Family Time {A Lifestyle Session}

It was a icy and cold Saturday morning this past weekend, but I was kindly invited into a beautiful and cozy home for some family time. You may recognize this family from other shoots on the blog and website, as they are faithful supporters of ours, and good friends too.

Their littlest girl just turned 1 in December, and with the hustle and bustle of life we didn't exactly hit her one year mark. This family has been through a lot lately. The dad, Michael, went through a life altering accident as he fell from a ladder a few months back. He suffered major damage to his body, but he proved his strength went much more beyond flesh and bones...With prayer, help from family and friends, and therapy, he is doing much better. It made me so happy to see them all together and happy, once more.

So, within a hour and a half we baked a cake, started a fire together, played with toys, went out to play in the snow, came in and got a snack, and then snuggled together in bed to watch a movie...well, at least they did...and I was there to document it. :) Thanks you guys!























These last two photos are two of my favorites from the session. They are a little artsy, but I know this family, and they tend to like my artsy stuff. :) This one just about melts my heart...


...and this moment between Mama and daughter...I love it.

Fun in the City {A Lifestlye Session}

***WARNING!!! THIS POST CONTAIN MANY, MANY, PHOTOS. TOOO MANY MOMENTS I WANTED TO SHARE, I JUST COULDN'T DECIDE***

What a family. What fun we had. Seriously, what fun WE had. We decided on an urban setting for this family's lifestyle session. This family is fun, cool, and contemporary, so something different was in order. Did I mention we had fun?

Ok, so without further ado, let me introduce you to this family.


Here's Mom and Dad...they are cute.


They have 4 wonderful children.


Here's how they got them...


And another that resembles an old movie scene, I just couldn't pass up...


This is what the kids think of all this grossness...


These are the 4 children. First there was Olivia.


Then Austin came along...


Then there is Emma...


And last, but not least, little Ethan.





The wonders of a big family...





YEAAAA for big families!!


Oh yeah, did I mention they like Starbucks??


Well at least the Dad does...A-L-O-T. (I feel ya.)


Thanks you guys for a great time! Brett and I had SOOO much fun with you all. Thank you for your patience on waiting for the blog. (I heard you precious little kids were checking it often :)

Can't wait to do this again sometime...maybe take over Kings Island next? Woo-Hoo!!!

Four wonderful generations

Even though we picked the coldest day this fall to do pictures, it didn't spoil the mood for this fun family. This is my friend Becky's family, (you may remember her and her beautiful girls from a few posts before). Her Mom, brother, and grandmother decided to join together and get some family photos. I have always had a love of generational photos, so I was really excited. :)

What I love about this family is how they don't mind being goofy and having fun. They played "pass the hat" and everyone had at least one photo in Emma's (the 5 yr. old's) hat! This session was more like family playtime, and Brett and I got to tag along. That made us happy :)

Thanks you guys!!

More Family Fun....

So, here is my other friend that I had the privilege of photographing last weekend. She is my dear friend Tracy, and we also have been pals since high school. It was fun (yet chilly) Sunday taking photos of her with her 2 sisters, her husband and son, her niece, and her Dad and his girlfriend.

I was laughing so hard at some of the faces of the sister shots!!! I LOVE THE DRAMA girls. I could have done a whole post dedicated to you with how many cute shots we got of you three!! (Kari, you crack me up-just wait until you see the whole session)