Sam & Lyric

These guys are getting married on my birthday! Congratulations :)













Thanks for letting me hang out with you for a while - it was too fun!

It's Not Too Early

Every year I pass this shed covered in these gorgeous red leaves, and I think - "I have GOT to do a shoot in front of those!" But they are really short lived, so I have missed them a few times. Not this year! Poor kids - I ran in the door with new shirts and yelled "everybody put these on - we are going to take pictures in 15 minutes!" They were all such good sports - even hubby!



It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas card photos, by the way! In fact, I am running a special...



so call soon!

This is my WHY

Family is an amazing thing. These little groups of people that share their lives so closely - all the laughter, all the frustrations, all the mistakes and forgiveness, all the growth and all the joy. I believe with every piece of my heart that there is nothing that can bring more happiness than family.

And this is why I love to do this photography stuff!

Sometimes I think that we can get so caught up in the mundane - the running back and forth to school and work and ball practice, cleaning the bathrooms, the laundry laundry LAUNDRY - that we can miss how incredibly beautiful our families are.



This mom is so awesome! She totally "got it" - the whole "Just Be" philosophy (Tara Whitney - I want to be her when I grow up!)



I love that you can see how much fun they have together.



I love that you can see how crazy they are about each other.



And I love what you can see in those kids - their confidence and their spunk, maybe a little shyness. I hope that when Mom & Dad look at these five or twenty years down the road that they can remember them just how they are today.









Thanks guys so much! It was so fun to follow you around for awhile! I hope you love looking at these as much as I loved taking them!

Spring Creek Sneak Peek

We've been missing more than blog posts.....

How cute is he?!

What I have been up to...

I have been so busy lately, and it has been so much fun! Just a few sneak peeks if you were looking for them:

Preschool

Yay for no more snow!

Yesterday for Mother's Day a bunch of us went out to the Nisbet cabin. We roasted hot dogs & marshmellows and laughed and relaxed. It was so much fun and I am so looking forward to another summer!

My girls are growing up!

So are my boys, of course, but this was a big week for the girls.