sneak peek.

I was so excited to get to work with this sweet family.  I met Gwen at the festival that I did some weeks ago. Even though she has 3 kids she had taken the chance to be with just her one son and he was loving the opportunity of having her all to himself.  Gwen is a beautiful mother in so many ways.

When I arrived the boys were ready to show me all of the cool stuff they could do...and I loved that!

Gwen and Jeremy are really great parents.  It's so obvious how much they love their kids.  And even if their life is busy...they really love the chance to be together and it shows.

We ran around the house grabbing shots in the bedroom and on the porch.  We played candyland, jumped on the bed, read books, blew bubbles and went to a horse farm for a few minutes (all of that will be coming later).

For now here's a quick look at this family because....their real life is beautiful...

fun. LOVE.

sneak peek.

I was so excited to meet this family! I spoke with Iris on the phone a few times before our session and she told me about their RV (you'll get to see those pictures later).  I knew it would be fun to get some images of them hanging out together.

The thing that I loved about this sweet family was the affection they showed each other and the fun they had together.  Iris and Brian are wonderful parents and it shows in their girls.  They are good and caring and love their parents dearly.

It's such a gift to get to be around such a beautiful family.  Thank you!

show. LOVE.

sneak peek.

Rachel was so much fun.  Her family lives on all kinds of acres of gorgeous, wild land.  We trudged through trails that their family has made over the years to her favorite place to sit, hang out, play in the creek with her friends, and spend time.  

The weather kept teasing us and we had a little rain and then a little sunshine and then no sunshine...we laughed and hiked and talked.

The woods are a magical place.  Imagination can fly and you can lose yourself and find yourself all in one day.

Every person needs a chance to fall in love with the wild beyond.

Thank you for a wonderful time, Rachel...and you too, Machete Man.

beautiful. LIFE.

sneak peek.

The buttercups were in full bloom.   I like saying that...buttercups.  (You can't help but smile and think happy thoughts when you say buttercups.)

It was beautiful. 

Marie rescues horses...well, she doesn't actually rescue them but she volunteers at a farm that rescues horses and she helps to nurse these starving, hurt, maimed, beautiful horses back to health with food and some tender loving care.  We decided it would be the perfect place for her family's session because it's one of her favorite places and fields of flowers are a favorite of her girls.

We walked around trying to catch roosters and petting horses (more of those photographs to come later...) and the weather cooperated while we talked about flying airplanes (both Marie and her husband, Allan, are pilots) and climbing trees and picking flower bouquets (for moms you love more than anything) and why the horses (that let us get close to them) were on the farm.

It was a very lovely day...

flower-ful. LIFE.

sneak peek.

When I heard that Dan was a wakeboarder I knew we were definitely going to have a great shoot if he was up for going out on the water!  I was so excited that he and his family decided to take me out for my first trip out on to the lake since I moved here.  

Dan was a natural on the water and that made for some really great images.  His entire shoot is really fun...you'll see more of those later.  I love that I got to just hang out with Dan and his family while Dan did what he loves to do.  

Thanks for a great time!

Now...enjoy this jump...

lake. LIFE.