The Boatwrights Abroad: Portraits and Final Thoughts

                            

First up, I would like to share our photos from our shoot with L'Amour de Paris!These were the very best souvenir, and we've already started putting them up in our home! The photo shoot was so fun to do together, and the photos turned out better than I'd even hoped. (More about our last day at the end!)

One final update from the trip! On our last day in Europe (March 21), Zach and I woke up at 5 am to learn our flight had been delayed by several hours. I think it was due to Heathrow in London (where we flew in), being shut down that day due to a fire. We went back to bed for an hour, then got up, packed and prepped to leave.

We took an uber ride to the airport and the flight was delayed another hour for maintenance. But we made it! Thankful those were the only hangups.

Excited about the return flight home!

                

We had such a good experience on this trip overall. Wilder and Felicity handled everything so well—no complaints about all the walking or sightseeing. We had really good conversations with them and enjoyed our time together. Of course there were rough moments, but on the whole, we had such a good time traveling together. I look forward to being able to go to other countries with them in the future.

Traveling with the kids at this age is SO different than when they were 6 months and 2.5 years old. It’s even different than our last big trip together to California, when they were 5 and 7. They’re able to entertain themselves when we have downtime, they sleep well, they enjoy our meals, and take in the sights—all while happily walking 5-6 miles a day, and hopping into public transportation. It’s really been a gift to get to do this with them at this age. I feel so grateful for this time with our family.

Gruene acres...

This past weekend I got the chance to take even more photos in Gruene with Zack, the senior you met a few weeks ago here. We went down to the river and went deeper into the area. I think we got some great photos! To see the rest of the photos, go to http://abigailelizebeth.smugmug.com and click on Zack's Seniors 2. 

 

Bluebonnet Baby

I've fallen in love with little Cade. My old equestrian teammate Courtney brought him for portraits last fall and we had a blast! She was so pleased with the photos she booked me for his one-year portraits way back then! For this shoot, we went back to Trinity Park in Fort Worth, but we went to a different section. I had hoped for bluebonnets for our session in the park, but we didn't find any. Luckily I found some right by my work, so we snapped some shots there as well. Check it out! I'm really happy with how they all turned out and here are some of my favorites. Thanks Courtney and Cade for being so fun! The rest of the photos are at my photo site: http://abigailelizabeth.smugmug.com

Zack goes Gruene

I've done a couple of photo shoots in Gruene and New Braunfels, Texas, in the past few months. I did a senior portrait session last week in Gruene, but this time we used the town itself for the location. I was so excited to experiment with all the interesting backgrounds and we spent an hour walking around the town and by the river to get his portraits. Even better, Zack brought his dog Taz! I love to bring animals into portraits, so I was thrilled. We had a great time despite the cold. Check out some of Zack's best senior portraits. To see the rest, head over to my photo site: http://abigailelizabeth.smugmug.com.