Payton - 2011 Senior {Norman/Blanchard, OK Senior Photography

So. Let me clear something up real quick. The title says she's Payton, right? Well, I just did that to be proper cause that's her real name. But I NEVER call her that. So, in this post she'll be Petie. 'Cause that's what I call her...and so do about 91.5% of the people I know. ;) Okay. Got that? Good.




This shoot was way to much fun. And when you have a subject that is as amazing as Petie is..well, it can't get much better then that. I love this girl. She's so natural in front of the camera and does exactly what you tell her to- as long as you explain it well. ;)

Annnnnd, she's tons of fun to be around, loves to tease (which is a HUGE plus for me because teasing is my life. Well, part of it.), likes volleyball a whole lot (yeah. another reason why she's awesome! You have to love volleyball to be my friend. haha...juuuuust kidding.), loves to write, and is stunningly gorgeous on top of all that! We don't get to see each other a whole lot which is kinda sad- BUT!  I love people like Petie 'cause she's one of those friends that no matter how long we go without seeing each other, we always pick back up right where we left off and its like we've seen each other every day.  I love that. And I just love her. :)

I had suuuuch a hard time picking out what pictures to post. This girl was the perfect model. But there's somebody else that was beyond amazing. Petie's Mom. Oh. My. Word. If I could take her on every photoshoot with me, I would. Like, she's the-most-amazing-assistant ever. I can't even tell you how many times I was trying to explain to Petie what I wanted her to do, and I was explaining it in a not-very-understandable way and her mom would jump in there and explain juuuuust perfectly exactly what I was trying to say. And Pete would be like, "oh! like that!!". Yes. I love her mom. This shoot wouldn't have been the same without her. :)

we wrecked the tractor shortly after this pic. 'Cause we're wild like that. Juuust kidding. ;)

Oh and did I mention that she is amazing on the piano? Yeah, she is. I wanna play like her when I grow up.

;)

I bet she owns 3582 books. Or something like that.

Congrats on graduating, Petie! Love ya! :)

Ashley {Guthrie, Oklahoma Portrait Photographer}

Ashley and I are like sisters. Well, we are pretty much. And we've done like everything together. Almost. We've skied together when it was -20 degrees, had sleepovers together, went 4wheeling together at 6 AM, swimming together, butchered chickens (yuk.), shopping, played basketball, volleyball, tennis and all kinds of other crazy sports ;), wrestled each other (we won't mention who won that match!), ran away from weirdo dudes in the mall, watched You Can't Take It With You and rolled on the floor crying our eyes out from laughing so hard, went ice skating without breaking any bones, sabotaged my brothers closet and dressed up in their hunting gear, laughed at ourselves 'cause we're both so blonde, stayed up all night... and to many other things that are better left unsaid. But you get the idea. We're pretty good friends. ;) So when she asked me to do her pictures I was beyond excited! Especially 'cause we always have the amount of fun that should be illegal- and of course that happened with her shoot. We lost track of time, got a litttttle outta control and took over 1200 pictures. Um, yeah. I had no idea I could take that many of one person. But when its lil sista Ash... psh, of course I can.

Loooove You Ash!! You are totally a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e. :)

Sonic: Summer's Best Friend

If you know me, you'll know I'm in love with Sonic. Wait. Maybe you're like my dear little Ellie and ya don't know about Sonic is? Okay, you are SO missing out! Its this awesome drive in place. They have fast food, just like any other joint- cold cokes, slushes, limeades, ice cream and tator tots. But I adore happy hour. Its every afternoon from 2 - 4 and all their drinks and slushes and all that LeGiT stuff are half price. Yeah, that makes a huge difference when cokes are $1.49...or something like that. ;) haha!  And what makes it reeeally amazing is, there's a Sonic less then 12 minutes from my house. So yeah, I'm pretty sure the girls that work there wonder if I'll gain 57 pounds over the summer since I'm probably their best costumer. I just can't not stop there, especially since its right on my way home. But, I don't hardly ever eat food there so that's how I justify it- I just get their drinks. And exercise. ;) You know what makes it even better?! We've made so many amazing memories there. Hanging out at [close to] midnight with friends there after Volleyball and laughing till we cried , going there after church with the fam, making LOTS of frequent stops there with my big sis, chilling on the tables with my brothers and friends, (and being the only girl there- I guess that's what happens when you are so close to your big brothers and hang out with them whenever ya get the chance. And their guy friends come along. Which also happen to be my guy friends. ha!;) .....and, taking my little siblings there on a stinkin' hot saturday afternoon to cool off with icy cold cokes, slushes and limeades. Ain't nothing better! ;)

Oh, by the way- this is the thing you walk up to and tell 'em what you want. In case you were wondering... ;)

 Helpful Tip: if you don't wanna use your straw, you can be a red neck like my brother and just use the lid. Works alright. ;)

Yummo.  

I adore this kid. Needless to say, she loves sonic just about as much as I do!






annnnnnnddd, I think only in Guthrie, OK is there a sonic right in the middle of a hay field (well, pretty much). Gotta love chilling with cold drinks and little sibs while these tractors are hard at work baling hay less then 30 yards from ya. Just for the record,  I love Oklahoma! :)
Oh and did I mention that one night my brothers and another dude ran out in this field and rolled one of the hay bales around and found a dead snake on it? Don't worry, I supervised them. And yeah, we just do crazy stuff like that. ;)

I guess his lid thing  fell through so he asked for a spoon. ;)  And yes. That's my reflection in his sunglasses- I did that on purpose. (not!)

I've trained him well. He's a huge Sonic fan too. I guess we all are? Ha!

Um, yeah. Cool, Refreshing, Icy, Deep-Dish Deliciousness.




So THIS is one thing I looooooooove about being a big sis- getting to take little bro's and sisters with me to all kinds of fun places and making tons of special memories. To Sonic. To the snow-cone joint. To walmart. To movies.
Yeah, I just love all the people in my life. I'm preeeeetty blessed.


....annnnd, blessed with a Sonic nearby too. ;)

Mud Puddles

Yeah, where I come from, Rain is a good thing.

Lillian {Oklahoma Children Photography}

Little kids are so much fun. Just so you guys know. ;) So of course I loved doing a shoot with this stinkin' cute kid last night, my veeeeerry favorite Lillian!  She's almost 18 months and absolutely has the knack for stealing hearts. ;) Gotta love it! She's walking now and it cracks me up just watching her - I'd say its by far the cutest thing ever. Least I think it is. But maybe that's because there's no longer any little people in our house and I forgot how much I missed that. :)

can somebody please say a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e?!

 "whoa. its a flower?" [don't tell her its fake.]

Never mind. I think she figured that out. ;)

 "such a biiiiiiiggg world out there, huh."

 And then she decided she didn't like this whole "getting her picture taken" thing. I'm sorry child, your to cute not to take pictures of.

Some boy is sooo going to fall in love with those eyes one of these days. Wow. hehe ;)

Yeah. You can say that again.

What do ya do when you're tired of having a camera stuck in your face for the last 15 minutes? Stick your tongue out at the photographer of course. 

 or fold your hands and don't make any eye contact. ;)

 I can't get over her eyes. They're just major.

"really, can somebody please tell me where my mommy is?  I'm looking for her. "

the end.

p.s. She usually smiles about 98.2% of the time but...for this once, I wasn't on her good side since "Mommy" wasn't in sight. Poor kid! [there. are you satisfied Kate?! ;)]