Casey was one of my first friends when I moved to NC with my hubby! She has moved on to new and exciting things since and we have always found a way to keep in touch! So when Casey contacted me for photos of her and hubby Evan! I was so excited!!  So we found a weekend she would be home from her new venture…..The ARMY!!! and we set it up!!!

Enjoy

If  any of my readers have met me than you know that I am a very outgoing person. I say the first thing that comes to mind no matter who I am talking to and I put my whole heart into everything. Including my business, I know sometimes it might not be best but I believe in building relationships with my clients. I believe that the more a person knows me the more comfortable they will be with me. Whether it be just a family session or your wedding.  Most of the time in the process of getting to know my clients, I make friends. That’s what happened with  Tana. I first met Tana back in October when I photographed her husband’s Afghanistan homecoming. Little did I know when she hired me that I would make a friend. Tana is one of the most true and genuine people I have ever met. She is so positive and optimistic no matter what the situation is.  So when I had the opprotunity to be the photographer for her family photos I was more than excited!

Thank you Tana for being a beautiful example of a military wife and setting the bar for all of us

Back in December I met Lauren and Chris down at Emerald Isle for their engagement photos! When they first suggested the beach I thought brrrr its a little cold for that!  I sure changed my mind though

I don’t know if  you have ever been to the beach in the winter. But there is something so peaceful of quiet about it. I can’t wait to share Chris and Lauren’s wedding day with them in April!

Enjoy!

So i have decided it has been far to long since I posted something personal on the blog. It so important to me to feel like my clients get a feel of who I am as a person before they hire me. and I can’t think of a better way to tell you a little about me without mentioning Troy. The love of my life, my everything and the man of my dreams. I’ll never forget the night I met him. I was stunned by the man he was. He was so smart and funny and charming. Let’s just say that’s all it took.  I had my eye on the prize and I wanted him. It seriously was a matter of minutes and he had one me over!  Me on the other hand. Ha! I think I may have scared him a little. I was young and crazy and a freshman in college! Enough said right. Seeing as Troy is 5 years older than me..I was probably not what he expected or looked for in a women.

Boy did we suprise each other. It didn’t take long! We went on our first date a couple months after meeting and that was it! We were inseparable! Making amazing memories and planning our lives together within the first few months of our relationship. This was it and we both knew it. I had found the one. I can still remember what it felt like to realize he was the man I was going to marry.

Its so amazing to me how we just grow closer and closer with time. I love that Troy loves me for exactly who I am. I can’t imagine living my entire life not knowing what that feels like. I am my absolute and total weird self with him and the weird things are what he loves most about me .

Here we are over 4 years later and Im the happiest women alive

This will always be one of my favorite photos of Troy. It was taken the spring we moved here 2 years ago at Fort Macon!

If you have already worked with me or are a friend of mine you obviously know that this sweet man of mine is deployed.  Troy enlisted in the Marine Corps 2 weeks before we got married. Pretty Crazy huh? We had talked about the idea of the military but we kind of just had plans to go to school and live in a apartment near U of L and be happy little college students! Boy did that idea go out the window! Troy decided to take a different route and I could not have been happier with his decision.  The Marine Corps may not always be our best friend and they may have taken the best thing to ever happen to me away. But it has done so much good for us. We have an amazing little first home! We have wonderful friends and Troy has a job that has a sense of pride that comes with it I am so proud of him. So incredibly proud! I could say it over and over again but it still wouldn’t express how I truly feel.

Deployment has really tested us.  You know you hear all of these things like…”this is what you signed up for” and “its part of the job” but nothing seems to make the idea of him leaving seem better.  I watched my sister in law go through deployments and my best friend as well. I experience homecomings everyday but still nothing solidified what this what going to be like. Well here is what I have learned in 5 months. The  day he left was the hardest day of my life. but each day after that it got easier. I learned to keep myself busy and that staying positive was my only option. I learned that when all you have is email that words are so much more powerful.  When the only way you have to express yourself to the one you love is through words it makes everything a little sweeter and the things you say mean more. Good and Bad. Lol I learned to think before I wrote that’s for sure. It was so important to me that I radiated positivity for Troy. I wanted him to stay positive and to not feel guilty for enjoying the experience. I learned that waking up alone after him being there for 3 years is the hardest part of my day. I realized how important it was to notice the beauty in the small things. I always knew Troy was it for me. But i suppose i didn’t realize he was a part of who I have become. I quickly saw that I wasn’t myself without him and that the only time I really felt normal was when I was talking to him.  He has been so amazing and supportive and comforting throughout this and I honestly don’t think I could have survived it without his strength pulling me through. I think that’s when you really get the feeling. Like I wouldn’t do this if he wasn’t the love of my life. I would do anything for him. I would wait through 10 deployements if I had to. because those months or years I had him home would be worth it.

So here I am 6 weeks and he is home! Pretty good huh? I look back and can’t believe im here already! I absolutely CAN’T wait until the day I get to leap into his arms!! AHHH!!! the excitement thinking about it gives me butterflies! I truly will be getting my entire world back!

I’m not really sure what I wanted you to get out of this blog post. Maybe just a sense of who I am and what’s been going on in my life.

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Here is a little look into our lives!

I love you so much Troy and marrying you has been the best decision I ever made. Thank you for always putting me and our marriage first and thank you for being the man that you are.

Now hurry up and get your cute butt HOMEEE!!

Erin has been a friend of mine for a while now and for the past few years Scott has been stationed in California! Well lucky for my Scott recently got out of the Marine Corps and they moved there sweet little family to Myrtle Beach! Luckily im only a few short hours from my good friend now! I met them in wilmington last week and we had a blast