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BYE BYE BLOGGIE

2009-11-29T01:35:00.001-08:00

after much thought, i have created a new blog for several reasons...I have been told about a few glitches in this one, I am combining, my life, crats, photography and sewing at one place, there are some new blog features I would like access to, and well, the piggies and pumpkins name is outta here..... you can read more ( if you wanna) at my new blog www.andersonoverflow.blogspot.com next on the to do list...learn how to link a website to my blog without typing it out :)

Thanks for following me and sorry for the inconvenience :)

2009-11-24T06:58:00.000-08:00

ENGAGEMENT SESSION!!

I had the opportunity recently to do my first engagement session! Thank you Will and Shari! I am amazed that the Lord keeps sending people my way when I least expect it, because I have not been out looking (like I should be). These two were so cute, that they really made these pictures look good. I have to admit that I have grown to liking wedding photography because there is a lot of "action" photography, you know...people are already looking their best and walking around happily in love, dancing and smiling...makes it pretty easy to get some great shots without posing them. So, when it came to engagement, I must admit that I was nervous about "posing" people. I took my hubby and little boy out the day before this shoot to get an idea about a location and to practice. When Shari said that she and Will like "action" shots I thought, Oh no, what am I gonna do, how do I do that? However, these two had some great ideas with them. They brought their wake boards and their tap out shirts, which were both SUPER cute! I love it! It also helped tremendously that they were both SO sweet and easy to work with. I love how tiny Shari is in comparison to Will , he could pick her up so easily! Thank you both so very much for trusting me with your engagement photos, I hope you love them as much as I do!

Love that tiny Shari had Will in a headlock!

my favorite of the day!

too stinkin cute!

sweet!

dish washers

2009-11-23T06:21:00.000-08:00

So, many of you know that my husband and I sold our dream house about a year ago so that I could be home with Carson.....since it's thanksgiving time and all, I have been thinking about how thankful I am that the Lord changed my hubby's heart and allowed our home to sell quickly, what an amazing praise in this market! We are temporarily living in Adams parents tiny condo...whicih is super cute and really meets all of our NEEDS :) It is however missing a few ammeneties that I had grown accostumed to....one being a dishwasher. I thought about it the other day and realized that not having a dishwasher is sorta nice though. You see, there is this amazing little boy who lives with me and he LOVES water, and that includes "washing" the dishes with me. I remember when he was so tiny and cloicky and all I had to do was go into the bathroom and turn on the water and he was immediately calmed:) I remember Adam saying that our water bill was gonna be humoungus! It was bouncing or water back in those days to keep him from fussing and sometimes my legs were just worn out. So the moment he hears the sink (not gonna lie he is usuallly right beside me anyway) he gets his step stool and drags it over to me saying, "I wanna wash dishes Mommy". Sometimes the Lord helps make the most boring tasks "fun" again with the little helpers he blesses us with! Lord, Thank you for my "dishwasher":)

2009-11-21T05:32:00.000-08:00

Praise the Lord! I was asked to do my second paid wedding in October and was so excited that another bride trusted me with her special day. The drive to Sylvania was about an hour but gave me plenty of time to think and prepare my heart before the day..Adam and I have talked several times about my prices and until I have been so thankful that my photography and my sewing have been such an amazingly fun and rewarding hobby for me. I absolutely love it and would do it for free, so its been nice to have a little extra income while doing something I love:)My heart with my hobbies is that Christ will use them to give me opportunities...to show His love to others through the way that I treat them, through trying hard to be the best I can at what I do, and through being fair with my prices and helping brides who have a smaller budget to have nice wedding photos. I am amazed at the fact that Michelle, Hannah, and now Kim have trusted me with their weddings and so amazed at how the Lord provides for our family when we could use the extra cash flow...He always knows our needs!

Usually the moment immediately after the ceremony is my favorite moment at a wedding....that moment at this wedding was just a little different. The bride and groom came out and the bride looked over at him and said, "honey, where is my engagement ring, you only put my wedding band on during the ceremony." uh oh! the groom then looked to his dad who searched his pockets for several minutes unable to produce the diamond and then a little search party went our in hopes of finding that ring (talk about getting nervous) and who wants to pose for pictures now? After several minutes the grooms father returned with the ring in hand and gave it over to the relieved bride :)Then we regrouped and took a few after ceremony shots....

Ive been sewing again....

2009-11-20T20:15:00.001-08:00

...and I was just wondering if anyone else does there sewing with a two year old in their lap. If he's not in my lap he is climbing on my back, rubbing my arm, or putting his toys all over me and trying his best to get his little hands as close to my machine as possible to see at exactly what point I will redirect him. There have been a few days lately that he has happily played by himself in his room and around the house while I had the freedom to get a few things done! Then I took him to the nursery this past Wednesday (which was a new thing for him)and he cried the entire time, sobbing, runny nose, heaving cries. It was pitiful. He has finally gotten to the point where he actually enjoys his Sunday nursery class and the amazing ladies who care for him in there. It took about 7 weeks of crying but now he just goes right on in, Oh sweet relief ( I can really enjoys the service and not have that little worry about him in the back of my mind). Well, then we thought that we would love to start attending on Wednesday nights and that this past week would be a great week to start since 89 people were getting baptized! That's right 89! isn't that AMAZING ( amazed actually happens to be the name of the series our church has been preaching on right now, pretty fitting i think!)Back to my original point which is that my child seems to have reverted to his clinginess and I am thinking it has a little bit to do with my having left him in a the Wednesday nursery. Oh well, I guess I will be happy with the Sunday nursery for now and hope that he will gain back that little bit of independence he was (we were) enjoying! For now I will remind myself that there will come a day when I will so badly want him to sit in my lap, play toys with me or just stay right under my feet in general.There will be a day that I will wish he would peep his head into the shower every five minutes to "check" on me and continuously open the shower curtain getting water all over the floor and letting the heat out (hmmmmm on second thought maybe I wont miss the whole shower thing). I guess my thought is to make the most of this underfoot child that I have because he will quickly outgrow it.

My Boys

2009-11-20T19:40:00.000-08:00

So, there are these two amazing guys in my life.....who love me even when I am hard to love. They are supportive of my love for photography even when it means that I want to take a million pictures of them with my new camera. Thank you for loving me and supporting my hobbies, dear hubby....and Carson, even though you don't have much of a say so little one :)

Willing/Pinuala Wedding

2009-07-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

So, I am so amazingly encouraged that the Lord has provided another awesome bride whoe let me have the priveledge of taking her wedding photos. I have loved photography for so long... never thought I would like wedding photography ... to fast paced and too much drama ( I was thinking bridezillas) but to my pleasant surprise, I love it! Perhaps even more than session photography. I love that there is action ( well, you know you have all of the posed shots at first... but when the wedding gets rolling...) I mean people are jsut naturally smiling and hugging one another, and looking their best! It is very tiring but super fun to just follow two people who are so in love and get caught up in their special story. Each couple is so different and thankfully I have been surrounded by brides who are about as laid back as they come, talk about taking the stress off! Anyway, you get the point aout methe real reason for this post is to display some of the shots I got from this beautiful wedding... of one of the happiest couples I have ever seen. Thank you Hannah and Micheal for letting me be a part of your day! Everything was absolutely beautiful and you two were so great to work with! ( Micheal, thanks for making funny faces at the camera when things got a little slow....and Hannah, thanks for holding the chair so I didnt fall twice :).. yep I fell outta the chair... backwards too....and only by the grace of God did I land on my feet...... He knows how to keep me humble when I need it...and falling out of a chair at a wedding in teh middle of the garter toss is pretty humbling :) So I am thankful for His providence in so many ways. Now... on to the pictures already!

The groom was this happy and calm all day.... seriously, I was amazed!

I am convinced that one of the best blessings a girl can have is a lifelong friend....

Hannah is super lucky, she has two!

This was the brides idea... and I love it, and most definately plan to use it in the future!
Hannah requested that I get the grooms picture as she came down the isle, instead of the traditional photo of her and her dad. I think this is the epitome of what a groom should look like when he sees his bride... makes it all worth the wait!

And well, she looked pretty happy herself!

you know this makes you smile!

One of my favorites!

sweetness!

so maybe a little tad of me still loves taking pics of children :)

luckily there were lots of cute ones around!

This is always one of my favorite pictures... I think it is so romantic! Maybe I am just a little girly

The End!

ReCeNtLy

2009-07-12T19:49:00.000-07:00

Do you see that?

Do you see those freckles on his nose and under his eyes?? Well I was a little excited about them for two reasons.... The first is a little silly so I will explain it first; An individual made the remark to me while I was pregnant that they hoped my son did not have my red hair and freckles ( this was followed by... because no one can pull that off like you) however, that remark stung and I know that this little child will be gorgeous red hair, freckles, or whatever else may come so I was a little spiteful over my joy in these freckle ( aha! Ill show you I thought)... see wasn't that silly, but there is a deeper reason for my love of those little brown spots.... When I was born I was adopted, which really is a beautiful thing, however, my whole life I have wondered who I look like. Everyone else looks like their family, but I was kinda alone in that area.. until this little booger came along and by the grace of God I saw the cutest little pug nose in that ultrasound picture and I thought, "there he is, a little piece of me.....finally someone who will look like me".... well the pug nose part at least :) and there are moments when I see a little flicker of red in his hair ( which may be in my head, I know) and then I saw these freckles and deep in my heart they are such a reminder of what a art of me he is and it makes my heart so happy!

BeAcH BumS!!!

So this little pic under here has a special meaning for me. This little boy of mine LoVes me! i know I know you already know that, but he really loves me, I mean can't get enough of me, wants to hold my hand 24-7 (literally) wants me right by him, with him, every minute of every day! And while it may be selfish, I kinda smile inside when he only wants Mommy to do things for him. Now, there are moments where I think please Lord, just a minute alone? But there are so many more amazing moments when I look at the positive little treasure of flattery that this child brings to me. In life, there is so much rejection... you know, the boy that didn't like you growing up, the girl that called you a name, the person who honked and flicked you off because you made an eensie little driving error :) and the list goes on of all of the hurt we pile up on our hearts... so I took this picture to help me remember to treasure every minute I get to treasure with this little angel of adoration who will one day too soon be running off too fast for me to get my kiss and then I will wish he wanted to hold my hand ( even if its while i use the potty). (So you see, I cant even take his picture with out him begging..please mommy, hold my hand! and instead of being sad that I might have missed some great shots, I will be happy that he wants to just hold my hand)

*pure sweetness*

ANd then there is this photo of my best friend.....which also makes me smile

2009-05-10T12:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day!

I am so excited that Carson has finally started smiling for the camera. The serious face is still the norm, but it is nice to get some sweet pictures on que! Carson ( with some help from Nina) got me the super sweet necklace I am wearing in this picture. It is so pretty and simply says, Mom..... I cant believe that the necklace defines me, I am still amazed that I am a Mom.

cutest kid on earth...

2009-04-16T15:53:00.000-07:00

SO... while I was posting, I just had to include a couple pictures of the cutest kid on earth!

Owens wedding post #2... finally

2009-04-16T15:29:00.001-07:00

wedding day kisses from grandpa!

finally time for the ceremony!

waiting to get married

a happily just married groom!

I am learning that I love pictures of peoples hands..... anyway I think this one is especially sweet because of their hands and her daddys hands in the middle with the Bible in hand as he preached their ceremony...

I cant get this one to go straight for the life of me! but it is one of my favorites so I can't leave it out! so, bear with me and turn your head to the left and enjoy the sweetness of this right after the wedding pic.......

right after the wedding, remember the feeling of....

"FINALLY! WE ARE MARRIED!

first dance....as Mr. and Mrs.

the first dance... had to get this one of her hands around his neck in love....

this was as they walked around the reception.. i loved the way she held onto his finger...

so sweet!

I think this one is the perfect way to close this wedding... a happy bride, after the wedding is all done ...on the way to her honeymoon and her happily married life!

Michelle, your CD will be on the way soon with nearly a thousand pics on it! Can you believe that! I bet you can with all of the pics we took! Thanks for trusting me with your special day... I hope these pictures make you happy today and in many many years to come! Love you!

Owens wedding sneak peak #1 much more to come

2009-03-20T12:45:00.000-07:00

so... a lovely friend of mine got married and was brave enough to trust me with her rehersal, and wedding photography.... she was such a beautiful bride that it was easy to get great shots of her... and thankfully, i learned alot. I never knew how fast paced a wedding could feel to a phootographer, and I was so nervous that I would forget some really important shot, but so far they look great to me! I have included some of my faves on here, and I haven't even gotten to the ceremony yet in my pictures ( all 1,345 of them!) so I will post more of the ceremony and reception in the next week or so. Until then, I hope you enjoy these! Please feel free to comment with any tips that would help me. I have obviously been playing with my photoshop some too!
awwwwww daddy kisses are the best!

the flower girl, just a little grin..

rehersal night, Michelle was , i think, the most laid back bride i have ever seen in my life,

no bridezilla here!

the bride and her grandpa! so sweet

the bride and her bff, this pic is soooo cute!

mother of the bride.... arranging the sticky dots for everyone to stand on

the brides dad doubled as the preacher... he had this little "playbook" of how to do a wedding, it was so cute and gave me a good laugh!

what a beautiful bride.... everything is ready, now she just needs the dress!

the makeup was absolutely beautiful, it was done at the Merle Norman in N. Augusta

so pretty! and still so calm!

so while i was taking pictures, i thought it was so cute that the wind kept blowing her veil, only later did i realize that it sort of makes her look like she is flying, lol! thankfully there are several with the veil looking a little less superheroish!!! :)

wedding day giggles!

i love this one !

the lighting in these make her look really sweet

what a pretty smile!

red roses

i love this one too

and this one, some people look pretty in pictures even when they arent smiling!

i like the soft edges in this one...

she was not nervous at all... amazing...

the rings

the steeple..... i cant help but be reminded of the rapture when I look at this one! I cant wait!

2008-12-29T05:55:00.000-08:00

i got to take some pics of my handome nephew who was full of silly faces for me. the only dilema was that he wanted to do a spider man pose most of the time... we still got some really cute ones though!

i love this pouty face!

sweet little grins!

sooo cute!

this little pumpkin is with me wherever i go and i get to take his precious pictures too!

I had the opprotunity to take some beautiful photos of my spunky little niece who was full of ideas! She did a great job coming up with cool poses!

I am really thankful to have captured some of her last images as a little girl. It wasnt three

months later that she looked like a teenager!

alora aubrey

2008-12-27T21:15:00.000-08:00

merry Christmas!

beautiful creations - by God

swingin

ohhhhh the sweetest thing

sometimes distractions are helpful

just a little smile

i always have to steal my kisses from you

natural

he is so serious, but it made these pictures awesome!

of course this picture has to be included in the blog! it was the inspiration fof the name of my "business". i took this of Carson's feet before he could even walk! it is one of my favorite pictures ever!

this is one of my absolute favorites. i was able to capture this not long before Carsons great Grandmama passed away. what a treasure! ( she said to me when she saw it, "my hands look so old!" little did she know that it is the contrast that i love so much!)

the way he kept touching her face was so very sweet. he was so gentle and curious! and she was so calm with him too!

the beginning of the photo blog...

2008-12-27T21:13:00.001-08:00

My New Years resolution is to get this business going. My main focus at this time will be clothing and embroidery but I just cant forget about my love for photography so I have decided to do a photography blog seperate from the embroidery blog. I will update any current photography on this site and would love any feedback!