This first photo… Everthing in it…. is them. And how do I know that? Because I’ve been photographing them for sooo many years, that I know the little one with his eyes covered, will cover something on his face 90% of the time. The oldest will try to make one of the little ones giggle...
My friend wrote something about me a couple weeks ago… “Some time ago, God put this awesome woman in my life. She’s wicked talented and crazy adventurous! She has spent many, many hours capturing our crazy family as we grow and change.” ….. it made me very, very teary. And very, very thankful to have...
She was a show stealer this year. She has spunk. And fire. I love that about little girls. And he was quiet and a bit reserved and always a bit nervous but anxious to talk. I love that about boys. And their parents… they have their hands full, and full schedules and they are living...
This… this is how it starts. Before all the running around. Before all the practices and school and homework. And I know sometimes is may seem like these days, at home, are long… they aren’t. Not really. The first time I photographed her, she was graduating from college. And now, some years later… she’s married....
I have to confess…. I listen to the Peanuts song on the first day of school every year. I have it playing throughout the house. It brings a smile to my face to think of Charlie Brown in the classroom and the school teacher talking in the inaudible voice and his love for the little...