These are three of the lovely ladies that I had the opportunity to walk the Annapolis Mall with on Saturday night.  All of them are women & mothers of high schoolers in our church’s youth group.  On Saturday we had a scavenger hunt at the Annapolis Mall for our youth.   And while they were scouring the mall looking for little clues, these ladies & I had a chance to just walk for an hour, chat, window shop, & enjoy one another’s company.  It was a really sweet time.  Thanks Kim, Tricia & Kara for letting me tag along!

Mackinzie is my niece…in case you didn’t know.  And every year since she was two I’ve taken her out around her birthday for her yearly pictures.  When she was two we went to Downtown Annapolis.  When she was three we visited Canton in Baltimore.  This year, we were supposed to visit Annapolis again, but it began to drizzle!  So, on a whim, her mommy & I decided to visit Westfield Annapolis Mall.  Oh, and we went on Thanksgiving so the mall was closed!  Never fear though, Mackinzie & I found lots of cool places outside our newly renovated mall to shoot.  And the best part is you can’t even tell it’s the mall, unless you have a super extensive knowledge on what the outside of the Annapolis Mall looks like.  So here is Mackinzie, or Mack-Crazy as we sometimes call her, on her four-year-old debut!

**Oh, and if you’re a Gymboree model scout, yes, Mackinzie is available to grace the cover of your ads with all her sassy & sweetness.  Have your people call my people.

Okay, let me first start this blog post by telling you how badly my day was going, and then end it with how great Corinne‘s head shots turned out.

First, I woke up with a headache!  Argh!  This fickle Fall weather keeps my head spinning.  I’ve recently been using Claritin D & it’s worked!  Occasionally there are times when it’s not enough & sleep is the only thing that can save me.  Well, sleep was not an option on Saturday.  My wonderful husband Josh went in to work so that he could meet a deadline that would allow us to take our VACATION!  My sweet sister-in-law, Ashley, offered to have my girls come to her house for her son’s 4th birthday party while I worked.

Second, as I was driving the girls to Ashley’s house, Brooke’s drink spilled all over the passenger seat & I didn’t notice until I was almost all soaked up.

Third, after dropping the girls off, I began to sip my sweet sweet tea from Mickey D’s when, BAM, the cup malfunctioned, split, and spilled sweet sticky tea all over me & my car!!!!  My first thought – WHAT A WASTE OF SWEET TEA!!!  Needless to say, this ruined my professionally stylish outfit & I was late to meet Corinne at the Annapolis Mall.

However, just because a day starts out badly, doesn’t mean it has to continue in that direction.  And although the mall wasn’t the ideal place to photograph Corinne, it was all we had with the on-again, off-again rain.  So while we dodged rain & a gazillion trick-or-treaters in the mall, we captured some great shots of this up & coming writer!

Corinne is such a neat person & really easy to chat with.  I’m really excited to see her book when she finishes it, and you should be too!  In the meantime, after you drool over her photos (sorry guys, she’s taken), go check out her blog, Following Bliss & leave her some love.  Thanks, Corinne, for being so flexible & patient with me…and most of all, for pointing me in the direction of some non-dairy ice cream!