An afternoon at the park

I have fallen in love with these three kids! I've been so blessed by their family this past year and into the summer, and most of the time I feel like a big sister to them, rather than their babysitter. Here are a few images from our afternoon at the park. I'd like to think that each photo captures a part of their personalities. Enjoy a little of Erin, Will, and Sarah.

Tim gets the credit for this photo of Sarah..

Jon and Lily

Here are a few more photos from the afternoon Taylor Horton and I spent with Jon and Lily. It's truly been a pleasure their relationship grow over the past 4 years that we've all been at Wheaton, and I cannot say enough how thankful I am to know both of them!

The Bench

My fiance is so stinkin creative! He's always wanted to paint the Bench on campus sometime during our four years at Wheaton, but never got the chance to. Last week he made a couple stencils (a little nod to Banksy) of a boy holding a kite of a mastadon - if you know Wheaton, you know why he chose mastadon. :) Early Friday morning Tim and I got up and - I'd like to say I helped - but he painted the bench while I documented it. Unfortunately someone already painted over it, so here's the proof of Tim's creativity...

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Another shoot with Jon and Lily

Taylor Horton and I spent the afternoon with Lily Panagiotis and Jonathan Dunn around Wheaton and Glen Ellyn. Taylor and I decided we wanted some practice shooting together with Jon and Lily before their big day in June. We'll be traveling to Lafayette, Louisiana in a little over a month to celebrate with them! Lily has been such a wonderful friend to me these past four years and I'm so thankful to know her. (She's one of my bridesmaids!) As I've written before, she and Jon have an incredible love for each other and they deeply trust in the Lord, which I admire so much. Here's one of my favorite images from our shoot today - those are Jon's hands holding a Yashica C (1958) camera. Come back soon for the rest of this shoot!