I’m sort of like a country song, in that I grew up (mostly) in a smallllll town, dreamed of living in a big city, ran as far away as I could after graduation and vowed to never come back. Now, “I Miss Mayberry” (except not really because that’s not it’s name), but only enough to want to go back and visit every now and then.
Conveniently, my mom has stuck around, and she and her boyfriend just bought a beautiful property not far from my small town roots. Mom’s madly in love with the place for obvious reasons, and I am forever grateful to them both for giving us a place to stay when we get the urge to go a little country or when the kids need to know what it’s like to run barefoot in the grass (or on the long driveway) as far as their feet will take them… and for providing such an amazing backdrop for gorgeous pictures!
Also convenient, having my brother in town, who happens to be a great photographer. I took about half of these, and he took the ones with me in them. I think we make a great team.
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That last shot… my goodness. That belongs in a frame. A big one. Time for me to look into this Clickin Moms bizness…
Frame worthy, for sure! My brother took that one, but you should STILL look into Clickin Moms 🙂
Gorgeous, Jill! We moved from the city to the country for a while just to gain perspective on life. It really will remind you how great God is, won’t it?
Goodness, yes 🙂
I love that Leyna hasnt lost all of her baby chub yet. Its so nice to have a country hideaway.
Ha! You know, I don’t think she’ll loose it as long as she’s breastfeeding.
Um, is it weird that I have TEARS IN MY EYES?? What the?
These are amazingly gorgeous, J. I didn’t know your brother was a photographer too – that is awesome to me, b/c then you are in some photos too!
The one of Kendall on the swing is AMAZING.
Awwww! What an amazing compliment from you, Megan!
The one of Kendall on the swing is just beautiful. Great pictures!
Gorgeous!
Thanks, y’all!
gorgeous!
Wow, so pretty, all of them!
The one of Leyna with the hat is killing me (in a good way) 🙂
Lovely pictures. I absolutely love the play suite that Leyna is wearing in the first couple of pictures. I wish I had a country getaway and a photographer brother.
Wow that last pic!!!! Gorgeous!!!! Your kiddos are growing WAY to fast!
Love the one with Kendall in the swing and Leyna is just precious in her pjs.
LOL – auto correct almost changed “her pjs” to “herpes”!!!! That could have been bad!!
The first picture of Leyna is BREATHTAKING.
You are amazingly talented.
gorgeous!
Oh my gosh such gorgeous shots. My brother was in town over the weekend too and I miss him already.
WOW how fancy! A PAVED driveway!? I wish our family farm had that kind of coin 😛 (I kid, I kid) That’s amazing that you guys have that to “vacation” to, I know my family LOVES having my parents farm in North Carolina to visit when we get sick of the cold winters in Boston!
Amazing photos! I love the first one, last one, and Kendall on the swing. These need to be in frames.
I have to say that by following you over the years your photography has improved so much in the past few months! I love to see the progression that people make with photography. Love these!
Those pictures are TITS!!! (Can I say that here? That’s Chicago for AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!) Love them.
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