Okay, so not really. Well, I mean, I have, but that’s not all I’ve been doing. The thing is, a lot of the work I have been doing, I can’t show because it won’t be published for awhile, and then by the time it does get published, I have already kinda forgotten about it.

So.

I have been playing in the yard a lot, dodging mosquitoes and chasing barefooted boys, and you know what? I don’t take very many pictures. That may sound absolutely crazy, but when I’m not working, I tend to leave my camera in my office. It’s kind of like a “not mixing work with play” thing. But that’s not very cool, and it really isn’t very fun, once I start thinking about how I have, like, literally NO pictures from this summer of my own family. So I’m going to try to be better about doing that.

I was doing a little commercial project the other day, and stepped outside and my yard was absolutely glistening. Just on fire with tiny little diamonds everywhere. So I got a few shots of the grass, much to the delight of my 3 year-old, who thought it was absolutely hilarious. I’m sure my neighbors thought it was hilarious, too… but not nearly as funny as the time I sat on the boys’ swing to show them how to pump their legs and the chain broke and deposited me straight on the ground in a not-so-very-graceful manner. The chain was rusty, y’all. It was about to break anyway, I swear. So my neighbors probably already think I’m a little bit strange.

Anyway. More grass. That’s all I can give you for now.

I’ll share more about their company soon, but I wanted to show you just a small sample of what they do before I get to work on the rest!

See this month’s issue of At Home Tennessee and read all about the YMCA Showcase Home in Brentwood! We shot on a super hot, sunny day, and I worked with a great team of designers to pull this shoot together.

I’ll add some more shots from the issue as soon as I can get back to my office–but for now the cover will suffice! (Or, simply get thee to a bookstore near you and grab a copy!)

We traveled to an island outside of Charleston, SC–an island I have visited every summer since I was born! It feels like home to me, and every year I love greeting once again the sand, the sun, the humidity, and all the beach wildlife on the island. It’s truly a magical place.

…and it’s so special to me to be able to share this island with my children. I love reliving the excitement of being a kid on the beach with my kids!

More later! Just wanted to pop in and update!

There are dream homes across the country–you can enter to win via this link : St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.

The Chattanooga Dream Home was built with the generous donations of so many, including Pratt & Associates, WRCB Channel 3, WUSY US-101, Trust Federal Credit Union, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Lowe’s, Walker’s Oak & More, Brizo, and JHP Contracting.

Okay, or you can call her Brooklyn–her real name–but you can also call her cute-as-a-button!

She’s about the happiest baby I’ve ever seen, and the giggliest, chunkiest thing I’ve ever had the privilege of photographing. She’s also pretty good at blowing raspberries.Her session was full of tickling and noise-making and grinning–by both of us!

This past weekend was a whirlwind… I photographed the Chattanooga St. Jude Dream Home for the upcoming Dream Home Giveaway, and then hoofed it up to Knoxville for the UT School of Law cookout, and then made it on over to Memphis for a private family shoot. I should have found a location in northern Tennessee just so I could say I visited all four borders in three days!

I’ll share more about the Dream Home giveaway in a few days… it is a super special project to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital–a great combination of contributing to a very worthy cause and a chance to win a home among lots of other great prizes.