Beautiful Mom to Be

This couple was so fun to shoot. It is always such a pleasure to work with people who are up for anything and want to have fun. It makes for some totally unique shots and lets our creativity fly. We had a blast. Most of these were taken at the farm where Amy grew up. She can remember her grandparents working in the garden, waiting for the bus with the cows, and all of the adventures she used to have on all of that land. There isn’t a time that we go there to shoot where she doesn’t leave teary eyed. This place holds a very special place in her heart which make these photos that much more beautiful to us both. This sweet mamma gave birth a couple weeks after this session and we are dying to get the labor and delivery pics up. This baby is GORGEOUS. Hope you enjoy.

Pina’ Coladas and Paradise

I don’t know if you are aware of this or not but I have the GREATEST hubby in the world. He is kind, loving, funny, and really good lookin’ but one of my favorite things about him is that he likes to travel just as much as I do. (That is almost impossible considering I wouldn’t even own a house if I didn’t have children. I would just own an RV so that I could be gone 365 days a year) Anyway, I have been hinting for a while that I REALLY wanted to go on another cruise this year and the sweet guy booked one and gave it to me for Valentines. He is a keeper!!! So, on March 8th, we packed up the car and headed to Miami with one of our favorite couples and left Sunday for the islands aboard the Norwegian Pearl. We sailed for 7 nights and 8 days and along the way stopped in Roatan, Honduras, Belize City, Belize, Cozumel, Mexico, and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas. Marc and I met while we were missionaries and I am suddenly feeling the Lord calling us back to be missionaries in the Caribbean. *Wink Wink* My favorite stop along the way was Belize (which I have always wanted to go to since I was a teenager and it did not dissapoint) We took a boat ride from Belize City over to San Pedro, Belize and that little Island stole my heart. (I really thought I was going to die on the boat ride over-that was an experience-Sweet Lord Jesus!!!) Once we arrived, Maria and I went into coma’s on the lounge chairs while the boys went snorkeling with Jose’ (their tour guide sorta) in Shark Ray Alley. You should have seen their faces while they were telling us all about swimming with the sharks. That was priceless. The people of San Pedro don’t drive cars because the island is so small. They all drive around on golf carts. We watched a mom pull up to the school there and drop her little girl off on a GOLF CART…..now that is living ladies and gentlemen!!! The rest of our stops were wonderful but if I ever go missing, try San Pedro. I’ll be the lady in the pink golf cart with a pina’ colada in my hand. (Virgin of course).

Our Ship

Sailing Away

This girl makes me laugh so hard…..we could get into some trouble.

Roatan Honduras

Ship wreck off of the island of Roatan

Marc and Brian Snorkeling

San Pedro, Belize

I took this for Amy……I think this may be a sign….*Wink Wink*

How much prettier can something get. This place was AMAZING!!!

I’m pretty sure he was a permanent raisin the whole trip…..you could not get them out of the water.

Ahhhh……the sharks they were so thrilled with.

This is where you can find me if I go missing.

I caught these little boys writting on this wall before school.

Do I even need to say anything….go ahead, pick your chin up off of the floor.

Cozumel, Mexico

He will kill me for this but I think he looks so cute.

I love this photo so much…it makes me think of Mexico way back in the day.

This ones a little blurry but i still liked it. We were eating lunch in a TIKI HUT. Someone pinch me!!!

This was taken through a window from a restaurant on the ship. It was gorgeous.

EXCITED!!!

Amy and I are so excited. We are giving everything a face lift. By that, I mean our logo, website photos, and all of our marketing “stuff”. You thought I was talking about our tired “mommy” eyes but I wasn’t. That will probably come in a few years. HAAAA!!! It will take us a few weeks to get everything spiffy but I think the results will be worth the wait. You should definitely check us out once it is finished. We will let you know when the big reveal will happen so stay tuned.

Sweet Smiles “J”

All I can say is hold on tight. This little guy is gonna knock your socks off. He is six months old and all boy. He absolutely hates to sit down. He would stiffen his legs and I think it took us ten to fifteen minutes to finally get him on the ground. Amy and I were laughing so hard. I guess you had to be there, I have just never seen anything like it in my life. He was ALL smiles and just the cutest little thing ever. It was an absolute honor to meet this family. I just wish they lived a little closer. I can’t get a very good cutie pie fix from Massachusetts.

 

Introducing Little Man “Z”

This little guy was so sweet. He was only about 3 weeks old and he had his daddy completely wrapped. It is neat to watch such a little bundle come into a home and turn it upside down. This couple has been married for ten years and has just started adding to their family tree. Each couple does things in their own timing but regardless of when you add a baby to your family they are sure to bring joy. There is nothing like it in all of the world. Can’t wait to see you again soon.