I thought I’d brighten my sister’s day at work and give her a peek at some more of the maternity photos I took. She is gorgeous. Before….and a few months after Climbing up the fence was Eric’s idea. Hanging a wooden letter from his ear was also his idea. I usually avoid ‘cheesy’ pictures, but...
She is beautiful! What a sweet round tummy. I love all the photos, even the “cheesy” ones. 
Awww, these pictures make me want to be pregnant again. But I didn’t have a cute tummy like your sister’s – mine was nicknamed “The Torpedo”
Such great pics! I love the last one, just really sweet. Can’t wait to meet Miss P.
love the fence picture!
Love the “If mama ain’t happy…ain’t nobody happy” sign and ALL of the wonderful pictures. What a beautiful mom-to-be.
I love these! Les, you look fantastic pregnant! Can’t wait to see pics of your new little one!
Oh, Ashley! What a gift. Thank you so much for sharing! I know these brought a smile to my face.
Beautiful picutes! And beautiful pregnant sister!
With all that lovin’ going on in the kissing picture, she might give you a run for your money in the kid department.
These are beautiful, Ashley!!
The piano/bike background is SO great. I love it. Where did you find that sign “If Mama Ain’t Happy…” that makes for a PERFECT maternity picture…LOVE IT!
Sarah M
Thanks, Ashley!!! I LOVE them!! You take the most flattering pictures. These are so fun. Thank you blog people for all your sweet comments too
What a pretty preggo lady she is! The pics are beautiful!
I love the heart, too. It’s sweet and eye-catching against her blue shirt. Cheesy can be fun.
Wow! Those are really stunning. Very nice. and they do look so happy. What a beautiful shoot.
In your sisters smile (the hanging P and the heart pict) I see Firecrackers smile…so sweet to see family resemblences!
okay, i know you’re not tall(since i’ve seen pics of you next to chris and i know how tall he is!), and i’m assuming she is clsoe to your height…but her hubby is super tall!!! they are so stinkin’ cute together!! little p’s shoes are so sweet, too!
Congratulations for you and your sister. She looks like you very much. Both of you have same smile
Pictures are beautiful. I love the one about hands, and the other wher he looks her so sweet.
They are all beautiful shots! Congrats to the soon to be parents!
so cute, never seen the heart made with mom and dad’s hands, so no cheesiness there great pictures that she can treasure forever.
I love the heart picture! We can see now where Firecracker gets that ornery smile at! So cute!! Sister/Cousin & Firecracker are going to have a blast growing up together!
what sweet pictures!! can’t wait to see the baby!!
What an exciting time for them! Their first born baby! I love the fence picture with the P! They are a beautiful couple, congrats to them both! Looking forward to you capturing little P on camera!
My sister is a gorgeous mommy to be. I got to take a few pictures of her and Eric…I haven’t had time to go through them all, but I wanted her to have a glimpse of a couple….these make me happy! I’ll post more later.
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Your sister is so beautiful! I am in love with the first picture!
She looks so cute pregnant! I bet you guys are all getting excited!
my own little sister is pregnant too, and just as stunning!
great shoot. love you blog…
Those are adorable! I wish I would have had some nice pictures taken during my pregnancy. I’m always the one behind the camera… I need to work on that.
Your sister will cherish those so much..
Les — you are just too cute!! I love the sign. That’s awesome.
She’s due when!?! I’m due in Oct with my third and I look like that already! Great pics and I know you are all so excited!! You folks are going to have to invest in a dormatory before long. =)
very very nice! Can’t wait to see the rest of the shoot. She glows!
oh thats at mama trizza’s isn’t it! she looks great:)
I love her perfectly round baby belly! Where did you find that great (and TRUE) sign?!
Thank you again for doing our photos! I love the first one!! Even though I look at that belly every day I’m still amazed at how large it is in pictures!! Can’t wait to see the rest!
Very pretty. I love all the round objects in the background that compliment your sister’s lovely round tummy. Beautiful composition.
oh, she is darling!!! :]
She is stunning!!!
I would like to introduce you to the Jones family. We are so thrilled to have met them this year through our son’s school. Mrs. Jones is the prinicipal and we worked out a little trade. She wanted the family pictures and I wanted to guarantee that Biggest Brother gets straight As and nothing on...
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Beautiful pictures of a lovely family!
what beautiful girls they have! And I know the frame idea isn’t new to the scene but I love how mom and dad are holding it in front of their kids. Lovely!
Great photos! What size frame are you using for that photo of the sisters?
love it.
giving me so many ideas…thank you.
i felt in a rut.
happy to have new ideas.
happy day today.
The girls have gorgeous eyes!! Love the frame picture!
Hi!! I´m from BRasil and i´m not so good in english. but i´m completely in love for your blog!!
Congratilations!
ooh! they are all so lovely (i adore that they all wore jeans), but really, really love the frame one. what a clever idea! i might have to try that one out with my little ones.
Great photos!
I used to know this family 10 years ago when we lived in OK, they are as lovely on the inside as they are on the outside. What fun to see their beautiful girls all grown up!
I love these pics! What a cute family. You are so talented my dear.
I love these pictures…..adorable I love the frame pic too..
What a beautiful family. You’re so talented!
My oldest goes to kindergarten at the most wonderful school. Last fall they did a silent auction and I donated a Family Session….I was so excited that Mrs. Ellison was the ‘winner’. Our family has loved getting to know this family – they are the kind of people that every time you are around them...
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Wonderful! That very last picture is absolutely divine. A perfect moment captured in time, and will for sure be a treasure for that family!
Love it! My favorite is the one of them in a circle on the ground. I also just love the feeling of the very first shot, it is so romantic.
I really want to pack up my family of four boys to get out there and see you about a family pic! I love how you captured the feel of a family of boys and their precious momma…you and I know what that’s like.
Great Shots as always. Thanks for visiting my blog earlier ;D Come tomorrow as I’m doing a GIVEAWAY 
The sky in the last shot is amazing. How’d you do it?? Please share!
Great pictures!!
What? You’re doing sessions again. Book us! JUST KIDDING! Thought that might get you going a little bit. Great job as always!
pictures like these make me so jealous i live all the way out in seattle, unable to attend snap shots!! love them ashley!
These pics are great!! Such a beautiful family!
What a treasure! These are excellent!
man.. i would really like to just say that your photoblog is the most refreshing thing to look at on the whole interweb! keep up the awesome job!
I love it! I can sense the joy in their hearts just from the pics…
THE SIMPLY CREATE GIVEAWAY IS STILL GOING ON, SCROLL DOWN FOR THAT POST. Yes, I am no longer doing portrait sessions…I have ‘quit’ that side of photography for the time being. Yes, if you want to finance a large in-ground pool in my backyard, I will be happy to do whatever session you want. Yes,...
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Just stumbled upon your blog–it is utterly L*O*V*E*L*Y!! I will be bookmarking it–your photos are terrific! I am in Fort Worth, and am a yearbook adviser by day (domesticease.com editor by night!), and if we were a bit closer I would send my students up to you for their senior portraits!
Keep up the inspiring work–I’m off to read more of your blog!
Blessings,
Kristin
By the way–I am redoing my daughter’s room this summer and your kids’ rooms are GREAT inspiration!!! Beautiful!
I love the picture of her with just her face in the grass, beautiful eyes. great job!
Stunning! You did a wonderful job, what great photos for her to have for the rest of her life!
And I LOVE her shoes with the blue dress, I saw some at TJMaxx and I was considering getting them, her cute outfit may have inspired me!!
wowzers-fab pics, all of them-the outfits and props speak to her personality so well…and I don’t even know this pretty gal!
I love the fact that her necklace is also reflected in the actual balloons. Would she be willing to say where she bought the necklace? I’d love to purchase that for my daughter thanks!
Absolutely Gorgeous!
I meant to ask – what time of evening was this?
Thanks so much Ashley!! I love them! You are incredible as usual…and your field was perfect! I had a great time and it was a great honor to watch you work…even if I had to be in front of the camera!
The necklace is from Etsy (yellowgoat.etsy.com) but I don’t know if she’s making the necklace any more. I got it around Christmas so it’s been a while.
Just beautiful.
Well if I could finance a pool for you I totally would!! The pictures you took of my son are still some of my favorites! I love all of these pics, what a great idea to use balloons.
you take the most amazing pics.
I love her beautiful coloring…the contrast in the clover is stunning! Kim
Absolutely amazing portraits. I really enjoy your work.
These are amazing! I would die for her hair too!
She’s gorgeous and the pictures are wonderful. The balloons are so fun!
i love the one with her behind the camera! GREAT JOB–they’re ALL lovely!
These are SO great! You are her favorite so she was so excited that you could take these! They turned out so wonderful!! Thank you!!
so, if a bunch of us go in on a pool, would you take all of our pictures, i mean, just a thought. your pictures are worth every penny!!!
these photos are beautiful.
wow! she is stunning. and your photos are really swell, too.
Are you kidding me!?! Aren’t Senior pictures supposed to be awkward and something you want to hide afterwards? Usually done by a grumpy man that would rather be having his nose hairs plucked than taking Sr. photos. Also to be done in an old smelly gym and EVERYONE wearing the same sweaty, smelly, cap and gown? No, maybe that was just mine. Excuse me while my green with envy self gnaws on some more sour grapes over here:).
stunning!
OMG! Her eyes are just stunning! that dress totally brings them out even more!
Beautiful!
Oh my goodness!!! Beauty!
I so love these pics. And to think this is your backyard! I’m loving that early evening lighting!
amazing, amazing, amazing. love them all!
Ashley, these are so good! Makes me want a senior pic do-over. Mine were so cheesy. Rebekah, you are so pretty! The 3rd one is my fav!
amazing pictures! i also looked at her site…wow, is she really only 18?? she’s so talented!
Beautiful Lady, Beautiful Photos
no wonder you had a hard time narrowing them down! love the balloons!
Beautiful! You know the day you start back to taking pics…. you better call. I’ll ask Scott about the pool. You never know!!
LOVE these photos! Beautiful work, beautiful girl, and beautiful camera! I’m got a few oldies on display in my family room. Great job on the shoot!
Beautiful photoshoot as always! I want to get back to photography so bad when I look at your photos – I also ‘quit’ for the time being…. for health reasons though in my case. You are such an inspiration.
What beautiful eyes!!
What an inspiration she is to my daughter who’ll be a sophomore this year. I think her biggest want, besides some school clothes right this minute, is a nice camera. She loves photography. I think she will really enjoy this post and this young ladie’s website.
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