15 YEARS

This couple gave each other a photo shoot for their 15th wedding anniversary! How darn sweet is that??? What a fantastic idea... this time in their lives... captured on film forever.

Their kids were so mild mannered and polite! It was a pleasure to work with them. (I should qualify that by saying... Miss "B" was most cooperative until I had the bright idea to have Dad splash her with water. She didn't really care for the salt in her eyes and I don' blame her!) Enjoy your preview and here is to another 15 years...

Do you think she has EVER had her picture taken before? I'd say she knows how to work it!!!!!!

My Guy

So I really have a "thang" for baby teeth. And here is my baby with two loose teeth! Not just any loose teeth... but his first loose teeth! So what do I do???? Of course I do a photo shoot to captures that picture perfect smile before he becomes a snaggle tooth! (Can you tell that he is kinda into Batman?)

{Young Ladies}

I had a great time photographing this family. As you can see... this is a family with all {beautiful} girls. They were all so pleasant. In my own life, there are moments in time (okay, everyday) when I look at my girls and I think "OMG, all of this emotion... and this is without any hormones!" As I watched these young ladies, they were so enjoyable to be around! I am encouraged. I know their mom is probably rolling her eyes reading this! Isn't it so true that children in general give everyone else their best side? For us moms... we seem to get the brunt. While I know I don't see what happens behind the scenes, at the very least I can say that it is possible to get three older girls to behave in public! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Close To My Heart

Sooo... here is a little bit of my story. It is Mr. Jack who launched me into the world of photography. This little guy was born dangerously premature. His mom {one of my closest friends} still couldn't drive, so I took her to the hospital to visit him. It was then that I {insisted} on taking pictures of him in the ICU. The pictures include a shot of his fist... adjacent to his tiny newborn tag on his clothes. The tag was actually larger than his hand! Jack eventually made it home. Weeks later, I got a phone call from his mom that went something like "I don't care if you want to... your coming over and taking his pictures!" ~smile~ So we had a sheet, a camera and a baby... and somehow, the actual shots (amazingly) turned out to be incredible. Before the week was over, she had several friends calling me to book shoots! I quiet literally went out to buy a decent camera to photograph them.

So, pardon the one million pictures blogged below...this family is extremely close to my heart!

...Since Birth!

I have photographed these two since birth! They are too cute. I couldn't help but include this first shot because I LOVE IT! It completely shows their interaction. Miss "P" is not amused and Mr. "H" couldn't think it was any funnier! Doesn't that just sum up the sibling relationship? I know it does for the 3 kids that reside at my house! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Baby Blues

Could you just fall in {love} with these baby blues? Little man is so cute and so easy to work with. He truly makes my job a pleasure! We found this really cool old building on my trip back to Texas. I saw that it had a really great color of blue splashed on it and I knew it was a match made in heaven! Thanks for letting me photograph little man once again!

Sisters!

I tell you what... this was something else to watch play out! Miss "K" wasn't exactly into having her picture taken (initially). She wasn't comfortable doing an individual shot... or a family shot. About mid-way through I realized that she would do just about ANYTHING I asked if I would simply put her new baby sister in her arms! She adores that little girl. (Unlike my 10 and 8 year old girls that seem to fight non-stop!) All she wanted was to {kiss}, love and {dote} on her sister. I love the first image of her holding her hand. Mom... enjoy this moment (before you know it they will be fighting over clothes!) This really is a magical time :)

I LOVE this one... not sure why... I think it's because they look sooooo similar!

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