the dreamy attorney and his beautiful bride

genuine. when i think about jason and jill that's a word that pops into my head. it's not that they don't have a million other accolades i could fixate on, it's just that beneath all the other wonderful things about them they are genuine.

i met them through brandon during the summer associate program at the law firm where brandon will work when he graduates, and where jason works now. there was no pretense with them, they were both warm and fun.

they were married that summer and now two years later they can't wait to welcome their baby boy, or girl home! i love surprises! we decided to shoot around their amazing house, and i really love the natural light in the nursery, jill is so beautiful!

as promised

i didn't forget. i couldn't. i've been laughing about these since last friday, all the way home from st.louis and every time i think about it.

my favorite, and only, niece campbell turned 7 last friday. so after our classroom visit in columbia deacon and i continued our first grade tour to campbell's class. we suprised her with bomb pops and our visit.

after that i took her shopping for a new outfit for her "red carpet birthday." 13 wild girls, pizza, cookie cake, hair, makeup and mani pedis wouldn't be complete without a photo shoot at the end. the funny thing is, i didn't pose these girls! we danced to really loud music, and the cheered each other on, it was a blast.

i did decide that although i adore little girls, they are a lot like wolves when in a pack- humbling the most self confident adult with snotty commits about her shoes, ouch.

where it all began

maybe it was in the hallway, by those red lockers; maybe he smiled and maybe she blushed. or maybe it was on the staircase, as she went up and their shoulders brushed. maybe they can't really remember, but somewhere within this place they fell in love. the upper class man and the girl with the beautiful blue eyes.

now here they are raising their kids in the town they didn't think they would return to, standing within a building that brings back bittersweet memories. but the building, unlike the memories is starting to crumble and will soon be destroyed. 

when angie asked me to come photograph her family at the old chillicothe high school i couldn't help but say yes. i love a good story and it's hard for me to look at a building without wondering how many thousands of connections happened over the years.   it's a beautiful building and it's a little sad to see something that meant so much to people, like my father in law, disappear.





















after our shoot deacon and i joined angie, bill, cole, and macy for dinner.  this photo just makes me happy.  how great would it be to have a great-uncle firefighter fly you around a restaurant in your highchair?  doesn't get much better than that.

why is this baby so happy?

you would only need about five minutes with his parents to realize it's probably in his genes. they are the kind of people that make jokes and laugh at the stuff that just happens, like getting your flip flop stuck in a cow pie......

they met at roulette table in Vegas, chances are this little guy is going to know how to have fun at an early age. it's true, she was there on business and ran into this charming man with an intriguing accent; he says gooday instead of hello. a couple years later she's a down under diva with a baby boy named Flynn. doesn't it sound like a movie!

the beautiful couple moved back to amy's home town and are building a life together in the states. i loved doing Flynn's first birthday photo shoot, and i LOVE this family!