Miss K came running out of school today exclaiming “you’ll NEVER guess what happened to me at school today!!!!” I stood there thinking it must have been really amazing for her to be so excited. She went on to explain that she’d been selected to be student of the week. I asked her how she got that priviledge and she said “I just thought that I wanted it and thought really hard and all of a sudden they picked me!”

She gets to write a story about herself and bring a show and tell item. A huge deal nowadays because “ONLY students of the week get to do show and tell” she explained to me. She’s bringing her new “eyeclops” magnifying glass she got for Christmas. It magnifies things 400 times and is “really cool” as she puts it.  I had to laugh at my little girl because on her about me page she put that her favorite book was the National Geographic magazine. I think we have a future scientist on our hands.

I love this little girl more than words could ever explain. She’s way beyond her years….

Number 6 is the winner!!!!

Congrats “D” family. You will be getting a framed 16X20 to hang on your wall. Your family is so much fun and it shows in the photos.

Image 9 came in a very close second, so I’ll be sending you an 11X14. Who can resist the beautiful M with her hair blowing?!

Thanks to everyone who participated and voted.  I had a really great time this year and a great time doing this contest. Your complements made me smile. I truly love what I do and am glad that others appreciate my work.

Have a great day and here’s to many more years of contests!!!

My middle child is the most emotional of my three kids. He can be hot or cold depending on how he feels at any particular moment. He is as sweet as he is sour. One moment he wants his mama and will hug me like he hasn’t seen me in years and the next moment he’s putting cookies in the toaster or throwing things at his little brother. He’s cuddling on my lap as I type this and I’ve become very emotional lately about how quickly my kids are growing up. My tiny one will be turning a year old in two weeks and Mr. I will be three soon. I only have a few more years to have them home with me before they head off to school. I’ve often been accused of being a little crazy by taking so many photos of my kids, but it’s my only way of freezing time. My only way of remembering exactly what they looked like. I want to capture every face, every emotion that they experience.

Here’s my boy.

Please pray for those affected by the floods. Two of my friends were displaced this week due to the flooding.

And C family and N family, please please email me if any of your photos I took were destroyed. I’ll happily get those replaced. I’m so sorry to hear about your homes. If there’s anything I can do, please don’t hesitate to ask!!!

Oh how I love this family!!

I’ve been photographing the T family since Mrs. T was pregnant with baby G over a year ago. I did her maternity session, her newborn session and G’s four month session. I can’t believe how much she’s grown! She just celebrated her first birthday a few weeks ago.  Even though it was snowing/raining at the session, we still managed to have a great time. They were such troopers with me making them do crazy things in the snow. I think having the snow made it that much more special. We’ve had a crazy winter here and it’s not very often that you see snow on the ground in the parks in Longview.

Thanks T family for letting me capture your beautiful family!

Hope you enjoy your preview!