The New Mr. and Mrs.

Congratulations to my little sister and her new husband, who got married this past weekend! My sister is now a Mrs.! Wow!

Little Lincoln

This little baby was such a sweetheart. He is only 4 months old, but responded to his mom and dad like he was 6 or 7 months old!


We did have to take a bottle break...love it when the dad just jumps in and starts taking care of his little one!




Lincoln's eyes and overalls were the same color blue!

Loved this sweet little outfit!

What a kind family and such caring parents! They obviously love this little guy to the moon and back! All children should be as adored!  

Darling Drew

This little cutie won my heart the moment he got out of his car. And when I found out we share a birthday, I was even more smitten!

He is obviously adored by his mom and dad...

I love this "deep in thought" look!

Dana, thank you so much for asking me to photograph your family! What a sweet little boy you guys have!

Fall Mini-Shoot Previews!

Today I hosted my first mini-sessions and low and behold, despite incredible winds and constant rain this week, we had decent weather! Thank you everyone, for allowing me to photograph your children! I can't wait to finish editing all these photos so I can share them with you!

My Own Family Photos: Country Style

The last time we had a family photo done was when my son and daughter were 2...nearly 2.5 years ago. We had our pictures taken at a local inexpensive assembly-line studio, before I began my foray into photography. The pictures were fine, but needed to be updated. I set aside a Sunday in October to drive the 60 or so miles home to my parent's house, and we were very fortunate to have wonderful, blue skies and golden sunshine! My step-dad took all of the family photos. He is the one who got me interested in photography, and he had my camera and his around his neck and was snapping away! Didn't he do a great job? This location was 3 miles down the road near a covered bridge and a horse farm. I can't even tell you how much I wish we lived closer to such gorgeous scenery!

Favorite Images From Our California Vacation

My family and I just returned from a 9 day trip to Orange County, California to visit my husband's family. We had a wonderful time together, and I thought I would post some of my favorite trip photos.

This is probably the best photo we got of the 5 cousins together. Shortly after this photo was taken, Faith lost her cool because her feet were getting wet and grassy (I gave her grace because she was recovering from the stomach flu), and Jonathan began showing his affection a little to aggressively to baby Claire and was nearly knocking her down!


My spunky girl, who told me in the car that she would do a beautiful smile for me, which in her opinion, most definitely did not involve showing her teeth!


The very last photo of the 4 biggest cousins before we said our good-bye's.


Beautiful Megan, looking serene atop a pony!


This one show's her teeth! We were goofing around playing peek-a-boo to get a real smile out of her.


Handsome Steven, the eldest of the 5 cousins.


Faith and her daddy (my hubby) playing a game in the pool that would terrify me! I am such a wimp around water!

And last but not least, a parting shot of Jonathan! He has his daddy's expressive eyebrows and made of series of funny faces at me when he saw that I was photographing him with my zoom lens!