Photography by Linden Claire » Personal

snow day!

lindenclaire — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:10:49 +0000

it finally snowed this weekend, and while i was so excited for it all i did was run out and take some pictures of cecily playing in it! haha oh well maybe next time i will go sledding a few times! for me it was more fun to just laze around and make chili and apple pies! I spy an Eskimo

down

the

hill

weeee!!!

this picture of them sledding makes me happy

Cecily’s snowgirl!

thanks for stopping by!

~Linden~

Sabrina

lindenclaire — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:47:19 +0000

sabrina recently had her braces taken off and a new haircut and she wanted to rock it out for some photos… so of course i didn’t mind helping her with that!

below is a few that we took

I hope you enjoy looking at her beauty! (she is growing up so very fast)

Christmas 09

lindenclaire — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Christmas was a week ago and i’m just now getting around to posting about it We had a fantastic Christmas, it was kind of sad and exciting since it was my last one at home, since i’m getting married in 4 months!!!!

decorating our gingerbread house

Christmas morning our charlie brown tree
Sabrina modeling her presents !

Whit & I reading the pioneer woman cookbook

Our Tree!

& the mantle

Matt’s ornament that i got him in Nashville Matt’s Aunt Beverly gave us the snowmen and his mom gave us the house!

I hope you all had a wonderful christmas and a happy new year

Linden

my love <3

lindenclaire — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:34:18 +0000

so i’m getting married in 6 months to him, the one that makes my heart smile, the one that loves jesus no matter what, the one that makes me happy when i have a bad day, the one who is perfect for me, the one that rides dirt bikes, the one that loves me for me, the one that helps me fix my mistakes, the one who holds me just right, the one that calls just to tell me he loves me, the one that has my heart, the one that doesn’t take me for granted, the one that i love.

i hope we take the time to stop and dance,

ride the merry go round’

and laugh

i love you matt i can’t wait to spend forever with you <3

We went on a trip :)

lindenclaire — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:10:23 +0000

Friday we went on a trip to the mountains for Mom’s birthday!

Last year we went camping (by camping I mean “glam camping” it’s the best way to camp in my opinion, it’s a tent with a roof over the top and a bathroom and shower built on the back!) and went on the Virginia Creeper Trail, in Damascus Virginia, we had so much fun so we decided to go again. So we made our reservations and loaded up and we set off. Little did we know that a rainstorm was right in front of us! We get to the camp site and it starts misting so we think no biggie…

We started preparing our meal of Campfire Chicken!

Whit took over chopping potatoes from me so I could take pictures!

Mama D worked hard to get our meal ready

Mama B. worked hard also

Doesn’t that look yummy ?!?!

We cooked it over this…. it smelled so so good while it cooked

Funny story as we are all sitting around the fire in chairs, Cecily was sitting on a log, and she so calmly said “MOUSE!” and I thought I saw it coming for me it looked huge and terrifying so I screamed and ran flapping my arms! That mouse was not going to get me!

So while everyone else was busy preparing dinner I took Matt’s picture

Just a side note that has nothing to do with our trip, Notice all of Matt’s hair? Well yesterday he decided he needed a hair cut…… the lady scalped his head… it is now a half inch long all over his head.. I choked back laughter while it was being cut, because I’m supportive like that! So back to the camping trip

Cecily and Matt had a race, Cecily won!

Dad and Mr.. Donnie (as everyone calls him) enjoyed the campfire and long conversation

Meredith & Matt pretended like they were a couple… ( I think they forgot that Matt & I just had the raddest engagement pictures taken! )

So I jumped in a for a few pictures so you guys would know that I actually was along for the trip! Well I got half way in the picture…

So Meredith took pity and took one of us together I’m so hardcore I didn’t even take my backpack off… (some of you will be pleased to know that I finally invested in a real camera bag!)

We decided to have a jumping party

Their timing was way off…

Hey Matt… your head went away…

Oh you are cool….

I jumped, because I’m cool! Matt not so much…

hey hey do you see my cool boots?!?! I bought those so when I’m taking pictures the ants can’t get to me, and if they do oh boy I will… I don’t know what I will do!

Jumping is fun!

Me: Hey Cecily

Cecily : What ?

Me : You have bird on your shirt!

Cecily: looking down… looks back at me.. it’s supposed to be there! DUH!

ahahhahah I’m funny huh?!?!

While we were having fun Sabrina was being Cinderella!

At least she smiles about it!

Cecily was a monkey!

She walked the tight rope!

Everyone else had their pictures taken with Dad last year when we went camping, but Meredith & I didn’t so we fixed that little problem!

Meredith & Dad

Dad & I

We played games!

Scrabble is always a must in our family!

Cecily and Mrs.. Becky played Uno

I fell in love……

With the bokeh…

He fell in love with me <3

The bokeh is to much for me to handle… I have to move…. Hey Back Country Camp Ground get me a tent ready I’m moving in!

We drank lemonade!

Meredith loves me

They are nerdy!

I think I’m going to get a Canvas of this… Wouldn’t it be lovely hanging on my wall?!?!

This last part will be about our bike trip

This is what happens when you go biking in the rain.

The train depot!

It was a cold rainy trek down the mountain

But it was worth it!

Mama D. & Papa M. didn’t brave the conditions with us, they were really glad they didn’t come when it started pouring rain!

The rain made us do silly things like…… This…

Hello there! Can I come visit you up there on the mountain one day?!?! We could take really pretty pictures!!

Hey hey I think I know them… the people on the trail way back in the distant!

It’s Mama B. & Papa D.!!!

So we get to this lovely field right here….

and I said Matt “Stop I want a picture” so I stop and as I’m getting off my bike my feet slip and down I start going down…… then Matt comes flying up beside me and almost ran into me, and off the seat I go right down onto the bar, it hurt so so bad my leg has been quite sore. Somehow I’m the only that has crashed both times we have gone……

So I got back on the bike like the big girl I am and laughed it off….

If I had only known all the cold rain and mud puddles that were ahead of us I would have sat down on the path and cried… Yeah I’m tough like that…

But then I would have missed this little stream that ran through the little town along the way.

So I cuddled up to my soon to be hubby!

and I drowned my sorrows….

In a Coke and hit the trail again, we still had 10 more miles to go in the rain… I so wish I had a picture of us at the end… but my camera was safely tucked away in my backpack under my lovely poncho. I can assure you it wasn’t a pretty sight. Sabrina looked like she had fallen face first into a mud puddle…

That was a long recap of our trip, I hope you enjoyed it!

Leave me some love <3

~Linden

Whats to come…..

lindenclaire — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:41:46 +0000

I’m so excited about what’s to come I just am so busy with my full time job, editing seems to be put on the back burner + my photography class and wedding planning! I’m getting married in 8 months and I have nothing planned… eekk…

I feel like I have been neglecting my blog so here is a sneak peek of what’s to come

Leave lots of love and let me know what you think!!

Ashton and Colton

Thanks for being so patient

Ashlyn

Random Things

lindenclaire — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:30:00 +0000

These are some random things that I have just snapped pictures of.

I’ve decided I’m just going to start blogging about anything and every thing!

I hope you will enjoy these.

Matt doing what he loves the most

Well that’s the end of a totally random post.

Hope you enjoyed!

Happy Birthday Whitney :)

lindenclaire — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:45:41 +0000

Today is Whitney’s birthday and we are going to the lake to celebrate!

Lake + Birthday means yummy cake and homemade Ice Cream! Thanks to The Pioneer Woman we have a new Ice Cream recipe to try!!

Happy 23rd Birthday Whitney I hope you have a fantastic day

Love ya!

Happy Birthday Sis!!

Linden

Summertime!!!!!!!

lindenclaire — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:41 +0000

Ten Reasons I love summer

1 My Birthday July 30 holla
2 Soaking up the sun at the lake
3 Lemon Slushies
4 Playing in the pool
5 Wearing Shorts and tanktops
6 Tanning oil the smell is divine
7 Skiing at the Lake
8 Grilling out
9 Eating homeade Ice Cream!!!
10 The 4th of July

What are your 10 favorite things about summer?

Yours Truly

P.S. I have 11 things I love about summer, the awesome sunsets at the lake the color is amazing, God is the most amazing artist

Cecily (my little sister) !!

lindenclaire — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:39:10 +0000

Warning: there are a lot of pictures in this post so grab you a tall glass of lemonade and enjoy them

While I was going through these pictures of Cecily the song “Cinderella ” by Steven Curtis Chapman is playing in my mind and I feel like it is fitting.

She spins and she sways
To whatever song plays
Without a care in the world
And I’m sitting here wearing
The weight of the world on my shoulders

This is a typical Cecily face

Sabrina made us yummy Lemonade slushies!! and they were yumtastic

This is her i’m tired of the camera you can take two more pictures look… little does she know I took like 20 more!hahha

Then I became a true “redneck ” and rigged us up a slide!

I hope you enjoyed them! Hmm I think I want another slushy!

P.S. Do you like the pictures bigger sized??