One day last week it began raining in the middle of a warm summer day. It reminded me of the kind of day that I would go outside and play in the rain as a kid. We had this big old house with a tin roof in Athens, LA (does anyone know where that is?) and the rain would run down the slopes of that roof and make big waterfalls and pools in the grass. It was perfection. I want to be the kind of mom that gives my kids that experience like my mom did. (This is often my excuse for letting them run around the house and yard naked, play in dirt, paint everywhere and just be messy!) Anyways thought I would share a few from the day that I turned off the computer and Brian and I went outside with the kids in the rain. I hope those of you with kids can play in the rain with them too.

The post-rain bath, complete with Josiah’s favorite thing, letters. Aunt Katie got him these fun color tablets for the bath water. (And they didn’t stain the kids or the tub Katie!:)

Somebody really her baths, can you tell?

Hayley drove up from Alexandria to get maternity portraits made today. It was wonderful weather, overcast, with a nice breeze. On top of that Haley was easy breezy to photograph. A great attitude, fun personality and genuine smile. She was joined my her hubby who was making her do more adventurous things for the shoot than I was! Thank you guys for coming up, and Haley, I can’t wait to see you at my camera class soon!

This past week was the Kool Kids consignment sale in Ruston. I look forward to these sale all the time. They are twice a year and each time it is so exciting. This year at my booth I held a drawing for a free session, plus all your images on a disk! We just did the drawing (Brian recorded it on video, but I decided I was too self conscious to post it….) and the winner is:

Sharee Levite!

Congratulations Sharee! You can call or email me to schedule you session, I look forward to meeting you! And thanks for entering! There were over 70 entries!

Today was Brayden’s second birthday and what a blast it was! I love shooting kids’ birthday parties, I am actually thinking of adding them to my pricing page! Check out his LSU Tiger themed pool party and super cute cupcakes from Ruston’s new cake shop inside the House of Flowers.