was such a hot day and they are very busy little guys so I got quite the workout, but had so much fun with them!  Aren’t they completely adorable?!

Three year old W was pretty active!  What 3 year old little boys aren’t, though?!  He has the most amazing blue eyes.  I was wishing I could swim in the blueness!  Sometimes I like to enhance the eyes a little to bring out their natural beauty, but not overdo it so they don’t look real….but W’s eyes hardly needed a thing done to them!  They really are that bright and blue.

Playing with his aunt’s cell phone.  So cute!

He did everything I asked him to; it was so cute!  I had to yell his name a thousand times to get him to look at me, but you wouldn’t know it from his portraits.  There were too many things around the area that were way more interesting than me and my silly ‘ole camera!

Do you think he was trying to tell me something?!

So many exciting things are happening around here!  My kids are going back to school tomorrow.  I’m actually a little sad this time.  I feel like I really didn’t have enough time with them.  My girls are both starting a new school, a whole new era in their lives.  Of course I’m nervous for them, but I’m also excited!  I need to get back to my regular work routine; it was so difficult when the kids were home, plus having lots of teens around here all summer.  I loved it, but need to work.  My to-do list is a mile long and I really need to start crossing some things off!

October 10th I’m getting married!  We are trying to finalize all of our plans.  So far, I have a cute, simple ivory dress.  It’s kind of unique with satin stripes and satin flowers.  Shelby picked it out for me.  :-)  The girls are wearing eggplant dresses, but I’m not sure about the guys just yet.  Our ceremony will be just us and our 6 kids, but we don’t have a location picked out yet.  I’m open to ideas!  I’m narrowing down the flowers and we have a dinner location.  It’s the cutest little cafe called Whole Day Cafe.  It’s in Wadsworth and if you’ve never been there, you have to go!  The owner is one of the sweetest people you could ever meet.  Check out the website:  Whole Day Cafe.

I have a great Fall Special and School Picture special going on now!  I’ve posted them on Facebook and will post them here.  (not sure if I already did!)

Don’t forget to check out my article and many of my friends in the Women’s Journal.

I am editing many session and a wedding so I will be posting some images very soon.  I’ve been having such a blast shooting outdoor sessions!  Many cool changes coming to my studio in the near future!

Book your holiday sessions now - my schedule is quickly filling up and I’m not available for two weeks in October.  That is my favorite time to shoot, but we love that month so much we decided to marry then.

One more thing…that I can think of haha.  Sign up for my newsletter HERE.  I have some cool contests and mini sessions coming up that you won’t want to miss.

That’s enough for now.  If I remember anything else, I’ll post later. 

I was so excited to be a part of the Women’s Journal!  If you find a copy, pick one up and read all the great articles.  Many of the women in there are my friends.

For more photos of the articles, check out my Facebook Page.

If you are a woman in business, send me an email!

This is probably one of my favorite images.  Ever.  I know I say that a lot so I clearly can’t choose just one favorite, but I do love it so much.  I have many more favorites from this session, but wanted to share one for now.  Miss C is 3 years old now and can totally keep up with her big sisters.  It’s really fun to watch her grow up.  More later.

Amber is a senior at Midpark High School and was a lot of fun to photograph because she was up for anything.  Nothing bothered her during our shoot.  Amber, you look amazing and I can’t wait to show you the rest!

Cameron is such a great guy!  He is from the Sweetest Place On Earth and he truly is one of the sweetest guys.  (Sorry, Cameron, but you are!)  He was visiting us for a week and became one of my sons so we ran out in the rain for a very quick senior shoot.  I’m glad we made the time because he could totally model for Abercrombie or Hollister!  Don’t you think?!  He’s smart too - going to study physics at Penn State!