When you get the chance to photograph the engagement session of a fantastic couple and one of them just happens to work at for the National Cathedral, well let's just say even from the beginning, I had a feeling it was going to be amazing. Then I talked to Anna and was doubly sure I was going to love them. Anna and Nat were wonderful and rolled with all the punches that the weather (#rainyday) threw out at us and their photos are just magical, if I do say so myself. Also just a PSA for everyone from Anna and Nat's get to know you survey, which includes the all important question about favorite snack food (and another reason I love these two): "We recently discovered that there are "Extra Toasty" Cheez-its. We're sad that we spent years picking out the super-toasted ones from the boxes of regular Cheez-Its...and pretty freaking excited that whole boxes of Extra Toasty ones are a real thing."

Have you ever stood in a room and thought, wow...everyone in this room is way more talented than me. Have you ever thought that while standing in a room of middle-schoolers? Because I have. My dance friend Amy is a middle-school drama teacher in the area and when she invited a group of us to see her kids perform, I would say we all jumped at it while also thinking, hmmm...I'm about to see middle-schoolers perform the Lion King, interesting. Needless to say, they were insanely talented and very awesome. Also, middle-schoolers are hilarious.

Sometimes your photo sessions take you to the most dreamy places, like the local library. And who would ever say no to a morning with great littles and books? No one I want to hang out with, that's for sure.

Meet Abby. She's adorable. Her mom and I used to work together and I was so excited to be able to photograph her newborn time. One of the comic highlights of the session was how worried mom was that her belly-button bit hadn't fallen off yet, low and behold the words were spoken, the baby was shifted and off it fell. Thanks Abby for getting right on that!

Images like this make my heart sing. They also remind me why I do what I do. It is for all the in between moments of life...when it is just a little girl, her bag of goldfish, and a mind that wanders to places we can only imagine.