HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY HOW MUCH I LOVE MY JOB!!???

I just can't think of anything I would rather do with the little spare time that I have, than to be able to be creative, capturing God's creations, and meeting incredible people! I feel so blessed to be able to do what I do! This BEAUTIFUL senior girl was a photographer's dream. She was up for anything! We climbed up hay lofts, drove tractors, motorcyles, tromped through fields of soybeans ready for harvest, ducked through chicken coops, and even enjoyed a rope swing! She has lived her whole life on this several hundred acre farm that has been in her family for generations - her father actually has lived his whole life there as well. Their farmhouse was built in the mid 1700's, and is simply timeless. Miss "M" is just as beautiful on the inside - she is a sweet christian girl, homeschooled her whole life - she even has her bible study girls over to meet in her hay loft - how cool would that be??? I had a great time with you "A" family - enjoy your sneak peek! And thanks for the farm fresh eggs! :)

A tender moment with Dad (who happens to have the coolest mustache ever).

FALL DETAILS

You can see the leaves just starting to change colors outside my kitchen window - maybe next week I will have some fall detail pictures of outside my house.... the colors should turn quickly now - the rest of this week we have high temperatures in the 40's with rain!

As I was walking around my house snapping pictures of all the pretty fall things...I walk into the learning room and just have to giggle. This is usually what it looks like! Even the curtains are disheveled! But I love this look - it's the look of learning and love and being together.....

FALL PICTURES FOR MY LITTLE GUY "A"

Instead of meeting baby "A" in downtown Baltimore where he lives, for his monthly pictures - they came up to visit me "in the country" (also known as the suburbs). He had fun experiencing holding leaves for the first time and getting dirty on the ground! You can hardly even see him in his little baby camo out in nature!!

The cutest lion in the world.

Hear me ROAR!!!

IN HONOR OF COLUMBUS DAY

An original piece hanging in the O'Steen Art Museum

Medium: washable marker

Impressionist Artist: Boo O'Steen

Date rendered: Columbus Day 2009

Title: In the Year of 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

DADDY'S LITTLE FOOTBALL BUDDY

Daddy is so happy to finally have a little girl who loves Alabama football! She gets just as excited as he does!

He got them both matching jerseys - I know this number is significant for some player he likes.... but ????? Boo loves that she matches her Daddy.

Watching the game together... (notice the identical football watching posture)

REALLY, seriously, watching the game together......

TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA!!!

ROLL TIDE!!!

And a touchdown hug for Daddy!! Boo was very sad that Daddy flew off today to see an Alabama game without her, but he promised to take her (and all of us) next year! Let's hope that Bama continues their winning streak!

DEEP IN THOUGHT?

Actually, no. She was just about to be blinded by an off-camera flash. My poor little kiddos tolerate all of my crazy ideas about trying new things related to photography. I was trying to figure out my off camera flash, and I couldn't get it to go off, so Banana was watching it for me to tell me if it went off or not. After about five failures - this time it went off successfully! I think she was seeing spots for quite a while - but I love the effect that it gave!!