It's so hard to believe that this guy is a senior in high school! 

I was super excited to be able to do Blake's senior pictures back in October! Blake + his awesome family are close family friends of my husband's family. They all grew up going to church together. They are just the sweetest people you can meet. In fact, Blake + his brother were escorts in our wedding back in 2010. ♥ They sure have grown up quite a bit since then!

It was pretty cold + not the prettiest day whenever we did these, but I still think they turned out really well considering! I swear we laughed so hard the entire time! It truly was a blast even though it wasn't very warm! We even took a few of him with his sweet brother + his girlfriend as well. 

After we finished up at the park, he headed to his grandma's to take a few with his beloved car. ♥ 

Enjoy the rest of your senior year, Blake! I hope it's awesome! ♥

a few more of Blake below (click to enlarge): 

Congratulations, Lynds! 

So, Lyndsey isn't just my friend - she's also my current co-worker, as well as a fellow fair board member & my second right hand with the pageants. I originally met her at the fair during her reign as Miss Boyle County several years ago... but I never really got to know her until I started my job a few years ago where she works part-time (now it's just until August!) I think she was just starting her sophomore year when I started.. and now she's an Eastern Kentucky University alumni with me! 

I've watched her grow and work her butt off over the past few years and she'll now become a teacher in the fall. Where did the time go?! She even recently landed her dream job - so she's super excited about that.. and I'm super proud of her! You go, girl! 

Now she's going to soon be leaving me at work... but she best not leave the fair board ;) 

Congrats, Lynds! Proud of you! 

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congratulations.... you did it! 

I bet I know a girl that's super excited to have graduated from college a little over a week ago and is FINALLY starting to job hunt for her dream job in education. How exciting! I hope she finds her dream job close to home and that she loves it as much as she has hoped for! ♥

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Congratulations!

A few weeks ago, I got to travel over to my alma mater (Eastern Kentucky University) to take some graduation pictures for these two friends - Lyndsey & Briana! They majored in the same field [education] and became fast friends over the years. They even traveled the world together last year while studying abroad in Italy! We had so much doing all their pictures and I loved being back on my old campus! (They've changed it SO much!) It's BEAUTIFUL. I really enjoyed my years there. It really is a great college! 

I''m so excited for these girls! Of course, now the hard part comes for them - nailing down a job!! But, hopefully it won't be too hard and they'll both find their dream jobs quickly! :) 

 I'll do separate posts for their individual photos soon!

Cheers to new beginnings! Congratulations again, girls! 

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 & they're off to the next big adventure...