To the beach!

Wind in my hair and sand between my toes....this is the life!

Luke's second trip to the beach was to Panama City Beach, Florida. He really enjoyed this trip and could not get enough of the ocean. He absolutely loved running through the waves with daddy. Notice I said daddy and not mommy...I'm a little scared of all of the lovely ocean residents.
We absolutely love going to the beach and I enjoy all of the photo opportunities.

For Luke's first trip to the beach we went to Gulf Shores, Alabama with some friends of ours. At first he did not know what to think of the sand, but after a while it grew on him....literally. He played and played and as a souvenir, packed in a ton of sand in his little swim diaper. It took quite a while to get the sand out of all his little crevasses. It was so much fun that we went back and did it the next day, and the next, and the next!

Brand new

"Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility."
by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Oh what a beautiful baby! I absolutely love photographing all of their little attributes. This little one was such a sweet little sleeping blessing. One of my favorite pictures below was when she let out a little cry and then fell right back to sleep. Life just seemed so simple. Babies are such an extra-special blessing to this world and truly bring a new meaning to family.

Natural beauty

Fall...at the lake

The sunset at Panama City Beach, Florida

Nature from the alumni house at the University of West Georgia

All of those in between: children, tweens, & teens

"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."
by Angel Schwidnt

Family Ties

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses."
by Dr. Joyce Brothers

The Samples Family~
I absolutely loved photographing my very dear friends Bryna, Jason, and little Makinley. It's very difficult to tell, but this day was extremely windy and cold. We decided to do a few family portraits outside and then continue inside to do some individual's of Makinley. Although Makinley was only 5 months in these pictures, she was such a ham!

My precious baby and his daddy. I am so grateful that Luke has such a wonderful father.