what ive been up to...

WOW i am so terrible at blogging! My 2013 goal was to blog more - and i am failing at that already! this post will be an update of what i have been up to photography wise, and what my family has been up to personally :) so bear with me as this will be a long post!

PHOTOGRAPHY: 

I have been photographing some beautiful couples and mommas to be this year!  I cannot wait for the upcoming engagements and weddings i have, as well as a the few second shooter jobs i have this year also. God has blessed me and my business in many ways and i cannot thank him enough <3 here is a quick preview of some of the recent sessions ive shot :)

now onto our personal life - as some of you may know my husband is getting out of the Marine Corps on June 29th! He takes his terminal leave on May 18th, which means his last day EVER in the good ole corps is this FRIDAY!! I cant believe it..We have been through it all these last 8 years of him being in. We have done deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan, we have done long training months, field ops, lots of traveling, and one PCS move here to VA! It was been quite the journey and i couldn't think of a better person to go through this adventure with! Now onto a new adventure..He got hired as a assistant supervisor with T.A.C Tiling Co. based in Manassas VA  and hopefully will be promoted to Supervisor within the year [fingers crossed] he is so nervous, excited and anxious to work a civilian job. And for me - i got hired on as the children ministry assistant leader at my church, Berea Baptist :) its a wonderful job and God has truly blessed our lives with these awesome opportunities  Now for the most important update - my baby boy Owen! The drs are convinced he has Celiacs disease, we will be heading to UVA soon to do more testing to make sure. He is the happiest spunkiest almost 2 year old there is, he fills my life with so much joy and happiness! here is a picture update of Mr. Owen Ray :) enjoy!! 

Thanks for reading! 

Evelyn & Frank Jett have that once in a lifetime love, the love that young married couples, like myself, always dream of. They have been married for 64 years! That is amazing <3 Frank is 90 years old, and Evelyn is 88, but their spirits are of someone in their early 20s! They were so nice to welcome me into their home, which Frank built for his family in the early 60s. They have 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchilden [ with 2 on the way making 12 greats! ] They are such a great example to all those young souls growing up near them. I can tell they bring smiles to lots of faces when they are around. Just listening to them talking and telling their stories, showing me their pictures, and witnessing the history of them and their family was something I will never forget. Sarah, their grand daughter, asked me to come into their home and just capture them as they are. Every day for breakfast lunch and dinner they sit at their table together, & everyday they sit in their recliners together & read their bibles.  Above their couch is an image of Evelyns parents that the local news paper took and did an article on them, about how they are just a simple farm family living the life, It was important that we try to recreate that image for them, I hope that they can cherish these images ive captured for them, and I hope their grandchildren can look at these images years from now and show them to THEIR children and tell the great stories of these 2 amazing people in an amazing love!!

PS please click on the image to see a crystal clear photo - they are a bit compressed in my blog :) thanks and enjoy!

The house that Jett built

 couldnt decide if i liked it in color or b&w so here is both!