I love being with and photographing couples in love!  :) Meet Anna and John! 

These twins are 7 months old and let me tell you, they have this amazing bond. Just in the small time I was with them I could see it.  They even hold hands when they lay next to each other…how cute is that? We met at Falls Park in downtown Greenville. It was such a hot and humid day, but these kiddos hung in there!

I love her little expression

Baby toes….who cannot love them…..:)

I am so excited to announce a new product we are offering at Autumn Olive Photography.  It is the Pocket Album. It is a 5×5 square album that can hold 20-40 pages. Although it is not “the size of your pocket”, it is a great product to take around to easily show your friends and family! 

Yes, I must say that my job has taken over my life the past couple of weeks. 14 days straight will do that I guess.  I usually stay pretty balanced, and have been blessed with a steady stream of work, phone calls, and emails at all hours of the evening (which I really do love!). However, travel and some marathon sessions have taken their toll on me today. I really didn’t realize it until just a second ago, when I was getting ready to get back to working at the computer and I was going to blog about some new products.  I came back from photographing the new products and entered my office to see the picture below. I started crying. Little Bobby is sitting on my work chair with his bone in his mouth.  He just wants to play, and I keep putting it off because I have put my job before my family the past couple of weeks.  Therefore, there will always be another day to post about the new products. Instead, I am going to go play with Little Bobby until the hubby gets home. I am going to bake some bread. I am going to make a nice dinner. I may even go for a walk.  :) Until tomorrow….

Here are some more photographs of this fun couple, Matt and Sandy! It was so great to get together with the two of you and good luck on the marathon Sandy! 

What a great photography session in Chicago! Here are some more photographs from the session!  :) Does he not have the most amazing eyes?

Here are a few more of Rich and Nicole!!

Kristen (great name by the way) is such a great girl! Seriously, she is not only beautiful, but smart and funny!  I mean, what else could you ask for! ?  I have known Kristen for years! She grew up in the Chicago area and her 8th grade year, her family moved to Central Illinois (where I lived).  Our friendship didn’t come until 9th grade.  We met in church.  We both could not find the High School  Sunday school class.  Kristen, you know, the one where our Sunday school teacher brought donuts in every morning but we would never eat because their were way too many calories (or maybe that was just me..haha). Our friendship started in church, and of course grew outside of Church. Even though our lives have taken us in completely different directions (her city, me country), we still have this friendship that is amazingly comfortable and non judgemental.  

Well, I actually visited the Chicago area twice in the short time I was in Illinois. The second time was to take photos of this beautiful newborn and 3 year old! Although it was a long day, I am so glad we made the trek up there!  Lily was only 4 weeks old and wide awake the whole time! She is such a good baby, and she has a great big brother to take care of her! This session had two parts….we went to Grandma’s to get some great outdoor shots later in the afternoon (what an amazing yard)!! Here are just a few from the session….more to come!

I love the image above! He was so excited to throw his pillow…can you tell?

This is grandma’s backyard! Isn’t it beautiful? I love this image in that it shows how small Benjamin really is!!  :)

Chris and I decided yesterday afternoon that we wanted a good, home cooked meal…on the fire. Yes, it was like 90 degrees yesterday and we were cooking on the fire with sweat dripping down our faces and all. But let me tell you, there is nothing like burning wood that you cut (okay, it was Chris that cut it all) and watching the heat cook your food! Little Bobby hung out with us as well and ran around playing with sticks (mulch) and watched the fire from the bench. What was on the menu? Fresh mushrooms, baked potatoes, and deer tenderloins.  Of course we were so hot from cooking that we went into the house to eat it! :)