Winter RV trip

We're doing it,
we're taking our family of 8 back on the road
...and we couldn't be more excited!

Want to see what our trip map looks like?!
It's one big trip, isn't it!?





{photoshoot information}

I will be booking a small number of sessions in each area,
I'm not your back to back, hurry you through, get it done photographer.

My goal is to meet you and your family, enjoy our time together,
capture your families love and connection
& bless you with beautiful photographs to remember it by.

Just as I am not convention in so many other ways,
my pricing is also quite different. {grin}
I am letting you decide how much this is worth to you and your family.

Call it pay-it-forward or blessing because I have been blessed
...all I know is this has been a dream of mine, for quite some time.
And here it is, right before my eyes.


This is a basic list of Cities and areas I will be offering photography sessions in


Savanna, GA
East & West Florida Coast
Northern Florida
Mobile, AL
New Orleans - Baton Rouge, LA
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX
Fort-Worth, TX
Austin, TX
Lubbock, TX
Albuquerque - Santa Fe, NM
Tucson, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Grand Junction, CO
Pueblo, CO
Durango, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
Denver, CO
Salt Lake City, UT
Reno, NV
Pacific NW Coast

If you are interested please click here to fill out the Contact Us form.
You will receive a reply with dates, further pricing information & more!

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For those of you interested in getting together to visit,
please use the same form. {grin}

Thank you

Unspoken gratitude blesses few
...but spoken gratitude shares
your heart, your love and Jesus in us.

I all too often keep my thankfulness inside

...it's in my heart but should flow from my mouth as well.




So, thank you
...for being here
...for following our families life journey
...for your friendship
...for asking me to be your photographer
...for your words of encourgement
...for listening to me
...for praying and caring for our family
...for being patient with me
...for giving me the opportunity share
...for sharing with me
...for your unspoken gratitude.

truly, Thank YOU!

I love

...taking photographs
...meeting new people and taking their photographs
...getting to know awesome families while taking their photographs

...traveling the country to take photographs
...creating beauty in photographs
...that you are asking me to take your photographs

...making new friends while taking photographs
...capturing your families love in photographs
...that my family is with me while taking photographs



...that you love my photographs
...I am actually living my dream of taking photographs
...that I can share it with you

a {glimpse} of Emily

{photography} road trip

As many of you know, our family of 8 is living on the road {for a bit}

...traveling the country
one trip at a time...

living. laughing. loving and learning.

while this trip is not merely a photography tour

...we are so excited to be able to include this as part of our trip.

I will be offering photography sessions in the following cities...

Chattanooga, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Traverse City, Michigan

Columbus, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio

Lexington, Kentucky

Dubuque, Iowa
Des Monies, Iowa

Rock Island, Illinois

Cambridge, Minnesota
Breezy Point, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Bismarck, North Dakota
Fargo North Dakota
Minot, North Dakota
Williston, North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

if you are interested hurry up and email me at
4littlemenandgirlytwins {at} gmail {dot} com
{please include which city you are interested in and any blog or facebook link.}

Thanks for sharing in this journey with our family!

{p.s. if you are interested in just meeting up in any of these cities I would love to hear from you too!}

the real deal

As I sit down to write this tonight, from our little bedroom in our new {to us} rv. I can't help but grin. I am so excited to begin this journey with my family and thrilled to be able to share it with you along the way. We are thrilled that you are sharing our excitment and appreciate every single word of encouragement and kindness.

The intention of my last post was to share with you this wonderful journey our family is embarking on and reach out to any of you that might be interested in a photography session along the way. Seemed simple enough, but even simple things can become confusing sometimes.

So now it's time to straighten out this confusion and satisfy your curiosity. {grin}

Q: Does your husband have a job? Is he going to work while you're on the road?

A: My incredibly hard-working husband most defiantly does have a job. In fact he has 3 very real, very important jobs. These are key roles in providing for our family and extended family. Myself and the kids are very fortune that his hard work has enabled us to take this trip and that there is a break in the farm work so we can enjoy this adventure as a family.

Q: How can you afford this with your recent money trouble.

A: I personally do not consider nearly 2 years ago recent. It is quite simple though, we have been working hard and rebuilding our life... financially and emotionally.

The money that you generously gave to our family in the fall of 2009 allowed us to travel home, turn on our utilities, and provided part of our expenses in traveling back to the farm with our belongings. We are still, to this day, very grateful for what you did for our family.

Q: Why are you trying to copy another blogger who is doing this.

A: If you have been here for a while you might remember reading quite some time ago {before this blogger ever talked about any RV traveling idea} I wrote about the dream of traveling around the country in an RV or vintage bus with my family, I also shared that I would love to use my God given talents to provide for my family. Very simply not copying, just living out our dreams in God's perfect timing. Photographers that travel is not a new idea... many photographers offer photo sessions in area's other than their home town. We are simply combining 2 dreams into an awesome one!

Q: How can you afford the fuel?

A: I am so excited to share this with you... our awesome diesel semi will be running on veggie oil. That's right... used fry oil. Not only are we reusing something that is usually considered waste, and benefiting the businesses we retrieve it from, it's also free! The ability to significantly lower our fuel expenses has a big part in enabling us to take these trips. We'll be sharing a lot more about this very soon!

Q: Are you already on your trip?

A: Although we are on a trip right now, this is not our big trip. We took the rv on a test run to family camp this week. We will not be leaving for our big trip until mid-July.

Q: Are you leaving the farm and doing this full time?

A: We love the farm life way too much to leave it behind. Country living is wonderful for raising a family and being blessed with the occupational and school flexibility to travel the United States is no less than amazing. The experiences these trips will offer our family have value far beyond money.

I am so happy to have recieved your encourgement and to know of those that are interested in a photo session or just meeting. I am looking forward to putting this trip together and having the opportunity to share my photography with you. Continuing to build friendships with so many wonderful people from all over the country is such an amazing blessing.

if you are interested in a photo session please contact me at 4littlemenandgirlytwins @ gmail {dot} com

dream with me...

I don't remember being much of a dreamer as a child, or at least if I was, I don't remember. Even as a young adult I didn't have any really big dreams.... just the usual I guess. These last few years though... that has changed a bit.... Well, actually my life has come unraveled and knit back together many times... reviling passionate dreams I never saw coming. Dreams that have been stirring in my heart and changing my life.

This particular dream though... is a dream that our entire family has embraced. A dream that has brought us together in prayer, taught us patience and sacrifice. I've had moments of wondering if this dream would ever truly become a reality. Questioning if I was hearing God's plan clearly... is this really His will? In those still moments, when I've let the doubt and feelings of defeat fade away... I know, I feel, I believe God has an amazing plan for our family. A plan that has been slowly unfolding... and now... it's time for our family to take a leap of faith and share our dream with you.

We're taking our family on the road. We're-leaving-on-a-jet-plane. Sorry couldn't help myself. Really we're leaving in an RV... technically it's a semi pulling a 5th wheel and our van. I however think that qualifies as a "recreational vehicle"... right?! {grin}

And what are we going to do on the road? Learn, live, love, laugh, grow & meet lots of you. And hopefully many of you will be a part of this dream by allowing me to share my passion for photography with you.

That's right... I'll be offering photography sessions along our adventurous journey. And hopefully this will lead us to all the corners of our beautiful country.

Our first of (hopefully) many trips will be this July and August and will lead us through North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky & Tennessee... and possibly Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas & Nebraska

Are you interested in a photo session...

with me and most likely part of my family? {grin}

if so send me an email me at 4littlemenandgirlytwins @ gmail {dot} com