I Love: {Photographer Friends}

Last week, I was

talking with the Koehn girls 

(Carissa and Hannah), who are also

photographers, about how we needed to get together and 

do a photo shoot. 

After all, we live so close to each other,

but we all were so busy. 

After much brainstorming, we finally

came up with an evening 

on which we all

were free!

We had an 

awesome shoot. First, we went

to a field covered in wildflowers. Then

we went and grabbed a

snow cone. (Delicious!) And last

but not least, we went

to a field with hay

bales. Yeehaw!

Meet Carissa and Hannah Koehn

(pronounced kane)........

.......And their babies, Thing 1 and Thing 2. :)

And, you know the model in this

picture--Grace.

I'm so glad

that Carissa and Hannah knew

about this awesome hay field!

I wish the sun would've stood still forever!

But, if it did, I wouldn't be

writing this blog post. :) I'd still

be out there taking pictures. 

So, I guess it's good that the sun went

down after all. :P

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

Sisters - Chocolate Chips of Life

It was such a gorgeous

evening last night that I grabbed my

sister Grace (you've met her a few times) and my 

camera Jack. We took

a walk to this little field that was covered

in wildflowers. (She actually took more pictures of me than I did of her

because she likes using Jack.)

But, I decided to make this a sister post! :) So, I'm going to 

give you some sweet sister quotes. :)

"Sisters are blossoms in the garden of life." ~Author Unknown

"What's the good of news if you haven't a sister to share it? ~Jenny DeVries

"A sister smiles when one tells one's story - for she knows

where the decoration has been added." ~Chris Montaigne

"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves

and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double." ~Toni Morrison

"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden." ~Author Unknown

"When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us." ~Pam Brown

"Sister to sister we will always be,

A couple of nuts off the family tree."

~Author Unknown

"It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good is it to have a sister who's heart is as young as your own heart." ~Pam Brown

"[A sister] helps one remain half woman, half child." ~Author Unknown

"A perfect sister I am not, but thankful for the one I've got." (Correction:

the many I've got.) :)

And, my FAVORITE QUOTE: 

"In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips." ~Author Unknown

Isn't that cute!!??

I hope you enjoyed these quotes and pictures.

The truth is, friends will come and go, but sisters will always

be there.

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

New Creation

Hey, all. It has been a while

since I have done a blog post with a special story

behind it. This post is really no different. I was organizing my camera

bag, and whenever that happens I just

can't resist taking some random pictures. 

So, I noticed

my sister's journal sitting out. She was given

this journal a few weeks ago by a sweet

lady from our church while she was in the hospital for asthma.

As I was trying to come up with creative angles,

the words New Creation kept

sticking out. I love the verse II Corinthians 5:17

(below the picture), and every

time I read it, I hear the voice of the pastor

on Flywheel, the movie. So, 

that was my inspiration for this collage (not

the pastor's voice, but the words

New Creation). Lol. :)

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

he is a new creation. The old has passed away;

behold, the new has come."

~ II Cor. 5:17

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

Spring is Here!

Kiah

This last week has been totally

crazy! The week before last, my family and I were

at Regional Conference in Big Sandy. It

was awesome! I had the opportunity to 

serve on the core staff for

a program that lasted for the week, which

included girls ages 8-12. It was

a new experience for

me, but it was a lot of fun!

So, we got home on Saturday (not this one,

but the one before last), and then on Sunday my little sister Hannah

woke up with bad asthma. To make a long story short,

she ended up in ICU for like four days

and the regular floor for two. So, I was "mom" for the week. :)

That's okay. Seriously, I enjoyed the challenge!

I also had some bonding time with some of my siblings.

(Mom, I know you're reading

this. I enjoy it once in a while.) ;)

Actually, I'd already been "mom" for two weekends

this year! 

Soooo, to end a not-so-good

week better, Hannah and Mom came home on Friday. (Yippee!!!)

Then, we had a big Mother's Day day

for Mom. All that to say, I haven't had much time

to take pictures!

But, I did find time to do a

quick portrait for my brother who needed a journey pic.

That's right! He's going to Journey!!! And it

looks like I may going up to Chicago

with him! I may get to work on staff for the

summer and early fall!

So, here's Kenaniah, or Kiah for short.

Kiah's a lot of fun! He loves to 

laugh and make others laugh! (He is a great

Don Knotts impersonator!)

You're probably a little curious about the name.

Kenaniah in the Bible was a high priest. When David was carrying

the Arch of the Covenant back to Jerusalem,

Kenaniah (Chenaniah in Hebrew)

was chosen to lead the group of musicians and singers.

I think that must have been a really

cool role! But the name Kenaniah means

"God has established". Isn't that so 

fitting for his role in the Bible!? I can't wait to see how 

God's going to use Kiah!

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth

Mendoza {Family Portraits}

I had a great time

taking pictures for the really sweet

Mendoza family! Raul and Leslie have little

Madison, and little Raul is

on the way. :)

I'm looking forward to 

doing Leslie's maternity pictures

in August!

LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH. CAPTURE IT!

~Bethany Truth