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sugar spice and everything nice

could she be any sweeter?

little girls are just angels who haven't yet spread their wings  ~unknown

little and big

there's no other love like the love for a brother
there's no other love like the love from a brother 
~Astrid Alauda

six years

it has been almost six years since i've photographed these two and i'm happy to report that they are as charming and kind and beautiful as i remember.  i can't say it doesn't take my breath away to see how they've grown, but what amazing young people they've grown into. 

2002

2008

 

childhood is a short season  ~helen hayes

almost one

if one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. i think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle  ~ vincent van gogh

mine

last day of elementary.  how quickly . . .

and thou shalt in thy daughter see,
this picture, once, resembled thee.
~ambrose philips

mr. b

the fun that was had at saluda shoals.  started out dry and ended at the splash park.  can't take the credit ~ it was mom's idea, and it was perfection.

his laughter... sparkled like a splash of water in sunlight ~ joseph lelyveld

sisters three

adore these girls.  each so sweet and beautiful.

the best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend  ~ cali rae turner

{cousins}

two whirlwind weeks of cousintime.  love you three.

to the outside world we all grow old.  but not to brothers and sisters.  we know each other as we always were.  we know each other's hearts.  we share private family jokes.  we remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys.  we live outside the touch of time  ~ clara ortega