I am a volunteer with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep and occasionally we hear stories about little ones who defy the odds and make it after doctors have not given the families a lot of hope.

I met “C” and her family in April of this year.  The news wasn’t good at that time, but look at her now!!

She is now just about 8 months old and doing well!

It was so good to see her alert and ready for a bit of dress up!

Baby “C”, I will see you at your 1 year birthday party this December for sure!

An early present….your portrait has been painted!

Angela is the daughter of a good friend of ours and so it was a pleasure to shoot her wedding shower last Sunday.

A lot of ladies came together to wish Angela and Gary the very best!

Angela’s Mom, Barbara.

I’m telling you what, she had touching and funny stories about each one of the guests!

Of course, they too had some hilarious stories of their own about the guest of honor.

The cake was fabulous!!!

Angela, we wish you a blessed marriage!

These guys don’t need a reason to get together and enjoy good food and company!  That’s what this community in Guthrie, OK did yesterday!

If you’re not familiar with Pepper’s Ranch, please take a moment to get to know what they do, right HERE!

Several special people to the Pepper’s Ranch kids were in attendance.

So there was a lot to catch up on!

But mostly the day was about playing hard, yummy food and hot weather!

Enjoy your summer guys!!!