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.

Could they be any cuter!?

I graduated high-school with Tara and she grew up to have the cutest little family.
We got to catch up while Gavin finished up his nap, and
when he woke up, he was in a beautiful mood.
He is adorable and was all smiles. He flirted with me the whole time!


I love when a client finds a cool backdrop for our photo shoot, and Tara was no exception. She scoped out a beautiful barn, and we knocked on the door of the nearest home to ask permission to be on this property. Thankfully, we were granted access.



Thanks Tara, Steven, and Gavin for a beautiful afternoon!

busy busy

I've been staying busy with family and kid sessions this week. I love it! I've slowly been adding pictures to the galleries on our website too.

Here is Julianne. This picture of her makes me smile every time I see it!

Nashville

I had so much fun hanging out in downtown Nashville with Suzanne who was a bridesmaid in Kelli and Jeremy's wedding.
We had so much fun talking and window shopping. It's sad that being somewhere like that makes me so giddy.
Maybe I don't get out much.


My buddy Elvis.



This was the "Batman Building". From the side it resembles Batman a bit, but I liked this side better.

and....a dog named Emma.