Who's Lucky??

I have been very blessed to get to know some truly amazing young women. Carolyn is one of those. She is one of those people that just seems to always have a beautiful smile on her face and that is especially bright when her friend Lucky is by her side. We love to get some time with Carolyn and when she brings Lucky to visit I am always amazed at what great manners he shows. She has done a wonderful job training Lucky and I hope you enjoy getting to see his many personalities.

I started to make a "meow" sound to get his attention and boy the expressions he gave me were priceless.

By now Lucky just seemed to look at his "Mama" as if to say, "is she really still trying to fool me with that pitiful cat impression?" Ha ha,,, he's a keeper I tell ya.

We love your visits out to the country Carolyn and you can bring Lucky with you anytime. Thanks for allowing us to get to know you and your sweet friend Lucky.

We are very thankful we do!!

Darling Dana

Life has a way of sneaking up on us and allowing us to experience God with a whole new perspective. Sometimes it happens in sunsets, sometimes through words of others, and sometimes through special people like Dana.

I began to hear about Dana a few years ago when her mother and I worked in the same office. It was at that time I began to see God's hand wrapped tightly around this amazing young woman. Instead of me trying to explain all that is going on in Dana's life, please go read her blog.

This past week we had the opportunity to go take some pictures of Dana and capture one of the cutest personalities I have ever seen.

Before I ever arrived, I knew this first picture was going to be my favorite. Dana's connection to God is both encouraging and inspiring to be around. We love sunsets and she happens to live on a beautiful lake - so we combined the two with a peak into her prayer time....and voila!

I don't know what I like best in this picture....her eyes or her amazing hair.

At first she felt the awkwardness of having her picture made, but it didn't take long before she turned her personality on and with that came this beautiful smile.

She dozed off for just a minute but I didn't mind - it gave me a chance to snap a pic of her beautiful eyelashes. (Just kidding!)

Her mom managed to run home from work and throw on the oldest pair of sweat pants she owned. I realized she did that in order to stay out of the pictures. However, she could not escape the camera totally, as I got this sweet shot of how they spend most of their time together when Dana is in hospital. (P.S. Notice the beautiful engagement ring from Ben the Brothed.) :-)

Seriously....how cute is this girl?

I don't know if love the picture more because of how beautiful Dana is or the fact that Jenna is carefully positioned behind the chair to keep Dana from tumbling into the lake. Not cool to go to surgery with a banged up head from falling in the water. (Thanks Jenna!)

Dana is an avid reader and it probably doesn't hurt to have such a beautiful swing and view to do so.

Oh la la! I LOVE this picture!!!

Thank you so much for allowing us to come and play. We love you and will be lifting you before the thrown. Hurry back to the Boro. We'll be on the dock waiting for you. :-)

Been Fishin lately?

One of the best parts of being a photographer is getting to go outside with little boys and see the world through their eyes. Dalton was having fun and the fact that as soon as he was done with the "pictures for his Mama" he could go fishing didn't hurt at all.





Looks like he is going to jump out of the picture, I love this one.





Not sure if I love his pretty eyes more or his cute freckles, but either way he is
a cutie pie for sure!!!



Now, time for fishing and we all needed to be quiet,, everyone knows you can't catch fish if people are talking!!! Thanks for the reminder Dalton,,, you are adorable.

Dakota "She's gone country"

What a cutie! Dakota just had her first birthday and came for a visit.
Of course we had to play. The horses loved her and so did we.

Love Grows

Everyonce in a while the world falls silent and you see the touch of God and His plan for our lives very clearly. I hope you
are able to see it in this video. We sure did. Two children, that needed a family, far apart from one another and yet God knew
what each needed and allowed His gentle whispers to draw them together. Makes me smile and be very thankful for a live
and active God.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Marlee is Graduating!!!!

This was my first attempt at a graduation card. We loved it and hope you all enjoy it as well. Thanks for all the support for both myself as I begin this new journey of my life, and especially for Marlee as she begins hers. Life goes by too quickly and this is proof. Seems like just yesterday we were picking out names for her.

Clay

We are blessed with kids hanging around our house. Everyonce in a while I am able to talk one of them into posing for me long enough to figure a few new things out. Clay was sweet enough to help me this time. And,,, well look how cute he is....



One more for now,,,I have some plans for one of these but have to figure out another step or two.