pumpkin carving

last saturday night.  was the night.  for pumpkin carving!

spooky.  i created the ghosts and mark did the bat <3

holy crap we did it :)  $6 kit at the grocery + $10 pumpkins at the farmers market around the corner= pride & pumpkins!!

peace & love~

the best kind of quality time.

my family took a vacation.  all together.  

all excited to spend time with one another.

it was really special.  and fun :)

it was my momma's birthday and she wanted a weekend get-a-way with her family and to get newly updated family photos.  early september proved to be beautiful so it all worked out.  thank you ohio.

we spent quality time... crammed in my mom's jeep... driving around northern ohio.  a lighthouse.  beautiful weather.  ferry rides.  put-in-bay.  late night cards.  more ferry rides. kelleys island.  pizza & golf cart rides.  and loads of photographs.  it is truly one of my favorite family trips.  

next to disney of course!!

peace & love ~

8 days new.

recently an old classmate contacted me about photos of his newborn baby girl.  i was so excited but baby/children photos are few and far in between for me.  lately my concentration has fallen on weddings/events and portraits and little bit of music.  so i was a little nervous, especially for such an itty biddy baby!! eekk! but it was a gorgeous october afternoon and the session was magnificent! meet layla!

 this may be the sweetest october baby ever.  

new life.  it gives me chills.  i should book these types of sessions more often!

peace & love~

the golden anniversary.

we were recently asked to cover a 50th wedding anniversary party for my sweet cousins grandparents.  i've known marvin & liz music my entire life and always thought they had the most wonderful and loving relationship, so i was nothing but honored to attend and capture all the details!

 these were my most favorite detail shots of the event but we took loads more! 

it was truly amazing to observe and capture such a lovely event.  50 years!! wow can you imagine?  

i hope someday to be only so lucky :)

peace & love~