photo challenge | hugs & kisses

Friday night saw me helping a very excited Weslea get ready to attend her last Father-Daughter Sweetheart Dance with her daddy. In years past I have attended the dances myself as the photographer (and have so many photos of the memories here, here, here and here).  This year was different though as my boys were [...]

photo challenge | hearts

Pin It This past week I had the pleasure of photographing a lifestyle session for this wonderful family as part of a new endeavor I’m embarking on with Spirit of Faith Adoptions, an amazing organization that helps connect birth mothers and potential adoptive families here in Ohio.   One of their staff members attends my church [...]

photo challenge | oh so silly!

Pin It With four crazy kids, it’s pretty darn easy to capture an “oh so silly” photo around here. Enter your silly themed photo into the I Heart Faces photo challenge this week.   As co-founder of I Heart Faces I can’t win any of the challenges, but I love to use them as a way [...]

photo challenge | by the book

Pin It It seems like any time I need to find Weslea, I can go into her room and find her cuddled up with the newest book she is reading.  She uses her birthday money to buy books, she gives me big-puppy-dog-eyes in stores so that I’ll buy her the newest book she’s been eyeing [...]

at the carousel {family session}

A couple of months ago I blogged about the gorgeous photos Jessica Paige from One Willow Presets captured of my large extended family. Today’s post will be the opposite…I’m going to share a few photos that my sister and I had the pleasure of capturing for Jess’s beautiful family! Pin It For the first part [...]

meet ollie | our “elf on the shelf”

Pin It Does “Elf on the Shelf” visit your home? This was the first year that he made an appearance at our home and we are having a blast getting to know Ollie and seeing what antics he’s been up to after we wake up each morning. The evening we set up our Christmas tree [...]