Featuring the Hoffman Family!

Everybody knows that "picture day" is hectic...

How do I know this? I have two boys who have had a camera in their face since birth...

How many shots this fall have I ventured out for "picture day" with them...

none.

I know. I know. It's the story of the shoe maker and his children are shoeless...

You get the point..ha..

Regardless...I know that when my families take the time to put the right attire together, to schedule a day in their busy lives, and to do this with little kids, it's a task.

I always keep this in mind that before they even made it to me, they had taken on a few task to do so.

...Throw in with this family...

an hour plus drive..

around nap time..

with..

wait for it...

three kids, three and under

including..

yes, a set of twins.

I knew that I, as a photographer, HAD to nail it.

Imagine all of us stepping out of our cars and ...

welp.

rain.

I am not kidding.

In a matter of minutes the sun came out! Praise the Lord!!

The children...amazing...

the parents...hysterical...and patient..and easy to work with...

The weather...perfect..

The portraits...priceless.

Meet the Hoffman Family!

;)

Thank you for coming out and allowing me the chance to photograph your family! 

~M

Kuhl Family!

Sweet Heather...with her sweet boys, all three of them.

I have had the pure pleasure of capturing little Evan since he was 2...

Heather is an amazing photographer friend and has taken time off, though understands the need

to capture these fleeting moments...

I loved spending an afternoon with her and her family.

Thank you, Heather and Kuhl family for allowing me to document this stage in your life...

I enjoyed it more than you know! 

Ps- Lunch one day soon H! :)

~M

xo

Sneak Peek: Henry!

More to come! ;)

Sneak Peek: Kuhl

Check back my sweet Heather!...More today!

Baker Family!

...She is the mother of these two gorgeous children, the wife, the backbone and the biggest cheerleader for

the Baker Family...

She is also pretty much Sherrills Ford own Mayor!

She runs this town..

The school...the PTO...every team, she's on it..

She's on the Optimist and is taking this towns bubbliest cutest cheerleaders all the way to National in December!

She is in charge of our bunko group, our birthday bashes..where there is fun...there she is.

Her smile, always.

She obviously has more than 24 hours in her day..

She is..

well, she is my friend.

Thank you, Paula...for all you do in our area!!

:)

Your children are amazing because of you...

my children blessed to have you in our community!!

and yes..I'd imagine she will cringe at the fact that I just gushed about her...

She's also HUMBLE...:)

Shine a minute, you deserve it.

Meet the Patterson Siblings!

 

Gorgeous..these siblings.

Fastest session ever.

They listened to every word I said...never had to help pose them..followed directions to a tee...

Perfect kids...

Beyond Well Behaved...

A pleasure to photograph...

Awesome Amazing and Beautiful Patterson Children...

Thanks for making my job love of photography so very very easy!

~M

xo

Sneak Peek: Baby G's 1st Birthday!

...so...this post is more for his sweet mama who became a mother on this very day one year ago.
Happy Birthday, Sweet Baby Gabriel! I know you are the apple of her world and your "Gammy and PeePaw's" as well! :)

 

Too cute not to post...right? :)

This world got a whole lot sweeter when you arrived! God Speed Little Man...Much Love... Ms.Moriah xo

....proof proof proof.

...what are you doing, Moriah? you may ask...why that would be PROOOOOOOFING!..or actually...
Proofin'. No "g". Spoken like a true Southern Soul...right?! :)

I have tons and tons and tons of gorgeous families to post...I'm sending out 6 cd's in the mail today...
have 3 sessions in the next 24 hours, 3 this weekend, throwing my baby boy first born a birthday bash somewhere in there too and my best friend turns 32...throw in marathon training and planning Thanksgiving with my family 300 miles away...oh...and have I failed to mention I'm going to be an aunt...and that Winkler baby has made my sister in law so sick they put her face in the hospital...so...sendin' out prayers for that in my free time! :)

...and I'm not complaining...honestly. I am not.
Make no mistake.
I love my life...
I love my job...
I love the amazing people placed into my world...
I am blessed.
Beyond Blessed.

Check back! ;)

Chances are I'll be back...
If not...I'm poolside in a cabana...
Ha.
A girl can dream! ;)
xo

Abe- 3 years old

...I know this sounds like the start of a broken record as it would seem all my blog post begin this way...however, it's the greatest part of my job. Honestly....With that being said..Key Music: I've had the pleasure of capturing Abe since he was born. As a photographer, this is the greatest honor. To be asked back year after year to come capture these fleeting moments....
I stand humbled every single time...
Simply blessed.
This year...Abe was my buddy. He grabbed my hand from the very start, talked about life, love and happiness....or...Spiderman, Mcdonald's and his mama. Like I said, Life, Love and Happiness.:) He kissed me bye and said boldly.."Bye Ms.Moooewiahhh I love you."...and I took a deep breath and shouted back..." I love you too Abe!"....
You see...
I'm just a girl, who shows up with a camera and this...this is the real story. The camera is just my tool. My story is written in the unspoken memories and moments like this...in the documentation of life at best.
Life.
I love mine.

I love this job.

{10/52}

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.  ~Jane Howard

...my parents backyard. 
3 picnic tables.
always a stock pot, a pot of rice (my mother is hawaiian, we ate it 3 times a day growing up), wine, flowers, lemonade, tea and paper plates. ha. oh..and usually somebody has a birthday..so..cake. 
or..we just eat birthday cake because regardless. ;)


my favorite place to go to eat...their house.
....i still get a little out of body when somebody is sitting in my seat at the dinner table...
....it is the reason i am loud. really loud. and the reason why all my siblings are loud.
.....and funny.
...i think you become loud and funny at dinner. this was before wine was allowed. ha.
...because with too many kids at a table ya gotta figure out how anybody can hear you...


i live for sunday dinners, and cake parties..and low country shrimp boils, and fresh salad from my dad's garden. and grilled chicken. and chicken salad and green bean cassarole. i love food. it's obvious. but more than that, it's not about the food...it's about my family all together...
..okay..and the cake.
:)
just sayin'.
xo


PS- And yes, I'm once again a few weeks behind in the project posting. I've captured the images, I just need to post them~:)

Sneak Peek: Sweet MaCallum!

More to come! ;)