Dallas Bridal Photographer | Lindsay

Oh Lindsay. You are so gorgeous. I was so blessed to be able to take this lovely lady's bridals. It was seriously one of my favorite days in the world. This girl has amazing taste. Not only are the details of her dress and veil absolutely stunning, she brought a whole set up as well! Vintage suitcases and a cozy quilt? Yes, please! I will take that any day! And the light just happened to be BEAUTIFUL that day. I'm pretty sure it was the only day the sun was shining in December, praise Jesus. Everything was just stunning. Aaaand I was privileged enough to go to her beautiful wedding! It was one of THE MOST gorgeous, Christ-centered weddings I have ever seen. You couldn't help but bawl your eyes out. Lindsay HUFFMAN, thank you so much for letting me take your bridals. I cherish this memory so much. And just so you know, you belong on the runway. ;)

Dallas, TX Wedding Photographer | Abnormal Marriage + Sneak Peak

Hello blog readers! I'm sorry it has been so long! I feel like school has already taken over my life and it's only the end of the second week.. This is going to be a very packed semester! On that note, I just wanted to leave a thought with you this Friday before your weekend begins and your super cute date nights begin. My pastor is currently going through 1 Peter and we've hit the part that talks about marriage. In essence we are having a series on marriage packed inside a series through 1 Peter; my pastor is nothing, but thorough! ;) The Lord has really been working in me as I reach a season of my life where marriage isn't a far away thought anymore. I very well could be getting married in the next couple of years. I mean how crazy is that?! Well, obviously not that crazy to all of you engaged couples and newly weds.. clearly. But it is a crazy idea, or at least it should be in today's culture.

First of all, marriage was not intended for a basic, humanistic, pleasurable purpose. But because God is so unbelievably gracious and gives us above and beyond His desired purpose in everything in life, including marriage, it is incredibly pleasurable and fulfilling to us as humans. However, the sole purpose of marriage is for God to receive glory through that relationship and for it to symbolize Christ's deep and intimate love for the Church. You remember that typical "marriage passage" in Ephesians that we so often take for granted? Remember the command God gives us through marriage? "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior...Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her..." (Ephesians 5:22-25). It doesn't say wives submit to your husband because it gives your husband pleasure and husbands love your wives and give yourself up for her because it gives your wife pleasure--- It says nothing about OUR personal gain, but about GOD's personal gain. We are to married to represent the relationship between Christ and the Church. The Church is to submit to Jesus Christ as he is the ultimate authority. And Christ loves the Church so much that He gave his very life, His beautiful, precious, and important life, for the Church just to show her His love. Our marriages are to depict this vision in every aspect and not be wrapped around what we as humans can take from a marriage. As is our relationship with Christ: God doesn't need us. He can do anything he wants whether we are submissive to him or not. But he still loves us, and we are to love him back by showing our obedience to him whether we get anything out of it or not. 
  
Something also brought to my attention through this series was we live in a society where people go into marriages not expecting it to last. Marriages in our culture are seen as a selfish act and once that selfish desire is not satisfied (which it won't if your only goal is trying to produce selfish desires from your spouse) it's time to move on to find happiness else where. But clearly that is not what God intended. When God gave Adam his wife, Eve, Adam said "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh..." (Genesis 2:23). From the very first marriage God ordained, it was never intended for them to leave each other. Flesh of my Flesh. Think on that phrase for a minute. Leaving your spouse is the equivalent to losing a limb. I don't know about you, but I like all of my limbs in tact! And so does our marriage. You become one with your spouse when you say I do. You make vows and promises to each other before God that you will stay with your spouse through every trial that comes your way. And it is our job to honor those vows as God honors His vow to us when He promises he "will never leave you nor forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). God calls us to have an abnormal marriage. One that stands out from today's society. A marriage that lasts through trials and turmoils. And that is the challenge I have been requested of God--- to prepare myself for an abnormal marriage. And that is the challenge I leave with you today!


Now all of this to say, if you are currently in a marriage where you find yourself seeking selfish desires or have gone through a divorce or currently going through one, that DOES NOT MEAN God loves you any less or doesn't love you at all. In fact it's the exact opposite! Not that he loves you more than others but that he wants to help you through difficult times in your life! He wants to hold you when a trial has been thrown your way. He knows you can't handle life on your own and he wants to handle it for you. I know this can be a sensitive subject for many. Just know, there is no judgement here. And there is no hatred from God. Would God send His precious son to die in our place if he didn't have an ever lasting love for us? Probably not. We are ALL equal in God's eyes. No matter what trials or situations we have gone through. 


And with that being said.... Here is that sneak peak I promised you! I know, you were probably thinking can she just stop talking and show me the picture already?! Haha! This is my beautiful friend Lindsay who finally got married a couple of weeks ago! Let me just say, she rocked this shoot! 

Waxahachie, TX Portrait Photographer | Brittney and Lenny

These two are SO precious! You met Brittney earlier when I posted her Senior Session here. For her session she asked if her boyfriend, Lenny, could tag along. Of course he can! Cute couples just happen to be my favorite, and this couple is TOO cute! I loved taking your pictures Brittney and Lenny! I had so much fun with you laughing about hilarious things. You made my day. Enjoy :)

Waxahachie, TX Senior Photographer | Brittney

I am so excited to introduce you to this gorgeous girl! This is Brittney. She and I were in choir together when I was in high school and she is finally a Senior! SO exciting! Not only is this girl absolutely beautiful, she has an UH-MAZING voice too. And she also has the best hair ever. Totally jealous. I could take pictures of her all day! And lucky for me, Brittney will be back to do another session in the Spring! It's like a dream come true. And she brought her boyfriend along so be waiting for that super cute post too! Brittney, thank you so much for letting me be apart of your Senior year! You are so wonderful and talented and I was so honored to take your senior pictures! Enjoy! :)

Union City, TN Family Photographer | Roberts Family: My Family

So I realize this post is a little late considering Christmas was on Sunday. But better late than never, right? And it's still consider "the Holiday's" until after New Year's, isn't it?! Either way, this post is all about my lovely family. My mom decided this year she wanted to do a family picture to send out in Christmas cards and all that jazz. So we tried to find a time where we could ALL get together and that was easier said than done. We were finally together when we all crammed into our not so spacious car for six people to go visit my sweet grandparents in Tennessee. I was totally ok with this because Tennessee is absolutely gorgeous! I love it up there! Taking pictures up there would be a blast! So a few days into our trip, we all jumped in the car and I grabbed my camera and my tripod and we went looking for places to shoot. After taking some around my grandparent's gorgeous, cozy land of course. This first one is in their front yard, if you could call it that. It's more of a ginormous plot of land with no designated front or back yard. It's so gorgeous. Not to mention their beautiful house we posed in front of. The two story, white house was built in the late 1890's and it is stunning. Anyways, here are the pictures my family and I took in the gorgeous city of Union City.

 Meet my lovely Family: From the left we have Lizeth, my brother's girlfriend. John David, my brother. My mom. My dad. Me. And The Boy (my boy, Travis ;)). I'm not sure if we're all laughing because we're happy or because they were laughing at me from running back and forth trying to make it before the timer went off. ;)

 Here are my sweet parents again. My mom is so wonderful. She is definitely the person who keeps this family together and functioning. She is our rock. And I think everyone is in agreement that we would be lost without her. Then there's my dad who I absolutely adore. That's right, I'm a daddy's girl ;) 

 And my brother and his sweet girlfriend. We had so much fun on our visit to Tennessee. John David and Travis stayed in the house down the street that belongs to one of my 2nd cousins, or 3rd cousin (I can never keep it straight. We're all family, that's all that matters right? Haha :)). Anyways, Lizeth and I found their little bachelor pad hilarious. Lizeth and John David have been together forever and I think it's safe to say she was inducted into our family a long time ago. Not to mention she is absolutely gorgeous in these pictures!

 Then there's Travis. He is my best friend. I adore him. And because of that he is apart of my family. :)

 Finally one last picture of my precious little family. Oh and by the way, the dog, Mac, isn't ours. He's my grandparents. But he was definitely a nice touch to the picture. ;)

 Here are a few of the tree and the dining room inside their lovely house.

 And here we all are! My Aunt Linda and my grandparents are joining us in this picture. There's a few of us missing because we couldn't all make it at the same time. And they were truly missed. Then there's of course my family back home in Texas that I absolutely adore as well. We're all family. And where would we be without them? I love you guys! :)