This session has it all! 

1. Playground

2. Momma, Grandmomma, Great Grandmomma AND a terrific aunt!

3. Crazy ducks or geese...whatever those hissing animals are ((and food+enthusiastic feeding))

4. Tears

5. Belly laughs

6. Love...of course. :) 

I knew I would love photographing this high school senior when his mom came in and said, "he's just a country boy at heart". Well, we do live in East TN....so you might think that's not really saying much. But when I was a senior, I hated living here. I was always afraid I would grow up to marry a cowboy and live on a farm. 

Ironically enough, when I met my husband, he was wearing Wranglers, boots, a cowboy hat and a belt buckle so big we both could've eaten dinner on it. Though he doesn't dress that way anymore, we're both very much in love in with our area and love doing life with people who feel the same. ((And I wouldn't even fall apart if we lived on a farm.)) 

I love to be around this family. They're so warm and sweet. The boys are so well mannered and have such a sweet spirit about them. Their mom makes me laugh and like most people that can do that, makes me cry, too. I'm overwhelmed today thinking of the incredible people I get to work with on a consistent basis. It's really almost too good to be true. 

The first one. 

Yes. 

It's totally wrong in so many ways. I mean, you can really only see one persons face and really, you can't even see her that well. There are tons of imperfections with this image.

But for me, the intimacy of the embraces, the kisses, the inspection of mommy's necklace...this moment as a family... all tied up in one little bundle...it's just beautiful to me. 

It's really difficult (for me) to put words on something that just "feels" good, this shot is one of those. Love it. Love the others, too. This family makes everything wonderful. 

What a handsome little bird, heh? He's a GREAT model...super cool to be around and that girlfriend of his?! Are you kidding me?? How gorgeous is she! They make the sweetest couple ever. I think it's cool when kids want to include someone in their Senior Session. We typically don't do alot of shots with them, but it's fun to change things up a bit. 

Loved getting to hang with them for a bit and document Klein for his senior year. Sweet family.