As I sit here, on Thanksgiving Eve, trying to understand how suddenly it’s already Thanksgiving….I can’t help but feel overwhelmed. Yes, overwhelmed by the work that naturally comes with the wrap up of the busy portrait and wedding season and rush and madness that is the holidays, but more than that, overwhelmed by how unbelievably thankful that I am have this much work, these wonderful clients that have been soo faithful to me for soo many years, to love what I do and to have such a blessed life. If you know me well, you know that thankfulness and gratitude are a HUGE deal to me. I think that if people would just STOP for a minute and realize how good we really have it and have a genuine attitude of thanksgiving and gratefulness for their life, their family, their home, their health, their friends, a warm bed to sleep in, food to eat, a free country to live in, a job to be good at and all that they have, I am 100% sure that the world would be a different place with MUCH less hatred, anger, bitterness and pain. That’s why I love Thanksgiving. One day, where we stop and just revolve around being THANKFUL. On this Thanksgiving, I just want to say THANK YOU to all of my wonderful clients for your business. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to do what I love…which is photograph happy people and capture joy. Happy Thanksgiving, from my family to yours! (photos courtesy of my lovely friend, Jamie Sangar with Jamie Sangar Photography!)

Another family shoot! This time, for Mark’s family! Hannah, Ben, Graham and Xavier…our wonderful family…and our neighbors! We love them soo much and are soo blessed to have them in our lives! It’s soo hard to believe that Graham is now 4 years old (5 in January!)…when it seems like only yesterday, he practically had a daily shoot on my blog when he was born as the first child into the family!! Now Xavier is 2 (3 in March!) and everyone is growing soo quickly!! Oh…and a full family shot at the end! Told you that I was trying to capture everyone this year!

We were at my in-laws house for a family day of birthday celebrations when we did this shoot…and so Soph naturally ended up in the shoot! She loves her cousins, her Auntie H and her Umbleken, as she calls him (aka, Uncle Ben)! And I couldn’t help but shoot a few of my FAVORITE tree….. it’s such a beautiful, magestic old tree that is absolutely massive!! It’s estimated to be over 200 years old….and seen soo many generations, seasons, storms and sunshine…it’s amazing. One of my favorite things to do each fall is to visit Mark’s parents property and see my favorite tree!

And the whole clan from earlier this fall…