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Miss Shaelyn has been so special to our family over the last several years…and then she was an awesome senior rep for me last year.  It’s so hard to believe this little girl I first met when I was teaching her swimming lessons 10 years ago is ready to head off to college.  I had to miss her actual graduation because it was the same day as my brother’s graduation from KU…and the whole family was in town and wanting family pictures.  They were so awesome and flexible with me after I realized the two graduations would fall on the same day…we ended up with a cool, overcast morning with rain threatening but it held off for us to get some gorgeous images in my in-laws backyard.  I love shooting back there under a canopy of trees with beautiful flowers around every corner…doesn’t sound like southwest Kansas does it?

I had the pleasure Saturday morning of capturing this 4-generation image! Dr. Gwaltney is a fabulous eye doctor in Dodge City…she’s the one who put Emma in glasses and helped dig out a piece of metal from Travis’s eye at one point. And…she’s a fellow Jayhawk!! She brought her mom and grandmother and daughter to get this generations shot…which I love. We got a few of Miss M for her 3-year pictures. She’s only a couple of months older than Madelyn…but she’s so much taller! Try to imagine…Madelyn is in the 4th % for height and Miss M is usually over the 100th% !!! We had fun with bubbles and peacock feathers and little mice…I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!!!

I was a little intimidated going into this session because mom had told me the almost-three-year-old had a hard time at his session a year ago. I made sure to have plenty of my sure-fire secrets planned to keep his attention…and was prepared to work fast and be happy with whatever we would get. Well…he did GREAT! Mom and I were so impressed! Little sister wasn’t as smiley this time but she at least looked at the camera. Anyway…I had fun and was relieved it wasn’t nearly as difficult as I anticipated. Thanks for a fun start to my day!! Enjoy the sneak peek!