the outdoors.

chloe rae.

Meet my niece, Chloe!

Chloe helped me make birthday cakes all day last saturday!

(since our family has 8 thousand birthdays in July)

(and by "all day" i mean a couple of hours after we finished playing softball in the rain)

BUT she was such a big help.

and i really enjoyed hanging out with her all day!

pictures of our dirt dessert creation coming soon.

:)

bokah.

had some pretty evening light

while William and I were at my parents house this past weekend

for my birthday!

i roamed around forever with my camera...

as my dad says:

"i am O.C.D with my camera"

i dont really understand why he thinks that....

grapes.

It didn't take long for this bowl of grapes to disappear at the Mack residence!

they are easy to photograph...

and even easier to eat!

:)

Fruit.

a couple of shots i took before work a few days ago.

a day @ Lake James.

 

 

 

Adam and Olivia's [wedding party] Lake Adventure

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you may remember these two from

their engagement pictures that I took back in February

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this past weekend we went to THE LAKE because

they are getting 

MARRIED!!!

We are so excited for them and LOVED spending the afternoon

at the lake with them, their families and their whole wedding party!

we can't wait for the big day

JULY 30th!

ice cream.

My Husband created this amazing ice cream creation...

it even looks that amazing in a paper bowl.

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and it sure does

make me want a big bowl of ice cream right now!

summer nights.

an evening in the park with my camera.

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captured some beautiful evening light peaking through the trees

square photos.

I have just loved square photographs lately.

I always think the "thumbnail" photo looks better than the regular sized photo.

the 2 inch shorter photograph makes the image so much more interesting to me...

i love it!

color.

some nice color this morning from my roam around

downtown yesterday evening.

doesn't it just put you in a good mood?

especially since it's Friday?

:)

I am going to the lake tomorrow...

hopefully I will have some nice photos to share when I come back!

Happy Weekend!

lunch.time

yummy!

a simple evening.

sit back and relax.

Piper Bloom.

cheers

Happy Thursday!

4th of July.

the Kelley's and the Mack's got together again for

the 4th of July

in surry county!

for some pool lounging, visiting,

grilling out, Wii sports, and of course

FIREWORKS!

both families under one roof...

it was a good time!

dinner with the girls