The Awesomest Family I Know | Frederick, MD Family Photographer

Posted on April 18, 2011

Seriously. I can’t think of another family I hold in higher regard than this one. The father is the Pastor who married my husband and I 7 years ago this August. He and his wife have some of the biggest hearts of anyone we’ve ever met, which is clearly evidenced in the fact that they’ve adopted six–yes, you saw correctly–six children from Russia. These children are will greet you with a hug and warm your heart in the deepest ways, which I’m sure has quite a lot to do with their awesome parents. I hope the teenagers won’t mind that I’m referring to them as children in this post.

Their youngest daughter Juliana battled a rare form of bone cancer several years ago, which had gone into remission until last month. You’d never know from her bright smiley face and sweet, bubbly countenance in these images that she’s currently undergoing chemotherapy again to fight this cancer back into submission. I know they will appreciate ALL prayers that you can offer up on her behalf. I can assure you there is no one more deserving.

I could not have been more honored to photograph this family. It was a dreary, cold day, but everyone was in great spirits and we had a wonderful time. They’ve inspired me in a profound way, but more to come on that at a later date. Here are some of my favorites from the day.

Beautiful sisters, Lindsay & Juliana…I can’t get enough of this photo!