Archive for the ‘Children’ Category

Eleven years of marriage, and three beautiful children…and Jeff and Kristen still have that sweet, caring love for eachother. It’s obvious.  I drove from Toledo and they drove from FlatRock to meet in the middle at Monroe’s historical barn site. No one was out this evening except for us and it was so enjoyable to play around and to photograph their connections. Big brother Jake was honestly the biggest help as he rounded up two year old Cade. Little Cade LOVES to run…infact within 2 seconds of taking a family picture, dad said,”Ok, Cade, are you ready??” He set him down and Cade ran right to me with a huge grin on his face. I think most of his smiles came from escaping. I loved everything about this family as it is so nice to witness the clarity of their  love.

I am loving all these names lately-Sloane, Charlotte and now Delilha…how pretty. And yes, Delilha is a beauty. She came in with her big sister Leilani, who turned 3 recently. So while Delilha tried to sleep, I spent some girl time with Leilani, who I can’t help but love.  She brought her magic princess wand and mom and dad didn’t mind that she turned us into frogs. We talked silly talk and laughed about absolutely nothing except the fact they we were talking in funny voices. I think sometimes I make myself laugh harder than the kids, which is even funnier.  So, we all hung out in the studio and waited for Delilha to fall asleep, which she eventually did! Before packing up to leave, I took one look at this fresh newborn and thought how peaceful she looked just hanging out in the basket…though the shoot was officially ‘over’, sometimes we just can’t help continuing…and the last picture is just that, moments before heading out the door.  Tony and Kristin-it was good to see you both again, you two are blessed- bigtime.

I drove north to Manitou Beach a couple weeks ago to meet up with Brycon and his family for a few pictures of him turning 3. As I got out of my car, there was Brycon with a grin on his face and running around full of energy. This little boy has so many expressions and he is bursting with personality.  We roamed their property and also borrowed the neighbors blue garage to take some pictures at.  Between snacks we played in the sand, dipped our feet in the water and played around with the wagon. Brycon showed off his muscles by flexing for me   O, how I loved how relaxed this shoot was. Melissa and Mike, you can tell how comfortable you are with Brycon and it shows. While little guy is doing his own thing, you two are  just enjoying him. Thanks for having me up over the holiday!