I had so much fun working with you Elizabeth.
I had to get to these photos right away because they are all so beautiful.
I’ll have your proofing gallery up very soon,
but for now, enjoy a few sneak peaks!
I can’t wait to hear what you think!
Thanks for allowing me to capture this awesome time in your life!

She’s going to make one cute English teacher!

These last two are two of my favorites!

And EVERY snowman she sees is called Frosty.

So, we did a snowman week and SHE LOVED IT!

Here’s our week in photos!

{All the Snowman Details}

Playtime: Shaving Cream fun, pretend snow day

Learning Fun: Snowflake counting, Collecting Snowballs game

Books: Snowball Soup by Mercer Mayer, The little Snowflake by Steve Metzger, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Letter, Numbers & Shape: S, 1-10, Circle

Art Time: Snowman collage, Marshmallow snowmen, sugar cube igloo, toiletpaper tube snowmen

Activities: Computer fun, snowman cupcakes

Inspiration and Resources:
Collecting Snowballs
Snowflake count and clip
Toilet Paper Tube snowmen
Snowmen Tracer Pages
Temperature Melting Sequence Cards
Make your own snowman on the computer

Rather than just sit at my computer and read the news about Haiti.
I wanted to do my part to help out.
But my part includes you.

For any photo session that is booked from now until Friday, February 4th at noon (CST)
I will donate 50% of the session fee to LCMS World Relief and Human Care.

Your session does not have to take place this week,
you just need to get it on the calendar and pay your session fee.


If you’d like to do even more check out my family blog for info on other ways you can help.

This promotion does not include wedding photography.

Make sure to click on the camera above to see more awesome families!

Thanks Steve and Angela for letting me invade your space this morning.
Even though Grant didn’t like being cold I think we got some great photographs.
I hope that you will treasure these photographs,
and one day when Grant is over 6 feet tall like Steve you can show him where he started!

I’ve only edited a few and have a TON more to go through,
but I wanted to post a few sneak peaks for you right away…
ENJOY!!!

What makes you happy?

Lydia’s mom made her gorgeous wedding dress to look just like the one Grace Kelly wore on her wedding day.
There was one photo that Lydia had in mind that we HAD to get of her in the dress…
the photo that is widely used and recognized of Grace Kelly in her wedding dress is of her praying at the altar.
Lydia showed me the photo and I did my best to recreate the look.
To see what Grace Kelly looked like you can go here to see the cover of a book where the photo was used.
And then here is my version.
We had such a beautiful and sunny day to work with.
I was afraid that since it was the last day of December we would be stuck inside…
but I think that I forgot that I live in south Texas. (it was 70 degrees outside).

I got TONS of great photos during our two hour photo shoot…
and have just begun to edit them.
So here are some of my favorites and I’m sure I’ll be sharing more as I edit them.
Lydia loves the look of photographs from the 20’s so that is why there is a vintage look to some of them.
Enjoy! And please don’t be afraid to comment and tell me what works and what doesn’t.

I loved that she was adventerous enough to climb in the tree.
And that the light was so awesome.

Some special moments for the couple.
Caught this one on accident and it’s one of my favorites!!
I love happy accidents.
Stunning…if I may say so myself.
Can’t forget the dashing groom.
And my one of my signature shots.

Blake and Lydia, thank you so much for the fun afternoon. I can’t wait for you to see all the fun shots I got. I appreciate your willingness to climb trees, get dirty, jump around, and just be you!