It’s May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we want to always remind you that you are worthy of good mental health! We also want to welcome these folks to Three Oaks!

Last summer Three Oaks saw an explosion of growth as new therapists graduated. Three Oaks is currently experiencing another growth spurt so be on the lookout for so many more caring faces to show up on the blog.

The mama in this crew, Catherine, reached out to me with so much excitement over the fact that all three of her kids were going to be home for the holidays with ONE DAY overlapping in their schedules. All three of her grown kids are spread out all over the country, so this was a big deal. So what better way to celebrate that than schedule a long awaited family photoshoot!

I found myself sharing with a lot of people this past winter that I was slower to answer emails in part because of my seasonal depression. Anyone else get the winter blues? It was real for me this year and I am so thankful that I have tools in my tool box to help walk me through those kinds of mental health seasons...

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how this shoot turned out, and you will, too! Sara Beth is a longtime friend and pastor who I deeply respect - so when they asked me capture these moments for them, I WAS THRILLED!!!

Sara Beth and Jake were excited to be back on the UNC campus for their engagement shoot since this is the place they first met. These lovebirds met at Carolina through their campus ministry like 13 years ago (Sara Beth had a HUGE crush)….

What a fun fall shoot this was! Although Becca has photographed dad Scott with his band a few times… This was Becca’s first time photographing the Jones family! She was really happy he reached out to her for this new opportunity to shoot these family photos for him. Becca also had the joy of photographing their twin girls for this shoot. They were beyond cute!The Jones crew wanted the backdrop of their family photos to be their yard at their lovely Chapel Hill home. Honestly, their yard felt like you were in the mountains somewhere! Total fall perfection!