Story of My Life: Jessica

Passionate heart. Wavy black hair. iPhone. Thoughtful brown eyes. Artsy accessories. Canadian (thought I forget that part sometimes). These are a few of the things that come to mind when I think of my friend Jessica. She was in town this last week and stayed in our home while she was here which was delightful. Jess is one of those people who is deep, thoughtful, and full of wisdom, but is also fun with hilarious stories to tell. She is someone who is worth taking the time to get to know. Hopefully you’ll see a little glimpse of her in these quick shots I took right before she left.

Did you catch the twinkle in those brown eyes?

Story of My Life: Me

This morning I had an interview so I was dressed up and looking my best first thing!  I had on a bit more makeup and fancier clothes than usual and had a good time of it.  After coming home I decided to take advantage of the light and the make up and take a few self portraits.

I hope you enjoyed getting a closer look at me!

Cincinnati Trip Preview

This past weekend I took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio to visit my brother & sister-in-love and take a bunch of pictures!  It was such a great trip!  We were blessed with marvelous weather and some really fun locations, not to mention amazing people to photograph!  There will be much more coming soon!

We started the weekend off right with lots of good food.

Then we did a super fun “Trash the Dress” shoot with Joe & Meg.

Then we had more good food.

I got up reeeeeally early on Monday to do a sunrise engagement shoot with Alex & Jessica!  They were such good sports braving not only the dark but also the freezing cold weather.  I’d say it was worth it for those colors!

I went back to Joe & Meg’s house for about an hour and then headed to the other side of town to do a fun maternity shoot with Brayton & Nikki.  When I say fun, I mean fun.  We’re talking finger paint, musical instruments, and their super eclectic style.

We took Megan’s bestie Melissa out for her 21st birthday right before I left and we surprised her by doing a mini shoot downtown.

I also made a quick 12-hour stop in Columbus, Ohio on my way home and did a mini-shoot with my friend Tina Marie.

More than anything it was truly a delight to get to spend so much time with my dear brother and his lovely wife.  I had only seen them once since their wedding in November and it was so nice to get to hang out together without the wedding rush.

Lots of editing ahead but I’m so excited to share these pictures with you that it should go quickly!  Keep your eyes peeled (what a weird expression) for more!

Story of My Life: Rocking the Ukelele

How do I describe my friend Sarah Buchanan? Well, there’s her amazing hair, her sense of humor, her awesome style, the fact that she plays multiple cool instruments (think ukelele and cello…yeah, she picked the cool ones!) aaaand she’s a dancer and all around super creative person. Do you want to be friends with her yet? Good! You should get to know her if you ever have the chance, she’s great! We got to hang out today and it was, as always, a delightful time!

Sarah made this!

Story of My Life: Making New Friends

A few weeks ago I went to Queen City Church for the first time for a worship night and happened to sit right next to a lovely young woman named Sarah. When it was over I asked what she did and low and behold she works with Back To The Roots, which is a non-profit run by a guy named Caleb who I met in Kansas City, MO a couple of years ago.  I heard that she was running the Charlotte office of BTTR a few months about but wasn’t sure how to get into contact with her.  Small world huh?!  I love it when stuff like this happens!  Sarah and I decided that we needed to get together and be friends so I invited her over to my house for breakfast! What a delightful time!

I couldn’t get over the vibrant colors in these oranges!!  :)

 

 

I love meeting new friends! The world is going to hear more from this woman.