Randa + Brandon are getting married!

I did Randa's sister, Leslie's wedding a couple of years ago so I was stoked when she wanted to book! I love love love getting to see families again and celebrate with them!

So funny story, when Randa was set up on a blind date with Brandon she called her sister to get the scoop since her sisters husband went to school with Brandon. Come to find out, he was the guy that she was walking down the isle with at her sisters wedding that was coming up! And the rest was history :)

We laughed the entire time at their session and Randa had a little surprise at the end that Brandon didn't know about ;)

I can't wait until your wedding guys!!

Let the fun begin ;)

Sarah and her babies

A few weeks ago, I asked for you guys to submit someone that you knew that had not had professional photos taken before or it had been a while. Someone hardworking, someone that they thought needed this, maybe to lift their spirits or simply provide everlasting memories for years to come. I was overwhelmed with great submissions, so many wonderful stories and people.

 

Anna sent me an email about her friend Sarah.

"Sarah would be a good candidate for the free mini session. She is 25, she has a 5 year old & had a baby in December. After she had the baby in December she found out she had cervical cancer..."

 

After this I HAD to do her pictures.  Cancer now holds more meaning to me than ever before since we lost my grandpa last May. I emailed Sarah to get it set up and she gave me some more info on her story.

Sarah: "I found out that I had cervical cancer December 28th.. 2 days after I had Brenner. Had surgery January 31st to remove the cancer. After my radical hysterectomy I had kidney problems and had to have a stent put in. Now I'm doing 5 1/2 weeks of radiation with chemo every Monday."

Sarah started treatments last week. She drives every day Monday-Friday from West Plains, Mo to Springfield to radiation and has chemo on Mondays. This is for 5 1/2 weeks.

Her strength is amazing and she smiled the entire time I was with them. Her boys are beautiful, full of life, great kids. It was an honor to capture this time in their lives that they will always remember as a family.

Sarah: "Thank you so much for doing our pictures! I can't wait to see them!! I saw the one you posted and it made me cry! You're amazing!!!"

 

THIS is what drives me every single day.
 

Thanks so much Sarah for coming and letting me meet you and your sweet boys.

baby A

Just love this sweet baby girl. She was so precious, beautiful skin, perfect little lips and a good little sleeper :)

Here are some favorites.



she brought her big brother along.



love this one.



beautiful!

sweetness

A few weeks ago, I asked for you guys to submit someone that you knew that had not had professional photos taken before or it had been a while. Someone hardworking, someone that they thought needed this, maybe to lift their spirits or simply provide everlasting memories for years to come. I was overwhelmed with great submissions, so many wonderful stories and people.

This year I plan to do 1 session each quarter like this. To give back. To give something to someone that is priceless. I am thankful to have this wonderful gift/job and I just feel that I need to do this.

Today, (after rescheduling a ton b/c of crazy non spring like weather lol) I met up with Sarah and her two beautiful boys. She drove from West Plains for their session after her long, hard week.

For now, I am going to share this photo. Soon I will share her story.

Danna + Evan Engaged!

I met up with these two over the weekend for their Engagement Session! The weather turned out great and we had a lot of fun! I can't wait until the Wedding in August!



They both love their shoes so we had to give a little focus to them :)