~I finally pulled out the camera...~

I snapped some photos for a good friend and her beautiful family last weekend.  These three sneak peeks may quite possibly be my favorite. (You can find more over on my rarely updated photography blog...)

We really do love the Payne family to bits and consider them part of our extended family here in Iowa.  Their children are like my niece and nephews... not to mention some of my kids very best friends.  It breaks my heart to see them leave Iowa, yet I'm happy that they're moving forward towards bigger and better things... like med school graduation!
Though I'm so devastatingly sad to see them go I feel so blessed to have friends worth missing, and that is exactly what they are.
Feel free to hop on over to my thefrontsideofmylens and check out a few more pictures from our shoot.