Holding love...

My grandmother just celebrated her 82nd birthday...she doesn't act a day over 60! These are her hands holding my 4 month old nephew's feet. Technically it could be a little better in my eyes...but I just love the feelings this provokes in me. On a side note...be on the look out for my holiday mini sessions! They'll be coming soon!!!!!

Blue Ribbon winner!!

I entered my first print competition this evening...one that my ArkLaTex Photographers Guild was hosting. This print, entitled "Love Lines" took home first place!! This is my grandmother holding my son and was taken around 11pm one evening to ensure he would be still. I love it and I'm glad my peers did too!!!

"Love Lines"

the McPhaul's, family and FLARE!!

After looking at their pictures, you would have never guessed it was 40+ degrees outside!! I had a great time with them and they were all wonderful to work with. This is my absolute favorite picture from their session!!

Check out that flare!!

First Session of 2008

was 5 cousins, two mothers and one grandmother. I totally enjoyed myself and I think even the kids had a pretty good time. This is one of my favorites from the session.

McIntosh

My last mini session!!! Unless somebody calls. Mr. C gave me a run for my money during this shoot. He is super cute, just really busy!! After looking through all of the pictures, these two were my favorite.

This picture says so much...

Look at that face!!!

another GORGEOUS family

Texarkana is full of gorgeous families!!! And luckily I'm photographing them all!!! :) Mr. G was a C-U-T-I-E. Both of the guys did great during the session...and of course Mom did too!

the Williamson's

For those that are familiar with my website, you'll recognize this family from my galleries. Aren't they a great looking family?! These are a couple of my favorites...

ok, ok...back to the christmas sessions

Meet the Blue family. It rained all morning, but turned out to be a perfect day for taking pictures. Mr. T was a busy little man, but he did manage to sit still for a few pics.

The Jacksons

Super cute family...the girls were precious and baby L was cute as a button! This family moved fast for me since we were running out of daylight very quickly. I decided to post this picture since this is probably what their days feel like every day. To all the parents out there...wouldn't you agree???

My sister, brother-in-law, nephew and nephew-to-be

Nephew-to-be? Yep, my little sister is having another little boy!!! Here's a picture of them from Thanksgiving. And then of course I had to get one of Daddy giving some love to the new baby boy.

Tanya's crew...

The third and final family on Sunday. This group was hilarious!! I caught as many pictures of them cracking each other up as I did of them posed and smiling at me. This is one of my favorites from the session.

Deana, Bob and Jacob

This family was SO much fun to work with. You would think trying to get three people to smile and two puppies to look my way at the same time would be hard...but it wasn't. "Who wants a treat?" not only worked for the puppies, but also for Deana, Bob and Jacob (I think they were laughing AT me, but hey I'll do whatever it takes to get a good shot)!

The Mitchell session

This was the first of three sessions I had on Sunday. The weather was cold and rainy, but luckily it stopped raining long enough for us to get a few shots outside.

another gorgeous family...

There is nothing like trying to get a 2 1/2 year old and a 7 month old to look at the camera and smile at the same time. Fortunately I got lucky a couple of times. This is one of my favorite pictures...and one of the 2 1/2 year olds too! He loved being so close to the water.

and another...

Today it was the Gonzalez family. From this picture can you guess who thinks he's still the baby? :) Baby C was happy the whole time.

Second mini session!!!

Next was the Giddens...they have a gorgeous little 6 week old baby girl. She wasn't very happy when we started, but after having a snack she settled down and even fell asleep.

Davis Sneak Peak!!!

My first family to partake in the Mini Holiday Session was the Davis'. As you can see they are a good looking family! The boys (including Dad) were all good sports and smiled for me the whole time. I had a great time!!

Here's a sneak peek...