Sweet Like Sugar

I had a fabulous afternoon spending it with this sweet little girl.  She is 6 months old and proud of it!!!  At first she wasn't too sure of me and what I was going to do with her but after a snack, she was ready to go!  

Isn't her hair adorable?  :)

After she had her bottle, she was all smiles!  Makes my job easy!

Thanks so much for bringing Madden in for her 6 month pictures!  I had so much fun with you guys!  More to come in your gallery! 

Shane + Kim = MARRIED!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to photograph a wedding of special friends of Joe and I.  Shane and Kim were married yesterday at Calvary Church on the East Beltine.  I was so worried when I saw that they were forecasting rain for the day but I was so pleased that for their noon wedding, it stayed dry.  It didn't rain, but it was HOT!  I had to do a lot of convincing to get the bride and groom to step outside for a few pictures but I think they will be happy I did. 

The beautiful dress

The details

Is this not the most beautiful ring EVER?

The gorgeous bride

The handsome groom

Kim has 3 beautiful girls, 2 of which I photographed in this post. 

Happy family

Shane and Kim, thank you so much for letting me be a part of your wedding day.  Joe and I are so happy for you both and wish you a lifetime of love! 

First

This is kind of a first for my family.  We actually got dressed up and ready to have our family picture taken!  My sister-in-law was so kind at our last minute request for her to take our family picture (of course I had to set everything up so all she had to do was push the button!).  :)   Joe needed our picture for a brochure that he was sending out for his company.  As you can see, Trey was pretty excited about something in the sky!  Despite that, I think it turned out pretty good!  

Christmas Time...Already?!?

No it's not Christmas yet, but it will be soon and it's time to start thinking about the family picture that will be on those Christmas cards!  So...I'm doing another "Pictures in the Park" day.  The date for this is Saturday, September 27.  These mini sessions will be 25 minutes each and the times are listed below:

4:30

5:05

5:40

6:15

6:50

In the event of rain, we will move the pictures to Sunday, September 28.  "Pictures in the Park" will be at Wedgewood Park in Grandville.   If you don't want the traditional family picture done, I would be happy to do mini sessions with just the kids.  As an incentive to participate, anyone that attends "Pictures in the Park" on Saturday the 27th will receive 15% off your Christmas Card order that is placed through me. Feel free to send me an email at kerrys@imagesofessence.com to reserve your spot today!  

L.O.V.E

3 of the 4 loves of my life. I had so much fun with my kids tonight as we had another mini session with each of them.  I am SO happy with how these turned out and a lot of them will be blown up big!  I've been keeping very busy as of late; school will be starting soon and I will have 2 kids in preschool.  Isn't that wild?  Gibson will be in 4 year old preschool and Rylee is in the 3 year old preschool.  Joe and I are getting ready to start the building process over again.  We are currently working on getting our house plans drawn. Trey begins therapy in the next 2 weeks and will be fitted for his helmet to correct his head so that will just add to our busyness!  

You should have seen the looks I got bringing this thing out!! 

I just love this picture of Gibson below.  He is such a stinker and it totally shows in this picture! 

Then there is princess Rylee who won't look at the camera for her life.  Thankfully I had Joe yelling her name behind me.  It will be interesting what her school pictures look like!  

That's it for now.  Check back soon as I have something special lined up!