I absolutely love sessions in the home. I feel like they are so personal and make the photos that much more special. Our homes change over the years, the decor, the furniture arrangement, etc., and it’s nice to have photo’s to look back on… Anna (whose family I always love to have in front of my camera – no matter where we are!) asked me to come to her home to capture her and her two kiddos. Adah, who is just full of personality and spunk, and brand new baby Lawton who is oh-so-sweet in that precious newborn kinda way

(this is another shoot from last year… still playing catch up!)

Anna, thank you for another wonderful session! XoXo

Another session from last year…finally hitting the blog!

Doug and Charlsey; they were so much fun to work with. The kind of people that when we met were total strangers and 2 hours later felt like old friends.
These are my favorites from their session. They chose to shoot at Treehouse Vineyards, and it was so gorgeous!

Doug and Charlsey, thank you again! I hope you are loving every minute of parenthood with your little girl! XoXo

It is nearly impossible to get a picture of all three of my girls together and smiling. Someone is always looking down or away, or frowning or sticking their tongue out, or something! And honestly, as I ran out in our front yard with them for 0.2 seconds before church (Okay, it was more like 2 minutes!) I tried not to get my expectations up. These are not perfect photo’s, but, I feel that they capture my girls perfectly. And that, makes me happy

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Weekend! Thanks for looking

Another shoot from last year… this time the Hallman family. I absolutely loved working with this family, the boys were entertaining and kept me laughing  And the sister in the family was so fun. She was up for anything I suggested and she had the great idea to include her Go-cart. I mean, what’s not to love?!

Sheena is also fabulous at backflips and a whole bunch of other things that I don’t know the name for! Here are just a few pictures…

To the Hallmans; thanks again for asking me to capture your family!

To the rest of you; thanks for looking!

Sometimes I pull out my camera just to capture the real moments that I don’t want to forget. Like how Tenley perfers ‘no pants’ these days, and Kennedy’s snaggle tooth smile.

Happy Monday Thanks for looking!

My newest niece, seventh granddaughter for my parents (still no grandsons!), Lainey Rae.
Born on January 22, 2015

I was in the middle of moving at the time, and was really no good at capturing her first few hours, days or even weeks (!) with my camera… but I did manage to finally get a few of her

Proud big sister, now middle child, Karis

These ‘real life’ moments are always my very favorites….

Mya and Karis are both so proud of their little sister…

Before we finished, we let my girls and Mya and Karis go crazy on the bed!

Happy Monday, Thanks for looking!

It’s what I love shooting. Life + Moments. It makes me happy. it’s why I started shooting so long ago. That and the fascination with the camera ;)
Sometimes, I forget how much I love it. I get busy using my camera ‘working’ and I don’t capture those everyday moments in our own lives. I don’t even want to pick up my camera if I am being honest! But Lately, I’ve picked up my camera a few times – just to capture those little moments, and I am so glad I did!

Dress up with cousins…

Snow Ice day!

What is it about this photo that makes me all teary?! The fact that it’s my three girlies together, incredibly happy to just be…the fact they are growing up so fast…the fact that I love them fiercely…. and pregnancy hormones may have something to do with it too! ha.

Thanks for looking

Cole is baby boy number three for this family. And I loved having them all in front of my camera last year!

Jamie, thank you for asking me to capture your boys!

Goodness seeing these images again makes me want spring!

These were taken last year in the spring, Easton and Ivory, brother and sister…

*I will be taking on a limited number of sessions this spring. Please contact me to ensure you get a spot!

Hannah, thank you for asking me to capture these for you

First post of the year – and first post in a looooong time – I decided to share a little peek of a beautiful birth story that I had the honor of shooting. It was my last session of 2014, and the first one to be shared in 2015 I hope you enjoy!

Andrew and Brittany asked me to photograph the birth of their son. I was nervous, and so excited! This is the first birth I’ve photographed, and it was truly an amazing experience. I love taking photo’s that have feeling. Photo’s that aren’t just pretty, but real. And honestly, a birth experience is real.

I tried to find the balance of being present, and making myself invisible while in the room with them.  I captured so many emotions, so many moments, so many feelings, and I am incredibly happy with how they all turned out.

Brittany and Andrew, Thank you. Thank you for trusting me and inviting me to capture this special time in your lives.

These photo’s are part of a sneak peek that I sent Brittany. She gave me permission to post.