Friends, photography, favorite city

 Last month I had a "senior portraits" session booked by one of our dear friends Savannah.  We decided to make a week-end of it and head out of town for the shoot.  I took Kinsey and Kennedy with me, and along with Savannah, we also brought her mom and sister (they are all our close friends).  I'm so glad we did this. We headed two hours north to one of my all time favorite cities, St. Augustine Florida.  And amazing old city (oldest in the nation), settled by Spain and France.  Beautiful old buildings, great architecture, cute little shops, and neat old alleys and streets.  A photographers dream for sure.  We spent the night and had a truly magical day exploring the old streets and alleys of this city as I took Savannah's pictures.  

 
                            Me and my girls in front of Flaggler College, which 
                used to be the "Ponce De Leon" hotel back in 
                          the 1800's

Shaun, Emily, and Savannah

I have so many great memories of this week-end.  We all laughed and talked and ran around and had fun.  Shaun and I stayed up most of the night talking in the hotel, while the girls fell asleep around us.  Sometimes you just need "girl time" to rejuvinate.  It was great to be with my girls and to see them have so much fun with their friends. We could not have asked for more perfect weather (low 70's and blue skies).  And back at home, the boys were having a fun "boy's week-end all to themselves"

Savannah is so fun to photograph. She has no fear, loves to change outfits and looks, and will do anything I want.  It was so fun to wander through the city with her and take her senior photos.  I think quite a few tourists took her picture today as well.  Anyway, fun fun week-end for all of us girls, but I think I got the "job" done as well.  Here are a few of the final products for Savannah.  More on my photography blog soon. 

Carver's run

Recently Carver's school did a fund raiser/ leadership building event.  The kids learned all about leadership, Character building, etc.  They also raised pledges for this run that they did.  It was a huge event and the company who runs it (Boosterthon), really knows how to get these kids excited. I swear, during these two weeks, Carver was more concerned about this Boosterthon stuff than his homework. But the end result was really cool.  These 3rd graders ran laps to earn money for Haiti and for their school.  They had music blasting and each few laps the kids were encouraged with a different song or something. They even got to stop and do the cupid shuffle at one point, or they would pull kids up onto a stage to sing along with the songs.  It cracked me up.  Anyway, I was so proud of Carver. He ran more than the maximum amount of laps, when many students had to stop early.  It was a hot day, and he was a trooper.  So all together, he ran two and a half miles that day.  Pretty good for a 3rd grader.  Plus they earned 20 thousand dollars for their school and a bunch of money to help families in Haiti. Way to go Carver.

 I had to get pictures of Carver with these girls.  Apparently he is quite the ladies man and comes home from school with love notes all the time.  He is the nicest boy, and i think that is why all the girls like him.  But if you ask Carver he will say they like him because of his hair...and because he is funny.  Hmm.  Could be :)

Kennedy's new "skills"

Kennedy has some new skills.  She has learned to knit and makes the cutest hats and scarves.  I love these hats.  Her club at school made a bunch of hats to donate to a hospital.  Now she makes hats for gifts, or for me to use in my baby photo shoots.  I'm proud of her new found abilities.  Knitting seems to be the new "in" thing around here, so what a fun thing for Kenna to be involved in.  She is a creative girl.