Who Are We?

Becoming Husband and Wife was one thing, but becoming business partners was something neither of us could have ever imagined. It almost doesn't feel right to call this a job, because it's so much more than that. This is our DREAM!

Becoming an entrepreneur was a dream that started with Lewis. He used to see his grandmother always walking around with a camera. The thought of freezing time and a memory seemed fascinating and he always wanted to play around with her camera and look at her pictures. Before the digital age, family photo albums were the thing. To this day Granny still has all the photo albums that she loves to pull out when company comes over. 

In 2015, Lewis was in college for graphic design and he took a beginners photography class. That is also when he purchased his first camera. He also began shooting for his local church, which gave him immense joy. Capturing the miracle of what God was doing made Lewis realize how important it was to keep these memories forever. 

Lewis had joined the United States Air Force in 2005 becoming a crew chief. This is also how we met! Shardae joined the Air Force in 2006 as security forces and the two of us met at Tyndall AFB in 2008. It wasn't exactly love at first site or anything, since we were only friends! Years passed and we continued to support one another from afar. 

We decided then to truly pursue our creative passions and became business partners. Turning Lewis' hobby into a dream job for both of us! In 2020, during the thick of covid, we gave birth to our little miracle micro-preemie girl born at only 23 weeks, and life hasn't slowed down since!

In 2010 Shardae fulfilled her active duty commitment, later moved to Virginia and had a little boy! In 2013, Lewis also fulfilled his active duty time, moved to Maryland and had a little boy as well! In 2018, is the first time both of us were actually single, Lewis was living in Italy, Shardae in Virginia and before you know it one text message led to another.

We decided to give dating a try even though we were living in two different countries! Crazy right?! They say when you know you know, and we both knew very early on that this was special and unique. We were engaged February 2019 and Married in October of that same year! 

We are a blessed blended family

We knew that our union was meant to be when our kiddos blended so perfectly! When we got married I (Shardae) came into the marriage with two kids, Aryana and Kevin; Lewis came into the marriage with a son named Aiden. Our boys are only 6 months apart and literally the best of friends! Aryana is truly the best big sister always helping keep the boys in line! haha! They came up with the idea to blend our two last names of "McNeal" and "Guest" when they first met and came up with the name "McGuest". We thought it was super cute! To this day they still call us that :-)

See how we got here! 

OUR TIMELINE

November 2005

July 2008

May 2012

July 2013

March 2018

December 2018

October 2019

October 2020

October 2006

April 2010

January 2013

January 2018

August 2018

February 2019

November 2019

Joined the U.S. Air Force

We meet for the first time! I am pregnant with Ana in this pic!

First in the family to graduate college

Aiden is born

We started dating!

Our first Christmas together as a blended family!

We're MARRIED!

Gave birth to a little miracle micro-preemie at 23 weeks

The day he proposed!!!!

Became business partners

Joined the U.S. Air Force

Aryana is born

Kevin is born

Moved to Italy

Our first time traveling together. We had also went to Chicago that same week for me to meet his family!

And our story is still being written...

MEET OUR BLENDED

Family

Lead shooter, definitely the dreamer in the family. Loves anything high tech, always down for a good time! He also has a picture memory!!!

Second shooter, more of a realist. Loves organization tic toks, spending as much time in FL as possible! Handles everything behind the scenes!

Our 12yr old mini mom of the house. competitive dancer, loves fashion, tumbling/gymnastics, singing, and musical theater!

Our other super energetic 9yr old, loves to dance and sing, loves performing, always has the most bubbly happy energy!

The youngest of the bunch is our 23 week micro-preemie. She's a fighter and her birth story is a beacon of hope! She definitely keeps all of us on our toes!

Our super energetic 10yr old. loves all things Pokemon. always the first to help out, baseball is his jam, mommas boy!

LEWIS

SHARDAE

ARYANA

KEVIN

AIDEN

KEHLANI