When planning a family gathering, the ONLY thing more important than the planning the food is planning the FAMILY PHOTOS!
Robin was so sweet to allow me to capture her family during their Thanksgiving visit together. Here are just a few…
When planning a family gathering, the ONLY thing more important than the planning the food is planning the FAMILY PHOTOS!
Robin was so sweet to allow me to capture her family during their Thanksgiving visit together. Here are just a few…
One of my biggest honors is having families ask me to photograph them AGAIN!
I loved comparing the Lee’s first session with me (7 years ago) to this year’s memories! Because I’m obsessed, Here’s a few more...
Beautiful. (Gorgeous, actually.)
Kind. (Sweet as sugar, actually.)
Smart. (Ted Talk, PhD, professor, actually.)
Yes, Sara is ALL of these things!
Such a fun session! Thank you, Sara!
What an honor to document baby Levi and his sweet family!
Here’s just a few…
I believe this will be my FIFTH or SIXTH year of photographing Matt, Catalina, Jack & Kate! (How BLESSED am I!?!?!?)
I first met Baby Jack…
Then, Big-Boy Jack…
Next, Jack + baby sis, Kate!
After that, two BIG kids!
And just when I thought they all couldn’t get ANY cuter, an adorable puppy named Leia was added to the family!
Thank you, Matt & Catalina! I always look forward to seeing you each year!
BOOK: GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD
AUTHOR: Jennie Allen
SUMMARY:
The Bible talks a LOT about our THOUGHTS. In this book, Jennie Allen focuses on common lies and thought-patterns that negatively affect our relationship with God, ourselves and others. Each chapter deals with a problem, then offers a SOLUTION that helps to STOP these negative beliefs, while focusing on God’s TRUTH.
YOU’LL LOVE THIS BOOK IF…
If you’ve felt yourself spiral into negative thoughts and fears, you’ll love having a practical way to get OUT of those patterns!
QUICK-FACTS:
Faith-based? Yes!
Easy read? Yes!
Age group? Any
PERSONAL TAKE-AWAY:
Being a huge over-thinker myself, I love how she separated negative thought-patterns, then offered a Godly approach instead.
For example, when we’re spiraling in:
* NOISE or DISTRACTEDNESS, we have a choice to shift our minds back to God through STILLNESS.
* ISOLATION? …back to God through COMMUNITY.
* ANXIETY? … TRUST in His good and sovereign purposes
* CYNICISM? WORSHIP
* SELF-IMPORTANCE… HUMILITY
* VICTIMHOOD… GRATITUDE
* COMPLACENCY… SERVING HIM and OTHERS
Also, after a personal season of depression, I really appreciated her ‘disclaimer’ at the beginning of the book: “I am not suggesting that you can think your way out of mental illness. I am not. I have experienced seasons of anxiety so brutal that I was paralyzed.”
QUOTES:
During the isolation-season a few months ago, I volunteered with The Front Steps Project in hopes of bringing a smile to families faces through photography.
Mary, an energetic and happy stranger at the time, reached out to see if her family could be a part. She then asked if, while I was in her neighborhood, I would want to photograph a neighbor. Before we knew it, there was a SPREADSHEET of EIGHT different families!
I arrived in Mary’s neighborhood hoping to GIVE a smile, but instead, I was the one who RECEIVED the blessing! Mary had arranged HAPPINESS and LOVE for me at each stop in the form of cards, notes, baked goods and more!
Even from afar (as she and her family stood above me on their porch), I knew Mary was an awesome person! So, naturally, I was so happy when she reached out to schedule a family session with me!
Thank you, Mary, Scott and girls! I hope to see and photograph your family again!