our naples week {florida homeschool field trip}

we had so much fun spending a week in naples, bonita springs, and ft. myers. we took a field trip (missed the second one due to a sick big brother), visited a cool park, hung with grandparents, friends, and cousins during the day, and did a series of portrait sessions in the evenings. a couple snaps from our edison field trip (which we especially enjoyed in the midst of our botany study):(thanks, nana, for manning the camera!! we had so much fun with you...)

"I" is for "Isaac's Phone?" {Florida Family Fun}

Is it sad that I have more apps on my new iphone for my two year old than for myself? Is it true what the big kids say that he's spoiled when he can play the games but they have to wait in line?

storybook cottage... before

this is our little portrait cottage. in small bites. because at this point you can't see all of the vision coming forth, haha!
this little gem is such a blessing - a "happenstance" appearance on the horizon of what we've been dreaming for the photography business. (as if there is happenstance.) our landlords are a sweet Christian couple who have a counseling practice in the pretty two-story victorian next door. the wife tells us she's so glad we've "moved in." really? Lord, can you spoil us more??

really? "my office?!!!"






as we paint and scrub and prepare to lay flooring, i find myself daydreaming of and praying for the clients who'll visit us there... that they will leave having been blessed... and having a glimpse of themselves as you see them, Papa.

oh my God...

when i look at all you have made, i am astounded.
when i see how you reveal your light, and your depth, and your height,
and your grandeur, through us, your people, i lose my breath.
how is it that you can reveal through brokenness, beauty?

how, through the heart of one who is harsh and disobedient,
can beauty still be reflected?
oh, Papa, call me to tenderness, to softness of heart,
to sweetness of speech, to gentleness and peacefulness...
break my hardness and bring forth something worthy to be
called yours.

shooting with my princess-girlie...

a and i spent a few minutes at the beach a while back practicing shooting manual - she's amazing me with how she's picking it up! we took a couple self-portraits, and with their permission, a couple photos of a sweet couple vacationing. thank you, baby-girl, for a fun date!




my version...


this one cracks me up!!

Vitamix Giveaway!

Found an adorable and educational new blog from my Naples friend Jill. This sweet fellow homeschooler/natural lifestyle advocate is giving away a Vitamix! Go to her blog and comment - and check out all the good stuff she has to share! Click here.

date night with my princess-girlie

one of the best assistants a photographer could ask for, a. is becoming quite the little shooter herself. we had a few minutes in-between sessions the other night and did a couple self-portraits. what a fun date with my beautiful daughter!