Celebrating Family: Atlanta Portrait Session

Regina had it all planned out...not only would this be a great way to celebrate Mother's Day for her, her little sister and her Mom...but her parents (Gene & Betty...aka Papa & Nana) also have an anniversary coming up...40 years- Wow!!!
Regina, Robert and Aidan are already like family to me so I was excited to meet the rest of the clan... and have two more boys to throw into the mix :) Oh, what fun we had! Within the first few shots I new that Brody and Logan were going to keep us all on our toes- and they did!

Little Aidan is just so darn cute and sweet, I can not believe how fast he is growing. It's amazing at how fast the time flies by and it's nice to be able to freeze a few moments so at least in a photograph time will stand still.
We wrapped up with the kids having fun snuggling up to Nana and Papa...I thought Aidan was going to check out and be done for the morning, but after a fun break with Daddy he tolerated a few more :)
Robert, Regina and Aidan- thank you so very much for inviting me to capture all these wonderful moments of you and your family. I love you all very much and all our time together!Nana, Papa, Karen, Richard, Brody and Logan thank you also for a great time and lots of fun. I hope you all had a Mother's Day to remember!

A New Twist on Mother's Day!

This Mother's Day was a first for me- I was away from the boys and my wonderful husband. Because of so many activities at different locations unfortunately Adam and I had to divide and conquer... Hudson had a T-Ball game, We had 2 birthday parties (one in Florida and another in Atlanta) and I had a family session scheduled in Atlanta...so, he took the boys and the Florida events and I took Micheli on her first road trip (and Grami came along, too!)

Though I was not with my whole family for Mother's Day, I was with my new baby girl, mom and big sister so we decided to make the most of our celebration :)

Saturday was sunny with a gentle breeze- just beautiful for Riley's baseball game in the morning and Reese's 5th birthday party that afternoon (more to come on that!) We enjoyed most of the day outside and when Micheli enjoyed being pampered from every directions, at one time there may have been a waiting list to hold her- ha!

Sunday started with a wonderful family session with a family that is so dear to my heart (more coming on that, too!). Before I left the house I had asked Mom and April to be ready when I got back for a little family session of our own. I wanted to make the most of our time together and for the first time in a long time we were able to get some pictures together and with mom...though we where missing our sister and brother :(

Usually the kids take precedence over the adults and those are the ones who we make a huge effort to take tons of pictures of, but these images are so very special to me! I am so thankful that we took the time to laugh, play and reflect with each other. Micheli took an extra long nap so we where able to really have a great time together- mom and April, love you sooo much!!!After the three of us enjoyed all our fun photo time we shifted the focus onto Mom :)
She needed to relax and just enjoy having her picture taken, so naturally April and I became the instant entertainment. We brought back the running man, sprinkler and twist...sending mom into mini fits of laughter. Though we where all having a great time, we secretly hoped none of the neighbors would see our mad dance skilzzz- ha!I loved seeing mom laugh and just smile so much- she is so beautiful and shines in every image. I am thankful that we were able to give her such a wonderful Mother's Day and so many great memories!

I think we may have created a new tradition...HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Happy Mother's Day: A Special Portrait Session

As Mother's Day approaches most of us are thinking more and more about our wonderful mothers- Those we appreciate so much, yet we all get so very busy with our day to day lives that often we simply forget to take those special moments to let these great women know how very much they are loved.

Hope and Missy had just that in mind when they scheduled this very special session to surprise their Grandmother with pictures of all the Great-Grandchildren. What a special and unique way to celebrate family!

In addition to working with a great bunch of kids, I was also excited to see and photograph Brayden again :) It's hard to believe he'll be turning two soon- it seems like it was only a little while ago we spent a morning at the park celebrating his first birthday (we had a special session with him after and just wait until you see some more of this cutie pie!). He and his cousins where just a joy to work with and warmed up to the camera pretty quickly...
Open fields, old barns and a ton of laughter was the perfect combination for capturing the simpleness of youth and creating fun memories the kids would always share.
It was actually drizzling a bit when the first few images where taken but we did not let the rain stall our plans- the kids where on a roll and having such a great time. We wrapped up with plenty of sunshine and sore cheeks from smiling and laughing so much! This shot was the last with just the kiddos having fun and making silly faces :)
I am so thankful not only for wonderful clients like Hope and Missy that are so loyal and loving but also treat me as family...

And in preparing to celebrate this Mother's Day am also thankful for not only my mother, but all the mother's and influential women out there who work so hard to raise, encourage and mold children to reach their full potential! Thank you moms and thank you Hope and Missy for kicking off this Mother's Day week in such a sweet and amazing way!