senior's rock...

so this was my first senior session of the summer and we had a blast. it's crazy though, i remember being in his parent's wedding and i don't feel that old. He's quite the stud now.........  and yes, i do still think he resembles zac efron.....but sweeter. His sister is pretty great too, she helped out in babysitting the kids 1 day a week 

vbs...

so since we were in kansas the whole summer we decided to take advantage of all the local activities, meaning summer reading, two vbs's which the kids loved, two parades, two county fairs, the rodeo and swimming lessons. I was able to help in josie's class a few days in one of the vbs's. They did a project where the younger kids made their own picture frames and then put pictures of themselves in it to take home, so my niece and i had fun photographing for that, here's a few of the shots.

alpaca's

it's not every day that you get a call to photograph alpaca's, so i was really excited. they are very interesting. and this family is amazing, you can spend a minute with them and walk away inspired. they have developed their own feed that ships out all over the country, and the different uses and projects that they've made from the fiber is art.... kind of makes me want to start knitting again.

Footloose...

last summer i photographed these girls, whom i absolutely adore their personalities. So, it was a real treat this summer when their mom requested pictures but with their new little brother too. i think he and his dad might have their work cut out for them in the future!...so adorable.

Reason #42...

now this was definitely a memorable session. so, i was photographing my cousin and his beautiful, beautiful family at a small pond in town, the setting was beautiful, the kids were great, everything is perfect, right? well yes, except for the fact that i decided to wear white shorts and ended up sitting in moss....yeah...nasty. I won't even go into detail on what it looked like, well as if that wasn't bad enough, i needed to run to the store after the session....loveliness...and that would be reason #42 on why NOT to wear white shorts on a session! 

the dimples will get you...

it was sooo hot out when i photographed these boys, but they were super-troopers and not to mention very sweet with each other, which i am sure is the case all the time, right? :).....and i loved, loved, loved the dimples, i mean really, who can resist them? 

Blessed...

One thing i love about photographing is re-connecting with so many people. I think i originally met this gal at my cousin's birthday party back when i was in sixth grade or something like that. I remember thinking it was funny that we shared the same name, there weren't too many of us. I never found my name on those keychains at amusement park gift shops and if people didn't know me they were guaranteed to mis-pronounce it. I remember even writing in a pronunciation key in first grade when i entered a drawing (care-uh)....sad....very sad. Anyways, now she's married and a hip mom of two beautiful kids....so sweet! :)