We absolutely love telling families’ stories through our photography, but months ago we turned the tables around. We asked YOU to tell us a story! We wanted to celebrate an incredibly inspiring family, and we were completely overwhelmed with the outpouring of nominations. Our hearts (and inboxes) were about to burst with all the love we were seeing!
You nominated, you voted, and now we’re so excited to finally share photographs from the winning family! The Bisant Family not only won a gift session, but a collection of gorgeous artwork that they’ll be able to enjoy every day. We’ll be sharing more photographs once the Bisant’s canvases and album are ready.
But first, we’re so excited to show these photographs of the Bisant family’s love, courage, beauty, and hope!
Joe and Jamie Bisant are wonderful parents, and they have an incredible story of perseverance, trust, and faith. Joe and Jamie are blessed with two wonderful daughters and live in beautiful Point Loma. However, they have faced many heavy hardships.
Their oldest daughter, Dakota who is four, has autism. They have had to fight for her in so many ways in order to get her the quality time, therapy, and loving attention she deserves to make strides towards learning and development. They fight so hard for her, with a fierce love and determination.
But in addition, Jamie experienced two painful miscarriages in a row this past year. This left Jamie and Joe shocked and terrified, as they questioned why they were not able to conceive after having two daughters without any difficulty. After seeing a few doctors with no answer, they eventually got pregnant again. Jamie has had a pretty easy pregnancy up until recently. They found out at their 20 week ultrasound that their next baby was going to have Downs Syndrome.
With all they have gone through with Dakota — the miscarriages and various other trials — this came as a scary surprise. But as they process through their emotions and all that their firstborn son will go through, they show strength, faith, hope, and love with every word and every step. We’re so excited to share these photographs of Jamie, Joe, and their three amazing kids!
