Kind of seems crazy that each year as the holidays approach the thought of shooting my own family is dreadful- so this year I took a different approach to it. No fancy clothes- well, maybe on the baby…she doesn’t talk back yet..lol- No sit here and pose or do this or that and guess what? You only want to shoot for 20 minutes, okay?! I tried to capture my own little munchkins as they are.

My oldest- hates the thought of taking pictures, but once he is there he LOVES it an totally pulls out the GQ moves.

My middle- never ever stops moving- won’t look at me to save her life and is generally just the goofiest little thing!

The baby- super sweet, photogenic, and pretty much the cutest baby out there.

So there ya have it my little imperfect perfect family.

Yep- she just mooned me!

Told ya she was crazy!

Check out those thighs!

  What an honor…….I was asked again by the amazing Heather of Weddings By Heather  to shoot some images for the family Christmas card.

She is one of those people that gives without expecting anything in return:

“Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.”

Luke 6:35

Okay- not that I am her enemy : – ), but hey she is always helping other local photographers……..potentially her competition. She has instilled in me a sense of sharing with other in our field. When I was first starting out her and another great photographer David Burke would help guide me.

They give me confidence and encouragement, along with some great technical and practical knowledge. I am forever grateful.

Onto the pictures!  We were blessed with amazingly beautiful sunshine, buuuut it was a tad chilly. I am pretty sure we almost lost little mister to frostbite.

So even with an abbreviated session I think we captured this family just beautifully. They really are beautiful on the inside and out!

Thank you again Heather & Co.

“No one was harmed in the making of these images ”

Well- it is here…smack dab in the middle of busy season. Some days I think I won’t survive, but then another day comes and goes and I am still here ; – )

What an incredible blessing to be able to give families beautiful memories- that thought keeps me going through the many sleep skipping nights !

So at 3:01 am as I write this- this family still brings a smile to my face. So full of life.

I was contacted bu this mom to do something a bit out of my norm, but hey I am always up for the challenge.

A horse- she says…why sure ; – )

So on this beautiful farm we watch them play.

To see them interact and just be themselves was awesome….jumping from hay stack to haystack- sword fighting- pretending that Mr.Ed was a real live unicorn- and finally running of into the sunset just for fun. Pure joy and ease.

Not a care in the world here.

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Thanks for being so patient mom! Hope you love them.