Cincinnati Spikes | Summer '16

Over the summer I had the privilege of taking pictures of the Cincinnati Spikes. I drove an hour four to five times a week to take pictures of the College team. The environment was great and so fun with special theme nights once or twice a month. I loved every second of being out there with the team and cheering my new friends on. I built such great relationships over the summer and memories that will last a lifetime. I also took the greatest baseball pictures that I have ever taken as well.

Below are some of my favorites from this past summer.

I loved every moment of being at Prasco Park

Megan | Senior (Full Post)

I've known Megan for a long time now and she's become a sister that I've never had. Not only is she pretty, or that she has the bluest eyes you've ever seen, but she is an amazing singer and she basically leads the school musicals at Union County. She's a bright light in everyone's life and I can't wait to see where she goes after high school.

Megan was such a trooper during her senior pictures! Not only did she have me to drag her around, but she brought her mom and three of her best friends. Yes, she basically had her own entourage for the day, but having all those people there made the time go smoothly.

Now, here is Miss Megan in all her glory!

Have a happy Wednesday!

Renee+Alisha+Emily

Hey everybody! I bet you're all wondering why there are three names in this post and let me tell you why! Renee contacted me to ask if I could do some friend pictures the three of them (her, Alisha, and Emily). Of course I said yes, because I have seen these girls grow up over the years, and they have such kind and loving hearts. They're all going separate ways for school: Renee to BYU Idaho, Alisha to Purdue in Indiana, and Emily to the University of Dayton in Ohio. These three have been friends for a long time and I hope that their friendship stays strong even in different states!

P.S. I know I have a lot of laughing pictures of them :)

Young Life '15 : Windy Gap

Hey y'all! (Our cabinmates were from Texas and they used "y'all" a lot so I'm just going to keep throwing it around like I've been saying it all my life) But anyways... I woke up this morning, sleep deprived in the best way possible, and really missing some good hearts. That's what Young Life does to you. You make some insanely incredible friendships with people from all over the world for a week, and then after that amazing week is up, you head back to your hometowns. It's sad but a blessing at the same time. You make connections with people through Jesus and it's just so amazing. I can't even fathom on how amazing and incredible it is.

This year, I had the opportunity to lead at Young Life. Emily and I both led for Union County since we both went to a Young Life camp in high school (Timberwolf). It was a completely different experience being a leader than it was being a camper and honestly I liked being a leader more. I like knowing what's going on and what's going to happen later in the day.  Campers don't know what's going to happen or what they're doing the entire week, and our girls that we led were such troopers when they didn't know what was going to happen throughout the week.

Emily and I had an amazing experience since we both knew all the girls that we were going to lead this past week. We all go to the same church and we all grew up together. I was hesitant about being a leader in the beginning because I was nervous about getting to know the girls and opening up to them about my relationship with Jesus. Young Life is almost a give and take camp. You have to give yourself to Jesus during the week and take away the memory of Him. Throughout the week, I opened up more of my relationship with Him and my struggles to my girls. By the end of the week, we were all so moved by everything that the speaker, Steve, talked about and what happened during Club, we were all sobbing.

For Young Life, we were invited by Talawanda High School, which is where I graduated from. Since Union County didn't have a boy leader, we combined our boys with Talawanda's boys and as the week went on, their relationship with one another was so incredible. For the girls, Talawanda and Union County had enough girls for two cabins, so Em and I didn't have a chance to really connect with them. But in our cabin, we were put together with some people from Waco, Texas. All of our girls built incredible friendships with them and it was amazing to see how well they got along together and how they would sing together in Club. It was just a blessing to get put together with some incredible girls.

Okay, enough talking! Here are my Young Life pictures!

Day 1: Club

Day 2: Folleyball Game, Swing, Rodeo, and Barn Club

Day 3: Cards, Pool Olympics, the Blob, Entertainment Night

Day 3: High Ropes Course, Country Night, Carnival, Dance (The Night That Never Ends)

Day 4: 5 mile loop Hike up to the top of a Mountain, Horseback Riding,
T-Shirts, Ryan Long Concert

Day 5: Journaling, Nascarts, Smoothies at the Sippee, Rock Climbing,

Swing, Christmas in June

Day 6: Last day : Best Camper (Milkshake Eating Contest), Cards, Club

Sorry y'all for the super long, photo heavy post! Happy Monday!