Cross Country

Jacob is on the 7th grade Cross Country team this year. He originally decided to participate in Cross Country to stay in shape for basketball this winter. His team has done really well and has finished first in all but one meet so far this year.

His first meet was at Wayne Trace, where is was way too hot - but he did his best, kept running and finished the race!

The second meet was in Columbus Grove and was so much cooler! He improved his time by almost a minute from the first to the second meet!

Crestview was their fourth meet (Tiffin was their third - and he improved his time by another 40+ seconds!). He continued to run at about the same pace, and although he didn't improve his time, he only added a couple seconds.

His goal is to be under 17 minutes, which means he will have improved from his first meet time by 2 minutes. This weekend he ran in Ottawa (no pictures this week) and looked really good. Chris ran all over the course encouraging him and Jenna and I were near the finish line cheering him on. He was so close and ended up with an official time of 17:09 (although we think the time is off by a couple seconds - his coach even thought it was a little lower). He's so close to his goal and we are so proud of how hard he has worked!

Scheduling....

If you are thinking about contacting me for a photo session for your children or family, please contact me soon! My calendar for the rest of September is full and October is quickly filling up!! I am thankful for all the photo sessions I've had lately and can't wait for more!!

Bragg Family

One of the things I like the most about taking pictures is meeting new families. The Bragg family contacted me to take family photos as well as some photos of the kids. We took pictures at their home, which was the perfect location for pictures. Large group photos aren't always the easiest, especially when little kids are a part of the mix...but the Bragg family was so laid back and fun to work with...which made my job really easy!

Addison just started kindergarten. She was an absolute sweetheart and loved getting her picture taken.

Love this Daddy/Addison moment....Dad actually requested this photo because they have a similar photo from when Addison was younger.

Miss Jayden is three and full of energy. I had to snap pictures fast with her!

Jayden's baby brother Sheperd is 3 months old. He was just too cute, but wasn't too excited about having his picture taken....especially outside when it was so hot!

THANKS Bragg family for asking me to capture photos of your family!!

Lilly | 3 years old

Lilly is back....and this year she is THREE! She was full of energy and so much fun to photograph. I just love her big blue eyes and those curls...and of course all the fun facial expressions and poses she gave me.

Landyn {3 years old}

I knew as soon as Landyn stepped out of the car with his Aerosmith t-shirt on and his huge brown eyes that this was going to be a fun photo session. Landyn just turned 3....and he was full of smiles and energy. He was the perfect little model, which made my job way too easy!!

His mom wanted a few of the two of them....he was so cute cuddling up with her!

Lauren | Senior

I was a little in shock when I was asked to take Lauren's senior pictures. Not because she asked me....but because she shouldn't be old enough to have senior pictures done! Lauren is Chris' cousin and we have watched her grow up from a tag along little toddler to a beautiful young woman. She decided to come to Van Wert for round 1 of her senior pictures (be sure to watch for round 2 this fall!).