time cherished::

While house sitting this month, I got to pretend I owned a great black lab named Macy... on nice days (i.e. when it was above 10 degrees F) we would go on walks, or run around in the back fields... and this time I brought along Charis and Nathaniel to enjoy the 30* day!
Nathaniel got a little tired, good thing big sis doesn't mind carrying him, right? Charis took this picture of us... :)

Oh, they're cute.

One last photo of happiness.

The moon rise was really pretty...

And it was a great time - just thought I would share some pictures! :)

-Abigail

Angelle Missios

It meant so much to be able to take pictures for Angelle, because, not only is she a fantastically talented wedding and portrait photographer herself, but she is my friend. We started our photography careers together, way back when...

And now we're all grown up and getting married! Well... she is. :)

Life is beautiful, you know? All its twists and turns... and then happily ever after.

(romantic sigh)

-Abigail

Check it out...... we've got a cold front AND a blizzard warning in effect. Winter has come.

I'll be home instead of at church tomorrow, so maybe I'll find some time to share wedding pictures from the Missios wedding in New Orleans... : )

-Abigail

Venezzia, Italia

And that was Venice. :) My time there was short but sweet. Mandy picked me up at the train station after I had flown in from Sevilla. Ah. God gives us good gifts when we need them. An elderly American professor was on the same bus as I was (from the airport to the train) and he told me just where to go and how to get there.

It's so nice that God takes care of me.

And after meeting up with Mandy we embarked on a whirlwind tour of Venice that included cappucino, meeting her fabulous Dad and brothers!, St. Mark's Square, a gondola ride, fruit cups on the Rialto Bridge, and... amazement at the loveliness of it all.

~Abigail

Thanksgivingness

The last "cheese" for the day. Heh.

My favorite girls in the world.
From l-r: Me, Sarah and Kara

The day after Thanksgiving proved the perfect time to catch a few portraits of my crazy family... Charis, (top picture) when I asked her to pose so that I could make a portrait of her in the beautiful window light, replied "I don't have to LOOK at you anymore, Abby!" Yes... we had been busy with pictures for the last half hour... but she managed to squeak out one last "CHEESE." for me. : ) Begrudging though it may be, I still think she's one of the most charming litle sisters a girl could have. Yes indeed.

I love my family!!

this and that...

check out:
www.abigailbriana.com/timothyjacquelyn

and

www.abigailbriana.com/davidmelanie

if you'd like to see a couple of slideshows from August weddings...

And:

this is how I feel.

~*abigail

Europe!!

Me, Dave, Mandy, Ben (and the hand is Jonny)

So, here's a group picture of the fabulous five in Barcelona... in an elevator... yes. We love elevators. After the Day of 1000 stairs in Florence, Italy... yes. Ahem.

More stories and pictures soon to come - I'm finishing about 3 weddings this week before I'm "allowed" to post more. :)

-abi