One of my dear friends is about to have a high school graduate. Wow. Tyler has got some mad drawing skills, and he even speaks a bit of Japanese. I feel so inadequate… 🙂

She has the best smile! I love when I get to photograph a senior. It doesn’t happen often as I’m more babies and children, but it’s a nice break from my normal. Madison wanted a little downtown and a little natural. She wasn’t interested in being photographed where people would be staring at her, and neither was I! We kept our downtown shots off the beaten path, but somehow those sweet older ladies (you know…the one’s that smile at all passing babies) still found us, ohhh’ing and ahhh’ing at her. 🙂

She is still trying to choose between 3 different colleges, but I know she will do great wherever she decides.

This last set of images below was fun. Madison is a long distance runner. She wanted something a bit silly, like wearing a dress with her running shoes. 🙂 Trying to get this shot on a Friday night, in the middle of a road, downtown, on a game night…it required a lot of patience. And running back and forth. 🙂

Last time I photographed this family sweet ‘C’ was just a baby. Now she is this totally adorable little girl who looks exactly like her mama! She brought her Lovie with her, and even make sure he was a part of the family! 🙂

Mama is a very talented artist herself. She paints the most amazing creations! Commissioning her is on my 2014 list! And I do believe her ‘mini me’ sometimes paints right along side. 🙂

This last one is something a bit different from my usual…but it’s growing on me. It reminds me of something pulled from the past.

Matthew’s mom contacted me to have her son’s sweet sixteen pictures done. She knows we’ll be doing senior images in just 2 short years, but this is a different stage of life that she really wanted to capture. I couldn’t agree more! Too often we forget to have our kids photographed between the 12-16 year range. Those years are so fun and so amazing…and so fleeting! Don’t forget this stage in their lives.

I really enjoyed walking around downtown Bentonville and chatting with Matthew. He is such a fun guy. 🙂

Our first born celebrated his thirteenth birthday this weekend. The more time I have to sit and think about it, the more I can’t believe it’s been that long. People say it all the time, but time really does fly by. In a few more short years I’ll be taking him to his dorm room at college! He does not enjoy having his picture taken, but he humored his mother for a bit this afternoon. I even got his natural, big smile. That’s a huge feit for those of you that know him. 🙂

Clary has been down in the dumps with a nasty virus, but she was happy for about 5 seconds today so I threw her in there for a couple quick shots. It’s crazy to see pictures of my oldest and youngest together.