I’ve been taking their family pictures for a LONG time! Since their oldest was a newborn!
And this little sweetie – she is FULL of personality!
I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
I LOVE those ones!
OH! AND THOSE!!
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THAT BLACK & WHITE SHOT! I know it’s not technically perfect – but it might be my FAVORITE shot of the session!
We ALWAYS take a shot of them in this bay window! I almost forgot this time!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME BACK YEAR AND AFTER YEAR!!
Shanadel contacted me MONTHS ago on FACEBOOK! After seeing Myrana’s maternity photos – she KNEW she needed to get IN THE WATER for hers!
OH MY HEART!! I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!
AND THOSE!! MY FAVORITE!!
That dress – GORGEOUS!!
THOSE TREES!!
I have a problem. I tend to say – okay. NOW you can change outfits. OH WAIT! There’s THIS spot I JUST saw – let’s do THIS first!
The light wasn’t exactly right for what I wanted right here – but I’m kind of loving this harsh light lately. Because. It’s just how LIFE is!
Sometimes I can’t decide if I LOVE the black and white or the color better – SO YOU GET BOTH!
And AGAIN!! And NOW you can change!
LOVE!!
That shot on the right – MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE!!
I said – okay – go ahead and change! WAIT – this bridge! Let’s do THIS first!
And the REASON they drove over an hour – THE WATER!!
GORGEOUS!!! The water was high for this spot – so I scoped it out a few days before – just to make sure it would be SAFE to get in!
OH MY WORD!!
PERFECTION!!
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!
Shanadel – thank you SO MUCH for making the drive to me!
It was quite the ordeal finding a beautiful and rain-free evening to fit this in BEFORE their baby makes his appearance!
I hope to see you guys again SOON!
Carie and I have been WAITING and WAITING for warm weather!
Have I mentioned that I LOVE when families come back to me year after year to document them!?
This is the first time I met little *J* – he’s SO GORGEOUS!!
And that little sweetie – she’s such a doll baby! I love those imperfect pictures!
Aren’t they ADORABLE!!
You can send me all the perfectly posed pictures you want – but sometimes – MOST times – kids are kids – and when a 2 year old doesn’t want to lay down and get the perfect picture – you improvise!
WHO? ME? Could you possibly be talking about me?!
THE SWEETEST!
And sometimes you have to break out the BUBBLES! Because sometimes the only way to get the 2 year old to stop screaming and squirming is to break out the bubbles!
And I LOVE how those turned out!
DARLING!!
Sometimes you need to see behind the scenes to truly appreciate what goes into a photo session!
HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!
AHHHH!!!
We were really hoping for a group picture with these outfits – but that little sweetie was DONE!
I happen to like these shots better than any perfectly posed smiles!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
Also – WHERE ARE THE BUBBLES!?
Carie & Michael – thank you SO MUCH for asking me to capture your family year after year!
I met Carrie through our MOPS group AND her daughter goes to preschool with E!
She needed some photos for an article in an upcoming DoTerra publication about her success within the company!
MY FAVORITE SHOTS – the unexpected ones!
SISTERS!
I LOVE THOSE!!
SNACK BREAK!!
I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!
ADORABLE!!
SO SWEET!!!
ADORABLE!!
SO ADORABLE!!
Those are my FAVORITE!!
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL! SWEET SWEET SISTERS!!
BALANCE!!
Carrie – I CANNOT wait to photograph your family this summer! Thank you SO MUCH for asking me to capture this EXCITING time in your lives!!
Typically we have a BIG party with all the people but this year he asked me if a few friends from school could come over for a NERF gun fight!
OH – and mom – can we invite people over from 1 to 4 so that we don’t have to do lunch or dinner? Just cake?
OH SWEET BOY! ALL THE YES!!
Did you know that I wanted to put EAT BEFORE YOU COME on my wedding invitations!? SO – this whole “we don’t have to feed people” was speaking my language!!
And THANK YOU ERICA for the AMAZING cake!!
WHERE DID THE LAST SEVEN YEARS GO?!
Fitzy – you are kind and sensitive. You are sympathetic and caring. You are SO silly and SO helpful.
I tell you this often – but I’ll say it again and again – you are more than my momma heart could have ever dreamt!
They had a GREAT time!
We visited my grandparents last time we were home and Vanessa brought up that sweet baby of hers!
That sweet little thing!
Speaking of sweet little things – when we walked in the house – I assumed my uncle was there chatting with grandpa in the kitchen.
NOPE! Just Zach being all grown-up and deep-voiced! It’s so strange when you aren’t there to watch them grow up.
We spent so much time with Vanessa & Zach when they were little tots – and then college came and marriage and not living in the same town.
In my head – they are the little guys that were in my wedding. When I hear Zach talk or really think about the fact that Vanessa now has a baby of her own – it’s SO WEIRD!
THAT HAIR!!
OH BLACK & WHITE – HOW I LOVE YOU!
She LOVES my dad!
Some of my first photographs were taken RIGHT HERE ON THIS LAWN! When Vanessa & Zach were Kinley’s age! ALL THE FEELINGS!!
Now that little chubby baby girl has her own little chubby baby girl and I have a successful photography business! SO CRAZY!
Vanessa – I love watching you with your daughter! It was so great to see you!
I have to remind myself to take pictures of MY family sometimes!
Pa ALWAYS pulls his pants up WAY TOO HIGH!
He also thinks it’s funny to put his GROSS feet on people!
OH GOOD! ANOTHER NERF GUN!
Do you SEE the look on his face?! It almost makes me want to get him a kitten. ALMOST.
That little hand holding that big hand – his favorite guy!
Red is getting old! We are hoping for some new babies on the farm SOON!
She’s really the BEST cow out there!
E wanted to go on a bear hunt – but PA mentioned that he has a LOT to learn until he can actually go hunting. He talks non-stop and NOT quietly!
Enoch LOVES jellybeans! And he REALLY loves bean-boozled! But he almost always eats the gross ones! YUCK!
We brought the cousins in for the gross “test-your-luck” game!
THAT CHEESY SMILE!!
Those crazy boys! They are growing WAY TOO FAST!
