The End...and a new beginning!

THE END...

The busiest season of my life came to an end LATE last night.

I finally finished my last "Christmas Gift/Card" session!

WHOO HOO!!!

I have been overwhelmed by the support and kindness of all of my friends...old and new.

Thank you for your patience while waiting on your sessions.

New beginnings...

Now my time will no longer be as unequally divided between shooting, editing, designing, the real job (we go to trial next month) and family and friends. I can finally TRY to buy a Christmas gift or 2 (so pitiful under my tree) and get going full blast at night with the real job.

Thank you to my family and friends and awesome husband for being SO VERY UNDERSTANDING. I could never have imagined that it would be this way and you really couldn't believe it unless you lived in my house (or you had your own Christmas session season). Matt has been amazing- so patient and such an incredible support system when I have been up into the early hours of every morning editing and then acting like a zombie when I return from the office only to do it all over again. Thank goodness for takeout, coffee, a little white wine and Mt. Dew!

I have SO much to post in the near future (now that all of the cards have been mailed) so stay tuned. Since I am taking a photo hiatus until February, I may have time to update the blog and Facebook!

Take care and good luck to the rest of you late shoppers!

And because a post on this blog requires pictures...

My best Boo Boo Banks says MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

TRUE CHRISTMAS JOY!!!

Down on the Farm

The Trotman Cattle Ranch.

What a fun location!

(I apologize for the length of this post- I just couldn't narrow them down.)

Banks had so much to see and do and somehow he gets cuter every time I see him.

Love this kiddo and his awesome family!

Thanks again, Tootie for your constant support and encouragement!

THANK YOU TOOTIE !!!!!!!

I have so many moments to post, but I really wanted to send a big THANK YOU to my biggest supporter!
I wouldn't have had the confidence to even start this little blog without her urging me to turn my love of the camera into something that other people could see (and giving me my first "real" job). Thank you Jennifer for always being so encouraging! It means the world to me, I hope I can return the favor some day!

I've been taking pictures since I was a VERY little girl, I took roll after roll of rocks,acorns, lizards and my Grandma Griffin's gardens! I am pretty sure no one was super excited to take those rolls to the Big-B for me!  THEN they gave me the Polaroid! That opened the door to unlimited requests for more of those precious boxes of film.

I've always loved the moment that I get to "see what I got". There's nothing better now than capturing the moment that means so much to the people in the pictures. I have SO MUCH to learn, and I hope that this blog will be my way of seeing how far I've come.

And to all of my friends who have so willingly turned their children and family moments over to me...from Ella Pickle's first birthday party, Wendy's little Emme's first birthday party last year, Banks' first birthday haircut and party, Kim's precious baby Jake's first photos, Grace and Hope- the most perfect models ever and my little friend Cooper's day in the park, thank you all!!! Looking forward to baby Colt, Grace and Ella Pickle and Emme's second birthday!