Vacay

Here are a few of my favorites from a trip we took last week.

Look towards the Light

I love this picture. She looks like she's contemplating the deepest problems of the universe. I just told her to look out the window.

My Photog Friend

This is Chelsea. She's my neighbor. She's one of my photographer peeps. She's my really great friend. I really enjoy her company... besides, my little guy has a massive crush on her daughter. TOO CUTE!

Pretty Ladies

While I was in San Diego a few weeks ago a friend of mine and I forced a few of our other friends to "model" for us so we could take some pictures in this super fun location. Here's two of my favorite shots. Don't I have beautiful friends?

Slow on the Uptake...

Most Photographers do storyboards... I'm not most photograhpers. I'm lazy... and kinda dumb. But I'm learning. Here are two I just did of my kiddies and I like them. Hopefully I'll get better at them as I keep learning.

Little Fishies

My kids have the best swim teacher EVER! I love her to pieces! She's great with the kids and truly teaches them how to survive. I can't tell you the improvement I have seen the last 2 months with both of them. Here are some pictures from their swim lessons of them and the other kids in their classes. (Clearly I like the pictures of them jumping in the water... there are a lot more than just these-- like 100 more-- but these were some of my faves.)

A Few Pretty Pictures

Sometimes it's fun to take pictures of things that always cooperate, don't move, don't talk back to you... you know. Anyways, here are a few that I have taken recently that I really like.

What a Family!

This is my husband's brother and his family. I absolutely ADORE them! They are so awesome and we don't get to see them nearly enough. I'm noticing now that I have a lot of black and white ones... sorry... I guess I just really like the black and white thing today. :) I hope they like them. By the way, my KICK BOOTY new logo is compliments of this here little Daddy. He worked really hard and dealt with a red-headed, pregnant, cranky woman who he had to please. :) Isn't it awesome though? I love it. It's perfect and I can't wait to get it onto my website.

Baby O

I love this baby. Surprisingly, Daddy couldn't get her to laugh but when her fave aunt came along she was ALL smiles!!

Perty Sky

More of this Beautiful Family

Here are my favorites from this shoot. I really had a hard time narrowing it down because they are so perty. :)

Little Preview

I love this family. I mean, they are one of my favorite families in the whole wide universe. This picture is just them. So them. Sweet, loving, cute. I just loved this picture because it's who they are. More pictures to come. I have the BEST friends!! I'm so lucky they let me take pictures of them. (quick side note: this family and the family a few posts back in the pink, gray, and black live right by each other... good looking cul-du-sac, huh?)

Night

Interesting fact: Our eyes can't see all the colors that are out there at night (duh) but our camera can. This looked pitch black except for the lights on the trees... amazing. (I know, I'm a nerd... it's my photography teacher's fault... are you reading this, Wendy?) :)

By the way, while this looks like a resort, it's actually my backyard... ok, not MY backyard, but it's some one's backyard. (2 "some ones" I love very much.)

Family

This is my brother and his SUPER cute family. Their little girl is a miracle baby. They almost post her at birth... which is why it's kind of funny that she's such a little chunk. But, in true red-head fashion, she fought back and beat the odds. It was so fun taking pictures of them, especially since their little guy was happy with me. Last year (about this time) I smacked him with my camera and he has yet to forgive me. Seriously, crusty looks every time I see him. Smacking him was an accident... but that'll teach him not to smile for me!

Nature... Non Arizona Style

I took these pictures while on vacation last week. I loved this little field... stuck right in the middle of a neighborhood. I'll be posting some pictures soon of people in the field too! I know, SO exciting, right?! :)

Announcement

See this thing growing out in front of me? Not real sure what it is but it's getting in the way of me taking pictures... so, as of May 15th-ish I won't be doing any more family pictures until probably end of September or October. (I'm due in August.) I may still be able to do things like newborn shoots for a while longer but I don't even know about that.

What that means is that you're going to be seeing a whole lot of the same people on here... and they'll more than likely be related to me. :)

BTW, you may be able to bribe me to do pictures... but it would have to be with something REALLY good!! ;)

Easter Pictures

What a BEAUTIFUL family!!

Here are more pictures of this darling family. Such little camera hams they are and I'm glad. Made my job much easier. :)

Dude... get a room you two. Aren't they cute?

Just a few fun ones

I've been working on my backlighting and while this first one isn't backlighting, the rest are. I just couldn't resist the first one. She cracks me up.

The WHOLE Fam

I took pictures of this family a while ago and was excited to do it again on a bigger level. We had all three sisters and their families plus Grandma and Grandpa. It was a beautiful day and everyone was really cooperative... even the men. Here are a few.


Cousins and friends. They're the best kind because you're always close to them. (and you end up with tons of blackmail on them.) :)
What a beautiful girl!

Behind the scenes. This is what was going on while I was taking pictures of smaller groups.

Original recipe plus husbands...

You can tell who the reserved ones are and who the outgoing ones are... true personalities coming through.

The entire family. Good looking bunch, huh?

A Quick Peek

I'm going to post more pictures of this ADORABLE family but this one just summed it up in one picture. This is THEM... in all their chaotic glory. I love this family. They are great friends of ours and I'm sure will be for years to come. I seriously had a blast taking their pictures this morning. The kids were SO good. It was crazy... how often does that happen? 4 kids, all smiling, all cooperating, all sitting still, all looking at me. Nuts, I tell you. Once in a lifetime!

Puppy

She sleeps with this... it's her Puppy. Her brother sleeps with a puppy so she thinks her bunny is also one.

Love this picture. Not sure what it is. Just love it.

Baby Buddha

This child is the easiest child in the history of the universe to photograph. I could have been done in 15 minutes and still had a plethora of pictures to choose from. I can't even STAND how chunky he is. And his personality. The best news is I see him all the time and I get to smother him with hugs, kisses, and squeezes as much as I want!! He's the BEST!

p.s. While I was out of the room his mom played with my camera. She's the one that got the bottom picture. I LOVE it. LOVE IT!

I Can't Wait Until I'm Done

I'm sorry but I can't wait until I'm done editing these to post these pictures. I'm not sure why I find these pictures so awesome. It's certainly not my skills. I think it's Neal. The guy's amazing. He always has been. I'm sure I've driven him crazy since we were kids but he's my cousin so he HAS to love me. You know when you're kids... or teenagers and you watch your stud of a water polo playing cousin vomiting in your toilet late one night from... nevermind, we won't go there... anyways, you know when you're younger you wonder who will do what with their lives. I'm proud to say that Neal is one of the MOST amazing people I have EVER met. His only rival is his beautiful Italian, excuse me, Sicilian, wife.
So, Neal is now a brave firefighter. I am SO proud to be associated with him; to be related to him. He has a heart of gold, amazing taste in women (always has), and is one of the VERY cutest Daddy's in the world.
He let us have a tour of his Fire Station while we were out visiting last week. I can honestly say that it was the highlight of my little guy's trip. When he grows up he wants to be a "fireman dentist" and now waves and yells, "Hi, Uncle Neal" EVERY time we drive by a fire truck. It's THE cutest thing ever... next to these pictures.
Neal and Lisa's kids are so darling. I honestly don't know what it is about these pictures. It may be that I'm an emotional pregnant mess. It may be that I know that Neal will probably look at them, think they're cute, and move on with his life, never looking back. It may be that if I was Lisa, I would be beyond thrilled to have a picture of my little girl holding my husband's work hat that is so obviously been through it's share of messes. I just love these pictures. They make me want to cry... but we'll chalk that up to it being family; people I love, and pregnancy hormones.
I hope you guys like them. Thanks again for the fun day. :)

I may be posting a few more once I'm done... there are some of their little girl that are SO cute!

Spud...

Fire rescue dog... my cousin is a firefighter. Coolest guy. Although not super cooperative in the picture department. :) Lucky for him I love him anyways. More pictures to come of his cuter than cute kids... taken at the fire station. I really think that the tour of the fire station was the highlight of our trip to California. What a brave cousin I have... who've thunk it... I use to make him cry back in the day. (ok, only once but we have it on video.)

My Favorite Colors

This is my new favorite color combo for pictures. Perfect, right? I mean, totally girlie on her part but not at all girlie for him. (Got the BEST "I'm so cool" shot of him!!) I must have told these two at least 20 times how much I loved their clothes... I'm sure you'll agree with me.
I must also mention that these two love birds are also looking to add to their family. I seriously fell in love with these two along with the other couple. I kind of want them to adopt me... would that be weird? :) So, again, if you know anyone who is looking for an amazing, loving, LDS home, for their unborn child please contact me and I will get you in touch with this amazing couple. I could tell from my short encounter that they will be great parents.

Flowers In Winter

Aren't these flowers beautiful? When I get to take pictures like these it reminds me why I live in a place that serves as Satan's summer home. The winters are amazing!! (I'm not even going to mention how gorgeous the subject is here. I'm SURE it hasn't escaped your attention...) :)

Family In Waiting

How darling is this couple? I know what you're thinking: "A couple this cute is DESTINED to be parents!" I completely agree with you. And so do they. Right now they are trying to adopt a baby. Doesn't that just kill you? Don't you just want to give them one of yours? (At times every mom at least hesitates before she answers no... we all have those days. :)) Anyways, I am including their blog address JUST IN CASE you know someone who is giving a baby up. I know a few couples who would be amazing parents and who are patiently waiting for the stars to align so they can adopt a beautiful baby. And the blogging world is a crazy one. You never know who is reading your blog... I know it's a shot in the dark... but...

adoptionwishes.blogspot.com

SO Cute!

I had a lot of fun taking pictures of this family. They were SO adorable. I loved the littlest guy... when I told him to hug his brother, boy, that kid went to TOWN! Thanks for letting me snap a few pictures of your beautiful family!

Continuation of the Tutu...

Here are some pictures of Addi in her tutu. This shoot really was a lot of fun!

Tutu Much Fun!

(Like my play on words there? haha) Courtney, a really close friend of mine, and I took our girls over to Bridget Martineau's house. Bridget's husband turned their girls' bedroom into a dance studio. It is BEYOND adorable. I seriously LOVE it. So, we headed over there to take 18 month old pictures of the girls. We had a great time. Kenzie... not so much. She cheered up by the end but she REALLY gave me a run for my money and tried Courtney's patience. Anyways, we ended up getting some really cute shots of her. I'll be posting some of Addi soon. I hope you like them, Court!

Be All That You Can Be

I have a very special friend named Amy. I have taken pictures of Amy's family before. This time I took pictures of Any's baby boy and baby brother... who are big tough guys in the Armed Forces. Kevin is Amy's oldest child and joined the Air Force a few months ago. Amy's baby brother (who is all of 26 years old... and Kevin's uncle) is in the Army and will be serving over seas this year. I really enjoyed this shoot. Doing a more "serious" shoot but still having fun with it. I hope the pictures are what the had in mind.

These ones are of Chris, Amy's brother.

And here's Kevin, Amy's son.

The TRUE personalities coming through...

The Ebert Family

I had the wonderful privilege of taking pictures of the Ebert family the day after Christmas. It was SO SO SO COLD!!!! Seriously, us Zonies aren't use to that chilly air and even colder wind. The kids were less than thrilled and had a bit of a hard time... which led to us having to stop about 30 minutes early. But, I think we got some cute ones considering.

My favorite part about the picture above is the baby on the left. He looks like he's having a grand ol' time. (he wasn't...)

Oringinal recipe... can't you just tell that these kids had a great childhood? They look SO cute together!

Taggert and Baby Coco

I did Ry and Hill's family pictures a few weeks ago and a few days later Carson (aka: Coco) was blessed. So, here are a few pictures from the eventful week. LOVE those boys! (and their parents, I suppose.)

My Patient Friend

Ryan Courtney are some of our closest friends. Courtney is for sure my most patient friend. I took these pictures a month ago and am JUST NOW finishing them up. Because I took so long getting them done I am putting a nice amount of pictures on here for her to look at while she waits for the disk. I hope I got a few that she likes.

what a dork.

Spencer

Ryan's partner in crime... and brother in law.

Ryan

My cute baby brother... what a babe, huh?

Miss Personality...

Wanna know where she gets her sass? Mom.

Don't mess with Mom. Trust me; I know.

I'm Getting to Them...

Promise! But until I do, here's a preview. I thought it was cute. Oh, I DID get some cute ones of Kenzie... and TONS of Blakers. Love those kids.

I Love this Picture!

I just think it's so pretty. SHE'S so pretty. I think that's why I like it. (Brian's not bad himself...) ;)

For Heather

Heather is a great friend of mine. We are in the same ward and she has listened to my endless wining regarding my forever-a-student husband... and she understands! I LOVED taking pictures of her family. They were SO darling and an absolute crack up. Heather is one of my favorite people. She even MOVED so that we could stay in the same ward after the split! What a sweetie! :)