Category Archives: Family

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Summer Days.

June 12, 2010 – 12:54 am

I love this family.  I really do.  Mom’s oldest and my son are the same age, their birthdays are only 6 days apart.  And to think that 5.5 yrs later from when we first met, our babies are no longer babies anymore…makes me want to just cry.  I love that these 5 cousins each have their own individual personalities and sense of style (Hayden!)…but they are all definitely BOYS at heart!

These boys are always fun to photograph…in fact, this family was probably one of my very first to capture when I started out!  It has been a privilege and honor to watch these boys grow up and to be a part of their lives.  Thank you so much for choosing me to capture this precious time in your lives! 

Just a couple for now and more sneak peeks to come next week…I forsee lots of headswaps in my near future!  Bless these boys, it was a super hot summer day and we caught these in the last few minutes of our session.

I seem to be running a bit behind these days…summer seems to be throwing a wrench in my productivity!  Hope to get back on track soon and have your galleries ready as soon as I can.  Thanks for hanging in there with me!

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Treasured.

May 27, 2010 – 11:21 am

Last weekend I had the honor and privilege of meeting Angie Monson of Simplicity Photography in Salt Lake City, UT.  She is my inspiration, my hero, and I am completely in awe of her work.  I could honestly spend hours looking at her breathtakingly stunning images ALL DAY.  No joke.  Seriously, check it out for yourself and you will understand what I’m talking about. 

So you can imagine my excitement to have my family’s portraits taken by Angie…let’s just say, I was beside myself!  You should have seen me, I was a total mess getting ready for the session – so nervous and anxious…it was raining (like lightning and thundering!) outside…the kids were super crazy with excitement and COULD NOT SIT STILL for a second!…each of them cried at some point in the session….And in the midst of all that, Angie thankfully calmed my nerves, had a blast with the kids and shot some incredible images that I absolutely love and adore and will absolutely treasure for the rest of my life.

Without her permission, I can’t post our family’s sneak peeks to my blog, but you can go here to see for yourself!

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Unplugged.

May 20, 2010 – 12:13 pm

This sweet family was a joy to photograph!  Her boys were so cute, I couldn’t help but smile myself!  Mom and I go way back…I’ve known her since H.S. and as you can see she’s definitely kept her “babe-ish” looks, she looks exactly the same!  It was my privilege to spend the day with you guys and I can’t wait to show you the rest of your session…but for now, here’s a few quick sneak peeks~

I’ll be “unplugged” for the next few days, taking a break to spend some wonderful time with my wonderful family.  I’ll catch you on the flipside!

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His Royal Airness.

May 15, 2010 – 4:54 pm

Thought I’d share just a few more from this session, I couldn’t help myself.  He is absolutely precious!  Is it bad if  I leave every newborn session thinking, “That was my most favorite newborn session EVER!”??

And I know you were probably wondering where the title of this post came from.  In the famous words of my rockstar teacher Jen Hillenga at Texas School, “Wait for it, wait for it….”

Now off to work on my son’s end of year slideshow.  I think there’s only a couple thousand images to go through!  Wish me luck, I’m gonna need it!

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