BENTON BIRTH...

Let me just say that I have been floored for years that I am allowed, even more than that, invited into the intimate moments of a couples wedding day. The exchanges that I witness from behind my camera on those days make me feel like I have the greatest job there is. They are unforgettable...

Now I wasn't sure if there were any other days or moments of our lives that could affect my heart as deeply as a father giving away his only daughter to a man he finds worthy, or a man and women covenanting with God and each other to choose each other in love for all the days of their lives... But I must confess that being let in a delivery room when a family sees their new grandson or nephew for the first time, asked to capture the moment a baby takes his or her first breath... there are not moments like these. I could never explain how honored I am to be the one in the room behind the camera during these moments. And in this particular case it was some of our best friends that invited us in..

Asher Hugh Benton was born at 8:04pm on February 18,2009. He arrived at 7 pounds and 8 ounces, 21 inches long. And I promise from the moment I met the little guy, he has been an obvious picture of all his mom and dad's joy. It was such a gift to wait along with so many friends and tons of Alex and Brooke's family for the arrival of Asher...

Brooke's dad immediately fell to one knee weeping and thanking God for the arrival of healthy little Asher... unforgettable.

so sweet to watch family update the world about their new grand baby...

the friend turn out was unreal... so much love for the Bentons.

beautiful beautiful new momma...

my absolute favorite.

new dad and nurse getting the little guys footprints.

CHANGE...

So I thought I should probably catch you up on where we have been now for months since we have obviously not been in front of the computer working on our blog :)... Pretty much since Robby and I got married we have both had 3 jobs. 3 different faces that we stick on almost everyday. I think I may have even mentioned this in the beginning of the blog, but basically we both are fitness trainers (which we just moved into a new space, you should check it out at www.gzcrossfit.com) in the morning, we then both went to a steady paycheck job during the day, and by night and weekend we are photographers. Well at the beginning of October we really felt the Lord asking us to trust him as our sole provider instead of our steady paycheck jobs. Specifically felt him pressing on Aidedi and asking me to stop working my day job and start giving more time to photography. Which of course is exactly what we have dreamed about and have wanted for almost a year and half now, and at the same time felt like a huge risk as anyone in this type of industry would know. It is one step close to the dream of Aidedi and Crossfit taking care of us financially without the need of another paycheck. And so... this is where we are. My gracious husband still working three jobs so that I can put a little more time into Aidedi hoping and more than that really believing that this is going to continue to grow... And so here I am, working on catching you up to speed on what we have been doing behind our cameras for months and just not telling you about...

because everything is more fun with a photo... this is a little guy I watched go from a caterpillar to this beautiful flying creation right on my front porch and is always a picture to me of transformation and change. of dreams becoming reality.

BROOKE EXPECTANT...

The Baby Benton Story...

The first of three posts to come. From a mystery inside one of dearest friend's belly to a beautiful baby boy. The process...

Back in February... some of our dearest friends, Brooke and Alex, were expecting their now beautiful little Asher Hugh and we got the chance to take them out into a field and capture this awesome season of their lives... It was so fun to be with friends and really be taking in all that was happening and about to change in their story. All of us so eager to meet the little man, and yet so content to take in the amazing sunset. I had such a blast with the light that day, and honestly Brooke is an absolutely beautiful person and she was stunning pregnant so everything I saw on the other side of the lens captivated me... Oh and Alex and Jett (their pup) also did pretty well in front of the camera :) ...enjoy!

You'll have to forgive the number of images I had to post... It was just to hard to choose with this one!