Fire Station

My husband is a firefighter. He recently got assigned to a new station so we had to make a trip to the new one to check it out. My son has his own bunker gear right down to the boots. The kids had a blast climbing on the trucks and playing firefighter with daddy. My children have grown up in fire stations. They are their second home.

Sunflowers

I love love love sunflowers. Anyone who has been to my house knows this. My entire kitchen is full of sunflowers. I even had sunflowers in my wedding bouquet. Well there is a farm south of us that usually grows strawberries and in the off season they plant sunflowers to keep the soil ready for the strawberries. I had the opportunity to go there this summer. My plan was to take pictures of my kids and my friend's kids but the sun was too high and they were not digging it. They were complaining that it was hot and there were bugs (which there were tons of bugs!)

Here are some of the pictures I got of the sunflowers that did not complain and actually stood still long enough for me to focus. :)

Girls at University of Tampa

My college roommate and her husband have two girls, ages 3 and 1. I have taken their pictures four times in the last year. I recently took their pictures at the University of Tampa and we had a great time. They are so easy to photograph. They are both very happy and love having fun which is the way I like to capture children.

Pixie the Puppy

My friend got a new mini dachshund. She has an older one named Lyla who is a sweetie. I photographed Lyla as a puppy so I was very excited to photograph Pixie the new addition to the family. Lyla is the red one and Pixie is the spotted one. They were a lot of fun to photograph.