Evan David, Senior Portraits // Part One

This is Evan.  And these are Part I of his senior portraits.
Evan is also a photographer, and we had planned to take pictures for each other, but the funny thing is we are complete opposites when it come to the world of art//photography(or basically anything).  So when he asked if Friday worked, and I said yes it did, I was excited to see what we were going to do, and didn't mention that it was supposed to snow.  And when he showed up at my door, and it was snowing profusely he was a little disappointed that there wasn't a sun for our shoot, but I was thrilled.

Evan is the kind of person who will dare to rough up a lens to get the shot he wants, and the kind of person who will drive seven hours for an In-n-out burger.  He's never had Nutella, and hates tomatoes.  He's totally into God, and tells people about Him all the time.  He will drive around Wal-mart in an electric cart (with two passengers!) for a very long time instead of watching the super bowl, and then have a conversation with an elderly man about life and God and tea.  He'll ask if he can pray for you, and he'll offer encouragement, and he'll argue his faith.  He is kind, and humble, and a loyal friend.  So yeah.  This is Evan.

Crigger Baby Shower

 

Last weekend I attended a baby shower (though I had to leave early) for the baby girl who will be joining the lovely Crigger family.  They are they sweetest family, and I'm so glad to know them.  They genuinely love God, and care for people.  Their (eldest now) daughter is the sweetest little girl, who I used to think was shy, but now giggles and tells stories and tells me to pick all the grapes out of the fruit salad for her to eat.
I'm so happy for this new little girl to become a part of your life, I hope God blesses your family.

lillian.

Rice Pudding // The Shortest of Shorts

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"A little cup of rice pudding can cure all my woes," she said, a mug snuggled to her nose, warming her tear stained face.
"All your woes," he asked, smirking, a bit too skeptical for her taste.
"Yes, all of them."  She was the kind of girl who would rather curl up on the couch in her father's thick woolen socks than go to the movies.  He was the kind of boy who would skeptically question the healing properties of food, but would sit on the couch with her, occasionally tickling her sides to cheer her up.
That day wasn't so very much of anything.  There was a little bit of sunshine, but a couple clouds.  There were tear-stained cheeks, but there were smiles.
But a home that smells like vanilla and milk and pudding rice is a home with a future.  Methodically stirring the pan she imagined all the things that she had hoped for but would no longer have, but it's true that a little cup of rice pudding can cure all woes.

In an effort to tell better stories: (the shortest of shorts) little tidbits of life, characters, and make-believe. Follow them here.

Apple Pie and Waffles // Personal

"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." Luciano Pavarotti