{vacation}

We are back from vacation and VERY tired! We were gone for 8 days and are so glad to be back home. It was a bit of a stressful time as Britton was quite sick for the first half and Justin worked by himself all week long on getting four (yes I said FOUR) layers of shingles off the roof of our cottage and put new ones off. He didn't get finished so our cottage has a huge tarp covering it until we can get up there again, hopefully soon. It makes one a bit nervous to leave it that way! We had a family reunion on my dad's side over the weekend which was a lot of fun, and we spent a lot of time with my family from both sides all week long. It was good to be "home" for the week but even better to be back *home*. I can't wait to sleep in my own bed tonight! Thank you everyone for the sweet emails and comments, I appreciate all of your thoughts.

{my prince britton}

{cousins}

Five kids all under the age of five...

{princess baby girl}

Monday my sister in law Melissa brought over her kids so I could do Lily's 6 month pictures. She wasn't too fond of the camera, but isn't she just gorgeous? Love those baby blues that all of our kids have been blessed with. I had to include all three piggy shots because I just LOVED them all and couldn't decide which to pick to showcase. Enjoy!

{lily...}

Just a teaser! Keep checking back for more to come of this gorgeous girl!

{you + donation = a possible cure for tuberous sclerosis}

If you haven't heard of tuberous sclerosis, you can read about it here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberous_sclerosis This disease is very near and dear to my heart, all because of a beautiful little boy named Remy.

Remy is 9 months old. Remy has tuberous sclerosis. Remy is the son of one of my very best friend's, Alicia. At 3 months of age, Remy was diagnosed with this terrible disease. He and his parents have spent many a night in the children's hospital trying to get answers and to get his seizures under control that are caused by the tumors in Remy's brain. They have traveled to Canada to get seizure medication to try and help their little boy because it was not available in the United States.

A week ago today Remy underwent brain surgery where the surgeon's removed 40% of the right hemisphere of his brain. This is where the tumors were that were causing the seizures that were causing Remy to be developmentally delayed. The surgeon's told Alicia and Matt to expect major left sided weakness and different seizures from the trauma to the brain. Remy has been seizure free since the surgery. Right after surgery he was kicking his left leg and waving his left arm. Isn't it amazing? God is so good.

Alicia is taking part in a Tuberous Sclerosis walk on Saturday. She is raising money for the event so that we can hopefully find a cure for this disease. Please, if you find it in your heart, donate any little bit that you can and support Alicia and Remy! You can read about Remy and see some pictures of his pretty little face...

https://ecommunity.tsalliance.org/NETCOMMUNITY/SSLPage.aspx?pid=579&srcid=581&frsid=1529

We love you Matt, Alicia, Brody, Matai and Remy!

{riley & meg...}

I had a hard time choosing which pictures to choose...I loved so many but couldn't put all 30 images on here, LOL! I love them all and hope you do to!

{riley & meg..a sneak peek}

Today I had the pleasure of photographing my best friend Tina's girls. They did so great and I can't wait to get the rest of this session processed! I will have more of this session posted SOON! Enjoy Tina!

{josiekat's trunk}

Ava has been chosen as a model for Josiekat's Trunk, an online children's clothing company that sells TDF unique and funky clothing. This week I photographed Ava in the first arrival... a three piece patriotic set. Check out the Josiekat's website for more great designs and also keep an eye out for future posts about this great company and their cute clothes.
**Disclaimer....I noticed right away when I posted these photos, they do not appear as vivid and bright on blogger as what they actually are. They look kind of washed out to me on here, which disappoints me a bit that I can't show you all the 'true colors' of this shoot!