MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT SILHOUETTES........

I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF PHOTOGRAPHING SOME AMAZING KIDS THIS VACATION! SOPHIE IS A NATURAL BEAUTY, AND IT'S NOT JUST SKIN-DEEP. IF POSSIBLE, THE INSIDES ARE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE OUT! SHE IS TOTALLY ON MY VERY SHORT LIST OF BRIDES FOR ANY OF MY SONS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. ALEAH IS ABSOLUTELY BURSTING WITH FUN AND BUBBLING OVER WITH ENERGY. WHEN THE CAMERA IS ON...SO IS SHE! SHE WAS UP FOR ANYTHING, WHICH IS REALLY UNUSUAL AT 11 YEARS OLD. WE HAD A BLAST WITH HER! BABY OLIVER WAS A PRECIOUS 3 MONTH OLD, THAT I WISHED COULD STAY WITH ME FOREVER! HE WAS SO SWEET, AND VERY COMPLIANT....UNTIL I HAD HER PERCHED ON HIS TUMMY WITH HIS HANDS HOLDING HIS HEAD UP....HE WAS PATIENT WITH ME FOR A FEW SHOTS, THEN HAD HAD ENOUGH! HIS FIRST-TIME MAMA WAS LOVING AND CALM, IN LIEU OF HER DIET BEING EXTREMELY LIMITED TO ROUGHLY 4 ITEMS (YES, I SAID 4!), DUE TO OLIVER'S ALLERGIES.....NOW THAT'S LOVE! NONNIE WAS THERE WITH OLIVER TOO -- SHE'S A FAVORITE OF MINE. WHAT A GREAT DAY ALL AROUND!

this one is for Joe at Dynasty Models.......

there is nothing like holding your grandmother's hand.  when gerbabe grabbed julia's hand today,  it brought back wonderful memories of my grandmother's death.   sounds funny, i know -- but it was her last gift to us, and it was a beauty!  her life lasted 92 years (i hope that's right, or she'll be coming back to get me!), and then gathered us all around (minus diane -- sorry sissy), to show us a graceful and welcome death from this life....and birth into the next life with her Lord and Savior.    gram's legacy, without a doubt, was her love for Jesus.  i know she's still working on each and everyone of us still......5 children.....10 grandchildren.....many many grandchildren (thanks mostly to missy and me - 11 between the 2 of us!)...and now great grandchildren, that she probably cuddled and loved prior to their arrival here on earth!

all that -- from something as simple as a grandmother's hand.  it's in the simple things minus all the clutter of the day, that we can feel the touch of God's hand.

...By the way FOR THE CLIENTS!

new Valentine templates available!  if you had a session any time during 2008, and would like to use your photos for Valentine cards, drop me an email!   

NEW CLIENTS -- there's still time!  the last day for orders is February 5th.

another good day ~