Friday, July 23, 2010

I have a NEW amazing blog!

Please note that my blog has moved! The new address is www.meredithwilcke.com.
Please change all bookmarks!
Thanks!
Meredith

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Ovarian Cancer BRCA Know the risk

Hi friends,

About a year ago my cousin Maureen passed away from ovarian cancer, and our family has taken on the mission of spreading awareness of BRCA, a genetic mutation that is closely linked to ovarian cancer. They now have a simple blood test which can let people know if they have the BRCA gene (which increases your chance of ovarian cancer by 50%), but not many people - including my cousin - even knew/know that such a test exists. Ovarian cancer is called a "silent killer" because of the lack of symptoms. When Maureen was diagnosed, she was already at stage 3. If she had had the test done, she would have been able to prevent the cancer from even having a chance to harm her.
Maureen's husband Mike and his oldest son, Joe recently completed this incredibly powerful video which you can now find on YouTube, and Joe told their story at the National Ovarian Cancer Conference this week in Washington DC. I encourage you to watch it and please spread the word to all the women in your lives. We can't have Maureen back, but by spreading the word and educating people we may be able to help other families avoid such senseless tragedy.
The photos below were taken in Phoenix in January of 2009, 5 months before Maureen passed away. She is photographed with her first grandson, Aiden. I love you Casey family!

PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE THIS VIDEO!








Friday, July 9, 2010

My children... my most amazing accomplishment!

Of course there are no words to express how much you love your own children. Hopefully you can see my love through this project. Thanks, Nathan, for being my assistant... twice. ;)




























Friday, June 4, 2010

The Dunn Kids!

These three beautiful children belong to one of my most favorite people, Jeanie! She is such a beautiful person, my style guru, and someone I absolutely try to emulate.
I have known Jeanie over the last few years and her husband is now our dentist. I highly recommend Lake Baldwin Dental! They are GREAT with kids and even whiny adults like me. :)
We had such a good time with this shoot! The kiddos were troopers since we had to change our location after finding out that the park I wanted to shoot in charges annual fees for photographers. So we hopped in our cars and found this bridge at Mead Gardens. Good thing I brought my bug spray! :)

Click on this link to be taken directly to the site: Dunn Website























Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Brooderson Family

I had the absolute pleasure of working with this family a few weeks ago. I was reminded of how difficult that newborn stage is, and how little sleep the parents get! Whew!
Anna was a trooper! Sleeping through your first ever photo shoot is hard work! :)
Here are my favorites... enjoy!

Welcome Baby Anna! Click here to view actual website: Brooderson Home