He LOVES the grab-machines – but didn’t win any prizes!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

HE IS LIVING HIS BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY LIFE!!

STEPHANIE – THANK YOU SO MUCH for asking me to celebrate another year with you!!

I LOVE photographing birthday parties!!

I can’t believe that *G* is SEVEN already!

A DONUT CAKE!? YES!!

I’m watching YOU!!

WHOA!!!

ARCADE TIME!!

ONE MORE POST!! Because they had a GREAT time at the ARCADE!!

Those guys – we love them!!

We use every advantage of being together and in real clothes to get a group picture!!

PRESENTS!!

She LOVED that little sloth!!

This little firecracker – she is FULL of all the attitude!!

Missy – Cody – Aiden – Grace – WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!!

Everyone wanted to share with Grace!!

LIVING HER BEST LIFE!!!

ONE MORE POST!!

You know that sweet baby girl that my best friend had!?

She’s ONE now!!!

We had a party to celebrate her amazing life!!

PHOTOBOMB!!

Our friend Erica makes the BEST cakes!!!

THAT SWEET FACE!!

COUSIN LOVE!!

That Enoch guy – he LOVES his Grace – and she loves him!! Most of the time!

She was VERY angry that we took her drink away!!

BUT LOOK!! CAKE!!

Stay tuned for the rest of her PARTY!!

THIS GUY!!!

Big brother jut couldn’t resist!!

He REALLY wanted to eat that cake!!

OR WAS IT THE TRACTOR!?

ANOTHER bite of the tractor!!

STILL MORE!!

HILARIOUS!!

LOOK OUT!!

LOOK AT ALL THOSE BOYS!!!

*G* – you are SO VERY LOVED!!

Stephanie – THANK YOU so much for asking me to photograph these beautiful moments in your lives!!!

Did you know that I’m available for birthday parties!?

I LOVE joining Stephanie & her family for their parties!!

He REALLY wanted to eat that cake!!

LOOK AT THAT FACE!!

The newest little guy to add to the group!! ADORABLE!!

SO SQUISHY!!!

Holding another sweet great grandson!!

THAT SMILE!!

I took a BUNCH of photos – so tune in tomorrow for the rest of the party!!!

If you follow me on FACEBOOK – you should know that we have a pretty awesome inner circle of people in our lives.

Sometimes I forget that Sierra & Jose are quite a bit younger than us!

In early November – Jose turned 30!! Sierra will turn 30 a couple of months after I turn 40!

ANYWAY – we gathered at their house with their people to celebrate!!

The night before the party – we got together for what was supposed to be friend-family photos around the fire pit – BUT – it was COLD & windy – so we just hung out in the kitchen eating dinner instead!

Fitzy is three weeks older than that guy in the red and about 2 years younger than the guy in the black! He considers Aaron his best friend!

Enoch & Aiden on the trampoline Friday night!!

I LOVE that our guys have each other to grow up with!!

OH MY HEART!!! THAT SWEET GIRL!!

It’s not a birthday party without some guns – right!?

That was a test shot – but LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND!!

I’m told it’s a rare thing to find people like this. It might be. I do know this – at the risk of sounding ridiculous – we are blessed!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

Jose’s little sister came to celebrate with everyone!!

GORGEOUS!!

THIS!! These people – this moment. We’ve all got stories & some of them are unbelievable. I have one word to explain why all these people are here in this picture – together.

GRACE. Meeting Jesus completely transformed Cody’s life. It’s not my story to tell – but I do think he’ll be sharing it sooner rather than later – because it’s amazing.

Watching him live his life & living this life with them – it makes me cry!

THANKS!!

Before we called it a night – we are those early bedtime friends – I had to grab a few silhouette shots from their back porch – BECAUSE – look at that!!!

PERFECTION!!!

Jose – HAPPY BIRTHDAY – here’s hoping this is the BEST YEAR YET!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

When you’re the baby of the family – you share your cake with your brother and sisters!!

Lauren – THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

I hope to see you at a football game this fall – capturing that oldest of yours in action!!

Our friend Becca had a birthday. We were planning on getting together for a bonfire – a FANCY bonfire as per Becca’s request – but storms were in the forecast.

SO – we moved the party to our house!

Enoch wanted to make some signs for the party!

It wasn’t a SURPRISE – but the WE LOVE YOU SORTA – all their idea!!

Fitzy wanted to DRESS UP too – so he borrowed a skirt and a jacket from my closet!!

I LOVE THAT ONE!!

SHE BENT MY BROOM HANDLE!!

Becca really does care about us – but give her that baby – and we don’t exit anymore!

Because babies are the BEST birthday gifts!!

BECCA – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!