My sister-in-law Jenni has been saying for years that she wishes she could have me take her girls’ senior pictures. I kept telling her I could do it when they visited, but Jenni had an even better idea. She and her husband Travis decided to fly me down to Florida to take the pictures of their current senior down there. How could I resist such an offer? So last week we did just that. Violet and I flew into Jacksonville on Thursday and got to stick around until Tuesday. That’s almost a full week! Not only did we manage to take Morgan’s senior pictures at some unique (and very Florida) locales, but Violet and I also got a couple of days of fun in the sun at the beach and the pool. When Travis asked if we could make this a tradition I was practically whipping out my calendar to plan the next trip. The weather was so sunny and warm that it was really difficult to pack up and go home. Fortunately, I did get to come home to sunny temps in the high 50′s, my beautiful girls, and a very relieved husband.

I can’t express how much I loved this idea of getting the chance to take Morgan’s senior pictures on her turf but also get a visit with the Smiths and a trip to Florida out of the deal. Awesome!
I want to share all the pictures I took of Morgan, but there are just too many. Here are just a few of my favorites.
We had so much fun finding little spots. Jenni couldn’t resist the “vintage” pay phone.

I took Morgan down here because I wanted to get the old-style movie sign in the background which ended up not even showing up. Jenni was most thrilled about the vintage bike with one blue tire and one black.

I think that this one is everyone’s favorite. The whole concept turned out perfectly.

Love that I could capture Morgan’s candid smile and laugh here. It was all on account of the people that kept creeping around the corner and getting in the pictures.

This is Morgan’s favorite. She’s already got it as her Facebook profile pic.

For these pictures we went out to an abandoned (and freaky) school. Jenni said she had seen some neat ones taken on the inside, but we all decided there was no way were going inside that place. Shiver. We got some perfectly nice shots on the outside, thank you very much.

Since Travis has connections he was able to get us into the rail yards to capture some more pictures of Morgan. The Smiths got some family pictures there, too.

For the last part of the day we drove out to JAX beach. Morgan was less than thrilled when we made her lay down in the water in her clothes. I think it was worth it though.

On Sunday we snuck out for the last bit of pictures with Morgan and her Violin.