Only God could have known and planned our family. As I look back to my days of longing for a home full of children, I’m grateful for His timing. I don’t understand exactly why children come when they do. Some are surprises, and some wait with longing for years and years. Some go through loss after loss. It doesn’t make sense to me, but it does make me grateful. I look at them, fully aware they are a gift and a reward I don’t deserve and did nothing to earn. I think scripture puts it perfectly:

When Taylor reached out to let me know they were visiting the Salt Lake City area, and wanted a family session during their visit, I almost fell out of my chair. Taylor and Austin were one of my early wedding couples, many, many moons ago when I photographed weddings. I LOVED their day, and kept up with them over the years via social media. It’s pretty amazing that we live in a place that so many of our east-coast friends and family want to visit! Utah is such a spectacular place. I honestly didn’t think much of it, or even have it on our list for a visit. Man, we were missing out! Back to the Lee family…it was so fun to get to meet up again to photograph Austin and Taylor, this time with their three beautiful children! The last time I had seen them was as they were leaving for their honeymoon! Much has changed. I didn’t even have any kids then either!

I love this session for many reasons, but the main one is that it’s so sentimental. I had the joy of photographing Michelle’s bridal portraits here 3 years before, and it holds many special memories. It’s impossible not to love this picturesque place. It was an honor to capture the these three before they became a family of four!

Happy 2020 from the Blair family! As we start the new decade, we are also sharing some big news! We are moving to Utah as missionaries/ church planters! We’ve been working towards this since God revealed His direction for us in May 2019, and will hopefully be packing up our lives to move by May of this year.

Why Utah? Why the sudden move cross-country?

Long story short: ten years ago, we were starry-eyed newlyweds, ready to pack our few belongings, leave Dothan, and head off to seminary. As it turned out, God had a different school in mind. We felt God had plans for us to be sent somewhere for building His Kingdom, but for the time He was leading us to stay, serve, and grow. So we put down roots, invested in ministry here (specifically at Ridgecrest Baptist Church), grew in faith, and grew a family. It's been a good, sweet, fruitful ten years.

I cannot believe it has been almost six months since our second little girl was born! I am so excited to share a few images from her nursery, sources and some shots of her in that sweet, tiny newborn glory! She was only 6 lbs 6 oz, so our Genevieve was a small one. I'm so thankful for this calm, peaceful space in our home and wanted to share how we pulled it together without costing too much. There is something so beautiful about preparing room in your heart and home for new life. The nursery has always been so much more than a pretty room to me; it's a place where I express how deeply grateful I am for the gift of life and the unique way I see it forming.