Here are some more of the sweet 15 pictures. Hope you like them!
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Last month I got to photograph my beautiful cousin’s sweet 15. It turned out to be a beautiful, although a little chilly day. Things started out a little hectic but a great time was had by all. I will say that I thought toddlers were hard to photograph, but I think teens might have them beat. It wasn’t as easy as I thought to pose and get 15 teenagers to look at the camera at the same time. I’m posting a couple for you tonight and I’ll get some more up tomorrow. Hope you like them!
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Yesterday I had the pleaseure of photographing this adorable newborn. He was my first official newborn and he was such a doll! He slept the entire time I didn’t get too mad at me when I would try to pose him. He did open his eyes at the end so I snapped a quick one of grandma holding him. Thanks again Lisa for welcoming me into your house, hope you like the sneak peeks!
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So I’ve been MIA lately but I’ve been busy with things at home and my computer had some nasty virus that I could not get rid of. Luckily a friend recommended Brett from Cab’s Technical Services and he got it fixed in a day. He was awesome and even came to the house to pick it up and drop it off. I can’t say enough good things about him because he really saved me. This is also a good time to remind everyone to back up all your pictures and important documents! Even though I had pretty much all of my pictures backed up I didn’t have any of my contracts or excel worksheets backed up, but now I do! It would’ve stunk to have to do those all over again after I spent so much time on them.
I’m still getting caught up on emails so if I haven’t responded I’m sorry. I’ll also start posting on here again more often. Now I’m off to finish things and maybe do a little fall decorating. 
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Last month we attended my sister-in laws wedding and although I wasn’t the hired photographer I still took tons of pictures. It was great since I got to practice using my speedlite and working in low light situations. It was my first time attending a Hindu wedding and it was interesting to see and learn about their traditions. I even got to wear a sari which was actually really comfortable. They also had both weddings at The Hanover Manor which is the same place my husband and I got married, so it was nice to reminisce. It’s taken me forever to edit these pictures and I still have a whole other batch since they also had a Christian wedding the day after. I hope to post part 2 by the end of the week, but I’m not making any promises.
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Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful Independence Day. We’ll be heading out in a little bit for a BBQ at our friend’s house. I decided to bring a flag cake to the BBQ and had some help from my daughter.
The recipe made a lot of batter so we made two cakes. I think I’ll bring one to my neighbor if we don’t dig into first. Here’s the one my daughter decorated. Ok well not entirely, but she did a great job putting all the fruits on top.
Here’s the one I did. There are really supposed to be two rows of rasberries on each line but I think there is some kind of rasberry shortage going on in this town because I had a hard time finding some. And I almost got all the stars in there, I guess this flag represents the continental USA.
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Today the first thing my son asked me was if I could bake him a cake today because he had a dream about cake. He’s so funny, I love that little guy so much! So right now while he’s out with his dad watching a movie I made him some cupcakes. Don’t they look delicious?! I have been good tonight and I’ve only eaten one, we’ll see how long that lasts.
The other day I was cleaning out one of my cabinets and rediscovered this beautiful dessert stand my mother in-law had given me hiding all the way in the back. This is a much nicer presentation than the regular ‘ol dinner plate I’ve been using.
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Hope all the dads out there have a great day today! As for me I’m sitting here this late night/early morning waiting for some cupcakes to come out of the oven. Like always, instead of just baking my husband a simple cake I had to go and be all fancy and make these fun little burgers. I love Bakerella but sometimes I just wish she would stop making all these cute little creations that I can’t help try and imitate. But it’s really only a little wish because she’s so creative and I love seeing what she comes up with.
I also like giving my husband something made from the kids. This year I got this idea from a message board and I have it framed for the kids to give to him. Last year I bought some canvases and paint, then let them go at it for some abstract paintings that now hang in our room. Of course I don’t get anything handmade from the kids on Mother’s Day. I’ll just have to wait until they start school to get all those cute little presents since my husband is not crafty at all. He does take the kids out to pick out a present and card for me so I forgive him
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I always feel weird saying happy memorial day since it’s really more of a somber holiday. In honor of Memorial Day we visited the Beirut Memorial here in Jacksonville.
This memorial is dedicated to the military members killed in the 1983 barracks bombing in Lebanon. You can read more about it here. When we arrived there was an older gentleman there and unfortunately I can’t remember his name, I have horrible memory. He was so sweet and was like our own little tour guide.
He told us the story of the Beirut bombings as well as how this memorial came about. It turns out his wife was a big advocate in the building of his memorial and he promised her he would always take care of it. So even though he’s not the groundskeeper he comes here and tidy ups the place. You could really see the loves he has for his wife and how very much he misses her.
Here is the Marine who watches over.
They also had a little memorial for the victims of 9/11.
Thank you to all the military personnel who have given their lives for our freedom. And thank you to my husband who is truly my hero.
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My little baby is getting so big! I took these pictures the other day to enter her in the Babytalk/GMA cover contest. I was out there for like ten minutes and I still wasn’t able to get a picture with good eye contact. I guess it didn’t help that I was trying to keep her in the little bit of shade in front of our house while trying to take them either. I still love these!
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