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Charlotte Ashley

Giving Thanks

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24 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving to all my faithful followers! 🙂 I hope you all have enjoyed a day full of laughter and smiles with friends and family because this is most important in life! I know it seems I’ve abandoned my blog at times, however it’s because I’m choosing to spend that time with a cute little red-head that is growing up too fast. I’m staying “photo busy” with random sessions here and there that I’ll post about later as time permits, but today I did want to make a point to post about one of the people I’m most thankful that God has placed in my life. We ventured out last week to play in some cotton; I’ll just say he wasn’t too enthused or amazed by cotton. lol But, after leaving a little bummed that I didn’t capture any cute pictures of him, I did find these little treasures upon downloading my images from the day. He has stolen my heart.

So… I will say, the picture above is my attempt to be in front of the camera rather than behind. 🙂 This shot took WAY too much work (tripod, pre-focusing using a light stand that is knocked down on the ground behind us, grabbing child, and running into place before the self-timer went off). LOL BUT… I’ll always cherish this one. Batman even made it into the photo! (my child is obsessed with Batman at age 2. Is this normal? ha.)  And even though he looked disgusted, he actually was just doing a “hurry, give me a kiss” face. hehe


In this next picture, we found a huge bale of cotton!  He was pretty impressed with this. lol

I decided not to photoshop out the dirt on his face in the next picture.  He had fallen quite a few times and was extremely dirty by this point and had rubbed it all over his face and new outfit. hehe But oh well.  It’s about having fun!

What a gorgeous November day!  I must say, it was actually a beautiful 70 degree day.  Yes, I realize my son was wearing a sweater, but it came off immediately after snapping some pictures!  It was all in the name of fashion. ha.

Thanks be to God for gorgeous sights like this and fun times had with my son!

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Hey, hey friend! :) I'm so glad you're here! God gives me all the strength to navigate this crazy, beautiful life of mine; and this is my attempt to keep it somewhat documented and organized! My family and I believe we are called to be stewards of the land and try our hardest to live a biblically-based, holistic life. You'll discover a whole lot about nature, photography, and being a creative entrepreneur if you poke around a little bit on the site! Enjoy. More about me...

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