Mike & Cyon

Yesterday morning, I headed down to Yorktown Beach to do a maternity session for Mike & Cyon. The day could not have been any more perfect! The love between Mike & Cyon is beautiful. I have only spent a few hours with them but I trust that they will make great parents for their upcoming addition. I loved how playful they were with each other. And the way they look at each other.... W.O.W!!!!!!!!! Cyon is one HOTT MAMA!

*** And special thanks to Jessica with Simply Serendipity Photography who also captured the morning too. She was fantastic and did all the posing! You can view her photos from the morning here: Simply Serendipity Photography FB Fanpage***

Mike & Cyon,

Congratulations on this new adventure in your life! Thank you so much for allowing me to come along and capture this special time. I look forward to meeting your new little guy once he makes his debut. I'll be praying for a safe, healthy, and *pain free* delivery. :)

-Jenna-

I have known Jenna since she was in her mother's womb. I spent half of my childhood at her house hanging out with her older sister, Nikki. Their family is my second family. I love them!!!!

And it completely blows my mind that Jenna is graduating from high school. I mean, I remember my "other parents" coming over to my house, standing in the living room, telling us that they were going to have a baby. Nikki and I thought it was the coolest thing!

This is a bit embarrassing but (please forgive me for telling this story, Nikki!!) Nikki and I would stand out at the bus stop and plot out a game plan if for some reason we had to take Jenna to school with us. As if Mama Christi would actually leave Jenna at home! We would figure out what classes we had when and decide who would get to take Jenna for each class. How silly we were!!

But all of this silliness aside, I had the pleasure of capturing Jenna's Senior Portraits. I was so excited to do this!! And Jenna was and is a rockstar!

Jenna~ You are smart. You are loving. You are beautiful. And you are full of life. You are going to go far in life. May you be blessed as you prepare to take on the world. <3

Max & Deanna

I had the most fun I think I have ever had on a photo shoot tonight! My 16 year old niece, Deanna, asked me to take pictures of her and her date for their Ring Dance. I was super excited! Deanna and her BFF, Max, are so fun! I'm surprised I was able to take any pictures at all because they had me laughing so much. :)

Deanna & Max- Thank you so much for letting me come share in your memories in the making. I had such fun! I hope you enjoy your images. <3

Jackson & Layton

You meet people throughout your life. You meet people at school. You meet people at your workplace. You meet people where you live. You meet people at church. Some people are there just for a season. And others stick around.

Let me just say that I am horrible at keeping up communication. If it weren't for Facebook, I wouldn't have talked to 99% of the people I grew up and went to school with. But I have this friend that I met while we both worked at a local bookstore. We would work together every Saturday night. We had a blast! We would hurry and do all of our work so that we could just sit back and catch up on each others lives. She was in college and I was planning my wedding. So we both always had lots to tell each other. Well, we both moved on to other jobs. But every few months I would get a phone call from my friend and we'd catch up. My friend eventually married and had a baby. I went to see her a couple months after her little boy was born. I had just gotten my first DSLR and carried it with me everywhere I went. I took it out and snapped a few shots. I emailed them to my friend. Next thing I know she is telling me that she wants me to come take pictures of her son every month for the first year of his life. And she wants to pay me!! Holy cow!

I owe a huge thank you to my friend who trusted me and encouraged me. Thank you so much for giving me the push I needed.

And I am thrilled that she has had her second child! So here are some pictures of today's shoot of Jackson (big brother) & Layton (little brother).

I'm on a budget.

The title of this post is not completely accurate. If I were being honest, it should read I should be on a budget. I am a huge fan of Dave Ramsey. And I've just started listening to his Financial Peace University. And I listen to his podcast every chance I get. I know what I need to do I just haven't done it yet. But I will do it. Soon.
Tonight, I had the privilege of celebrating my cousin-in-laws birthday. I wasn't really sure what to do about a gift for him because I really didn't have the funds to put into one. (Because I really need to be on a budget!)So I had to get creative...
A few weeks ago, I had done a photo shoot for him and his family. I am proud to say that he is a member of the United States Navy. Later this year he is being deployed. So... I decided to make a slide show for him that he could watch whenever he got to missing his wife and kids. About half of the photos are ones I shot a few weeks ago and the others I borrowed from my cousin.
*Thank you Mary for recommending the song selections!
In My Life- The Beatles
Better Together- Jack Johnson

Enjoy!

Fun Giveaway!!

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James Alibi -- Big Noise Concert 2010 --

I have to brag a bit. I have the privilege of being married to a wonderful man of God. And God has blessed him with an incredible talent. He is the lead singer of a band called James Alibi. Last night, a very talented group of musicians came together to worship God. He was pretty cool. :) Three bands played: Beautiful Discord, James Alibi, and Day Of Grace. A fourth band, Zeteo Pneuma, was suppose to play as well. But as I understand it two of the band members are in the Navy and they were called to duty at the last minute. Mike, from Zeteo Pneuma, put the entire evening together and he did a fabulous job.

Okay. So back to my bragging. My incredibly talent husband. Here are some of the pictures I snagged during their set last night...

This is I think one of my favorite captures ever!

I love this one too. With James singing his head off and Wade just loving it!
James Alibi. Curtis, Kevin, James, and Wade.

All the bands gathered on stage to lead everyone in Amazing Love.

It was beautiful.

Thank you to all that were there last night supporting all of the bands. It is amazing to watch each of the bands interact with each other as they all are reaching for a common goal: to share the love of God. Be sure to click on the links for the bands to see info on upcoming shows.

The first of many (I hope)

I have been putting this off for almost a year. I had even set this blog up several months ago. I've just not bothered enough to actually post something. I'm not sure if it was because of my tendency to be a bit lazy. Or was it procrastination? Or was it self-doubt? Why would anyone care to read what I have to write or look at the pictures I've taken? That is what I really struggle with to be quite honest. But I'm going to do it. So sit back and enjoy...