Social Circle, Ga Family Session | The Edge Family

The Edge family, Ciara, Mark, Conner and Katheryn, came to our farm this past weekend for their family session! The goats and chickens were pretty darn excited to meet everyone and I was excited to see the Edge's again! I photographed Conner's newborn session over three years ago. . .AND it sure doesn't seem like it's been that long!!

Conner is becoming quite a gentleman! He has the best manners! Oh and baby Katheryn and that sweet smile!! She completely melted my heart!

Ciara and Mark, you have the sweetest family and it was such an honor to photograph your beautiful family at our farm!

Spring Mini Sessions | The Georgia International Horse Park

This year, unlike any other, I decided to host some VERY last minute Spring Mini sessions at the International Horse Park before the cherry blossoms withered away! And when I say last minute I mean the week I put it out there was the same week I photographed these sweet families!!! I never do mini sessions so "unplanned" but they were awesome enough to meet with me the day before Easter! ;) It turned out to be a very beautiful spring day for us! 

Oh and guess what happened?!?!? I need to share a little back story here!! RyAnne, my oldest daughter who is almost eight, begged to go with me to my sessions! She LOVES being my assistant and helping me with the little clients - she can put a smile on their sweet little faces like it’s nobody’s business!! Well, on the way there she asked where we were going. I told her, “It’s a place called The International Horse Park.” She about went crazy thinking she was going to be seeing tons of horses!! I had to explain that where we were going there probably weren’t going to be any horses. She said, “Well, I’m sure I will see some! I really just want to pet them!!!” Poor baby is SO horsey deprived right now! Ever since last summer, (two weeks after I gave birth to Rocco) while at horse camp she fell off her horse and fractured her elbow. Naturally I’ve been SO hesitant to put her back on a horse!

While the Payne family and I were standing by the median chatting, RyAnne yells, “There’s a horse!!!” We all glance up and see a beautiful white horse coming at us!! Upon further inspection I notice that the horse DOESN’T have a rider and it’s coming straight at us at FULL SPEED!!! I was like, “Y’all I think we need to move!” Chad, my client, suggested that we get in front of their vehicle to shield ourselves! Thankfully we did because that beautiful horse galloped RIGHT by us! I snapped a few photographs of the horse running between my props that I had set up in the cherry tree orchard!!! Totally terrifying! I’m SO thankful that God was watching out for us that day! Had we started our sessions on time (we were running a little behind on the schedule) we would have been right in that horses path!! God is SO GOOD y’all!!! And just so you know there isn't a majestic white horse running around the horse park. . .he was captured and taken back to his rider!

Now, back to these amazing families!!!

Meet the Payne Family! They are our neighbors AND we love them!! Their sweet baby girl Bristol - oh man!! Isn't she not the CUTEST?!?!?! 

Next, I met with Dallas and her son Lathaniel! I have been photographing this sweet boy since he was just a teeny baby! He is now almost TWO and he is about to be a BIG brother to a baby SISTER!!! I'm so excited for Dallas and her family!! 

And because RyAnne just LOVES all the littles, she asked to hold Lathaniel. He jumped into her arms and started hugging and kissing her!!! It totally made her day! When I photographed Lathaniel’s newborn session almost two years ago, RyAnne was my assistant that day too! She always asks the momma’s if she can hold their baby’s after their session is over. Lathaniel must have remembered her because she held him when he was a itty baby too!!

The Goss family!! Another amazing family I have been photographing since Colton, there son, was just a few months old and their daughter, Blakey, was just a newborn when I photographed her too! I adore this family and their strength!! Through their trials and tribulations of losing their sweet baby girl Olivia at just 21 weeks gestation they have gained so much strength and become an inspiration and saving grace to MANY!! This year they were awarded the honor of being March of Dines ambassadors for the Walton, Rockdale and Newton area!!!

AND last but certainly not least, here is the Nolan Family! I remember the first time I met Tessa and TJ. It was during their fall mini session with me about three and a half years ago! She had her babies, Elsa and Wyatt, decked out in the cutest outfits!! I was in complete awe of their family of four!  

I'm so incredibly grateful for these families! Thank you for letting me document your family as they grow!!!

Shelby's Cake Smash | Social Circle, Ga.

Happy, Happy ONE year of life Shelby! Those sweet little teeth, dimpled baby hands and THAT smile!!! Oh! Her smile, just adorable! It's so hard to believe this cutie pie is already one! I ran into her and her momma, Sarah, at the grocery store one day and was in shock at how big Miss Shelby was. That's when it hit me that she was almost one! Sarah and I shared a teary eyed "mommy" moment in the dag um' grocery store - of all the places to lose it! lol During Shelby's Cake Smash session, she LOVED putting her little toes in the icing. lol She ate some of it but for the most part her feet did all the smashing!

Happy One Year beautiful!

The Padgett Family | Social Circle, Ga. Family Session

I'm excited to get to share my sweet sis-in-law + brother-in-law's family session this morning! It's been a while since they have had a family session - like five years! We spent the last bit of sunset in my back yard laughing and creating beautiful moments. While looking through their session I started realizing how grown up my nieces + nephew are. Y'all are makin' me feel old! lol I love you guys bunches!

Jones Family | Bostwick, Ga. Family Session

I have known this beautiful lady, Arlissa Jones of Arlissa Jones Photography, for many, many years. We met when I first moved to Covington when we were 15. Many, many more years later (not gonna say how many exactly, lol) we reconnected and realized we were BOTH photographers and mommy’s of little girl’s the same age. Our girl’s now attend school together, her and I work out at the gym almost every morning together AND we shoot together too!This year her and I swapped photographing each other’s family sessions. I’m not gonna lie, until arriving and really getting started with their session, I was really nervous! I never want to let anyone down, especially NOT one of my photog/good friends! Eek! Arlissa Jones and Fam. I hope you guys enjoyed your photog experience with being on the other side of the camera and love your session as much as I do.