Miss Roxanne....

This beautiful girl is one of my reps for 2011... I loved her look the moment I met her and asked her on the spot to work for me! I am soooo very glad I did! Cannot wait for our 2nd sitting!! Thanks again, Roxanne!!! xoxo

Miss Alisha.....

This beauty came all the way from Sherman Mills to see me, for her Senior portraits... I feel honored.. It was a joy to work with her and I send my congratulations on her graduation! (she was a bit late getting her sitting scheduled.. ) :) Enjoy, this beginning of your new journey!! xoxo, Stacy

Before "shugah" gets here....

This is one of my dear friends... so, very excited for the arrival of this little one (yes, you will see she is already posted on here...I did it a bit backwards...) :) The 1st shot was kind of tongue in cheek... A mom to be ...longing for one glass of wine and her high heels... perhaps a night on the town... When in reality...its a night of reading "what to expect...."...eating ice cream and pickles and surviving hearburn... hehe Love this! ~Stacy

Sweet baby Makenzie.....

No arrival of a sweet baby has ever been awaited with such anticipation....WE did not know her name, until Mama and Daddy met her sweet little self... Until that precious moment...she had been known as "Shugah".... a befitting name, for someone so sweet... I will have many more from our shoot.. Just HAD to share her little self...So, very happy for this family..(I love them so very much) ~Blessings to you all, Stacy xoxo

...more camping.... {sigh}

We had such a busy Spring and now camping Season is upon us.. I just love these shots...makes my heart smile.. These kiddos are the bestest of friends..(and their parents are pretty cool, too) I look forward to many more memories made with them!!! :) xoxo

Camping with people we love...

The memories I hold dearest are those made camping with family and great friends..... honestly, I consider these people family..(these are my Becky's kids after all) I love these little faces so very much and cherish every moment watching them play with my own children... The 1st shot says it all for me.. "we love our chothers"... Oh... how I love those chothers... I remember when there was only Miss Lacey... and now she has grown into quite the young lady!! slow down loveys....slow down.... :) xoxoxo

My sweet little girl....

I was just sitting here reminiscing.... letting precious memories from the last ten years come flooding back.. Listening to my daughters sweet, lovey, chubby little toddler voice float from the speakers to my ears... Talking with Momma... saying she loves me in her voice from long ago... "I you, Mumma.. I you.." Oh.. how those moments flew by.. If I could just have that chubby little self to cuddle one last time...I would never let her go..... As it seems, I am letting her go more with each passing day.. She is on the edge of turning double digits.. She's no longer my "little girl"... (or so she tries to tell me on a daily basis...) I cherish the last 10 years.. tried in fact to keep them all.. with the help of my camera.. I think I have "most" of them... :) In albums, boxes, on discs, in cupboards, in closets...in the attic... in jars... wherever I could find a spot to hold them.. It was so very important to me.... {sigh} Ten years have passed and each day I fall more in love with that sweet face.. (yes, even on the temper tantrum, door-slammed off the hinges days..) I get caught staring at her... she catches me... tells me to stop.. but, I keep right on staring... Most nights I can be found in my childrens rooms.. Staring at their sweet, slumbering faces... kissing their little lips.. Wondering where dreamtime has taken them...wishing I was with them...Always...

So.. as I sit and listen ..over and over ... to my child's sweet voice, from years gone by.. I am so very thankful... thankful for the last ten years and the memories I have hidden away.... to pull out when I feel I need to travel back in time.. Hear the little baby voices...see chubby legs.. dirty faces... Today was one of those days... I so needed to travel back to feel those arms around my neck.. sweet baby breath on my face... and those precious words in my ears....

"I you, mumma...I you..."

I you, sweet girl... forever and always... to the moon and beyond.. I carry your heart with me, I carry it in my heart.......

all my love,

Mumma