I won! I won!

One of my best friends from high school is living her dream!  We spent almost every day of our high school basketball season going home after 5th period, making nachos in the microwave, busting out the chocolate chip cookie dough, and settling in to watching TLC's "A Wedding Story".  It was such a fun season of life & one we both remember fondly with lots of great memories.

Jessica and I both got degrees from A&M, got married, and started life.  Well, having married a military man, she moved off to all sorts of places around the states as he served our country.  They have settled in Bakersfield, CA for the past few years where Jessica has started a photography business.  People, she is INCREDIBLE.

I have always admired her work from afar and dreamed of being able to work with her.  Well.  At the beginning of February, she put up a competition on her blog - you could enter to win a "couple's photoshoot" for Valentine's Day.  I was THRILLED when she mentioned she'd be in Austin over Spring Break - because we were too!  So, I immediately entered.  I may have even been a little obnoxious as she advertised the competition on Facebook, suggesting that it wasn't necessary, that I would just go ahead and collect my winnings.  Even in my silliness though, I never really expected to win - BUT I DID!!


I loved, loved, loved working Jess.  It had been many years since we'd seen each other & I loved that she got to meet my family. David & I hadn't our pictures taken by ourselves since having kids, and she was sweet enough to let me sneak my girls in for the end of the shoot too!

Enough talking!  Here are my favorites!

I was already 7 1/2 months pregnant (see: round face), my girls weren't so interested in smiling at all, AND it rained most of our shoot (see: frizzy hair), but I love these memories that I have captured now.

Thank you Jess!!

Also - thought I'd add that she is totally willing to travel.  Something to keep in mind!!!