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Coming into college I expected to find new friends that I would enjoy hanging out with, would make incredible memories with and people who I would eventually live with! I had no idea that I would find girlfriends who are like sisters to me. I literally live with my best girlfriends and I wouldn’t trade […]

Coming into college I expected to find new friends that I would enjoy hanging out with, would make incredible memories with and people who I would eventually live with! I had no idea that I would find girlfriends who are like sisters to me. I literally live with my best girlfriends and I wouldn’t trade it for the world! There’s nothing like it!

When my baby sister went off to VA Tech this past fall, I prayed she would find girlfriends like I have found at CNU. I prayed that she would find girls who she could be with 24-7 and never run out of things to talk about, girls that would encourage her and girls that will one day be her bridesmaids! Well, this past weekend my brother and I went to visit our dear sister in the mountains of Blacksburg. Besides caving for 4 hours and an intense game of “Wally-Ball”, meeting Emy’s friends was the highlight of the weekend! I PROMISED Emy that I would take some pics of her friends sometime so we had a little photo shoot! It was so much fun walking around campus and downtown with these girls! They are incredible and I’m so thankful that they are a part of Emy’s life! Enjoy some of my favorites!!

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Ok, so they all thought I was weird… laying on the ground taking a picture of trash but I LOVE this one! I can be artsy sometimes!blog18

I did some individual headshots for all of them! Here are some favorites!!

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