Okay so first of all, I haven’t posted to my blog in several months! That is the longest stretch ever since I’ve had a blog which I think is over TEN years! I have a good excuse though. My website was destroyed by malware (this was all my fault for not running updates), then it took quite a bit of …
Young Life Family Camp | Carolina Point
Over spring break, Dana and I took the kids to a super fun “family camp” hosted by St. Augustine Young Life at Carolina Point (a Young Life property in NC.) I wanted to post the experience just for fun but also to spread the word about these wonderful retreats Young Life offers for families. Most of the time, a “camp” planned …
Thoughts on Adoption | The Heart Gallery
I’ve been shooting for the Heart Gallery for a long time now, here and there, whenever they need someone in my area. At first I felt mostly hopeful. Hopeful that these kids would find forever families, that a photo I took could make a difference. And I still feel that way, but over time I’ve realized there are more kids …
A Tribute to Lucy
Two weeks ago today our dog Lucy passed away. I thought about posting something to Facebook, but couldn’t really bring myself to sum up her life into a social media update. But I do have quite a few friends I know loved Lucy too, so I wanted to let them know somehow… I decided posting a tribute here would be …
Interior Design Melbourne Fl | My new Living Room!
So, on a break from the norm I wanted to post something personal today and share the before and after shots of my new living room! You might not think it’s a very personal thing, but rest assured that by sharing with you how sad and pathetic my living room was before the makeover I am TOTALLY bearing my soul! …
The Gray Fam – thanks to Alice Carter!
Well, it has been longer than I’m willing to admit (due to a couple canceled attempts) but I finally had a family photo made! My good friend Alice Carter and her family came for a visit so we planned a quick photography session right near my home in Satellite Beach. We took turns shooting each others family then photographed our …
The Grays and the Simpsons – Melbourne FL Photography
So I haven’t put any personal pics up here in a while mainly because I’ve got like 20 blog entries in the queue right now but I’ve got to do it because my girl turns 6 tomorrow and because I don’t think I did anything here for the boys birthdays this year? Too much moving and grand openings going on …
Photography Studio – Grand Opening!
So if you missed all gazillion of my facebook reminders, the email newsletter and the actual invitations, you might not know… I HAD A GRAND OPENING LAST WEEKEND! We moved into the new photography studio back in May but the project took a back seat most of the summer (during our move, our kids being out of school and work …
Maternity Marathon with Chad and Khara!
I’m not sure where to start. I’m going to be wordy on this one so get your coffee. I just have a lot to say. First of all, this picture above might be my favorite maternity ever, but only if one of my other favorites below don’t win out in the end. Oh and I might have to start offering …
The Wood-Purdie Family
I photographed the Wood-Purdie family earlier in July — my great Aunt and Uncle and their daughter’s family (my cousins.) They were all in town for some vacation time and we hung out for the 4th as well. My kids love it when they get to play with their cousins (2nd or 3rd cousins? I can never remember how that …
Margaret Graves
My husband’s mom passed away a year ago today. I wanted to put something up in her memory. She left us unexpectedly and she is missed terribly. I know especially for Dana and his sister, the feeling of loss doesn’t go away and as time has gone by it can feel better some days and then out of nowhere it’s …
I hate pictures of myself.
Well, I have a few minutes while images are converting from raw to jpg for an order I am editing so I thought I’d finally put these up here. I am planning on some time next century for actually updating my profile on the web site, facebook, etc. The picture on the main site is crazy out of date. This …
My Girl is FIVE
This is my Mary and for some reason it is hard for me to believe she is five. The first child is “supposed” to get big. The second, my only girl, well she is forever 2 in my brain, tiny sprigs of pig tails sticking out from her head, pudgy legs, ferocious energy, infectious laugh, determined personality. I guess the …
Family Pics!
I don’t get pics of my own family that often and when we actually try to get one of the kids together it usually turns into a big headache (go figure) but today they shocked us (see the last 5.) It is amazing what they will do for a fruit snack. Have a Merry Christmas everyone! Mary wasn’t shy! priceless, …
Melbourne Community Church Christmas Pageant
Mary participated in our church’s first ever Christmas Pageant this past Sunday and it was terrific. I put together a simple slideshow to share… here goes…. Music is from one of my favorite Christmas albums: JOY: Ed Cash, Allen Levi and Bebo Norman all musicians who have participated in some way with Young Life! You can find it here.
October-November Family Pics
We had a very busy October and I didn’t even open up the Disney file for this update. We spent the day at the Magic Kingdom on my birthday and had loads of fun! Obviously there is halloween stuff and the pumpkin patch which is really humorous… take notes from the professional here people… on how to get your kids …
The Heart Gallery
I did some work for the Tampa Bay Heart Gallery not too long ago and really loved it. I love the mission to bring foster children into loving “forever families” through portraits that truly show the heart of the children. I’m not sure how big this organization is in Melbourne but it seems to be growing in Tampa and all …
Oh the irony…
I bought a bottle of “Mad Housewife” wine at Publix yesterday because I loved the label and wanted to bring it along to my friend’s wedding shower this weekend. As I unloaded the groceries from the car, the bottle was in a plastic bag with 2 boxes of cereal (I didn’t have my reusable’s with me so I probably deserved …
Uncle Devon – Eligible Bachelor
My brother Devon stopped by for a surprise visit last week just when Davis was waking up and he’s been dying to get these pics so here we go… As you can see here, Devon is a caring, sensitive, family kind of guy, works for Regions bank as a manager there and is eligible to date anyone who applies first …
Goodbye to Summer!
Thanks to Justin for getting my kids to smile. This was our “last night of summer” big hoorah… good times! The Girls Club Lucy using her strength to take advantage of Davis sand flea hunting, yes there are six kids there all 6yrs and under… ewwww, heebie jeebies… the sand flea is airborn… my boy loves to throw the ball…. …
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