Bea-u-tiful!

This is one of my closest friend EVER. She's awesome and one of the things I will miss the most about Arizona. I can't believe I am going to miss her little man growing up. So unfair. Her girls have become like my own.
We had a lot of fun going out and getting all kinds of dirty for these pictures. We found a new location (that I have been sworn to secrecy on) and had a great time exploring. The light was PERFECT and everything about my preggers friend was as well. I love taking pictures of pretty people. It takes the work out of the job. :)

Yummy Baby

I had a BLAST shooting this little angel. She was PERFECT the entire time. Mommy was a great assistant, too. I think more than anything she was just glad to be able to move around with relative ease after being pregnant for far too long. Too bad they don't stay this little forever, huh? I'm sure she's already grown a ton.

Ash

Meet Ashby. She's awesome. AWE.SOME. I pink puffy heart this little mama. We've been friends since we started our college careers together. (We'll say it was a mere 5 years ago as to not sound too old. ;) ) She's preggers with her third so I begged and pleaded with her to let me take pics. It was so fun and just 24 hours later little baby L made her big debut. Fear not, I went to the hospital and smothered the little thing with kisses galore. I thought about making a run for it with her but they have all kinds of alarms on those babes. Plus, Ash would have probably been all kinds of mad at me. I did, however, make it back over to her place to take pictures when that sweet little thing was only four days old. She was a DREAM!! Pictures of that coming soon!

"Ummm... Ash... there may or may not be chocolate all over the left side of your chin..."

This one is my fave...

The First in a While

I catch a lot of good candid shots of my kids. But RARELY do I take them out for an actual photo shoot. Honestly, after this one I remembered why. In the end it was all worth it because I did get some REALLY cute pics that are in the process of becoming canvases in my home.

One of my Oldest Friends Ever

This amazingly beautiful girl is my old roomie... In fact, before we were roommates, we met and become close friends/pen pals at a church camp when we were 15 years old. We have officially been friends longer than we haven't been friends. (Starting to feel super old here!) I ADORE her!! And her true love. They are so stinking cute together and they are PERFECT together. I am so glad I got to take their pictures. I know these two lovebirds are going to have a long happy life together filled with over analyzing and rehashing. :)

Current Favorite Picture

This picture is my current favorite for so many reasons.

1. It's my family.

2. Look at my Grandma's face. Absolute JOY!... despite being surrounded by these bafoons.

3. It's so real. I mean, it's posed, of course, but you can see the laughter in their eyes. I LOVE LOVE LOVE pictures like that. Pictures where you can tell that while people know there is a picture being taken, they are genuinely having fun.

All that being said, the busy background is driving me batty. But it's a wedding. Lots of people around. :)

Muscle Man

I'll post more of this mini Superman and his super fam when I'm not crazy busy, crazy lazy, and crazy tired. But seriously, how awesome is this picture. He's my little Tag-man!

Sisters...

I love this girl. When I met her she was a cute little 10 year old... and now... well, clearly she isn't 10 anymore. I am so very grateful to count her as one of my sisters. One of the MANY benefits to marrying into Bryan's super aw some family.

I love that this picture says 2010 in the graffiti... totally random, right? So cool.

Distance Sucks

I just adored these two little long distance love birds. They did a bit of giggling and I couldn't help but tease them. Nate was MORE than willing to wrap his arms around his girlie and SUPER cooperative when I asked for a kiss. (Clarification: I was asking for him to kiss HER... I was NOT asking for a kiss for me...) I can already tell these two are going to have a blast being married. They laughed so much. That's a good thing in marriage. :) They are a beautiful couple and I can't wait for them to be married so they can live in the same state! Honestly don't know how they do it.

This is not one of the images they chose but I edited it anyways because I love it. I love the way she's looking at him and how sincere his smile is. The nice thing about editing a picture you aren't being paid to edit: I can do it however I want. :)

This was another personal choice. I love that there are hearts on her shoes...

Single Looking to Mingle

That's right. This cute thing is headed off to college in a few months and ready to meet some new boys. The best news is that the inside matches the outside. She is such an amazing girl and I get to work with her every week at church. It makes me happy to know that the future of this world and our church is in the hands of girls like her. She's so fun, cool, beautiful (obviously), motivated, and sees the whole picture. I had SO much fun going out and playing with her a few days ago!!