Two's Not So Terrible....

She is the face of my business and the moon & sun of my every single day!

Two years ago today was one of the happiest days of my life - my sweet daughter Ava made her debut and rocked my world! Happy 2nd birthday to the sweetest, brightest, funniest, cutest, wittiest, diva-est, most beautiful girls in the universe!

Here she is at 1 day old and 6mos old....

And here she is at ONE years old!...

We celebrated her 2nd in style with a Hello Kitty party!

A "Pimp Your Cupcake" station ~ an idea I borrowed from Amelia Lyon

And Ava received her very own cupcake session from "mommy"

She calls herself "Viva" .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my little Viva, love mommy

Girl, Interrupted

Yes, I'm going to star in my own version of that infamous movie with how crazy it's been around here lately.  I've finished up my summer subbing position at the preschool, 2010 plumb pricing decisions, new website design, Ava's 2nd birthday, getting Ethan ready to start school next week (good lawdy!), photosessions every week + editing them all.  Wow.  But you know what - I'm thankful for the busy-ness because it means I'm not dead (or lazy).  Anyway, I apologize for not updating the blog the past few weeks.  I have been working and I do have photos to show you...So today, I will give you little peeks into the last few sessions that have come 'round the corner here at Plumb.

Life is exciting ~ can't you tell by the fascinating lives lived by these beautiful people?!  I can't wait to show you the new website - COMING SOOOOOOOON!

American Honey

....So innocent, pure and sweet

American honey....

There's a wild, wild whisper

Blowing in the wind

Calling out my name like a long lost friend

Oh I miss those days as the years go by

Oh nothing's sweeter than summer time

And American honey....

~ Lady Antebellum ("American Honey")

When Kala approached me and said she wanted to schedule a photo session for her daughter she referred me to the style of the music video to "American Honey" by Lady Antebellum.  I'm not much of a country music person but the lyrics to this are sweetly beautiful, they remind me of my summer sunshine & lemonade childhoods, raised in the south.  I immediately had lots of ideas after watching the video (and *hint hint* - what an AWESOME avenue from which to pull photo session ideas from....). 

Here are some sneaks from  her and her sweet baby girl's session:

my absolute favorite look ever! ;)

True Beauty

My sister is gorgeous and I can prove it....

Just thought I'd remind the world of her existence.  Have a great weekend!!

There Will be Sun, There Will be Rain

I have been so extremely busy recently that I haven't updated the blog with any photos of my own family! For shame....! So here I am to show off a little of our goings-on as of late. 

Ethan graduated Kindergarten and had a blast at his school's field day.  He is a dancing king...see his hair flop!

I spent a week NOT working just with me kiddos and we played outside a lot.  I love this action shot of Ethan (nice hand Ava....)

This is how Ava spent most of her time near the slip n' slide.  Shy

Me and Ethan worked as a team to finally get her wet!

Poor baby!.... *wink*

We got ready for Father's Day and made shirts to wear in honor of Isaac playing off the fact that he always pokes fun at "Team Edward\Team Jacob" t-shirts

We "took Daddy" to see Toy Story 3 in 3D - we had a blast!  As you can see, Jessie & Woody came along...

As of late we've been experiencing a monsoon of weather - constant gray, rainy days.

But it makes for fun, puddle play!

Hoping for sunshine over this Independence Day weekend!  Keep exploring!

Double Giveaway from Skye Hardwick & Florabella!

I have goosebumps at the very thought of winning this giveaway - Skye Hardwick is such an inspirational photographer and I heart Florabella actions as well as her print collections & photography!

They are presenting this amazing giveaway over on the Florabella blog - CHECK IT OUT!!

Florabella Collection  |  Soulographer

Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer..

I had the priviledge of photographing the Jackson family while they were vacationing here on our beautiful, white beaches.  They had just gone parasailing the morning of our shoot but were such great sports, embracing the wind & the little bit of rain that came our way.  Despite all of that, the sun came out and turned out some stunning snapshots of their sweet family.  Here are a few sneaks of their shoot: