Meet Emily. We go to church together. She is so cute, and I love that she plays field hockey. Those pictures are my FAVE! Here are just a few from her session.

This is one of my BEST friends. My siblings and I all met him at SIBS camp (a camp for kids who have a sibling battling cancer). SIBS camp is an unexplainable experience. No one will ever quite understand what that week during summer is like up in the mountains of Julian, CA other than the people that ride the bus up there. We all share something in common. We’ve had a sibling with cancer. For so long, my sister Emily would get all sorts of extra attention, gifts, etc. I wasn’t ever jealous because I knew, that she needed it more than anyone to get through what she had to deal with. SIBS camp is a place where it’s ALL ABOUT the siblings of the patients. A week just for ME! The American Cancer Society puts on this camp, and let me tell you…they know how to have a good time. By far, SIBS camp would be my favorite week of the entire year, every year. For once, all the attention was on us, and that right there made up for the entire year of having ONE sibling get ALL The attention. The people you meet at SIBS camp aren’t your ordinary, every day friends. You bond with others so closely and become a family and support system because we all know what each and every other camper has to deal with on a daily basis. The thought that I can go away to a camp for a week and everyone there will understand me is one of the best and most comforting feelings in the world. I cannot imagine my life without all these friends I have made that I call family. I don’t know how I would have gotten through watching my little sister battle cancer without these people by my side. Corey and I have been friends for 8 years now and he truly is like a brother to me. We just get each other. Corey, thank you for EVERYTHING! And for all the times I cried on your shoulder, and the times we laughed together. You are the definiteion of a best friend. Thanks for driving all the way up to San Jose with Christopher to stay with Justin and I for a few days. We love you. It’s sure going to be quiet when the two of you leave.

MY BROTHER & COREY ARE CRAZIES!

Is he not the sweetest little boy ever? His smile just melts my heart. And those BIG BLUE EYES are gorgeous. What a cutie!