The Cutest Kid contest winner....

In the beginning of the year I ran a Cutest Kid contest. It was a lot of fun and I loved seeing the involvement of all the parents, friends and families who rallied to support the kids with their votes. The winner of the contest was adorable little Abby. Her mama worked so hard and posted daily without fail to gain support and she must have a million people in her life because the amount of votes was staggering! So good job to Abby's mama and to all the dedicated people in her life! We had her mini-session a few weeks ago and it was tons of fun. Abby and her sister are little gems! We giggled a lot and played a lot and at the end we had a good old fashioned game of chase! So fun! Thanks E, M, Abby and Ella! It was so fun to see you again!
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My new nephew Jacob....

Jacob was born on the 6th just after midnight. He is 4 weeks early and is having trouble breathing. His lungs are not fully developed and they think it could be another week before he's ready to come home. I got to see him this weekend on my trip to the AV. He's super sweet and it killed me to not be able to hold him and to see him in there with all those wires attached. I'm keeping him in my prayers and if you could say a prayer for him to that would be so awesome!

Shayla, Rhett, and Jack {Engaged}

These are three of my most favorite people in the world. I am so excited to be in their lives and so happy that I got to capture these images for them. They will look back on these in 50 years and smile for sure. I know I will. I couldn't even get through editing a sneak peek without crying a few times. That's how much they mean to me. I'm sooooo excited to shoot their wedding too!! Shayla, Rett, and Jacka-rooni..I love you! Enjoy your peek!

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The privilege of a Family session......

When I think of doing family sessions I first think of all the work. I'm not going to lie and say it's easy. It's just not. There are personalities and moods of kids and trying to get them to all look at you at the same time takes some planning, creativity and the complete resolve that you will no doubt be a nerd for the day. Let's face it, jumping around, yelling funny things, blowing kazoos and whistles, and playing countless games of "I'm gonnnnnnnna getcha!" can make you feel like a big ol' nerd. Lucky for me I don't mind that feeling at all, in fact it's probably what I'm most comfy with. Afterall, it's more fun! But after the thought of how much work it will be I'm overtaken with the priviledge of the task. The amount of planning and work will show in the portraits that will be with the family for always. I have the task of capturing a family at a special time in their journey together and that's an important job. I had the pleasure of spending time with the "T" family recently to do just that, and it was fun! We went to 3 locations with lots of furniture and we shot until the sun went down. It was truly a pleasure spending that time with you "T" family. I'm honored to be chosen to capture this time in your life! I hope that you enjoy your peek!

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Movie Night on the Blog for E and Z's family!

Miss E and Z have family all over and their mama thought it would be nice if the family who are not nearby could also view their session video, I agree! I hope you all enjoy!
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2 Princesses are better then one...

That is exactly what Little Miss "E" and "Z" are...princesses. They are so sweet and girly and beautiful and I enjoyed my session with them and their sweet mama so much. We decided that a play environment would be best for their session so we took them on location with all kinds of fun things to keep them busy and I chased them around taking pictures. We had dolls and strollers, wagons, and bubbles, tons of dresses and even an old fashioned pedal car. Thank you for the fun time girls! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

Cinderella Couture - Laura

I had the pleasure of spending time with another fellow photog to do a vintage inspired Cinderella session. When she contacted me she said she had a tea-length dress and I was sooo excited! I love all things vintage! I quickly got together a few special items that would help pull us into 1950 and we set a date. Laura showed up with her makeup beautifully done and her hair perfect. We had a good time, she drew a teeny tiny little blood on her finger, jumped off a wall, sat in the weeds, and in the end we got to eat cupcakes that she brought from Casey's Cupcakes in Riverside, YUM, YUM, YUUMMMMMY!
Thank you Laura for a wonderful session, beautiful pictures and friendship!
I hope you love them!