She bakes, she frosts and serves ice cream too.

Hayley sat on the counter and I arranged the pastries just so. We were deep in conversation. The topic: chocolate cake, decidedly our favorite. I was vividly describing to her the most recent slice I had eaten at a cozy place called Magnolia's in Hazel, Kentucky, simply amazing!! I could talk about cake all day. Hayley and her animated sister, Kate are pretty passionate about cake too. I found out...

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The lovely raccoon charmer

Deep brown eyes watched me intently as I carefully swept blush over the apples of her cheeks. We were in between locations and I had taken advantage of having a chauffer to give Hayley a hand with her makeup. It seemed like the more time I spent with her the more she intrigued me. I knew she was thoughtful, intelligent and calculated. Truly she was a planner that would make any momma proud but what I didn't expect is to find is someone so multidimentional. My jaw dropped when she reached for the pet baby raccoon and insisted I photograph her with it. I was still smiling to myself over seeing her fly across the farm on the front seat of the gator-mobile with her perfectly curled hair whipping in every direction.

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9 years old with a business, a brand, and a bike

I was speechless. He gave a brief history of his small business as nonchalantly as if listing off what he ate for lunch that day. I blurted out mid-story, "Wow, you ran an tight operation for a nine year old and with only a bike and a lawnmower!!" He laughed and finished explaining how he fashioned a bike pulled cart for transporting his lawnmower across town...

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The drag racing king.

The mirror like surface of his black Trans Am caught the afternoon sun and gleamed back at the camera. This was day two of Matt's photo session. We were nearing the end of our extensive and carefully mapped out plan of attack. You would imagine his smile to be literally falling off his face at this point in the session but not this guy. Perhaps it was the roar of his engine and June wind whistling around us as we cruised across town that brought such a huge smile to his face. As exhausted as we were nearing his photo-finishline, we felt like champions. Classic rock spilled out of the stereo and I sat back in the deep leather seat allowing a satisfied grin to own my face...

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