double diaper changing. double car seats. double clothes. double the smiles. double(x2) ear infections! so double the craziness but also double the joy. reagan needed a picture for their party invitation, and it was a great excuse to get the girls all dolled up for the camera. what a delicious delightful shot we grabbed!

we were blessed to get to share a lot of time and food with our good friends the Davidsons, Martins, and Wasemillers. overall there were 12 kids. the youngest (who are only one day apart in age) are almost two and the oldest turned seven while we were down there. we punched waves, dug holes, pestered crabs and seagulls, rode bikes and enjoyed the sun on our faces as we chased our kids around.

oh, and we took some pictures! cutie booties, missing teeth, strange creatures, snow cones, and adorable kids were in abundance everyday.

by the way, you have to make it all the way to the end to see my favorite picture of the week. my daughter Maye, stole the show.

we could have had 20 shovels and that wouldn’t have been enough. we dug for gold, crabs, china, you name it…

here come my three beauties… Maye, Silas, & Elle!

a quick family portrait for the martin family. we had cooper’s (far right) birthday party while in florida.

the wasemillers. their son nash (awesome name, masters hat) is only one day older than maye.

the always entertaining davidson family…

look out. here comes the crack attack!

it is scary sick how much my daughter, elle, is starting to look like me.

maye could have played sand buckets all day long. we just let her play till nap time. such mean parents i know.

aside from the 8 month old (not pictured), you can see that we had plenty of mouths to feed, clothes to wash, games to play, and fun to have!

meet Mr. Crabby! elle was quite fearless and took charge of harassing the crab as much as possible.

what beach vacation is complete without a family foot picture? good thing i have my wide angle lens for these shots.

make sure you look closely at all three kids…

and now…my favorite picture of the whole week! maye is getting so big, cute, adorable, talk-a-tive, and (sadly) independent. i need a whole wall in my house for this picture. i never want to forget what she was like at this age.

I’m catching up on a bit of senior portrait blogging at the moment as I can just feel the next season of taking pictures approaching. its been so fun to receive several phone calls the past few days from students who are about to graduate high school and jump headfirst into their next season of life. i love the tradition of capturing what life was like at 18. it is always so fun to enter into someone’s home and be able to look back and see their children all grown up (mostly!)

with spring approaching, warmer weather coming, and flowers about to start blooming, now is the time to get those pictures taken care of before graduation! Hayley and some of her favorite people met me at Wilson Park where we took some adorable pictures recently. she also was joined by a couple of her friends, including Erin, who i photographed back in early Fall. as you can see, big smiles come easy for this crew!

“Jewelry is the window into the secret corners of who a girl desires to be.”

- ginny mooney -

what girl doesn’t love jewelry. my two daughters have collected buckets of beads, rings, and necklaces over the past couple of years. it makes a statement about who you are and can bring that added touch of individuality and attention that all girls crave. my dear friend ginny has an amazing gift. seemingly every spring and fall she reaches down to her inner core of creativity and births a new line of fashion jewelry that i cannot help but squeal over. i love everything she does. i think the past three christmases all the girls in my family have been given jewelry from the addition shop.

i recently got to take some pictures for the new spring line with ginny and some of my dear other friends. my sister-in-law turned on her inner model (still can’t figure out why she’s never done more of this). while i can’t divulge all of the upcoming pieces, i did want to share a few bits of goodies here. you can see all of these a more soon over at theadditionshop.com the jewelry will be for sale also at maude boutique in fayetteville and companions boutique in little rock.

here are a few options to get to know the gifted and talented ginny a little better ::
theadditionshop.com | ginny.mooney | theatypicallife.com | ninetynineballoons.com