Beach Session Special!

Several of my clients have shown interest in beach sessions. I've been working on something for those of you who want some fun pics taken in the sand! During the weekend of August 21-23, I'll be in South Ponte Vedra with my family. On Saturday and Sunday, I'll be holding beach sessions for anyone interested! The best part is that I'll already be there and you won't have to pay extra for my travel! If you want me to photograph your family on beautiful Vilano Beach, comment on this post or email me directly! We'll finalize all the details once I know which day you prefer. I'm so excited and can't wait for your session!!!

Go Shorty, it's Your Birthday!

The thing about my birthday, is we celebrate it ALL MONTH! Okay... mostly because so many other people have their birthday in July too. But I prefer to think it's all for me. You know... just like the fireworks. My birthday is the 4th of July, so naturally the fireworks are for me, right? Well, on Shawn's side of the family, we celebrate more then just my birthday. Here's the breakdown... Dorri (Shawn's aunt)- June 30th (Being the day before July, we count it as a July Bday) ME! - July 4th Peggy (Shawn's mom) - July 12th Amber (Shawn's neice) - July 16th (also my Aunt Julie's birthday) Carolyn (Shawn's Stepmom) - July 19th Samantha (Shawn's neice) - July 21st Grandma Smith (Shawn's grandmother) - July 26th Get the idea? Anyway... the local Birthday Girls were taken out by Chastity and Dawna for a fabulous day! We first started out at Dawna's house with mimosas. Then, Marcus (Amber's hubby) was our chauffeur and drove us around town. For lunch we went to the Wine and Cheese Gallery and had the yummiest wine, cheese, fruit and sandwiches!

There is never a dull moment with us.

Add some wine and we'll REALLY talk!

After lunch, we were taken to Grand Nails for pedicures! Fabulous!!! They are so sweet there and they always do a great job. After that, we went over to Peggy's house for dinner for an amazing dinner. It was such a wonderful day that we decided to do it every year to celebrate all of our birthdays!

From left to right - Dorri (Shawn's mom's sister), Amber (Shawn's sister's older daughter), moi, Peggy (Shawn's mom), and Samantha (Shawn's sister's younger daughter)

Peggy and Samantha

Nana (Shawn's mom's mom) and Dawna (Shawn's sister).

This was Nana's VERY FIRST PEDICURE!!!

Chastity (Shawn's brother's wife).

This was NOT her very first pedicure! ;)

Check out my perfect little toes! You have to admit, they look pretty spectacular! The ladies at Grand Nail are fabulous!

I am so blessed to have such wonderful in-laws. I love them so much and value our family bond as well as our friendships. Love you girls!!!

On my actual birthday, I had a photo session with an old friend. (Stay tuned for my post of this fun session!) I came home to red, white and blue cupcakes with two candles -- a 3 and a 1. I LOVE my husband for this! Actually, it was an honest mistake (or denial) because he thought it was still 32. And if he was still 32, then I was turning 31. Sorry, honey, you are 33 and I'm 32. Still, it was nice! Brady Bug was so proud!

Then, we went over to a friend's house for a cookout and swimming. More cupcakes!!! Check out the boys chowing down on these!





How adorable!!!!!

THEN... later in the month, my friend and PHENOMENAL photographer, Kenny Kim came into town to visit me...just to wish me a Happy Birthday! I'm telling you, photographers are great people! Well... that's not entirely true. Photographers are great people, but Kenny didn't come just to visit me. He was actually in Orlando for a convention and then came up to Gainesville to visit some friends. He invited me out to dinner with them and we had a great time hanging out and talking (in between the times I had to get Brayden to sit back down at the table). I'll be seeing Kenny again in September for David Jay's Freedom to Succeed Tour. Needless to say, I'll be able to actually hold a conversation with him since Bray Man won't be with me.

Davis

You've heard the saying, "All boy?" Well, Davis is just that! I met his parents, Kim and Geoff, through some mini-sessions I held for our local MOPS group. We have become great friends and I'm just so glad to know them. Here are some things about Davis... He LOVES his John Deere tractor. He LOVES Lightning McQueen - any race cars, for that matter. He LOVES to talk to you about tractors and cars. And he LOVES their pets. He has the cutest little southern accent and I truly LOVE having conversations with him.

Although this post is a bit past due (I won't say how long), I just had to share his pics with you. In fact, several of them are on my website. Aren't they just the cutest family? If you met them, you'd agree that they are the sweetest too. Thanks for letting me spend time with y'all!

Beachy-keen!

Something beachy is in the works for next month... STAY TUNED!!!

Vacation!!!

I am taking a vacation! We haven't had one in quite a while (over a year!) so I decided to make it happen this summer. The only stinky thing is that Shawn can't come too. :( He's stuck at work. But Brayden and I will try to have fun with out him. We're heading down to West Palm to visit my sister-in-law and her family. Remember Brayden's cousins? That's who we are going to visit. I'm so looking forward to days filled with boat rides, beach visits and just RELAXING!!! Although I won't be working while I'm down there (well, except for a session I'm doing for Chas and her family), I will check my email. Just know that I may or may not be able to get back with you, depending on the content of the message. I will try to post some pictures too. :)

I hope y'all have a great week! I'll be back Friday will plenty of pics to share. I also have a number of sessions I've done in the past couple weeks that I need to post too. So stay tuned for those! Until then, here's a sneak peek at a session I did with my friend's twin baby girls.

Piper & Phoebe

I am sooooo excited to announce the birth of Piper and Phoebe!!! Sarah delivered them Monday and I got to see them just several hours old! I was originally going to be there and capture her birth story, but with twins they require you deliver in the OR with only ONE person (her sweet hubby, Hank, of course!). So I waited at home until she called. They are just precious and so very tiny! They look like perfect little babydolls. Piper is the one with the pink bow and Phoebe has the purple bow. Isn't that the cutest? Anyway... I came with camera in tow and snapped some shots for them. And what are baby pics without a slideshow to sweet music???