the yorks!

matt’s freshman year at georgia he lived with a few older, wiser, more responsible guys from his hometown- needless to say i think he was their entertainment! it seems from the stories i’ve heard it was an awesome living situation and a lot of fun was had by all.

as they all graduated, matt moved on to his sophomore year of college. while he played guitar & perfected his gainer, his old roommates were marrying their sweethearts & starting families. when matt and i got engaged we spent some time with them and learned what an amazing marriage looked like for young couples who loved life as much as we do. although we don’t see them as often as we’d like, they’ve had a great impact on matt personally as well as on our marriage and we are so grateful for their example!

that being said, we were able to catch up with one of those families just the other day for a day shoot with their adorable little ashton! wes & blakely are the best parents ever and really have fun with ashton- who is quite the curious little man! curious about the cool grass, the big cameras in his face, the skinny guy with crazy black hair who kept making strange faces at him and jumping around… matt loves kids, haha, but really, anything that was going on around ashton caught his attention and wonder. he was the perfect little model! we had a great time exploring the part of the emory campus where blakely works- we had no idea how beautiful it was back there! we’ll be returning for sure. great call guys!

first up, my favorite image from this shoot, taken right at the beginning- ashton is learning to trust us here and i love his slightly doubtful expression! matt won him over shortly after this with a crazy dance/jump move similar to this.

i love this mother.son shot- especially since you can see his newest pride and joy, one little tooth! :)

ashton loves rolling.all.over. and it was quite a job to capture him upright!

he is so loved- what a picture perfect family!

the star:

wes & b, thank you guys so much for allowing us to photograph your family! we had a great time catching up with you and we were so excited to see how much ashton has grown, he’s such a little man now! we hope to see you guys again soon!