Little Audrey

The night before this session, right in the middle of the night, I woke up to thunder. I knew we were doing these pictures outside, and that the dad in this sweet, new little family of three was leaving the next day for Iraq. This could NOT be rescheduled. I was worried. I lay in bed listening to the thunder and the rain falling outside my window. I couldn't go back to sleep!  I said a little prayer in my heart that things would clear up and that we would be able to do this session as planned. Thankfully things DID clear up! It was a little chilly, but not too bad. We did keep little sweetie's onesie on, just because I felt like a little bit of clothing was better than nothing to keep her tiny little body warm. But what an angel! We got her all comfy and she just slept and slept. I just could have snuggled her all day long!

Brand New Family Part 2!

I didn't want to stop editing these yesterday... so here are a bunch more! I still have a few left to process, including a bunch of just their sweet little baby girl, so I'll have to do another post with just her later.

It was so fun talking to these two and getting to know them a little better. Holding their tiny little one reminded me of my oldest daughter when she was born. So itty-bitty! I think their little Audrey weighed 5 lbs 10 oz, and my Eryn weighed 5 lbs 14 oz. I told them to enjoy every second of her being tiny, because you'll blink and she'll be almost 13 and nearly as tall as you!

I love this picture. He was just so sweet with her. I can only imagine how difficult it is to leave your brand new baby girl and go so far away. Take care and hurry back, Justin! And again... thank you for your service to our country.

Brand New Family

What an awesome, new little family I got to meet today! Dad is in the army, and is leaving for Iraq TOMORROW! I'm so glad we were able to get some sweet family shots before he had to pack up and leave. Their beautiful little baby girl was born just 9 days ago. Here are just a couple of images... I'll post a bunch more in a few days :) Good luck Justin (and hang in there Jessica!) I'm so grateful to have men and women like these two who are willing to sacrifice so much for our country.

Welcome Back to Utah!

I sure did miss this cute family while they were living in Arizona. But they are BACK... and not just for a visit this time ;) I was so excited when Jess called and said that she already had outfits picked out and wanted to do a photo session. Her girls are pros. They have a mama who loves to take pictures (and is pretty good at it, too), so they've had LOTS and LOTS of practice. Little brother wasn't quite as excited. It didn't matter what kind of craziness and silliness I was doing, he didn't really care. Luckily I managed to snap some quick ones before he took off hunting for rocks to throw. I have a hard time narrowing pictures down for blogging, so here are a bunch. Hope you like 'em!

The "Boys!!"

"The Girls!!"

Aren't these two just the cutest princesses?

Little Brother... such a fun little handsome dude :)

Wedding Bells

 These two are getting married in the Washington D.C. Temple this Saturday. I sure wish I could be there to be a part of it, but atleast I got to shoot some fun bridals for them. They looked so great! I hope everything goes well for them back East. I couldn't narrow down the images much, so you'll just have to enjoy a whole bunch! Good luck Tim and Christina, and congratulations!!