~ Like mother, like daughter ~

Ashley and I have known each other for almost 10 years now... We were dancing partners way back in our younger days. :) Her little girl, Presley, is such a cutie-pa-tootie and made me laugh during the whole shoot!!! Needless to say, I think she thought I had my camera glued to my eyes too much as she tried to mimic me in the first picture! What a stinker!! Although the wind was pretty kicked up during the whole shoot, we were able to get some pretty good shots of A and P... I guess that just goes to say, that even the West Texas wind can't stop a photographer from finding "hiding" spots from the wind!!! Thanks Ash for such a fun session, I can't wait until we get together again for more fun filled memories of you and your "mini me!"

~ Brotherly love ~

Oh my GOODNESS, these two little guys are just PRECIOUS!!! And their blue eyes just made me melt, here before too long, the ladies are going to have to be beaten off with a stick! :) Darla Heinrich, the beautiful mommy of these adorable little boys, was my science teacher in high school. When she messaged me to see if I would be interested in taking photos of her two little guys, at first I was a little scared because they're so young. But I was pleasantly surprised at how well behaved they both were. Michael turned 3 and Myles turned 1 in April... Michael, being the big brother that he is was absolutely in love with airplanes, trains, motorcycles, and any other thing that made LOUD noises, some of his faces that he made were PRICELESS!!! And Myles was such a sweet, sweet little guy. He reminded me so much of my little love. Both of their smiles warmed my heart and they don't act like brothers yet, or so they didn't at the photo shoot!!! Thanks Darla for allowing me to capture the personalities of your boys... I had a blast, and I can't wait to get more of them as they continue to grow!!!

~ Love is in the air ~

I received a phone call the day before this photo shoot took place. Mrs. Stanton from my hometown, Idalou, TX, called to see if I would be available to take her son and future daughter-in-laws engagement photos!! Well of course I can, and I was so glad that I did! Bryan and Kenzy were so sweet and so in love with each other. I simply asked them to act "normal," and these are a FEW of the shots that we got! Of course, I went to school with Bryan, although he's younger than I am, so I knew him, but Kenzy I had just met, for the first time! She was such a "ham" and I loved her silly faces that she made at Bryan. Kenzy was interning at Disney World this summer, and that's where they got married. She looked stunning on her wedding day! Thank you so much for allowing me to laugh right along with y'all during y'alls photo shoot! I had a blast, and I hope to be able to capture many more memories of the two of y'all as the years progress! Best of wishes to each of you in this new journey of life...

~ Porter Belly Bump ~

Meet Amy and Derrek Porter... and their soon to be adorable little girl Miss K!!! I used to work with Amy at Covenant Medical Center and Derrek is a DJ for West Texas DJs on the weekends; therefore, with my mom's business, Elegance by Norma, we would always run into Derrek. When we put two and two together that I worked with his wife, it was easy as pie from there on out... and to top it all of he was actually the DJ at my wedding. They are such a cute couple and when Derrek graduated from college, they decided that it was time to expand their little family from 1+1=2 to 2+1=3... and here we are today! Little Miss K will have her daddy wrapped around her finger in no time... Here's to a beautiful beginning to this exciting new chapter y'all are embarking upon!! May you be blessed beyond words when Miss K arrives... 

~ The Henry Family ~

Meet Barry, Lauren, and the handsome Mr. Kaegan. Lauren and I went to high school together and she contacted me through Facebook to have some family pictures taken a couple months ago. Little did I know that I was going to fall head over heels in love with Kaegan the minute I saw him. He has the most beautiful blue eyes and his sweet smile warmed my heart so fast. He was such a good sport for his pictures. There are two sessions in this one post... the first pictures are from when Kaegan was about 8 months old (??? I'm horrible with remembering what I had for lunch yesterday, much less keeping up with dates months in the past hehe) and the second set, with his "smash the cake" photos were just after Kaegan's first birthday! I just can't say it enough, but he is such a handsome young gentleman. Barry and Lauren are so head over heels in love with him too, you can just see the joy in there eyes when they look at him... Okay, enough rambling... Hope to be getting more of this beautiful family in the near future!!!

~ Belly Love with Jess Thomann ~

Okay, this is so not fair... When I was pregnant with Truett, I looked nothing like Jess does being pregnant. She just has that perfect "basketball" belly and I was so jealous! Once again, not fair! She is such a beautiful mommy to be and she was literally glowing whenever we took these pictures. This was actually one of the first times for me to meet Jess and she is such a joy to be around. She's so full of love and laughter and every time I turned around, she was smiling.  It was an act of congress to have the opposite affect (no smiles) and get the "serious" portraits taken. Her hubby was deployed at the time we took these pictures, and I'm so looking forward to meeting Chris when he returns. I can't wait to meet Miss L and Chris in a few months...

~ Azlynn Nichole ~

Azlynn's mom, Sonya, and I go way back to high school and playing basketball together. We were not only two of the shortest players on the team, but two of the meanest to say the least hehe... Sonya called me when Azlynn was just a few weeks old (I'll have to post those at a later time), and then again when Miss Azlynn was 6 months old. Oh man is she a little toot!! Anytime I was simply talking to Azlynn, without the camera glued to my eye, she would smile at me and laugh the sweetest laugh imaginable; however, just as soon as my camera went to my eye and my finger went to the shutter button... all jokes were off and Miss Azlynn got so serious. She kept making this silly "granma" face like a little pucker face. I thought it was the sweetest thing ever, and that's what the majority of our shots turned out with!!! I can't wait to get more of this sweetie for her 1 year photos! It's been AMAZING to watch her grow and change over the last 7 months...

Here's a picture of the "granma" face that she kept making!! PRICELESS!!!