Meet Sam, my latest senior subject. I photographed her identical twin sister Meagan last year. How can that be? Well, Meagan graduated high school a year early, as a junior and went off to college this year. So now it's Sam's turn to be in the senior spotlight.

I had trouble narrowing these down (do I say that too much?), so I'm posting a bunch.

This past weekend I had the honor of being a volunteer photographer at the Omaha Down Syndrome Parent Network (ODSPN) Buddy Walk. Last year John and I went as participants to support our friends Chad and Tracy, whose sweet baby Bella was born with Down Syndrome.

The walk was lots of fun despite the horrible weather and it was so nice to see the large turnout. Even though I took tons of candid photos, I'm only going to include some pictures of people I know (since I don't have permission to publish photos of others).

Bella's Buddies, John and Tracy

I absoultely LOVE what the Bella's Buddies t-shirts say on the back.

Even the furry friends came out to walk.

Bella enjoys being carried around the UNO track by her friend Marty.

Bella and her friend Julie.

Laughing at goofy John jumping up and down behind me.

I just added 6 new designs to my custom holiday card options! So if you have had a session with me this year, or plan to schedule a session before November 15th, you can purchase custom photo cards to send to friends and family. To view all of the designs, go to paigebphotography.com and click on "products".

These cards are printed on beautiful linen textured card stock and come in sets of 25, including white envelopes.

Here's a preview of the new collection!

If you'd like to book a family photo session, now is the time to do it! Fall is here and Christmas will be here before we know it.

Last weekend John and I headed to Peoria for my 10 year high school reunion. It was a short trip, but we did spend Saturday with my dad. He has created a section of natural prairie in his front yard, so we spent some time looking at all of the beautiful flowers and grasses.

I did not bring my big professional camera with me to Peoria, because sometimes I just need a break from lugging it around. But I did bring my tiny, lightweight point & shoot. This just shows that you don't need a fancy camera to get really nice pictures.

Later we headed to the reunion, where I got to hang out with some of my favorite people!

My bff Michelle, who I met on the bus freshman year of high school.

On the left, Lilly, a great friend who didn't even go to my high school. But I was so thrilled that she showed up.

Lilly & Billy...how cute are they?

Johnny and me : )

I've got more client photos to come this week, so check back soon!

My husband's family was long overdue for a group family photo. Their last one was so old that I'm not even in it! Neither was my youngest nephew. So we gathered the family and did a little mini session recently. I got good use out of my camera's timer that day!

After the group photos I wanted to get some fun shots of just my nieces and nephews.

I'll definitely be blowing up one of these of the neices and nephews for my house. I just can't decide which one!