Big 5!

This cool guy is turning five! His birthday is tomorrow, but I just couldn't wait to post his cute 5-yr-old pics. We had quite the adventure on this shoot. We parked on Main Street, and decided to just walk around and find some fun spots. At one spot we stopped, I was standing on a pile of bricks to get a shot, and when I stepped down, my clutziness took over, and I totally biffed it. My leg was torn up, but luckily my camera came out of it alive! And I would have been really embarrassed, but since this handsome kid is my nephew, and it was just me, him and his mama... well let's just say that my sister knows me well enough to know that this is normal! Anyway, Happy Birthday Buddy! I can't believe you are five (and I can't believe that my baby sis is going to have a Kindergartner this fall!!!) Love you guys, and we'll see you tomorrow on the big day :)

Engaged!

I was so excited when my sweet sister-in-law asked me to take her engagement pictures! I knew it would be fun, because these two crazy lovebirds ARE fun!! It was quite an adventure trying to get to the right location, however. I had some great ideas... but when we got to the first location, we just drove past. I could tell that there was SOMETHING going on there. Tons of cars... lots of people... so it was off to the second location. As soon as we pulled in there, it didn't look good. Apparently there was a concert going on there. Good thing I had a third location in mind. It turned out to be a great place and we took about a million shots there, then decided to go back and try the first location again. I knew there were some spots there that were no where near the crowd. Turns out it was some kind of huge party with loud music and tons of teenagers (I think it may have been a church youth activity). So we just stayed up the hill from them and it turned out to be great! These two get married in August in the Washington D.C. Temple. Oh, how I wish I could be out there for the wedding!! Hopefully I'll get to take her bridals pics (HINT HINT!) Well, it was hard to narrow down favorites, so I posted a whole bunch. Enjoy! :)

Super Fun Family!

Happy birthday to the awesome and amazing mom of this family! This is seriously one of the coolest families I've ever met. They are so fun, and have such a great bond. And their yard? HELLO! Best. Yard. Ever!

Dad and the boys. Serious one second, laughing their heads off the next. I don't think they are really that serious ever. :)

The girls: Aren't they gorgeous!?

I hope my kids grow up to be half as awesome as these guys. They are so great and you can tell they have a really special bond.

These last couple of fun shots were totally the Dad's idea! Are they not the coolest?

One for now...

What a fun family! This is the first of many to come. I've just barely started editing these, but I had to post one...

More...

I thought I should post a few more images of the soon-to-be missionary. Hopefully we'll be doing some family portraits with his family next week (if the weather cooperates!) while his brother is home for a few days. Should be FUN!!

Meanwhile, enjoy these ones :)

And here are a couple of his personal faves. I think he's going to miss the Harley (and his truck)! He may be riding a different kind of bike on his mission... to bad he can't just take the Harley.

Called to Serve

This handsome young man is getting ready to leave on a 2 year church mission. He's a great kid, and I know his parents are proud of him. In fact, I'm gonna have to ask his mom for some advice on how to raise good boys, because she's a pro. (I thought I'd better get a little sneak peek up quickly for her.) Good luck, Nash! You are going to do great. I'll be posting more pics soon!

Little Princess

I was so excited to see this Little Princess again. I got to meet her and her big brother last fall for their Christmas portraits, and she has grown so much! She was all smiles when they walked in the door, but then it was all business when she got dressed up and sat down for pics. She was the sweetest thing, though. Even when she would s l o w l y tip over onto her side every once in a while, she just acted like it was supposed to happen. No big deal. She was just as pleasant as can be. I had a great time, and it was fun to see that cute big brother again too.

Handsome Boys

Here are a few more of those handsome brothers. I'm loving square crops right now, and these close-ups were perfect as squares, at least I think so! I hope their parents know that they are in TROUBLE in a few years!!