Michelle and Brock, you are a beautiful couple! Your wedding was amazing! We LOVED spending the day with you two! I hope you love your pictures!

I think Courtney is one of the cutest preggo ladies ever! I love her belly button! But she hates it… I think thats the funnest part of getting pregnant… that bellybutton! They are such a sweet couple! And they are so in love with Zoe. I feel like the city of Columbia, is in love with Zoe!! I can’t wait till she gets here! Look out for some birth story pictures later!

Katie and David are such a fun, relaxed couple. They are so easy to work with! I told them to just have a good time, and goof off and it was pretty easy from there! I can’t wait to photograph their wedding in October! I Love my Brides and Grooms… and their parents too! Katie’s mom is just as fun to work with!

Say hi to the doggies for me! Hope you enjoy your pictures!

Jordan

It was such a classy day! Lisa just had this look of vintage glamour. Her dress was crazy amazing, her veil matched perfectly! I loved hanging out with Lisa and her bridesmaids all day! They are all such fabulous girls! And check out the boys’ bow ties and classic suits! Everything was so awesome! Their wedding day was simply beautiful, in every way! I can’t forget to mention how amazing the Bride and Groom’s parents were! Such sweet sweet people!

The next day we were at the airport catching our plane in Atlanta, we happened to walk right past Lisa and John. Well…. we were walking… they were running! All of the planes were off schedule that day, so we knew what was going on! Lisa was so sweet, “um, hi, Im so sorry… we can’t talk… Nice to see you!” we just laughed, and hoped they got on their plane in time! We thought it was so crazy running into them at the Atlanta Airport – its Gigantic!

Anyhow, we had so much fun working with you both! It was amazing! Thanks for letting us be apart of it!

Of course, I had to whip out the camera to do a 4 month session of Denver- our nephew, and Lacey- Landon’s little sister. There happened to be a little orchard down the street from us, so we grabbed some pictures there. It’s my new, all time favorite, photography spot! ITs gorgeous! We were out there at just the right time! Such a perfect backdrop for pictures!

Warning: If you are female, please understand a few things before viewing these pictures. Your belly might start to ache. You might not know whats going on, but its your belly asking you for a baby… because Denver is just too dang cute. He will just melt your heart! View at own risk, and stay away from water that everyone claims to be making the community pregnant!

Love you Leah, Lacey, and DENVER and the rest of the Thompson Clan! Had so much fun with you all!

I was getting bored- photography wise, so we actually stuck around my neighborhood for several of their pictures! Some are even in our backyard! I thought it was a fun new change to my usual picture spots!

Can’t wait for the wedding guys!

Jarod and Amy tried to have kids for several years. Amy was told that it was unlikely that she would be able to bear a child. So Amy and Jarod adopted the sweetest (funniest) little boy – Jesse. Their adoption process took a while to complete – about 2 years, but the minute it did… Amy was growing a baby iside her belly! God is amazing… and is always so mysterious. Its so neat to hear about these stories. I think its so cool that sometimes God says no, only because he wants something even better for us. Now they are blessed with 2 amazing little boys! Jesse and Michah.

I’ve never met anyone like Jesse. When we were visiting them to snap some photos Jesse was beat boxing for me…. “Mm psh, mm mm psh, mm psh, mm SKETI”  Yup… this little 4 year old can beat box. He comes up with the craziest stuff! He never fails to make everyone around him laugh… hard!

And Michah… he is so precious… and knowing Amy’s story he was just even more precious. He just looks like a little angel. And you look at him and you cant help but think…. miracle. I had so much fun taking pictures of this little guy.

Anyhow… I leave you with Amy’s maternity pictures, followed by Michah’s infant session. We love you Plew Family!

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Nicole Crook, you are the winner! We have to get busy! Luckily you live here, so we don’t have to go about everything by email! I can actually come to your home! I will post before and after pictures once the makeover is done! Im so excited!

Our trip was amazing! I have never seen anything so beautiful! Puerto Rico is about 75% mountains. So no matter where you are standing or looking, you will see them! Its breathtaking!

The majority of our time was spent putting on Vacation Bible School for some kiddos. They were too cute, and i just fell in love with each one of them! At the end of the week many of the kids made decisions for Christ. God is awesome!

Meet Alesha. We became great friends on the trip! She was the only older girl at VBS so she really didnt have anyone to hang out with. Even though I can hardly speak Spanish, and she could hardly speak English we had a good time! Jose (to the right) was the bus driver for the team. He was so awesome!

The food was amazing. We didnt try the meat all week (We are pescitarians) but we ate the rice UP! YUMMMO!

Landon, David (Landon’s Dad), and myself drove down to Rex’s Cream several times for a cup of Ice cream. It was fantastic. Apparently they use the same machines that are used for making Gelato in Italy. We were told it was very comparable to authentic Italian Gelato! Puerto Rico is stinkin HOT! If you think you know humidity… you know nothing! My hair was completely uncontrollable… I gave up after the second day! Needless to say, Ice cream was such a wonderful treat while in Puerto Rico!

Toward the end of the week, all of the VBS kids put on a little concert at a community center around the corner from the church. The children sang, and then a Christian band played for a while (they were awesome!). It was cool because a lot of the community came out to see everything!

The entire week, we stayed with this sweet couple – Glorimar and Edgardo. It was really awesome staying with people who lived there in Puerto Rico.

This is their Dog- Gordy (which means fatty in English) WE liked him!

Glorimar made us Puerto Rican Coffee every morning – the Bomb Diggity! It was sooo good!

Glorimar taught me how to make a few Puerto Rican Dishes – She is an incredible cook! And one morning I helped her cook some Pancakes!

Ohh and this is where we picked up most of our groceries! Wouldn’t you like shopping at this Walmart everyday? Beautiful!

On Saturday morning, Glorimar and Edgardo took us to see Old San Juan. Edgardo was our tour guide! The place is full of historic Charm. It is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Pure Art.


Tons of pigeons hung out in this special little area. You could stand right in the middle of them! reminded me of “Home Alone”


All week we munched on a Puerto Rican snack called Limber. It is basically frozen juice. People sell it out of their homes all over the island. Jose, the bus driver, explained that it is kinda like a lemonade stand, but for adults. I loved this stuff!

while we are in Old San Juan, I snagged a few shots of Glorimar and Edgardo… i just couldn’t help myself….

Later that night, after we showered away the humidity, Glorimar and Edgardo took us back to old San Juan to share a meal at an authentic Peurto Rican Resturaunt. It was so delicioso! We both had Mofungo – which seems to be Peurto Rico’s most famous dish! Its made from plantains, and boy was it good!

Paola (Glorimar and Edgardo’s daughter, and a Vanessa Hudges look alike) brought along her boyfriend – Kevin. Again, I couldn’t help but grab a few pictures of the cute couple!

On our last Day, we drove up to the Rainforest. Yes, the Rainforest! It was incredible! The vegetation there is indescribable!

And just two miles over, there are beautiful beaches

So that’s a wrap up of our trip! We love Puerto Rico and CAN’T wait to go back! We are in love! How can you beat Rain Forests and BEautiful Beaches all on one small Island? It was such a blast! I highly recommend visiting Puerto Rico! It will take your breath away! I promise!