Developments of Life 

I first met this family a few years ago when these kiddos' beautiful grandmother Kathy retired and her daughter Alyssia threw her one heck of a retirement party. When I arrived to take the pictures, the youngest granddaughter Addy walked up to me, grabbed my hand, and proudly announced "I 'da Baby." Right away, I could tell she had an incredibly spunky spirit, and that if the rest of her family was like her, I hoped to be taking their photos for years to come. Luckily for me,

Last weekend my "baby" cousin Eric got married to his beautiful bride Natalie. It was such a nice change to be attending the wedding as a guest, rather than having to work, but of course, I had to take along my camera and at least one lens to capture a few photos for the family Christmas calendar. Natalie is from a traditional Vietnamese family, and as part of the reception, shared the tradition of the Tea Ceremony with us. I had never seen this performed, and it was a beauti

Yesterday morning (very early) I got the pleasure of capturing some senior photos for Seth. I met Seth a couple years ago, after helping his mom Amy convince Seth and his two brothers that they really did want to take family pictures with mom. If you have ever dealt with teenage boys, you know this was no small feat, but the young men were troopers. Seth is now graduating high school, and has very much grown into a polite, strong young man. The first time I met him, I was str

So for the past three days, I have been trying to find the words to go with these pictures. I have literally been sitting here and erasing and sitting here and erasing. The girl in these photos is a dear friend of mine from high school. Chris was a year ahead of me and we met thru Frosh-Soph basketball. She was the point guard and could buzz around the floor, so cute, tiny, and full of love and spirit - I quickly nicknamed her "Little Bug" and it stuck. For the next 3 years (