Josh and Nikki, April 17, 2010, Tampa, FL

In April Nikki and Josh tied the knot. It was such an amazing day filled with laughs, tears and lots of fun! I have never covered a wedding reception with so energy and wildness.

The wedding took place at Josh's childhood church, Lake Magdalene United Methodist Churchin Carrollwood. The building boasts to having the biggest stained glass windows in Florida and they are gorgeous! The ceremony was beautiful with the pastor even shedding a tear comparing the love that Josh and Nikki have to his own with his wife.

We had some fun with pictures at the church and moved over to the reception site Heritage Harbor Golf & Country before the rain came in. We jumped out in and shot a few in the front of the neighborhood, and then worked our way to the party. I mean reception.

Everything was beautiful with splashes of their colors of crimson and black. Each table was named after a different duck since Josh loves to hunt.

It was such a fun day and I'm glad that the Anderson's asked me to be there to document it. Thank you and best wishes!

Here are a few of my favorites.

This is such a cute photo of Nikki with her sister and brother.

The Father/Daughter dance was quite the tearjerker.

Nick and Corneisha's Maternity Session, Riverview, FL

Oh, how I love repeat clients. There is nothing better when out of the blue you receive a call hearing good news. So, I was thrilled when Nick and Corneisha called to tell me they were expecting and wanted me to shoot their baby bump pictures.

I first met the Williams' when they hired me to shoot their wedding a couple years ago. I always have so much fun with them. They are a great match and love being together.

I met them in their Riverview home and had a great afternoon spending time laughing and catching up. Corneisha is so adorable and tiny for being so close to Layla's due date. She really was glowing as a happy wife and soon to be Momma.

Here are a few of my favorites. It is always hard to choose with these guys.

I can't wait to meet their baby girl. I wish them a quiet rest of their pregnancy before the princess arrives.

They've asked me to shoot Layla's newborn photos, so check back later this summer!

Josh & Nikki, Tampa Wedding, TEASE

I am finishing up Nikki & Josh's wedding photos, but wanted to send you a sneak peek to hold you over. It was a beautiful day filled with lots of love and laughs. Check back for more.

Doughty Family, Davis Island & Ybor City

After leaving WPPI I was pumped for my next shoot. I was energized and excited and my head was full of ideas.

Rebekah and her guys were my lucky clients.

She wanted me to photograph their last family photos as residents of the Sunshine State. We spoke a few times over emails about her desire to capture a family shoot showing a Florida scene, but that she also wanted a funky side too. She wasn't sure if a beach would be too cliche, but definitely knew she wanted water in the photos. Since Ybor City was on her radar for her fun shots, I thought that Davis Island would be a great place to capture the water shots. We met on a gorgeous Saturday morning and I immediately fell in love with her boys. They are both at really adorable ages. The older one running around and excited about every little thing and the younger one, enjoying the cool breeze in his peach fuzz hair. For two hours of shooting everyone held it together beautifully and I hope I sent them off to the northeast with wonderful memories of their time here in Tampa.

Olivia, one-year-old shoot, Tarpon Springs

It went too fast.

Like I've said before, this year is flying by. It's April already. Which means Little Ms. Olivia has turned one. It can't be! I really can't believe this beautiful little baby is now a toddler and going into her second year.

Olivia's mom, Lisa and I have had such a fun year raising our two children together. We have had tears of joy and sadness with all sorts of ups and downs that come with rearing a newborn into an infant and now a toddler. It's amazing how in one year a child can gain some much knowledge and grow so much and make our heart swell with pride.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from her one-year-old shoot at Anderson Park in Tarpon Springs. It was a gorgeous spring day. Olivia was full of energy and cute as a button.

Happy Birthday, baby girl!

She's crafty!

Earlier in the month I saw a posting on Facebook from my dear friend, Megan Turnas about a craft exchange she was organizing for the month of March. Being the overachiever that I am I jumped right in, feet first. Not thinking, do you have time for this? Or most importantly, are you crafty? Nah, I just signed up. She used this super cute site called Elfster, which describes inself as a virtual Secret Santa. Names were drawn and anonymous questions were asked and a woman names Sarah was chosen for me. She lives in London and has two children and loves to sew, cook, travel, hike, and do oil paintings. My mind was racing and with great help from the real 'Martha's' in my life, I had come up with a few ideas. We thought about luggage tags, a journal, note cards, and magnets. Immediately I was hot on on luggage tags and even paid and downloaded a pattern off Etsy which are these super cute, advertised as EASY ones that of course required a sewing machine. Ugh. I don't have one and I don't even know how to use one. Also, the pattern is a three page PDF. Talk about overwhelming. Then I thought about easier luggage tags. I was hot on this remember. Still most involved sewing or were super cheesy.

Back to plan B, but what was plan B?

I emailed a few of my Martha's and one of them came up with an idea for glass marble magnets. I read the description online. (This website, not martha — to make: marble magnets, does an awesome way of explaining how to make them, so, just got there to get the directions.)

And I fell in love.

That night my daughter and I ran out to Michaels to find our supplies.

I rolled up my sleeves the next day and created these little wonders.

I'm so impressed with myself. How cute are they? I have so much fun creating these for Sarah.

I even designed a little robin egg blue box to accompany it.

I plan to ship them off today. I'm really thankful for all my friends and their awesome ideas. I wouldn't have been able to do it without them. So, maybe I'm not a crafting guru, but I was able to channel some thing creative in me to make these little gems. I hope she loves them as much as I do.

I love my BOY! Liam, 10-months-old

Here are a few photos of Liam for his 10-month pictures. Yeah, I'm mom of the year, totally missing his 9 month shots. I have no excuse, geez, I mean, I have my camera out every day anyway.

These are my two favorites! I can't believe he will be one in two short months. YIKES!