A baby announcement

This was something fun and new!!  I got to photograph a baby announcement!  They were looking for a fun way to tell their families.  What a great idea!  We went to a great little beach in Malibu--it had some really fun, colorful surfboards--so much fun!  

A Photo Field trip

Its always nice to get out and go somewhere different.  We ventured into LA for this fun family.  Love their bright colors, and the adorable munchkin down in front.  :)

Bollard Family

I love doing family pictures.   I know that in five, ten, twenty years, these photos will be priceless!  I know from my own experience, it is so hard to to get them done.  It takes a lot of effort to pick out outfits, schedule a time, and make sure everybody is happy, not hungry and in a good mood.  In the end, its all worth it.  Love this family!

California Mom

A sweet friend of mine had her fourth and final baby.  You can see her maternity photos here.  I had the pleasure of photographing her family some months later.  

My favorite Nashville Family

A while ago, my husband and I got to visit this most wonderful family.  They live in Nashville, and are our dear friends from our college days.  They have three of the most beautiful, blonde, blue eyed children.  We stayed up till the wee hours of the morning, talking and laughing.   We were bad guests, and they were the most wonderful hosts.  :)

Love them!

Any day now....

Any day now we are going to meet the new little cutie in this belly.  Good luck Mama!!--She's going to have a good big sister--check out this beautiful family here.

Old Friends, are the Best Friends

I just got back from Utah visiting my family, and a very rare meeting happened.  My two best friends from high school/college were all in our home town, and we were able to get together for an evening out.  I have not seen these girls in at least 7 or 8 years!  We had the best time just catching up--lots of laughs of  the funny, weird, things we did.  

This picture is one of my favorites.  We all must be about 20 years old--and can I just say, I hope overalls come back in style.  ;)  Could there be a more comfortable outfit--i think not!!  lol 

Kara hates this pic--but it was the last time we were really "together".  I knew I was going to be getting married, Jen was moving to New York to be a nanny, and Kara was going to  BYU Jerusalem for school.  We were leaving our youth, and heading out into the future.  :) 

 I LOVE this picture--it was taken at the airport saying good-bye to Jen, and we all got kind of teary, because we all knew.

So fast forward 14 years, and here is Jen!  She is about 6 months pregnant in these pictures, so she doesn't have a huge belly like you tend to see in maternity shoots, but, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some shots of my BFF from my childhood.  And wow, she has only gotten more beautiful with age.  

I'm kicking myself now that we didn't get a better picture of us together on our night out, since who knows when it may happen again.  But here we are after we'd laughed ourselves silly all night.  

I was so lucky to have them for friends.  Love them.