Twins Ian & Megan and there baby sis Moira

O'my what a day! Hop-scotch, bubbles, hind and seek…I hope they had as much fun as I did!

Click on the link to view slideshow www.picturesbytracy.com/mishaslideshow

Here are a few adorable images from the session…

My friend Shell/photographer came along to help me out. By the way THANK YOU!!! "if you read this" I have no idea what I would have done without your help:) Here are some images by Shell

What a sweet email....

Tracy,

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to get back with you. My, oh my! Everytime I get on the computer to email you, I find myself watching the slide show again! The pictures are so amazing. You caught the kids' personalities with each photo. You have captured the joy and innocence of childhood. I can hear the kids laughing and even wonder what they were plotting in some of the pictures!Thank you for sharing your time and amazing talent with us. It is an afternoon that we won't soon forget. We are going to take our time choosing photographs as they are all wonderful.

Thank you again!

Misha, Loren, Megan, Ian and Moira Ackenhausen

Heather + Chris

Heather and Chris defiantly had a memorable wedding & I had such a great time working with them. It was a perfect day full of laughter, tears, and joy…just reminds me how lucky & thankful I am as a wedding photographer.

The best part of the evening was when Chris song Wild-Wild west to Heather:) Chris your too funny!!!

Lisa Neff- Heathers sister provided the florals and they were amazing!
Her contact info: tigerbutterfly7@yahoo.com or 937-657-4093

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www.picturesbytracy.com/heather


I love this one of Chris kissing her nose...awww

Amazing blue eyes

The happy couple

The life of the party...

Love is in the air;)

I am having so much fun with engagement sessions these days! I had the pleasure to work with Sarah & Ken, a couple very much in love. I photographed Sarah's best friend’s wedding last year....she was a beautiful bridesmaid & now it's her turn to be the bride! I remember taking a picture of them that night and thinking wow they are a cute couple I hope I get to do their wedding someday.

Congratulations Mandy & Nick!

I had a great time working with us guys! Despite the rain we managed to get some great outside shots & the car images turned out so cool! Click on the link below to view slideshow...

www.PicturesbyTracy.com/mandy

Meet Amanda & Jason! Some things you must know about this gorgous couple before watching the slideshow....a friend introduced them & it was love at first sight. Jason came to Amanda at a very challenging time in her life, she said ( he totally healed my heart-we are soul mates). Seeing the way they look at each other is beautiful and I'm so excited to be photographing their wedding!

Ok ....what are you waiting on? www.PicturesbyTracy.com/amanda

Stacy...

A little over 2 years ago I started advising on the Knot.com and you were the first bride to contact me. From the first phone call we just clicked…I photograph your wedding and we became friends. Lucky me!!!

I hope that you and Rich had a wonderful Anniversary yesterday! Tomorrow you guys will have a brand new reason to celebrate….I can't wait to meet your baby girl! There's so much to look forward too...I'm overjoyed for you guys!

You’re going to love having a daughter Stac! Payton & I went shopping yesterday…she loves Claire’s so I gave her $10 to get herself something. She looked around forever “ya know girls love to shop” Anyways look at what she spent her money on…

Awwww!!!!

She likes having her pictures posted...so this one is for her;)
I'm waiting for my phone call! See ya soon

www.picturesbytracy.com/stacy

Jennifer & David August 26 2006

Congratulations & best wishes!!! Your gallery and slideshow are posted.

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SlideShow

Flowers: www.ThankyouFlowerman.com

DJ: www.Stagemonster.com

Adoption

Something very special I would like to share…

My friend Shell writes:
It's almost midnight and I really should be getting to sleep. Malia's picture should be here by 10:30 tomorrow. You would think that I would just be bursting with excitement. But today has been a very hard and challenging day. I feel that we are about to experience one of the happiest days of our lives, but we are not going to get there without a battle. This journey has been long, and it's been very hard. But tonight as I was praying for Malia, God brought to my mind the promise He gave to me at the very beginning of this adoption process. I remember I was so scared. And I prayed, "God, if you really want me to do this, please give me something to hold on to." Then I went outside and sat on my porch. I opened my bible and this verse was right there: Isaiah 45:3 "I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord." At that moment, I thought of communist China, where Christians (true believers) are persecuted daily, and what a "dark" place it must be. And how these "little riches" are stored away in the orphanages. And I knew that this was truly a calling from God. And that He was going to see us through this. Tomorrow we will get to finally see the face of the "treasure" He has chosen for us. The emotions I feel right now are beyond words. I feel so humbled and so unworthy.


Dear Shell,

I am continuing to pray for your family as I know this has been a long two years. You have my deepest admiration for embarking on such an amazing journey! Your going to be such wonderful parents, I know this because you have already raised such loving, succesful daughters. Hopefully I will be able to capture the wonderful homecoming very soon! PS: she is beautiful!

Many of you have expressed how much you like following my blog. I really appreciate all of your interest...now I feel the pressure to post more often & be a good blogger;) Please feel free to leave me a message on the comment link; I'd love to hear from you!



Here are a few images from a shoot I did for a friend this summer. Elle is the granddaughter of my friend Terry, she is the sweetest child. Terry surprised her daughter with a slideshow/picture show on Mothers Day! How sweet is that! Anyways I thought I'd share a few pictures...