It's been ages since my entire family has been together all at once. Too long, really. Thankfully, my brothers decided to change that, and found a wonderful beach home large enough for all fourteen of us in WaterColor, a surreal seaside community in the panhandle of Florida. While the week has flown by, it's been a great one, filled with lazy naps on the beach, laughs shared around the dinner table, sunburned noses, leisurely bicycle rides through beautiful neighborhoods, and way too much ice cream.
Since I'm leaving tomorrow, and because I feel I'm always better at telling a story through pictures than I am with words, I thought I'd share the following picture journal of our trip. Perhaps some of the photos might not be the most interesting, and there are a fair share that aren't technically perfect by any means, but they're how I saw the week here. They're the things that made me smile.
I tried to unplug this week - I rarely checked my phone, posted nothing to social media, and didn't bring my camera with me all that much. Instead, I wanted to just be here and not have my mind elsewhere. I'm happy to say I've been fairly successful at that, and it's simply been the most fantastic week.
You may remember Gage from a session I did last year. At the time, he was quite leery of my beard. I'm afraid to say things haven't changed, and while it took him nearly the entire shoot to warm up to me, we still had a great time strolling around the beautiful gardens of the Woodson Museum here in town. Great little guy you two have there Harley and Kara!
While I've known the Gubser's for a few years now, we don't see each other often. And I was a bit worried for this session as the last time I made some pictures for them, the little one either stared straight down or hid behind a tree when she saw my camera. Despite her asking her mom "is he nice?" before the shoot, I'm happy to report we got along famously after a few minutes. We had a nice night, the kids made more funny faces than I've ever seen two troublemakers make, and I'm so pleased to share these with you.
