Happy Thanksgiving!

I have so much to be thankful for, and I'll post some pictures of my family soon, but for today, here's a beautiful family full of red heads.
This is one of my best friends, Dana and her family. We talk on the phone almost every day. If we talk under 36 minutes, I know it must be a busy day. Sometimes I don't know how she does it with all her boys. My favorite thing I've ever heard her say to her boys while we were on the phone was, "NO...Don't ride on the cat!" She's really such a great and inspiring mom. She spends so much of her time making sure they're happy and balanced, and I think it shows.
They're such a beautiful and fun family.

Here's Benjamin. (Doesn't he look so "Blue Steel" here?!)




And this is Tyler, he's so cute and has a great sense of humor! (Grady is equally cute. He didn't get a solo moment in this series, but don't worry, I'll be sure to capture one of his beautiful smiles next time.)









Thanks Burns family for all your love and support, and for letting me take your family photos. I love you!
Happy Thanksgiving!

marshmallows

This is another one of my beautiful sister-in-laws, Carolyn and her family. They came all the way from Hawaii for a visit and to celebrate the holidays with Nathan's huge family. Before we had the big Thanksgiving get-together, we used Diana's colorful yard and then headed to the park in Fayetteville for some family pictures. Carolyn is such a great mom. When all else failed, she pulled the classic, "I have a marshmallow in my pocket..." it made Rumi smile, and it made my job much easier. When he realized the marshmallows were actually at home and not in her pocket....well, we all just had a juice box instead. I had so much fun chasing Rumi around. This family is so gorgeous!











Thank you Carolyn, Darren, and especially Rumi for letting me take your pictures!

early Thanksgiving bliss....

This Saturday, we had an early Lowery Thanksgiving. Nathan's 10 of the 12 siblings were in attendance. We had a lot of fun eating, watching the girls put on a magic show, and listening to Darren play the ukulele.
I have a few more pictures to share of Carolyn, Darren, and Rumi who were in from Hawaii. I was lucky enough to get to take their family pictures. I'll share some soon. Happy early Thanksgiving!



(Our view from the lodge.)

She's growing up!

Lately Emma has been exhibiting teenage-like behavior.
She's been saying things like, "MOM, that's not even what I said."

However, the other day she did say something very cute.
"I'm going to have 13 boyfriends when I grow up."
I told her I thought that was too many so she changed
her goal to 10. Then we asked her how many husbands
and children she was going to have. Her numbers were
something like 86 and 58. So, I asked her how she was
going to cook for all her husbands. She thought for a
quick moment and said,
"I'll just have my 10 boyfriends help me."






These were taken on a dress-up day earlier this year. She was in a very dramatic mood. Nathan thinks she watches too much of the afternoon Disney Channel......I'm starting to agree.

a cute belly

Just a reminder that I do all sorts of photography, from engagements, weddings, personal, pregnancy, birth photos, babies, kids, families, to pets.
This is baby Fenton...well, still growing.
Thanks Rebecca for letting me be your first photographer!
(Bellies are my favorites!)

good girls

I had a lovely Sunday morning with Tamara and her girls. They're sending their Dad some pictures of them to keep him company while he is away starting his new job and waiting on them to finish up the school year and join him.

I love little Rylee. She humored me and my corny jokes and kept me smiling.



And Sydney is so beautiful and kept a smile on her face the whole time even though she was feeling a little under-the-weather.

Part of my stratagy for getting "just a couple more" shots is to bribe the kids with this. "When we're finished, you can take a picture too!" Sometimes it works, but rarely does the picture turn out to be great! Kuddos Riley!

Thanks Tamera for sharing your girls and their fantastic smiles with me!

An Engagement.

Last week I got to spend some time with Stacy and her fiance. She's getting married next year which is coming up pretty fast!
We took a stroll around the Roger's square and had to be careful to avoid a few other photographers who had the same great ideas that we did. I had a lot of fun though, and Stacy looked so happy with Stephen.
Congratulations! I can't wait to shoot your wedding.






Good DNA

So maybe I'm a little partial, but I think these Lowery boys make the most beautiful children.
This is one of Nathan's 6 brothers, Eric and his lovely family.



I'm sure Trista had something to do with this too.....




And Emily...she just can't escape the Lowery eyes.
She's so beautiful. (makes me a little nervous for her teenage years, but luckily she's a smart girl!)


trick or treat!

Pizza, a quick pumkin carving, a last minute costume for mom, green makeup on everything, some impatience, and lots of candy.....it wouldn't be Halloween if it wasn't hectic.

I know this is a little after-the-fact, but we've been busy the last couple of days.