One of the things I do in my spare (HA!) time is visit photographers’ forums and try to learn more about what I love to do.  One of the most fun ones is I Heart Faces.  Just for fun they put up weekly photo challenges based on a theme.  When I saw what this week’s theme was I immediately remembered this shot from one of Ivy’s sessions.  It was one of the most fun shoots I’ve had yet and I think this particular shot shows off the theme in true Ivy style!

A few months ago Emily rescued a dog that was being abused near her home.  The dog was pregnant and in need of a safe place and veterinary care.  Emily built a pen for her and her soon to be family and took care of her until the time came.  For the past 3 months  she has been caring for them all and having a great time being a pet parent!  She grew very attached to them all but knew the time would eventually come for them to move on to new homes.  Mama dog has gone to live with a dear friend who has been a huge help to Emily during this process.  She is now healthy, happy, and very loved.  The first of the four puppies, Alice,  went to her new family last week.  But before the four became three we got together for some fun and a few shots of them all together.

Meet the family- from left to right Edward, Bella, Alice, and Enzo.  I know what you’re thinking.  Enzo?  Why Enzo?  Shouldn’t it be Jasper?  I thought that too but Enzo is a character from one of Emily’s favorite books and she knew she wanted one of them to have that name.

This is Enzo.

And Alice.

And Edward.

And Bella.

Of course Caroline and Cale were in puppy heaven.

I know Emily is going to miss having these guys around as much as they’ll miss her.