Life in Motion | The Haltiwangers

As I mentioned in their sneak peak, I've known Kristen and her family since our freshman year in college.  Kristen and her older sister Kandace have since found some wonderful men who have joined the family and I'm so happy to call them friends!  And little Xander... Xan-man!  He's such a cutie!

I met this wonderful family in the Rock Quarry one humid Sunday evening to capture them living life together.  They all have so much fun - I have some "behind the scenes pictures of Jason and Kristen to prove it (but they are not in this post, sorry!) - and we had a blast hanging out.  It makes me even more happy to post these pictures because Ben and I are shooting a wedding in Jason and Kristen's town this coming weekend so we get to hang out with them some more!

Thank you guys so much for such a fun evening.  I hope you enjoy the pictures and I hope to see all of you again really soon!

Kathy... I hope you enjoyed your birthday present of these photos from your girls!

Are they not such an adorable family??

I love Xander's face in this picture!

I remember going to Kandace and KT's wedding in Seneca when I was still in college, LONG before I ever dreamed of taking pictures in this capacity. So it's really fun to see them now and photograph them, more of their family, and their son!

Kristen, do you remember that time you brought Jason to the Clemson/Carolina game and I took a (terrible) picture of you guys with my Blackberry so I could post it to Facebook and let our other friends "meet" him?  I'm SO glad he's been so many more games with us...
and that we now have some much better pictures of the two of you!

I love you guys!  And I love how you love to laugh.

Xan loves his grandpa.  Any picture you see of him reaching out... you now know who he's reaching for!

Oh my goodness, y'all are so beautiful.

The guys picture!  Xander... you have the "model face" nailed.  And you're not even 1!

I love this series of pictures of Xander discovering the flowers...

Mom with her baby girl... beautiful.

Mom with her oldest baby girl... beautiful.

Xander loved this!  And yes, he's looking over at his grandpa!

Thank you guys so much for spending the evening with me! 

Life in Motion | The Martins

Jennifer was a roommate of mine about five years ago (has it really been that long??), but we've stayed in contact thanks to a little site you may have heard of called Facebook.  And thanks to Facebook, even though we haven't seen each other in a long time, I've been able to hear about her husband, see pictures from their wedding, and watch as their little boy, Jackson, has grown over the past six months.

But, it was time we saw each other again... and I was so excited when we started emailing about meeting up and taking some pictures of her gorgeous family!  We met in the town of Suwanee, Ga one Friday morning in the most quaint old downtowns.  It was SO windy on my way down there and it was pouring rain when I left Greenville.  But, after literally praying the ENTIRE way down there, the clouds moved away and the wind calmed enough for us to get quite a few shots.

Jennifer, Matt, and Jackson, it was so much fun seeing you and getting to meet you in person!  Thanks so much for letting me hang out with you for the morning.  I hope you enjoy your pictures!

There was an adorable little shop/house that had a front porch which provided
not only a blocker from the wind but some shade and some incredible light!

Yes, Jackson's eyes really are that blue!

Ok, this next set may all look really similar, but Jackson would not stop smiling and being so cute. 

And I could not stop taking pictures of him while he was being adorable!

Do you see what I mean?

Be. still. my. heart.  Jackson may have a modeling contract in his future...

After playing as much as we could in front of the old downtown area, we went to a nearby park to finish out the session.  And believe it or not, Jackson was STILL all smiles! 

I just adore this.  Jennifer, you are such an incredible mom.

Love.

Kids laughing while being tossed in the air is one of my favorite things.  Maybe ever.

Thank you guys so much for such a fun morning!