When Brian was a youth pastor in Maggie Valley a few years back, Afton was the first girl we met in our middle school youth group.  She ran up to us and introduced herself and totally made us feel welcome and excited to be a part of the church.  We became super close with her over the years we were there and we have kept in contact since moving on with other things in our life!  I cannot say enough nice things about her and to be honest, I had to fight back tears during her senior photo session because it made me so happy to see her through the lens and see how she’s matured and grown and developed into such an amazing person.  We shot these photos at the Inn at Tranquility Farm in Waynesville, NC.

Afton is hilariously funny, BEAUTIFUL and ALWAYS makes anyone around her smile and feel happy to be around.  She has been involved with color guard and band in the past few years at Tuscola High School.  She told me when she was in middle school that she wanted to be a doctor one day and now she’s been accepted to Western Carolina University and is headed there in the fall to pursue that goal and study medicine.  Congratulations Afton on your accomplishments, we are so proud of you and can’t wait to see where the future takes you!  Class of 2019!

Afton’s senior video below!