Monthly Archives: November 2016

First Came Giggles….

She was one of my newborns this year. And I have had the pleasure of photographing some of the most amazing newborns this year. She giggled. It wasn’t gas. It was a giggle and she was only a few days old. And now…..she smiles.  And sticks her tongue out at me. But she mostly smiles. And...

Non Traditional

My Aunt Debbie used to say during some of my holiday meals “well… this is non-traditional.” Mostly at times when I would serve butter and garlic covered shrimp with my pork tenderloin for Easter. I like to push the envelope that way sometimes. I’ve been struggling with traditions lately. Because traditions change. All the time....

Feels Like Home….

On my grandparents farm, they used to have a blue heeler dog named Peanuts. I’m pretty sure that dog lived to be 300 years old. It was around the farm a long long time, and I always knew I was getting close to the farm when that dog would find us on the highway and...

A Couple Things Happened

I have had pretty much everything happen to me during photos shoots with little ones. Little ones can’t control much of anything, and I am at their mercy. But it isn’t often that you get to watch a baby get up on his knees and crawl for the first time, right as you are shooting. And...

I Choose…

happy. That was my choice yesterday and it is still my choice today. The below photo was the first picture I took today.   After I  got out of bed, read the news and drank some coffee….I  put on my red white and blue clothes and walked out into the beautiful sun of an unusually...