My friend Johna LOVES camping! Their campground holds a cardboard boat regatta and they invited us to come along!

Fitzy LOVES Macy – they get along so well! They decided to race together in a boat!

Which means that Matt made the boat!

Fitzy LOVED hanging out with Macy and her friends and going around the campground – like a big giant kid!

They decided to name their boat The Macy Fitzgerald – which sounds like a VERY fancy boat name!

Fitzy had said that naming a boat the Titanic would NOT be the best idea!

We called it a night – but you’ll see the BOAT RACE in a few days!

We visit my parents quite often and I rarely take pictures with my REAL camera!

BUT – I decided to take an INSTAGRAM BREAK for the month of July and it’s forced me to actually take REAL pictures of our lives!

I am an artist with a camera in my hands. THAT IS IT!

BUT – Enoch thought my chick was pretty good – mine is on the left! His is on the right – with a little help from me!

And some fruit – again – NOT AN ARTIST WITHOUT A CAMERA!!

This view looks toward the East – sometimes the sunset reflections are just as pretty as the sunset itself!

We had a small fire – we used to have BIG fires – with a few friends!

My parents live in the house that my dad grew up in – we moved here when I was nine.

This picture window holds SO MANY memories!

LOOKING IN & LOOKING OUT!

They want to start a restaurant when they are older – called BARDEN BROTHERS!!

SEVEN! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!

Have I mentioned I love these CRAZY BOYS!

Also – I LOVE my new lens!

Have I mentioned that I love taking your wedding photos? And then when you’re carrying a precious baby? And THEN when that baby is born?

I LOVE photographing all those moments for you!

I photographed Cassie & Erik’s wedding LAST June and their maternity session THIS June – and now – their sweet little boy!

I LOVE this perspective!

THAT SQUISHY FACE!! THE BEST!!

I’ve discovered that most newborns are happiest in the arms of their momma

Hello wedding rings – we meet again!

You see how relaxed he is? MILK COMA!!

MY FAVORITE!!

Cassie & Erik – thank you for asking me into your lives for the BIG moments!

I’ve been photographing Lauren and Dan for SEVEN years – almost EXACTLY! I first met them when they were pregnant with their oldest!

They’ve asked me back into their lives SEVERAL times over the years – but ALWAYS to capture their pregnancies!

I LOVE THAT SHOT! Kids being kids – living that country life!

She’s the baby – but not for long!

BE STILL MY HEART!!

SWEET SISTERS!!

The boy that made her a momma!

ISN’T SHE GORGEOUS!!

THOSE CURLS!!

And because I wanted to see ALL the way back – here’s a photo from each pregnancy!

That’s from her pregnancy with her oldest! SEVEN YEARS AGO!

And that one – pregnant with her curly-headed little girl!

And pregnant with the baby – that will soon be a big sister!

And now – with their second baby boy – their fourth baby!

Lauren & Dan – THANK YOU SO MUCH for asking me into your lives year after year!

I can’t wait to meet your newest addition!

The final installment!

I LOVE that shot – candid GORGEOUS moments!!

Speeches – precious words that make you laugh and cry!

There may have been some tears shed – these kiddos are officially brother and sister – those are always good tears!

Erin’s son was REALLY hoping for some cake smashing!

So – he took matters into his own hands!

They had a GIANT slip & slide set up for the kids – BEST IDEA EVER!!

I LOVE those rings shots!

I loved those big chairs Erin & Noreen had at their head table – SO MUCH that we lugged them out in the field!

SERIOUSLY!!!

Noreen & Erin – thank you SO MUCH for asking me to spend the evening with you!

Erin told me that he really appreciated how I do this whole photography thing – usually he dreads pictures – but it was painless and fun!

ALWAYS a compliment – especially coming from the groom!

And when Noreen saw the few pictures I posted on FACEBOOK she wrote to me and said –

“I love every picture!! Your talent has always been known in photography but to experience it with my husband and I is beyond words. These pictures have captured our love. THANK YOU!”

THANK YOU NOREEN!! I can’t wait to see you guys again for future family photos!

Noreen and her girls!

FIELDS!! GIVE ME ALL THE HAYFIELDS!!

SUCH SWEET MOMENTS!!

SWOON!!

AGAIN – GIVE ME ALL THE FIELDS!!

GORGEOUS!!

MY FAVORITE SHOTS!!

One more post to wrap up this lovely evening!

My grandma lives in an apartment attached to my parents house – which was once her house.

Back when it was her house – we would visit – a lot. And sometimes we would visit her best friend.

Her best friend was Patricia – sadly – she passed away earlier this year.

Patricia has three children – all about the ages of me and my siblings.

Noreen is the youngest of those children – about the age of my brother. My grandma is still in contact with Noreen and they got talking about her upcoming wedding and she had heard I was a photographer. She reached out to me about her small – intimate wedding – wondering if I did packages that were only an hour or two.

The answer – if I am available – ALWAYS – especially on short notice!

The wedding was supposed to take place at their home – but the rain rain rain came down down down the week before and flooded the field – so they moved the venue to the East Smithfield Fire Hall – it’s the tiniest little building in the middle of a beautiful field!

Noreen and her daughter! TWINS!

She wanted to carry her Gram and her mom with her on her wedding day – what a BEAUTIFUL way to carry their memory!

ADORABLE!

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

I very rarely get this view during a ceremony – so I took advantage!

His bride – that look on his face!

He couldn’t even contain his excitement! Neither could she!

Stay tuned for the rest of their wedding day!