Holly :: Senior 2012

A beautiful day in Kansas always deserves a trip to Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery.

A gorgeous senior deserves a session in a beautiful vineyard.

I was in luck last Sunday.  It was a beautiful day, I had a gorgeous senior, and her parents are the owners of Somerset Ridge.

Meet Holly.

I have no idea whose dog this is, but he was friendly enough and wanted to be a part of our shoot.  :)

Gorgeous Ladies!

Holly, it was a pleasure hanging out with you last Sunday, and a ton of fun shooting your senior pictures!  I can't wait to hear about the places you'll go, and the things you will do!

Be sure to CLICK HERE for a slidshow from this session!

Kathryn :: Senior 2010

Meet Kathryn.

I had the opportunity to photograph Kathryn for her senior pictures a couple of weekends ago in Minnesota.  

The weather was gorgeous, as was Kathryn!  She's beautiful inside and out.

Kathryn, thank you for trusting me with these images!  What an amazing opportunity to be a part of this season in your life.  You have a remarkable future ahead of you!

Salute to Barry and Jessica

I suppose you could say that I have my Mother to thank for our friendship.

I was in the 4th grade when Jessica and her family moved to my hometown, and ended up in my church one Sunday night. My sister and I always had slumber parties at our house... especially for our birthdays.  We were in the middle of planning one of those slumber parties, when my Mom said to me
"Why don't you invite the new girl to your party?"

I'm sure at the mature age of 9, I responded with something like,
"Uh, really?  That's kinda weird... I don't even know her"
But my Mother, in all of her wisdom, insisted.
And from there came a friendship that sculpted and shaped my childhood.

Jessica and I were the best of friends, and the worst of friends.  We hung out all the time... laughed at anything and everything.... and fought with each other at the drop of a hat.  We creatively named our fights, World Wars.
I think by the time we graduated high school, we had gone through 20 something World Wars.

Yes, our friendship was epic.

It's been years since we've hung out together.  Time and distance will do that to a friendship, but we've never lost touch... Especially thanks to the wonderful world of facebook.
Last weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph Jess and her family back in our hometown....

Where it all began.

Her husband, Barry, serves in the National Guard, and will be deployed soon.
It was an honor to photograph a solider and his family, and my friend.

Thank you for the good times... the laughs... the memories.  I love you, my friend!

Playing Catch-Up

I can't believe how fast time has flown by!  Since my last post, I celebrated my nephew's 3rd birthday in Springfield, and I turned 31...Ahhhhh!!!! I also covered an Iron Chef fundraiser competion for The Children's Center for the Visually Impaired.  I did photos for TWO local magazines, and finished my taxes... yea for refunds!  In addition to all of that, I got my haircut and celebrated 5 years of marriage with my husband.  We started attending a new church, and I had TONs of coffee dates with dear friends and old/new clients.... Whew!  What a whirlwind!  


So, instead of doing a post on each event described above, I thought I would share an image from each session:

My nephew, Joah, playing with one of his birthday gifts  :)

These lovely ladies earned the Gold Award, which is the highest award in Girl Scouts.  

Their story and image appeared in the April edition of Leawood Lifestyle.

CCVI's 2nd annual Food Fight. 

 Chef Howard Hanna of The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange won the competition... Yum!

Christ Prep Academy Cheer Squad

Master Cigar Roller, Corey Frisbee at Somerset Winery

Big Families of Johnson County.  Johnson County Lifestyle magazine will run a story in May on families in the community with 7+ children.  These families were a blast to meet.  

So much fun!

Carlee and her son, Kaiden.  

Their cover story will appear in the next issue of Parenting Children with Special Needs.

Stephanie Myers, publisher/owner of Parenting Children with Special Needs.

What an amazing woman!

Jack Brooks, recipient of the French Legion Award.  

Look for his story in May's issue of Leawood Lifestyle!

And finally, Sherman  :)

He's not mine, but I'm sure his owners wished he were at times  :)

So now we are caught up on the past month!  Wow.  This afternoon I'm heading out to shoot an engagement session for my September couple.  I'm super excited about this one... It involves a barn, some horses, and cowboy boots.  What could be better?


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