All winter, my camera has been begging me to take it out to play... But Illinois winters are not fun for outdoor photography (in my opinion). I prefer blue skies, green grass, and temperatures above 55 F. This week, my camera and I have been reunited...and it feels so good! (hahaha-I am not really old enough to know that song or who sang it, etc...but I've heard it in enough commercials to know the tune).
My niece...the one who made me an aunt for the first time... the one who, at not-quite-three years old, dropped little clumps of petals down the aisle at my wedding as the flower girl... the one who (well, for her sake I won't tell the story about what happened one night as she was bouncing around on a bed with a solid oak headboard)....the one who once screamed in horror, "You're sitting on Jesus!!!" as I climbed into the backseat of a car beside her... yes, that one...is graduating from 8th grade soon.
So, I got to take her graduation photos! Isn't she lovely? I look at her and see this person who is maturing before my eyes...and at the same time, I see her at age 7, smiling a gap-toothed grin at me when she was losing her baby teeth. She is so wonderful and special and I just can't wait to see what she does next.
FYI, this was taken at the Illinois River in Seneca, Illinois. Behind her, you can see the new bridge that is being built and the old bridge, too. I'll post more of my favorites of her as I edit them...
