A fun family...

I had the pleasure this past weekend to spend time with this lovely family. I have known them for years. This was the first time I got to get behind my camera with them. It was a fun morning. The kids all have such different personalities. It was such a great experience for me to wander this park with them and let the kids lead where they wanted. They each got to pick where they wanted their individual pictures. We got fun pictures, we had some sad ones, some silly ones, and lots of great ones! I hope you guys like them as much as I do. There are plenty more where these came from....I just have to keep some surprises :)

This was near the end of the session. The kids were almost done with pictures by this point. But...something about this one is so sweet. Each of the kids is smiling, but is acting just like a little different.

Something so nice about getting a picture of a father and son.

But then, a mother and her daughters is just as sweet!

I had so much fun getting behind my camera for this session. It was great to see the kids find the place they wanted for their picture and have them feel a part of the day. I hope it was not too painful for them! I know I just had a great morning. Enjoy! :)

One of my favorite kids...

I love taking pictures of this family. I have been taking their pictures since this little boy turned one....and these are his 5 year pictures! It is always so much fun since they are up for new places or any crazy ideas either of us have. Plus, we are good friends. I loved when she told me that A asked when I was taking his pictures for his birthday! It was a fun time. Her sister met us and we got pictures of pretty much everyone. Hope you guys like them. There are plenty more...but I had to keep some a surprise!

I loved in this one he was playing with his shoe. For some reason he kept doing that all morning and I love that he is playing with his shoe while I am trying to take his picture :)
Not much beats a momma with her boys!

These boys love anything to do with nature, dinosaurs or Transformers. This lake was a rather large hit with them. The simplicity of a big brother and little brother sharing a moment is precious to me...

The cousins....they thought we were a little crazy....can you tell by the looks on their faces? There is an adorable one with them smiling...but I need to keep some surprises!

I got to take pictures of this little guy when he was in his momma's belly last October. It was a joy to take his pictures this year! Once he starts to smile, there is no stopping him. He is just precious...

The "magic" picture...

Happy 5th Birthday A! It is always a joy to capture you as you grow up. Hope you all like the pictures. It was fun and can not wait to get you the rest of the pictures! :)

Getting back behind the camera...

It has been awhile dear camera of mine since we have done much work together! I got to meet up with this wonderful family yesterday to capture their family. It was so much fun and very deja vu! We met at the same location about 4 years ago and had a very similar shoot. It was adorable that their son remembered each location we were at before and mentioned it when we went to the same spot this time. I just loved spending part of my morning with this family. They are fun and capturing them with my camera felt easy. There are SO many images I am in love with, so I just chose some of my favorites here! I hope you guys like them :)

This brother and sister pair are so adorable. They feed off of each other and love each other so much. He is so protective of her and she wants to do everything he does. I loved it!

I do not know what other things melt my heart as much as a father and daughter....

Isn't she just the most precious! Her personality was so easy to see in these images. She is full of life, laughter and love for her family.

I just love her sweet curiosity. Plus the reflection of her just gets me...

That's right, a mother son picture melts my heart as much as a father daughter!

How can you not just fall in love with these two adorable kids! Christie and James, I hope you like these images. There are so many more, but I have to keep some a surprise! Enjoy!

An independence day boy...

This family holds such a special place in my heart. I have known them now for 4 years and have been capturing moments for them almost as long. This little man has been in front of my camera since he was just known as "Peanut" and had not met the world. Now he has turned 2! We met at a great local place, on one of the most humid days of the summer. Luckily he was full of smiles, because after about 30 minutes we were all spent! It was a fun morning. Heather, hope you like the images. As always, you know there are lots more I did not put up here!

The misters made him smile and dance around
Even though little man is not looking at the camera, to me the way he is looking at his Daddy is just precious...

For some reason, he has come up with new smiles the last few times we have taken pictures. It took some fun reverse psychology to even get him to this smile. He is such a sweet kid and so much fun to be around

Not much sweeter than a mother with her son

These brothers are not always the most affectionate, but today they were and it made me melt...and it was not the humidity!

This was where we finally got him to smile...

The Birthday Boy! I love that this dog has been in pictures with him since he was born.

As always, this was such a fun day! Hope you like them! :)

A family and a car...

I had the fun opportunity this week to do a unique session with a great family. My friend Heather has had this car since she was almost 16. There are so many fond memories for her attached to this vehicle. They decided to sell it and wanted to have something tangible to remember it by. So...off we went! It was a fun and different challenge, especially on an extremely windy day!

Heather, I hope you like these. There are plenty more, I just wanted to put up some of my favorites.

We tried to get the car to places which meant something to both Heather and Jeff. ASU and the car brought them together, so it is fitting to capture the memories there!

This little man has been blessing me with his smiles for almost 4 years now. He was in his cheesy smile mood...but it works! I love how it looks like he is rockin' out to some music here.

This little guy was having so much fun "driving" the car and waving to me. So much fun!

Another special location, and the bribe of hiking when the pictures were done!

Love the fact that I got these two still for a minute for this one. Plus...they are holding hands totally un-prompted!

How sweet that you can see them in the reflection of the car. This car is so special to them...

We tried to recapture a wedding shot moment. They have a very similar picture of them sitting in this car on their wedding day. A few years later and 2 kids, but still smiling and in love :)

I am not a huge car person, but this car is just a beauty to look at and photograph.

I have the greatest time with this family every time we get together. I do hope we got what you wanted, it was so much fun. I know this piece of your history will be missed, but it is going to such a great place! Enjoy these :)

Two boys and lots of smiles...

I had the pleasure of spending some time with this beautiful family this past weekend. This is a sweet friend of mine which made the experience even more fun. We played with the timing and the foliage to make this a great experience for the randomly napping infant and the allergy stricken family members! :)

I just kept adding my favorites to this post because there are so many images I just love from this session. Beth, I hope we got what you were imagining! There are more to come...but I have to keep some a surprise! Enjoy!

There is something so sweet and special about a mother with her two boys...

This little man does not like to smile for a camera. I kid you not, he would smile up a storm...until he saw my camera. I can be tricky though so we did get a few :)

It has been amazing to watch this little man grow up. I have known him since he was about 6 months old and he is now almost 4. What a sweet and special kid

Thank you for allowing me into this precious family time. It was a lot of fun. Hope you like these!