mason (nestling sneak peek)

this weekend, kale and I packed up the camera gear and headed out to take pictures with the calkins family. I work with lenore and she let me take some pics of her wonderful son and daughter-in-law and their little mason. what a happy little man he is...and happy babies make for great photos...

how sweet is this...

kale (nestling in the grass)

for some reason, my blog decided to do a "rerun" post of this entry. originally posted over a week ago...oh well. for the second time around:

the light in the backyard was awesome this evening. thought it was a good night to introduce the little man to one of the best things of summer...playing in the grass

margie + dustin (lovebirds)

today i met an amazing family. margie and dustin are getting married this summer so tonight we got together for a little engagement session. it was even better than a regular engagement session because we were joined by little miss alex. she is a star. what a fun kiddo to take pictures with. she's going to grow up to be an incredible person...it not surprising because she has margie and dustin showing her the ropes. i can't wait until their wedding...congrats guys!

joanna + scott (songbirds)

a few of my favorites from last summer's wedding of our dear friends scott & joanna mcarthur...

little blessings (nestlings)

Kale and Logan on Mother's Day

christian + hillary (lovebirds)

my two favorite lovebirds. christian and hillary are our dearest friends. both my husband and i have known christian for many years and our son is named after him. when he introduced us to hillary, we knew instantly that this was a "forever" thing and it has been so awesome spending time with them. we always leave their company with sideaches from giggling too hard (never a bad thing). we are so blessed to have them as friends. we love them and can't wait to see them wed this summer...

kale (nestling)

i really need to credit my handsome baby boy, kale, for my renaissance into photography. he helped me fall in love with photography all over again. here are a few of my favorites of our little chickadee...

emily (fledgling)

emily is my beautiful sister-in-law. she is a beautiful girl inside and out and has accomplished and overcome so much in her 16 years. what better way to inaugurate my photography blog than with her portraits.