out in the country

I got a call from this lady wanting to do pictures of her grand kids for father's day! I thought it was a great idea! She talked about how cute the kids were (twins Lauryn and Nicolas and older sister Cameryn) and how she really wanted it done on her country property just west of Kersey. I was excited to do something different and when I arrived I was amazed by the view of the mountains and the gorgeous areas to do pictures. After we talked awhile I found out that Diane, the grandma, is actually the mother to an old high school friend of mine. Amazing the connections that we find through the hobbies and jobs we have :) This is super sized because I could not pick a favorite!

uncle kirk

My children absolutely love it when Uncle Kirk gets to town! He is like a ride at Disneyland, he is so fun and probably plays just as hard with the kids as they do with him when he comes home for a visit. I say comes home for a visit, because he usually doesn't come home but 2 times per year from Chicago where he has lived for 10+ years. When he does visit, it is usually a pretty short visit and so we try to jam pack the weekends with family and everything that revolves around the kids being with Uncle Kirk. This year, my niece Jayda was able to enjoy the visit as well although at first she was not too sure about this guy my kids call Unc Kirk! After a weekend together, even she had as much fun with him as the rest did! We took advantage of my parent's gorgeous backyard and a cloudy afternoon on Friday to get lasting memories of their time with him!

baby john "bean"

Sweet baby John.....he was not going to sleep for me even though his mommy said that he sleeps all the time :) John was born 18 days ago, on my daughter's birthday, in my book that makes him a pretty special baby boy! I work with his mommy, you will remember her from our maternity shoot we did about a month ago, and I am so honored to be able to have come in and taken their pictures. I rearranged their whole house and they were okay with it! Despite baby not sleeping we still got some good shots and some great baby faces too!

magic hour

Tonight my son Karson had a baseball game at 5:30 and after we went to dinner, on the way home, as I was looking at the sunset I was so happy I had my camera with me! It was MAGIC HOUR! 8:15 pm and the sun was setting and the light was a photographer's dream, so my wonderful hubby (he understands these crazy ideas I get) pulled over at the closest park and we ran outside and took pictures of the kids. Karson was still in his baseball uniform (thank God he was not wearing eye black :) Kyndal was not dressed very nice and her hair was a mess, but it was what it was and I think these are my favorite pictures of them to date! I wish I could get all my clients to believe me when I say that evening shots are the best ones!

great friends, great fun

The P-family has been friends of ours for a long time, our husbands have been friends for 20+ years, our boys play sports together, our little girls fight like sisters and we mom's sit back and take it all in :) I have been photographing this family since I started taking pictures for other people 3 years ago and every year I still get nervous about doing these photos! Nervous because I want them to be the very best! The kids are growing into beautiful children, and yes, even though Maci and Brendan have blonde hair, Tori is their sister with dark hair and gorgeous aqua blue eyes.....those are her eyes, no editing there! There were so many great pictures, it was hard to choose, but here are some of my favorites.

westover family

It has been a year since I got to photograph the Westover family! In that year, they have referred several clients to me and I am so grateful! The last time I photographed the kids, Darrin was a newborn (remember the firetruck post :) )? That was one of my favorite shoots! Well, here they are again, this time the whole family, Darrin is one already! We had a great time playing and taking pictures. One of my favorite things about taking pictures is the candid moments that I am able to catch on camera, that truly tell a story!