Chad and I have been traveling around the Midwest to visit our families. While on the train today, I began thinking about my favorite family memories and realized that some from JUNE deserve to be posted before I make even more memories over the next few days. Here are some highlights from the day Chad and I got to babysit our 16-month-old niece and observe my sister's sweet family.
Read MoreMitch and Jenna are great friends of ours. When we lived in Wisconsin together, we were especially blessed by their friendship and involvement in our lives. Any moment now, we'll all be expecting an announcement from this family regarding the arrival of Baby Boy #2! I'm SO glad we snagged these documentary family photos of them back in July when we visited, as their season of life is very quickly about to change. I love these photo highlights...
Read MoreTomorrow, Emmalin turns one! To celebrate Adam and Melissa's first year of parenting, I wanted to share a few photo highlights of their family that I believe embody their genuine love for each other. Emmalin was 10 months old in these photos, and her cute expressions and content, easygoing personality are simply adorable. Even their dogs, Niko and Finly made an appearance!
Read MoreAnytime I have a chance to document motherhood, it's a true joy. This Mini Session with Mimi and her sweet little Charlie was certainly one of those opportunities. Mimi told me that she and her son had never had professional portraits together before, but that she loved the documentary style of capturing their "real life" together, so this Real Life Session with us was ideal!
Read MoreWhen we casually met Jacob and Ashlee nearly two years ago at a conference in Atlanta, we did not imagine that today we'd be navigating life's journeys together as friends and roommates. We loved the recent opportunity to take some photos of them for their Christmas card and wanted to publicly thank them for their friendship. I hope you enjoy this story and these sweet image highlights...
Read MoreCheck out some of my favorite shots from our afternoon together...
We snuck Rebekah away during some of the party prep and snagged some super-cute portraits of her. Once family and friends arrived, it was party time! Although she wasn't the biggest fan of frosting & cake, she did love the presents she received and all of the friendly attention, laughter and love.
Check out some of my favorite photos from the day:
In October, Chad and I had the honor of hanging out with the Johnson family for a couple hours. It was a gorgeous fall day...a little chilly, but the boys (4 and 6 yrs old) were definitely keeping us all moving to stay warm! They were so much fun!
...And are the eyes of every person in this family not GORGEOUS??
Our weekend in Oregon also challenged me to take some portraits of people, which I haven't experimented much with. Sara, Randy & Summer let me stalk them a bit on the beach during their tackle football game and also at The International Rose Test Garden in Portland (which has been there since 1917!).
