this precious life.

i have a small (or maybe it will end up being big!) goal of pulling out my camera a lot more when i'm with my heart change/brookside/biblestudy community this spring & summer. this area of my life is so poorly documented… and on one side i don't mind because i get to spend so much time with them that i don't notice it. but i realized that i'll definitely want to have pictures of them all once i've moved so i want to be better about snapping images here and there!  here's a few quick snapshots of our used-to-be-little biblestudy! tuesday nights are my favorite night of the week because i get to see all of these dear faces! we've had a consistent 20-25 girls recently so as you can see, lately we've been shoulder to shoulder all the way around m+k's living room and then 4-5 girls sit in the middle.  so thankful mandy & cassie joined our leadership team last fall because i don't know what we would do with out them!  please keep praying...

this mister was my birthday present 16 years ago and i remember being so excited to have another little brother! those were the days when the boys outnumbered the girls 3-2. these days, we have them beat at 6-4 but they make sure we play basketball, run around the house with nerf guns & get into wrestling matches from time to time. benj is rich in friends (which speaks of his goofy & friendly personality) and it's always fun having them around! ellyn asked a bunch of them to come over one afternoon to surprise him and several rounds of knockout ensued.  then it took him 24 tries to blow his candles out! i don't think he'll be living that down anytime soon:) it's been such a fun month of celebrations! mama & elisabeth's birthdays were this week so those images will be coming soon! 

y'allllll!!! i finally have a new camera body!! you know how all the images on this blog from the past 3 months or so have just looked like crap? (oh you did but you didn't say anything? you're too kind:)) well basically, my camera of 5 years was dyyyyyyiiiing. but i was just waiting to save the last few pennies before i made the jump. then, right before my birthday, i hit the $3.5 mark and pushed the order button for the canon 5Dmarkiii !!  they say the equipment doesn't make a photographer… and i'd totally agree. but having good equipment sure does make a difference:) now i'm even more excited for all of the coming weddings & portrait sessions! anyway!! these two sweet girls, maddie & sara, are the daughters of two moms/women who i look up to immensely. i remember when i was maddie & sara's age, there was this awesome girl named becca who was in college and would periodically do sleepovers with me or take me out to do something fun. (s...