This is another image from that same session. This ring was passed down to Meredith and will eventually be passed down to Makenna as well, so I'm sure they'll treasure this photo! I love details like this!



I can't resist a great daddy/baby shot. This is Lucas and his daddy playing at his one-year session in October.


It started raining at the very end of the Barcus family's session, so we took this image under a bridge. I'm SO glad we kept shooting for a few more minutes. This is one of my favorites! I have one similar to this of my own family (taken by the very talented Leslie Ober) and I love it so much. I hope they love this one just as much!


Lyla was a tough cookie. Not that she was bad, it's just a tough age and she wasn't into the whole idea of having her pictures taken. She is a very sweet girl (her mommy is Abbie's dance teacher, so I see her every week), and I'm so glad we were able to get a few smiley photos for her mommy! I picked this one because I liked the light and the color.


April and John had an "old Hollywood" theme for their wedding in October, so we decided to do their pre-wedding portraits outside the Indiana Theater in Terre Haute. When we got there, a 38 Buick drove by. April's friend yelled to the driver and he actually stopped and let us use his car for the photos! I love the look of the images, and I'm sure it's a fun memory for April and John.


This is one of my favorites just because it was a long time coming. I've known the Peabody family for years, they're good friends and we go to the same church, and they are all just SO sweet! This is their first EVER family portrait, and I'm so excited that they finally have one!


I just love everything about this image. Lucas was such a good boy and so very, very sweet!


Olivia and Tyler's wedding was one of the best I've ever been to. You could literally just feel the love that day. The whole day was just full of love and joy, and I felt truly honored to be able to capture these memories for them! This was one of my favorites from their ceremony. Tyler shed a few tears while he said his vows, and it was just a really sweet (and funny) moment.


I love a good silhouette, and we actually got a few at this session, but I love this one because it just screams "boy". I can still hear John's laugh as his dad pushed him as high as he could on this tree swing.



My session with the Marshall family in November was another one of my favorites. I had so much fun getting to know them and walking around the farm where they board their horses. I really liked all their images, but this was one of my favorites just because I've always wanted to shoot in a barn with hay.


2011 was an amazing year, and I'm so excited for 2012! After tomorrow, my two oldest kids will be out of school for Christmas, and after Thursday, my husband will be off for the rest of the year, so I'm planning to take the time off too and enjoy my family. Hope you have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! See you in 2012!


*I will still answer emails next week, I just won't be posting anything here until January.*

I love this one of Jack because it's just silly. He's a silly boy. He was obsessed with wearing goggles this summer. I think he went through about 5 pair.


I love this one because it really shows his personality and attitude right now. Joey is 8, and 8 year-old boys are, well, full of attitude!


I love this one of Abbie because she looks like a princess and she's so happy.


I love this photo of my kids because 1)it's pretty and 2) it's exactly like I envisioned. I took one of the older 3 like this last year and reshot it to include Jonah a couple of months ago.


I love this image of Jonah smiling at Abbie because it shows how much he loves her and it reminds me of how proud she is when she gets him to smile or laugh. She's such a good big sister!


I love this photo of Jonah because it was taken right after his "fussy period." He was SO good and easy for the first couple of weeks, then we had a rough patch for a while, dealing with stomach issues and just general fussiness. By the time he was 3 months old, he was a happy little guy almost all the time!


I love this one of Abbie because I took it right after she started reading. She's in kindergarten this year and SO proud of herself for reading easy books.


I love this one of Joey, Abbie and Jack because it's the best one I've ever got of the three of them. It was taken a month or two before Jonah was born and I was so excited that they were all smiling and looking in the same general direction! I also love Joey's spotted head in this one. He has alopecia, and his hair has since grown back (at least on his head...his eyelashes are still a bit spotty), but I loved that he was still so confident. We tried to keep his head shaved to avoid the "did he cut his own hair" comments, but he liked it like this and said he was the only kid he knew with a spotted head. Love that kid! But, I'm glad the hair grew back before he got teased much, and I hope it stays this time!


I love this one because 1) my kids are cute 2)I loved Abbie's crazy outfit and 3) I loved the way Jack was looking at Abbie.


I love this one of Jonah because he was so little and adorable. I think he about a week old in this one. And I had planned to use this wagon for his newborn photos ever since I found out he was a boy, so I was so excited to finally get to use it!


I love this one of Jack and Jonah because they are such good buddies. Jack says Jonah is his best friend and he loves him SO much! I can't wait to see how much fun they have together once Jonah gets bigger!


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