The month of May was a busy month with finishing bridal portraits, family portraits and getting grooms books and guest books ready for upcoming weddings! June is off to a roaring start with Natalie's wedding leading the way on Friday the first and Lauren's on its heels Saturday the second. Both were absolutely beautiful! We hosted Natalie's reception here at the house with a tropical theme, complete with tiki torches and a newly constructed waterfall into the pool. It made for a busy week preceding the wedding with the threat of rain most days, but the Lord was gracious and all came together beautifully and we had a wonderful time! Thanks to Mark Manning of Music N Motion, our DJ friend who had super fun choices of music for relaxing and dancing. It is a night that will not soon be forgotten. Wedding pictures of both girls will follow in the next week or so, but here are a few of their bridals, now that the grooms have seen their brides!

Lauren in her mom's home office in Little Rock...
Isn't she beautiful?...

Feeling a little funky...

Attitude is what it's all about!

Joe, you picked a winner! She's beautiful inside AND out!

Now for Natalie...

At the capital...look at those eyes!

This image can be found in our ad for Broker*Agent Magazine of Arkansas, June issue...

Doesn't she look like an angel?

NOW, an angel with an attitude...wonder where she gets that?

One more...........

Thomas, we say you look like an angel here, your mama says that is deceiving...we aren't so sure she's right! :)

another couple of sweet faces...

What fun! Mom and Dad said we could!

Everybody needs a best friend.

Life in the fast lane...that is what it feels like these days. You blink and eye and a day is gone. You turn around and a month has passed. It doesn't seem like any time ago that Natalie and Dillon decided on a wedding date and now it is a week from today! I looked at our blog tonight and realized it had been 6 weeks since we had communicated here! A lot has transpired in that amount of time. We have photographed families, another cover and feature story for Broker Agent magazine, bridal portraits for several brides in various locations and a 20th anniversary renewal of vows wedding at the Mildred Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas! In the midst of this, our computer began having "issues" so after several days of trying to work out the issues, decided that the best thing to do was replace it. Not at all what we wanted to spend money on at this time, but a very necessary thing. This computer issue put us behind several sessions of finishing pictures, but we are finally caught up. Just in time for the wedding of our first born and reception here at our home. Tropical is the theme and we hope to host a wonderful time for all that attend!

I plan to post some favorite pictures of the past 6 weeks in the coming days, but if it ends up being several days, you will know that wedding preparations took more time that I anticipated. Imagine such a thing! Good night for now...

We spent the morning in North Little Rock shooting the cover and feature images for Broker*Agent Magazine of Arkansas. Karen Hall of Caldwell Banker, North Little Rock is the featured agent for the June issue. She is a $7 Million Dollar seller and...


AJ's mom...

Being a single, working mom is not an easy task, but it is evident that she does a great job. AJ is a terrific young man!

And this beautiful lady is Dana Bajorek, publisher of Broker*Agent Magazine, Arkansas edition. Dana does a great job coordinating the shoots and all that goes on to make each issue great. Dana, we will post the images of you that we took today in a couple of days. I'll send you a link when they are ready. Thanks for all that you do.Today's weather was cooperative for the morning shoot, but as the day wore on the wind picked up and we even experienced some hail! We had planned to shoot with Beth Goodrich and her family, but decided that we would have more fun waiting until the ground was a bit drier. So, hopefully next week, we can meet her sweet boys!

Karen and AJ, we hope you had fun today and that we helped you make some memories. We will have the rest of your images posted in a few days. I will let you know when they are ready. We had fun! You two were GREAT to work with!

Saturday at the capital! There were brides all day posing for bridal portraits and our Natalie was one of them. I won't be posting any of these pictures though, because her groom has not seen her in her dress and won't until their day. The wind was blowing a gale and the temp was more than a little cool, but the sun was beautiful and so was our bride to be with the light shining in on her. We expected April to be at bit warmer!

We have 2 more sessions coming up this week. One with Broker*Agent Magazine for their upcoming issue featuring Karen Hall of Caldwell Banker in North Little Rock. We are excited to meet her and her special crew of agents!

The next session will be with Beth Goodrich, her husband and 3 sweet little boys. One is just celebrating his first birthday so we are anticipating a fun time.

Tonight we had the privilege of recording a very special chapter of life for Courtney and Matt. They are expecting a baby boy the end of next month! What an exciting time! Baby lets her know when he doesn't like a cold touch or when he hears something that stirs him up. Daddy Matt is everything to them both. It is so obvious how much he adores Courtney and in turn this new baby boy. Little do we know how much this little fellow can hear...but he will know the voices of mama and daddy both...
This makes us smile....
See...I told you Matt adores them!
And just in case you had not made the connection yet...Courtney is Bethany's next older sister! Take a look back just a few days and see how they "match"! Courtney is #3 of 4 girls and Bethany is the baby of 4. And aren't they gorgeous?! Matt and Craig think so and so do we!
We hope you have enjoyed your sneak peak...the rest will be posted in a couple of days. Thank you Bethany for telling Matt and Courtney about us and thank you Matt and Courtney for allowing us to be a part of your lives! We had terrific fun!

Sometimes you find out some interesting things about people you know. I discovered that Anna does roofing work with her dad and as missions projects! Here is just a sampling of Anna at work...Thanks Anna for braving our somewhat steep roof to keep the rain on the OUTSIDE rather than running down the vents to the INSIDE!
We were glad when she finished up and was safely back on the ground! Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for sharing her with us. She is a precious young lady. You have raised her well.

What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Doing one of our most favorite things with some new friends! This little cutie is our new friend Madison and her mama, Mandy. Madison, Amber had said that you were a lot of fun and she was exactly right! We hope this brings a smile to your face. They sure do ours.Sweet lovin' from Mama...
See where Madison gets her beauty? Her mama, Mandy, of course!
Thank you, Girls for allowing us to record a piece of this chapter of life for you. You have left fingerprints on us that are very special. We will have the rest of the pictures from our afternoon together posted within a few days. I'll let you know when they are ready, but hopefully you like the sneak peak!

Courtney, we are looking forward to our time to take pictures of you and your "baby tummy"! We will call you tomorrow...

Bethany & Craig! This is the front of the trolley car on the left. We thought this turned out super cool! You two were so much fun and such good sports. Thanks for playing along to make your pictures an enjoyable and memorable experience.Bethany, here is another one of our favorites! Your sweet spirit shines though your beautiful eyes...and look at that million dollar smile.


Craig, you were such a good sport. Not all of the guys are so willing to bend and contort to come up with fun images.And then....is this not love?!


There are a lot of good images. You both did a great job and we will have them ready to view in a few days. We had a great time and hope that you did as well.

Look at this beautiful young lady. One of my favorite students from Hendrix College. We spent some time downtown Conway yesterday before the rain moved in visiting and having fun. Anna, I knew you were something special and your proved it during our session! Hope you feel pretty, because you are gorgeous!

Today I spent "girl time" with one of my best friends from Missouri, Sonya Young. We shared as moms about wedding plans and pictures. Her oldest was married in December at our summer camp just outside Joplin, MO, so with our own planning going on, she was a wealth of information and insight. Sonya, I enjoyed our time together more than words can say. We can't let our visits be so long between!

What a fun Saturday! We started the morning at Jodie Marie's Bridal shop getting Natalie's wedding dress pinned to be hemmed. Amber, Nikki and Marlo got to share in the fun. Nikki and Marlo's dresses were in and they look stunning as well. The ladies at Jodie Marie's continue to amaze me with their gift to fit the girls with dresses that show off the beautiful young ladies they are. It won't be any time at all until we will be shooting bridals at the capital (and other places) with Natalie.

Then we had the privilege to witness the union of 2 of our favorite young people, Matt and Laurie. What a beautiful ceremony-not a dry eye in the house, including Jim Bob as he performed the ceremony that united the lives of his daughter and her groom. It was obvious that they understood the enormity of their commitment before God. Laurie you made a beautiful bride and Matt, you were such a handsome groom. Take good care of each other, you two!

Not much later, we met with Amy Sheridan and her mom, Jan to welcome them into our family of brides! Amy, you will be so much fun to work with and we look forward to meeting Justin. The excitement that Amy exudes over her wedding is so contagious! She will make a beautiful bride and we are very honored to be able to tell her story for her.

Saturday proved to be a beautiful day for the Hendrix Softball girls to show off a bit! The wind was a bit cool, but the sun was a welcome change to the weather we had been having. Here is some of the fun of the day...







KJ at short...Coach Amy watching her girls...


We hope to get to see more of the Hendrix girls in the coming weeks! You girls rock! I miss you in BodyPump.

We had a celebration this weekend! Birthdays at our house are very special. We don't just celebrate one day, it usually lasts several. This weekend we celebrated another year of life for Ron, my best friend in the entire world. I could not have asked for a more special man to walk through life with me. Happy Birthday to my sweet man!

Daddy and his girls...
Gifts for the birthday boy...Where did February go? We began working on the new website around the first of the month. When we began looking through the images created with clients, it brought back sweet memories. We work with awesome people, another thing for which we are grateful! As the month flew by and the launch of the new site drew near, we could hardly contain our excitement. As we made the transition to the new site and friends began taking a look, we began getting, WOW! Exactly what we wanted, because that is how we feel each time we have the privilege of recording a chapter of life for someone. Such an awesome responsibility, and oh, so much fun!

We also saw the Hendrix Softball girls play on Saturday! Now THAT'S a fun bunch of girls! Those pictures to follow tomorrow.

Welcome Craig and Bethany to our family of brides and grooms! We are so excited about telling your story over the coming months! The day will be here before you can even blink. We look forward to talking to you again soon.

We met with Ro and Anthony yesterday and they too have a spirit of fun about them that would make telling their story a joy!

Today's fun meeting was with Lisa and Keith. Lisa, it is a challenge trying to finish school AND plan a wedding, but from what we could gather, you have things well under control. You are wise to be as ahead of the game as you are. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Your story is as unique as you are and we are excited about the prospect of working with you in the coming months.

We will be partnering with the real estate brokers in our state to help them tell their story each month. Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, February 13! Dana, Ron says that you will be great to work with and we are excited about the upcoming months. I'm looking forward to meeting you in person next week.

It was a fun morning this morning helping put together the images of the families at Antioch Baptist Church in Conway as the L.A.D.Y. Life team composes a church directory of pictures, information and favorite recipes! Get your $ ready! They will be offering these Recipe/Directories to those that will want to try all of the "good eats" compiled. If you haven't guessed....baptist women can cook! Those of you that did not get your image taken this morning, the ladies will be ready for you each Sunday morning through the month of February. It only takes a minute, so be ready.


This is one of our favorite "little people" in the whole world. This is Keegan, one of Arkansas Children's Hospital's success stories! We love you Keegan!

AND, this fun face hiding behind me, is our Toya. She is one of the L.A.D.Y. Life team at Antioch as well as the help mate to Antioch's associate pastor. Toya, you do a wonderful job ministering to the ladies of Antioch. Thank you for all of the work that you and your team do! You are loved!