Kimberly Butler

My husband, Scott Butler, and I have been living in North Alabama our entire lives, and in the Shoals Area for all but 2 of those years. We are TRUE North Alabama natives! We are currently raising our 2 wonderful children and running our photography business in Florence, AL.

We have been running a successful photography studio in Florence, AL since 1997. If you know anything about the photography business, this is NO SMALL FEAT. We are one of only 2 studios in the entire Shoals Area that have been in business for more than 20 years!

In that time, our studio has won many international, national, state, and local awards. We have always sought to better our service to our clients by bettering who we are.

There are 3 main reasons we have been so successful:

First, we are hard workers. We know what it means to put in a day's work, and we do it, often 7 days per week.
Second, we are financially responsible. When sales are low, or costs go up, we know how to make hard decisions to make sure we make the budget. Our income, as well as our employees' incomes, rely on this fiscal responsibility every week.
Third, and most importantly, we are blessed by God. We know that all good gifts come from above and we would not be where we are today without His blessings.

If running a business has taught me anything, being a home school mom has taught me so much more! I have learned history, government, finances, time management, and life skills that I NEVER learned in school. Teaching my children and molding them to be amazing adults has been the greatest blessing of my life. My goal when I made the decision to teach my children at home was not only to give them a good "scholastic" education, but even more so, to teach them to be good humans, to love God, and to love others as they love themselves, to be financially responsible, and be hard workers.

Currently, we have one beautiful daughter who has started her own business for the purpose of improving the mental health of others. She is in college on a leadership scholarship. We have a brilliant son who is starting his senior year. He plans to attend UAH on an academic scholarship, pursuing a chemical engineering degree.

It has been a beautiful journey, and of everything that I have accomplished in my life, this is what I am most proud of: my children!

Active In The Community:

I have been on the board at Shoals Sav-A-Life since 2012
I (with 6 other wonderful moms) started a homeschool co-op that grew to over 100 students in just one year.
We partner with Childrens Hospital of Alabama, hosting many events for this wonderful hospital since 2010.
We have partnered with HASRA and the Lauderdale County and Colbert County Humane Societies. We served them by giving them free images to help get homeless dogs in forever homes and hosting fundraisers for these organizations.
We have partnered with local radio stations to promote "Stuff-A-Bus" to provide Christmas gifts for local area children.
I started a local Eagle Forum small group in the Shoals Area to help bring like-minded people together to work to bring positive change.
We sponsor Distinguished Young Women of North Alabama to help bring scholarships to area young women since 2013.
I am a member of the Lauderdale County Executive Committee.
I am vice president of the Women's Republican Club of the Shoals Area.
I am a member of the Shoals Republican Club.
We are members of the Shoals Chamber of Commerce.
We attend church in Florence.