I'm thankful for Jesus who gave me a new life, and....

   A Godly man to share life with for the past 10 years and 363 days, our 3 children who are precious and perfect, my mom who is my constant friend, Granny Mickey for giving all the time and teaching me what it looks like to be completely unselfish, my hair because hair is really important, starbucks for getting me through many mornings,  my church because the leaders are real and share their heart weekly, music because it makes me happy and helps me to burn calories, my clients because they trusted me during the first year of my business, and especially the brides from my first weddings..... Mikhail, Katie, Amanda, Penny, Judy,  Stephanie and Traci!  

  Here's a pic of my 3 little turkeys!    Happy Thanksgiving!

Kala and Casey: Engagement

  Here are more photos from Kala and Casey's engagement session that we had last weekend.    I'll let you in on a little secret...I think my clients may think I'm coo-coo.   Want to know why?  Well, let's see for starters just about the whole time I was shooting I was calling her "girl" and him "boy"...why you ask?  Well I guess I'm just not cool enough to operate my camera on manual AND remember names.  They put up with me though, and I even got "boy" to make an animal noise (can't tell you what) for the cute laughing smiling black and white close up.   I love it!

  Kala and Casey thanks for being so great on your shoot,  and I can't wait until May day!

Something simple, but so special.

  Today we surprised the kids at school for lunch.   I'll probably remember Abby's face forever.   The way she looked when she heard me call her name, and she hadn't even spotted me yet.   To her it was everything that we were there to have lunch.   Noah was cute too.  Carrying his little tray, and walking over toward us trying not to grin too big...such a big boy.   Sometimes the simplest things bring so much joy. 

  This weekend I got to have fun at a new location with a new couple that I hadn't met before.  Kala and Casey are high school sweethearts.    They laughed, I laughed, it was fun.   I LOVE engagement sessions.   It gave us a chance to get to know each other, talk about how they met, and plan their upcoming wedding in May at the R Ranch.    Here's just one of the many pictures we took.    We found a patch of red up on a hill, and I loved the added color.