Monthly Archives: August 2008

Contest Winner

We asked people who wanted a free session to send in their creative first birthday messages and Katie came through with a picture of her pregnant belly decorated with balloons and ribbons. She wanted a session for her own one year old so she could have some pictures of him before her second baby arrives in October. Katie was great because she let her son walk around and enjoy himself (even when that meant eating leaves:)) and trusted dad to capture his awesome expressions and his personality. Those are the pictures that are going to bring back emotion as the years go on.

This is one of mom’s favorites:

Mom’s other favorite. She says this one would be a beautiful canvas art wrap decorating the family’s home.

Thanks for sending in the picture and coming out for the session. Dad had a lot of fun meeting you and we all wish you the best of luck when the new baby arrives!

Laura and Jay’s Engagement Session

Laura and Jay are getting married in less than a month! They met up with dad for their beach engagement session on Wednesday. They are so happy and ready for their wedding day to be here. Dad said they were playful and genuine and great together.


This one is mom’s favorite:

Thanks to Laura and Jay for a fun evening! Dad is looking forward to your wedding day at Tradewinds in just a few weeks!

New Big Sister

One of our favorite families now has two little girls! Dad has photographed their older daughter from the time she was a newborn and now she is a big sister! She is going to be a wonderful big sister. There is so much love in their house and we are happy to see their family grow. What a blessing that we get to be a part of such special times in the lives of families. Thank you for inviting us into your home and into your lives!

The new big sister:


She had a lot of work to do that day so she wasn’t in too many pictures.

Mom, dad, and their newest daughter:

She fits perfectly in daddy’s hand:

Dad says he is so happy he gets to be there for your new little one’s first year as well. Mom is excited to get started on the birth announcements! Congratulations to an awesome family!

Erica and Ryan at the Lange Farm

This weekend dad was back at the Lange Farm in Dade City, one of his favorite locations. Erica and Ryan were married there on Saturday in a pink and black themed wedding.

Erica got ready at her mom and dad’s house. Michele Renee was there for Erica’s hair and makeup and dad almost didn’t recognize her with her new haircut.

Here is Erica sharing an emotional moment with her dad as she is getting ready for her wedding:

Dad liked all the cool details around Erica’s mom and dad’s house. He said it would be a fun location for an engagement session…or maybe a Trash the Dress session Erica!

The ceremony was in front of the gazebo at the Lange Farm. Michelle is the coordinator there and she is wonderful to work with. Dad enjoyed catching up with her.

It is so sweet when a groom gets caught up in the emotion of the day. Mom loves this picture of Ryan’s reaction to Erica walking down the aisle.

The bridal party after the ceremony:

The reception was held in the Garden House and Doug Decker from Grant Hemond was the DJ. Dad likes working with him and says he does a great job.

Newlyweds:

The day was full of emotion and fun, which is just how a wedding should be. Congratulations Erica and Ryan!

Free Session Winners!

Thank you so much to everyone who made Happy First Birthday messages and sent them in for the free session. It was so much fun looking at all of them! The poems and drawings were really cute and we appreciate all the thought that went into the entries. We have contacted the winners and dad is so excited for Thursday.

Our first winner was Katie who has a one year old herself! She is expecting her second baby and sent in this picture:

We thought the ribbons hanging off of balloons on her decorated belly were too cute and picked Katie’s belly as the winner of the free session.

We had a few people send emails but they forgot to include themselves in the picture or they forgot to send a picture at all. One of the emails we received was from the BRHS soccer team. It was such a cute email!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

We wanted to wish you a happy 1st birthday! As high school athletes, and super-cool seniors we want you to enjoy the day and eat as much cake as possible….it’s the only time in your life that chubby checks and thunder thighs are adorable! So go ahead and get pinched and recognize the fact that being adorable is absolutly fabulous-but just because your growing older doesn’t mean that you can’t always act like a kid…we certainly do!

We know what anticipation feels like since we have been waiting for three years to win our soccer district tournament. Our sophmore year we lost in a double overtime to a penality kick-we were absolutely heartbroken! Our junior year we lost during the final game, in the pouring rain, because a cheap shot slid (literally because of the rain) through our goalie’s hands-again we were heartbroken to lose with such a cheap shot! It is now our senior year and we have trained, ran, done ball skills, designed tshirts, tie dyed with our team, held our heads high and continued to pursue-we just HAVE to win districts this year.

Not only is it our senior year, but our coach (Coach Pic) has declared this as her last year as well. She used to be the reading coach at our school but took a job with Duke TIP. After some begging and pleading, and some more begging…she said that she would coach us our senior year. (well minus two weeks while she is in Australia for her honeymoon). Needless to say she allows us to act like kids, has fun with us and lets us know that how important the memories that we create that are important.

So hopefully we will win the competetion, cross your cute little chubby fingers, and we will have some silly, crazy, outragous photos to get framed alongside our district champs trophy as memories of our senior year & first ever Braden River High School district win!!!!! Like our coach says “it’s the memories along the way that make it worthwhile!”

So, enjoy your 1st little birthday, and never forget to act silly…..”it’s the memories along the way that make it worthwhile”

Unfortunately they forgot to attach their pictures. The coach sent them in after the deadline, but once we saw their pictures we knew we had to make an exception and have two winners! This group looks like they totally meet the description of energetic, nice, fun, up for anything people which is just what we asked for!

The cake says, “Your 1st Birthday, Our 1st Districts”

We think they should have dunked the cake on coach’s head Gatorade style;)

Thursday is going to be a fun day! Be sure to check back for pictures!