12.30.2012

Brother and Sister College Grads!

Whoop for Aggie graduation!  I was honored to photograph Miss Ashley as she graduated from Texas A&M this month, and also her brother Sam who graduated from Texas Tech in May.  Their parents were thrilled to have two college grads, especially in the same year.  And they both have jobs!  We did their portrait session on graduation day at the Texas A&M Alumni Center (had to use the ginormous Aggie ring!!).








Brother and sister grads!


Proud parents representing the maroon and red well!


What's up with this?  Why does mom get all the love? :)













11.18.2012

Ryan and Jan - Save the Date!

This was a fun and mini portrait session for Ryan and Jan's Save the Dates!  They are getting married in June and I have had the joy of having Jan in my Bible study group this semester.  We did a quick session at the neighborhood park by my house while my children played on the playground ... not how I typically shoot a portrait session but it was the only opportunity we all had that we weren't busy.  Considering the circumstances I think they turned out great because Ryan and Jan were so fun and totally adorable. :)









 Dance for me = cuteness!





My favorite!







Super stealth save the date!











11.06.2012

Six Years of Mikayla!

The Barwick family has trusted me to capture some of their most treasured moments since early 2007 when I began photographing their sweet daughter Mikayla.  It has been such a blessing to watch her grow and see her little personality develop!  Here's a sampling of some portraits of Mikayla over the years and her latest session in her dance costumes taken in July 2012! 

(and it's fun to see my technical skill and style develop over the last six years too!)


February 2007


July 2007


November 2007


July 2008


September 2009


November 2009


May 2010


June 2011




All the portraits below were taken in July 2012, right before Mikayla's sixth birthday, in her super fun dance costumes!  
She's growing up fast!


























9.25.2012

Adyson turns One!

I love meeting new families through having the honor of photographing them, and the Greens were a treat to be around for their sweet daughter Adyson's first birthday pictures!  Her mom Monica chose a precious outfit and I love how you can see Adyson's sweet little toes in so many of them.  Adyson's big brother Jaxson jumped in a few as well, and what a little ham!  He's a 2nd grader and we had fun together ... he reminded me of my 2nd grader, Paxson!



Such as sweet little punkin. :)





I love the lighting on her sweet face, and how her hair is sticking up just a wee bit!





Already taking care of his little sister, something he'll be doing for many years to come.  So sweet.



One of mine and mom's favorites.  What gorgeous kids!





Jaxson looks kind of like a teenager here, but he's only in 2nd grade.  So handsome!



 LOVE. That's what it looks like. :)







Don't you just want to eat her up she's so scrumptious!  Adyson, you are the cutest!!!



Mom says this is the face she gets when he doesn't want to do something.  I see this face quite often at my house as well!



Dude.





Can you guess what I asked him to do here?  "Give me the face you make when you get a new huge Lego set!"



She didn't like this chair much.  Don't worry, we rescued her a few seconds later.  This is when you know your sweet little subject is D.O.N.E.!