The Sluder Family

So, as promised, the Sluders allowed me to hang with them again on Saturday. My husband met Greg, the dad, at a music store about 5 years ago. Our families come very close to mirroring the other. We have a 18 year old, 13 year old and 5 year old. The Sluders have a 17 year old, 11 year old, a 5 year old and cute little Spencer was the kid that tipped the scale for the Sluders! They won and we will leave it that way! ;) Anyway, all of that to say, I have known Abby since she was just a tiny infant, not even sitting alone. I had no clue she was so very photogenic! Isn't she the most beautiful thing? We got some great shots of Ariel as well. John Garrett proved to be a more difficult creature. He wanted to go swim! I was intruding in his plans! Anyway, we ended up with a few good pictures of JG! The family lives on 32 acres. We went to one of their favorite spots to take some photos. It is called Potter's Hill. You can see the outline of the Smokey Mountains from up there! It is beautiful!

Spencer

I had the honor of spending yesterday with Spencer on his very first birthday! He is such a sweet boy and you can see how unbelievably delicious he is!;) We gave him a cake to destroy just for pictures, but as you can see, he didn't like it nearly as much as the chocolate one his parents gave him to dig in. He is such a ham. I'm going back today to take pictures of his entire family, two sisters, one brother and two parents! I am so excited. They are a wonderful family!

Fun in the Sun

A couple of weeks ago, I took two of my kids and my niece and nephew to get the lake in hopes of getting some good pictures of them all for my mother-in-law. It is, honestly, the hardest thing to get a good picture of my nephew. Out of about 600 pictures, here are the best of him. Aren't they the cutest niece and nephew ever!

Cool Coy

Maddie and Her Parents

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of working with three week old Maddie and her parents. She is such a good baby and was so patient with me. We spent about a two hours holding, changing, feeding and posing her. I think she would say we were just plain bothering her*grin*, but she didn't put up too big a fuss over it! Thank you so much, Josh, Brook and Maddie for inviting me into you home and allowing me to get some terrific shots of your beautiful little family!