Jeremy+Christa||Morgan Hill Engagement

According to her he always had a girlfriend...and it wasn't her. Until one day, it was. And after that, he only had eyes for her. They attended different schools. She says he didn't move to her school for her. I disagree. Because really, he'd be crazy not to move from one place to another just to be with her. Jeremy makes Christa laugh and Christa causes Jeremy's eyes to just glaze over, like there's nobody else in the room except her.

I loved photographing these two. We headed out to Monterey where Jeremy had proposed and the day could not have been more beautiful. Christa and Jeremy, I am so happy for the both of you. I can't wait to see what God has in store for your marriage and lives. You both are truly beautiful.

Mikelle||Gilroy Senior Photography

Confession: I remember this beautiful lady when she was a baby. Her brother would sit her on top of a pile of suitcases and then shove the suitcases out from under her. She would laugh--good thing for him. Mikelle has 3 other brothers and her whole family are dear friends and I love them so much.

I always encourage seniors to take a vested interest in their shoot--this time of year is so special and you only graduate from high school once. You're 18 once. Mikelle chose the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco and a random street that had a wall she had seen online...and totally fell in love with. Um, she didn't say that there was a large homeless population there. Bless her heart. ;)

Mikelle--I love you so much! I can't wait to see what God has planned for your life.

Baby M | Morgan Hill Newborn Photography

Just one...Baby M is just beautiful!

Project 52 | EIGHTEEN

You become more aware all the time and I absolutely love it!

At 8 months you:
-love the bath
-clap
-raise your hands when we say Hallelujah
-say Mama (a lot)
-adore your brother
-pull yourself up and walk along chairs
-crawl really fast
-HATE to have your diaper changed
-have 8 teeth with 4 more coming in (at the same time)

Love you Greyson--to the moon and back!

Project 52 | SEVENTEEN

  

Cash came home the other day singing a song. A song we didn't teach him. A song we don't listen to. A song I don't want him to know. I ignored it, hoping the event was an anomaly. But then, it happened again. And I began to get a bit concerned. I'll be honest, my first reaction was to try and control the source where he was hearing this music--I wanted to protect the innocence of my child and not have ideas put into his head. Then, I realized that there will always be people around him who don't believe the same we do, they don't have the same convictions we do and that's okay--Mat and I are the biggest influences in their lives and its something we don't take lightly. We told God when He gave us these two that we would do our best to raise them Biblically. Not by what we thought was right or wrong but what the Bible says. We aren't crazy people. We don't keep them cloistered and make sure they only go out on Sundays. :)

We love these boys. We don't take being their parents lightly. We mess up plenty, but until the day we die we will fight for their souls.