Brother & Sister

A little speechless...
After being married to Jeremy for over 6 years, and dating for 3 years prior that, I've known these two through Jeremy's family for most of their lives.  The thing that I don't understand is how they got to be so grown up, so quickly.  Looking at these pictures leave me in shock, just a little.  I don't understand where all of that time left.  When their mom called me to schedule this session, I knew I didn't want to do standard "cutesie" portraits of them. To reflect how grown up they are, I wanted some shots with a little edge to them.  I think I accomplished this, and made myself feel way too old in the process!

So here you are!  My grown up little friends Charlsie & Chucky...


One of my favorites of the day!



Wrestling around...as usual :)



Fell in love with this one...I remember when these two were just preschoolers!

Sometimes the sunlight can just fall so perfectly for a picture..this is one of those times!





My favorite of Charlsie from the day!

Out of all of the pictures I've taken, this one probably has the prettiest bokeh in the background ever!!  I was so excited when I saw it!

Charlsie here, channeling her inner flower child. LOVE IT!

Favorite of Chucky...BTW, you look 18 here!



Another favorite..A little something different!



Kids & Summer

Ok, I admit it....I'm really behind on blogging.  This Summer has offered a little bit of everything in the way of being busy. We've had some really great sessions,  a few weeks of hard core home renovations, an unexpected visit from some appraisers with the State Road, and now Alyssa's in Kindergarten and just finished up her second ballet recital two weekends ago.  We were so proud!...and tired.   I'm working on getting my permit to be a substitute teacher in my free time...I'll let you know when I find my free time, btw!  Don't worry, I'm still doing pictures too! 

Here are two pictures this proud momma has to post before we move on to business news!

Alyssa's 1st day of Kindergarten!

Alyssa's 2nd ballet recital (Dancing to Swan Lake)

Because I'm so terribly behind in blogging I'm going to do something I usually don't do...Combine different shoots into one blog.  Terrible of me, I know. 

Today's blog is focusing on two shoots I did in one day this Summer. 

The first session was for the Clevinger family.  I've known Mom Clevinger for about 14 years.  We sat next to each other during Homeroom in High School and have kept in touch via the Internet for the past couple of years.  I've watched her family grow in wonderful and exciting ways in a very short amount of time.  Since mid-2007 I've read her blogs about adoption. Through reading these entries I've laughed along with her, cried along with her and was so incredibly happy for her the day that she finally held her son in her arms miles and miles away from home.  I continued on her adoption journey via blogs and status updates as she went back to Ethiopia to bring her daughter home in early 2009.  A few months later came child #3.  The day we did this session I told Lindsey, then expecting baby  #4, that I felt like I knew each one of her children personally through all of the posts and updates that I've read about them over the years.  I was so happy and excited to finally meet these precious children in person!

On to the pictures....

Love this one.  Little Pyper kept her balance very well considering she was not yet hardly 1.

Youngest to oldest, meet these 3 wonderful children!

Look how sparkly Pyper's eyes are!

Ian has the most handsome smile.  It's contagious!

My bets are on Cecily to be a model one day!  She's gorgeous!


And here are some of the fun shots from the day!

A smiling, happy Ian who's Momma was tickling him!

Here's a beautiful wobbly legged Pyper in her tutu in honor of her 1st birthday that was right around the corner!

And the last frame of the day.  Cecily turned around with Pyper's tutu on her head and smiled.  So cute!  And I love that you can see a little of the entire family behind her!  The end to a fantastic session!

Lindsey you're kids are so adorable.  I can't wait to one day meet baby Cruz!

And then it was off to the park for a triple birthday party & more picture taking fun! 

Meet the Parsons family!  Toni & Jeremy are incredibly lucky to have 3 beautiful kids whose birthdays all fall within the same time period!  That means they get to throw one big ole' birthday party for all three!  It was a SUPER FUN EVENT!  I've known Toni for a long time too.  I graduated High School with her sister Kim and we remained friends throughout college.  Toni & Jeremy's wedding is one of the few weddings I went to with (my husband Jeremy)  before we actually got into the wedding photography business. 

A quick family picture taken at the end of the party..

This party was great. There were 3 themes!  (Ben 10 for Maddox, Hello Kitty for Allara, and Dr. Seuss for Lincoln)!   The kids even had a magician and balloon creation specialist keeping everyone entertained!

Here's a great one of big brother watching the magician pull a dollar out of an orange...How'd that get in there?

Do not stand close to this pinata!  Sister had a good swing!

The balloons were a big hit!  I think sister Allara had a sword here.

When it was candle blowing out time we were in a major hurry to get this party wrapped up.  The heat from the day had brewed up a terrible storm and the clouds were moving in.  Luckily, the rain held off and we got all of the activities for the party knocked out.

I wonder what he thought about eating cake!  He sure did pucker! lol

Love this one!

Everyone got a little messy for this picture, but it was all in good fun!

Location:  Pikeville City Park
Magic & Balloon Creation:  Magic of Ricky
Main Birthday Cake: Robin's Cakes


Thank you to both the Clevinger family & the Parsons family for allowing me to continue to be a part of your lives.  Working with your children, (all 6 of them) was so much fun.