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Saving Little Hearts Annual Silent Auction

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Joi

Surgery Care Package

I was introduced to Saving Little Hearts in 2012 photographing this very same event. Karin began this organization after going through the experience of her son being diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect. The organization provides help to children and families affected by heart defects. At a small amount of $40, Saving Little Hearts puts together and sends care packages to families who’s children are about to undergo open heart surgery to correct a congenital heart defect.

The annual Silent Auction dinner helps the organization raise funds to create these packages and send them all over the U.S. Several items were donated for the auction that was held at The Orangery. Tearsa Smith from WATE came to show her support and was the MC for the evening.

Support Saving Little Hearts by contacting them today.

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SHOOT FOR A CAUSE – Mini Session

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Joi

Help these boys keep their mom!

Last year, at the age of 36, Jen Thompson was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. After a long road of chemo treatments and many surgeries, her doctor can no longer help her. She is waiting to start a trail that will be her only hope at survival. Time is running out for her though. Jen has a chance to receive a treatment that we hope will keep her alive until she can start the trial…but she needs help paying for the cost of the treatment. This single mom of two precious boys needs our help!

When I ran across her story I immediately wanted to do my part to help. Being a single mom is tough enough. I couldn’t imagine going through something like this too.

Friday August 24th I will be offering mini sessions with all proceeds going to Jen! Can’t make it this day? If the response is large enough I will open this up to more days because that is how passionate I am about supporting her!

30 minute session

3 full resolution images with print release

Contact me today to book your mini session – $100 per session

Sessions will be held at Farragut Library Park

This is a perfect opportunity for anyone needing family portraits for the holidays, looking for senior photos or just looking for a few updated pics.

If you want to just donate, you can here.

Please share and help spread the word!!!!

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U10g AYSO 275 Section Champions

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Joi

AYSO Region 275 Extra All Star U10 girls team obtained the Section 5 games championship in the tournament late June. The Fireballs traveled to Charlotte, NC to compete against other teams from a six state area in the southeast region.

It was an impressive weekend for the Fireballs. They defeated Waynesville, NC 3-0, Huntsville, AL 3-0, Madison, AL 1-0 and tied Spartanburg, SC 1-1. In the semi-finals the girls defeated Madison, AL 4-0 and then played against Charlotte, NC in the championship with a 5-0 win.

Great ending to an action packed Father’s Day Weekend!!!!

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Farragut vs Bearden Boys Soccer

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Joi

We were invited to this great match by my coworker and fellow soccer mom. My daughter was very excited to watch the game and she wasn’t disappointed. At one point she asked me if high school soccer was always that rough?

In the second half, she started yelling at the boys and sideline coaching. TSK TSK…but it was funny none-the-less. She was pretty dead on though. It was such a close match and both teams played extremely well.

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Lego and Harry Potter Fun

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Joi

The original plan was to go to the beach. That didn’t work out as planned to our dismay. So as the backup we went to LEGOLAND! After some bumps in the road with our tickets to the park, I wound up also getting us tickets to go to Universal. Can’t go to Legoland and not also go to the new The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Universal was a bit of a mess of a day. Go figure that I pick the busiest day they have ever had to go to THIS park!!!! We waited for 3 1/2 hours (yes, I’m not joking) to get into the Harry Potter section. This was the only reason I bought tickets to this park so we were GOING IN! Luckily the park stayed open a bit later than normal so we were able to visit other sections too. Our last day was spent at Downtown Disney which was a lot of fun.

Most of the photos are from Legoland. The scale and function of some of these displays was absolutely amazing!