Laughter, authentic interaction, and FUN truly tell the story of a family through photographs. Personalities and dynamics shine when people feel free to be themselves...mission accomplished with the Ford family!

JESS + KENZIE + LANDRY + JUDAH

AMy ford

Embrace Grace

Look at those eyelashes, tho!

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table." - Ronald Reagan

“We don't come to the table to fight or to defend. We don't come to prove or to conquer, to draw lines in the sand or to stir up trouble. We come to the table because our hunger brings us there. We come with a need, with fragility, with an admission of our humanity. The table is the great equalizer, the level playing field many of us have been looking everywhere for. The table is the place where the doing stops, the trying stops, the masks are removed, and we allow ourselves to be nourished, like children. We allow someone else to meet our need. In a world that prides people on not having needs, on going longer and faster, on going without, on powering through, the table is a place of safety and rest and humanity, where we are allowed to be as fragile as we feel.” ― Shauna Niequist

Love these dinner table quotes ^^

Much love xo

Jess

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When the five Schwartz children tragically lost both parents in three years' time, their Uncle Sion and Aunt Shannon became guardians of all five. With three of their own, the Alford home grew to eight kids between the ages of four and fifteen (WOW).

I had the privilege of photographing the Alfords in 2009, soon after their family doubled in size...from five to ten.

What a difference six years makes! Since then, God has done so much in each person's life individually and together as a family. Four kids are in college now (also WOW) and life keeps spinning joyfully on.

Pastor Sion is an executive worship pastor at Gateway Church and Shannon serves on the Gateway Worship team. She's also become an author, writing her first book, "8 Is Enough." How appropriate. :) Click below to purchase!

8 is enough