A Helping Hand

I took this picture this past weekend while we were up in the mountains. Derek was giving E a helping hand (she loved climbing up the rocks..) Once I got home and uploaded this picture it took my breath away. For some reason for me it just captured his love for her and his commitment to always be there to give her a helping hand. I kind of related it to how God must feel about us. So wonderful and loving always there for us when we need him. There for his children if we will just call on him and ask for his help!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

Overnight Adventure Part 2

Alright.. earlier today I started a recap of our little weekend outing and then.. life happend. I snipped it short and am here to finish up now!!

On day two of our trip we went to Grandfather Mountain. It was remarkable to say the least! We would def like to go back again and hike around a little one day.. not exactly an Emma thing to do.. but maybe soon :)

Up the stairs we go.. heading towards the swinging bridge! Yes I believe that real mean wear pink ;) Esp to help their wives  from falling over with a 30 lb bookbag on her back!

 Once we got to the top of the stairs I saw this sign.. and was a little concerned that we had brought E!

A view from the top!! The picture does not even do it justice my friends!!

On the bridge!

 

This is a picture of the bridge.. it doesnt look so impressive from this point of view.. but let me tell you! When you are standing on it and realize you are a mile off the ground you gain a little more respect for that bridge ;)

Here goes E!! She no longer wanted to be held... and it was either let her walk holding hands or have her flailing in daddys arms walking across. Think walking was the best bet there! She did great :)

Strong girls! ;)

Think Emma enjoyed the leaves as much as we did. We would ride down the road and she would say "pretty pretty"

However... we did have a little mishap on the way home. We had 17 miles of very sharp curves and turns.. and we now know Emma gets motion sickness :(  Thankfully as soon as we made it down, got everything cleaned up, and situated she was good to go!

Overall it was a wonderful trip. Enjoyed time with great friends and a day with just our little family! Next time we head up to  the mountains it will be to get our Christmas Tree!!! I can hardly contain myself ;)

Overnight Adventure

Sunday morning (because Derek is off Sun and usually Mon) we headed up to the mountains to see the leaves. This weekend was peak weekend up there and we thought a good little over night adventure was just what we needed! That is one of the wonderful perks about living in NC. We live Approx an hour and half from the mountains and about three and a half from the sandy beaches!! Perfect!

On Sunday our friends drove up with us. They were only going to stay for the day because they have a newbie on board ;) 

Emma and Landon had a great time together.. she loved having somebody to play with. It was so sweet she tried to do everything he did..Sweet!

 Emma does not get much time with her godfather because he works alot of hours just like her daddy but boy did she soak up her time with him today. I think he enjoyed it just as much as she did.

My bestie and her new little one. She was soo good the entire time. I think her favorite part was the park ;)

I had to sneak some snuggles in as well..

After having lunch downtown Blowing Rock and enjoying some time in the park we decided to go and see the actual Blowing Rock.. click here to read the myth about the rock...I have been up to the mountains many times but have never actually been here before. We loved it! It was gorgeous.

 

Stay tuned to hear about the rest of the trip later on this afternoon :) Hope you had a fabulous weekend as well!!!

Saturday Snippits

Hey y'all!

So glad it is Saturday finally! Derek works Tue through Sat so I get excited to see Sunday roll around. We are heading to the mountains early tomorrow morning. I am so excited :) It supposed to be beautiful up there right now. We are not getting to much leaf change yet.. so we will drive a little bit and enjoy the leaves up there. 

 See?! There is a smidge of color starting to come out but not much considering it is the middle of October. No worries after this weekend I should have some gorgeous leaf pics for ya.. hopefully ;)

Me and E like to head out on Saturdays and spend some time together. Today I decided to head out to the nature trail and let her wonder around a little bit. OK you caught me.. yes I had other ideas in mind.. like pictures!! Here are a few of my favorite of the day.

 She will just stop in the middle of the walk.. squat and take everything in.. then when she is ready she gets back up and carries on!

 Yes this was totally posed but I had no idea she would actually stay like that ;)

 Love that sweet little girl! I adore her beyond words...

 She found a small pile of leaves.. she will be in heaven when they really start to fall!!

 She is def. a tree hugger! She often gives them hugs.. and occasionally a kiss! Strange!?

Terrible pic.. but nobody is ever around to take our picture so I decided to take matters into my own hands. As you can see the result was less than par!

As you can tell we had a great day together!! I am excited for a family adventure this weekend! Hope y'all are having a great weekend as well.

Happy Saturday!!

Saved by the editor!

This past week I did a small photo shoot for a couple who are getting married in May. They did not really want an all out engagment session just a few good shots of them so they can use one or two for a Save The Date magnet.

So we were supposed to meet pretty early in the AM because of lighting issues and all of that (they arent open later in the evening when the lighting would have been optimal *big word.. did you like that ;)*

Anywhoodles they ended up running late and then we had to get everything squared away in order to get started.  So my early morning great lighting was loong gone and done the drain. So I did the shoot and felt really yuck about how they were going to turn out.

Got home and get everything uploaded and was pretty disappointed. I saw a few with some potential but nothing that just popped out at me and said "awesome" So I called up my partner in photography crime and got her working on a few... I am here to tell ya.. Courtney rocks! She really took some so-so pics and made them something I knew the couple could use. We have been working together alot lately and I am loving it!!

Here is a sneak peek of the shots we did together...

Hopefully soon I will have a photography website up and running.. I am loving this little side job I have going on. It is really something I am enjoying and something I have alot of room to grow in :)

I Have Missed Y'all!

Holy lazy bloggy friend batman! I have not posted in a week and half.. total #bloggyfail ;) Oh well.. I am here to make it up to ya now!

 Lets see.. the past week and half we have done quite a bit around here! First of all last week we headed out and about with my dad and my baby brother Elliott. Dad has been wanting to go out and visit the botanical gardens since they have changed everything up for the fall (yes I know we spend ALOT of time out at the gardens.. but we LOVE it out there! Might as well get our money's worth out of that membership huh?!)

 Emma showing me her loot before she it went into the fountains....

 Baby Brother!

Also we went to the pumpkin patch this weekend! That was alot of fun.. however my pics accidentally got deleted off my computer.. sooo I will have to upload them again and share them with you :) Emma loved the pumpkin patch. She would pick them all up (or at least try) or just sit on them and relax. When we were leaving she said "Night Night pumpkins, Night Night Faces" She called the ones that were carved "faces".. to cute!

She is growing and changing so much right now I feel like I can not even keep up. I am loving every single minute of it... well ya know except those minutes of tantrums,screaming,and being crazy. Those don't count right?!

I have missed you all so much and promise to be back tomorrow for a more in depth post! Maybe even a sneak peek of an engagement session I took this past week!

Happy Hump Day Everyone!!!

Pumpkins!

This week I wanted to link up to Shutter Love's Tuesday! The theme is Pumpkins... we have not "officially" been to the pumpkin patch yet this year but when we went to visit the gardens the other day I snapped a few pumpkin shots! 

So here ya go ;)

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

May try and get some wedding pics up for ya today.. I went to a very sweet wedding in Wilmington this past weekend!