Beautiful Carson

I felt so lucky to do this shoot... Mainly because this is my first niece! Precious Carson is the new addition to the Morrow family and she has stolen everyone's hearts already!

We took some of her newborn photos in early December and now that the Christmas presents have been given, I can finally show them off! :)

New Year's Resolutions...

Ahhh, a New Year, which means New Year's Resolutions.... We all have them. Some of us stick to them, and well, some of us don't. Every year I conclude the evening with what I plan to stick by all year long. I make a big mental note, and typically tell Ben a long winded story of how I plan to stick to them. To start things off, my 2 biggest resolutions are to blog more. and - this is one is VERY important - to print more photos... Yes, print MORE photos! I take my camera with me at family functions, holidays, and most outings... But, all those images sit on a screen. I never get to hold them in my hands and look at them without the buzzing lights of a monitor.

Ben asked me last year "hey baby... When are we going to get those pictures printed from our honeymoon?" which was quickly followed by a little mutter under his breath that sounded like "you never print any pictures of us - it's always someone else!"... Which is 100% completely true. I told him the old saying "the cobbler's kids have no shoes" and he was baffled... (Oh come on - you know that old saying!) So, to put it in more circumstantial terms, the photographer's husband has no photos. :P

So with that, I started my resolution right on time... On our recent trip to Ohio, I stopped off at 4 different labs to print out Christmas photos and give them to the grandparents... Only problem was they could not print them before we left the state, or the printer was down. So alas. I still haven't printed them! Slap my hand and kick me off the Resolution Wagon!

~Wishing you much love and many blessings in 2010~

Mindy - Boudoir

Mindy made the most beautiful Christmas present for her sweetie... A fabulous boudoir book! Mindy is beautiful, inside and out. Here are a few favs from her boudoir session!

Lauren and Blaine - engagements

As a girl, I think like a girl ... (well duh). My point is, for bridal sessions and MOST things weddings that's a great thing! ... When Lauren and I talked about her engagement session she said that Blaine had ONE request... NOTHING cheezy / aka - too girly. I started thinking - (possibly over analyzing) and was determined to make sure that there was nothing velveeta about this shoot!

Blaine (and Lauren) I hope that these pics are anything but cheezy!!!

muah :*


Can you see the heart?!?!











This one CRACKS me up!

Hot diggity to getting a great sky!

Shannon and Ross - engagements

Shannon and I had never met before we did her and Ross's engagement session, but we hit it off immediately in our emails!... When we met, it just clicked and we had a great engagement shoot. I learned that her and Ross met one night in he event that he actually saved her from plummeting off a table! ... Her knight in shining armor so to say. They are a couple very much in love and I think it's obvious in every photo!

Here are some of the favs of the day:


Shannon and Ross are soccer players and when we brainstormed ideas for locations, we both agreed a soccer field was a great spot!




After we left the soccer fields, Shannon and Ross did a quick wardrobe change. Shannon looks H-O-T in that dress and boots!


We found some really great sculptures.

Thompson Family

The Thompson family is my second family... I'm serious! Stacie and I have been best friends since we were 3 - yes - THREE years old! So her parent's are like my second parents, which makes getting together for family photos an absolute party! It ended up getting chilly for their photo shoot. The November weather had been SO nice all month, so it had to end at some point... :( We switched up the shoot, going from shooting outside, then running into the comfort of the house to shoot, then back outside after we defrosted a little, and so on.

We always include the doggies, but this year was one less... A little prayer for Sydney. :(

Stacie and I always say, "God made us best friends because our parents' couldn't handle us as sisters!"

I love you family!!!



... And this is what happens on the "outtakes"... Lots of love and slobber!

Meagher Family

T.J., Gentine, and Evie drove in from Houston to celebrate Thanksgiving and our "Black Friday" photo shoot! Gentine is Ben's cousin, and a few years ago, Ben was honored when he became Evie's Godfather. I was super excited about this shoot!!! We ended up having fantastic weather and it was a blast to include the WHOLE family!

Here are some of the favs from the day:

We started off with some sassy poses! Little Rockstar!


Then I got some BIIIG CHEEEEESEs!!!!




This one is too cute... Evie was being super sweet!