sweet family

These pictures are of our pastor & his wife and their family. I find it hilarious that it was very obvious Shane feels more comfortable behind a podium in front of tons of people than he does in front of a camera! my WORST nightmare!! Too bad for him, though, has to happen for the family photo :) I think we had a good time--going to a historical park they visit a lot made the kids very comfortable. Enjoy!

she's a senior!

Next up, pictures of my sister, Alex. Not hard to get a good shot of her--she's gorgeous. I'm not done editing all of them, but here are a few for now.

boys will be boys

First of all, I am soooooo behind on posting pictures from recent sessions, it's not even funny. So in the next 20 minutes I'm going to get myself updated!

Anyway, these pictures are from a session I did at the beginning of July. I've known this family forever, we're related through my stepdad and the two oldest guys are in our youth group. I love this family. So down to earth, considerate boys and just awesome all around. Needless to say, this session would not be categorized under "boring"--I had a great time. You'll see what I mean :)

yes, it's a real frog. Ah, life with boys--love it

love this one, it cracks me up!

McKenzie & Jordan

During our last trip to Georgia I had the opportunity to photograph these sweet girls. I've heard their mom's name many times but this was our first meeting. She's an awesome lady and her daughters were so sweet. On the storyboard you'll see I wrote "McKenzie, teddy & the Truth". The reason I did that was when Stacey asked McKenzie what the Word of God was, McKenzie replied, "The Truth!" It really stuck with me and so I just had to put it on there (along with teddy who makes his way into quite a few pictures!). Jordan is the sweet baby with the brightest eyes and the most precious disposition. We got a few shots of mom & baby at the end and I really love the one on here. Beautiful girls! Stacey--hope you enjoy!

mother's day

Let me start off this entry with a little announcement. Up to this point, this blog has been a combination of business stuff and personal life. I've made the decision to split those up. This blog www.simplybyaubin.blogspot.com will stay my BUSINESS blog. My new, personal blog can be found at www.growntoglory.wordpress.com (check it out to hear why I choose that name and a little bit (or a lot) more about what I am personally all about). I would love to have everyone subscribing to both blogs, so please don't feel obligated to choose one or another. I just feel like this is the best way to do it--hope you don't mind! The new blog is a work in progress, so be patient with me :)

Well, it's about midnight so that means it is STILL mother's day, so I can post this blog with my original intent and it still be legitimate. I have had the honor in my own life to have an amazing mom, three wonderful grandma's, an incredible mother-in-law and numerous sisters and friends who are unbelievable mothers. Maybe you have, too? I am blessed beyond measure by these women in my life and for that I am so grateful.

Since the focus of my photography is usually on children, I get to come into contact with a lot of moms. Some of the pictures I take (or at least hope to) catch some of those in between moments that often get overlooked by so many. I wanted to share a few of those today and some of my favorite pictures of moms with their little ones.

Thanks for all you do, moms, to make life so wonderful for the children in your life. And remember- www.growntoglory.wordpress.com -there will be a lot more on mothers on that page in the next hour or so.