blue orchid: April 2008

meet the armstrongs...

what an absolute pleasure to be able to experience a family with 15 children!!! the armstrongs are made up of 15 of the most beautiful kids, all so sweet and full of grace. they range from age 6 to 30, and you can tell dr. and mrs. armstrong are raising this group the right way!!! and let me just say one more thing...i have never in my life seen such a fantastically (i know, not a word...deal with it, i love it!) HUGE playground at their home! it was fabulous!!! i really did want to play, and had we had longer to visit, i'm sure i would have! it had a zip line too! unbelievable! hopefully they will invite me back one day just to be a kid!

thank you guys for your hospitality and opening up your family for tippy and i to share time with you all and capture the uniqueness that is you! god bless!!! -t & tippy

i'm being so serious! they were all so beautiful and handsome!!!

so sweet!!!! we loved all the dogs, i think 8 in total!

'lil munchkin! too cute!

all models in the making for sure! these boys know how to smile!

the fabulous ladies :)

our soldier of the family!

the comedian :)

this is rachel, she's getting married this year in hawaii and we're lucky enough to be able to shoot her engagement and bridal sessions! can't wait!!! :)

a very sweet couple with a gorgeous little one...

mom and dad :)

the whole gang...

south stanly prom........

i miss prom, i really enjoyed the searching for a dress and all the accessories, it was a fun time. mitchell, my cousin, is the cutie in the white tux, i can't believe he is already going to the prom, time flies by!!! i got to embarrass him in front of his date!! he was like......um k is that it.......are we done.....he'll get to pay it forward one day!! what good sports these gentlemen were, and there dates looked gorgeous!!!!

staci + bobby | wedding

another wedding where we say..."gosh where do we even begin?". the first wedding of the season for us and it was a beautiful doozy! staci looked like she stepped right out of a bridal magazine: hair was sensational, makeup flawless-thanks to sis, and dress to die for!!! bobby was just as handsome in his pin-stripe suit, dressed to the tee! staci wasn't nervous at all...at least, not until THE incident... it went down (actually up) like this. all the girls were outside taking pics, in the alley way behind the green fly (for all you albemarlians-is that a word-probably not, but that's OK). the breeze was blowing so nicely, as i said, "oh staci!!! the wind is blowing your veil and it looks GORGEOUS!!! it was about that time, that a nice LITTLE gust came and picked her veil up, and up...up...up...it went! at this point, i go running down the alley like a blooming idiot screaming, "i got it! i got it!" well folks...i didn't get it! it landed on top of one of the buildings (see photo down below). the wind then whipped it around a little more til it was out of sight! so daddy calls the fire department, no veil...too much of an issue with liability reasons...then he called the city, and low and behold, here they come to the rescue with a ladder! so, the veil gets placed back on staci's head, no tears or stains, can you believe it!!!??? the rest of the day was cake after that! it definitely was one for the books! moral of the story- don't call the fire department, they only do fires...and cats up in trees...just kidding guys!!! :)

staci and bobby, you guys are absolutely fabulous and we wanted to let you know how much we were honored to be able to share your day with you!

love you guys!!! -t & tippy