DISASTER...

....Complete disaster.. and that's putting it mildly... This is what happens when my family tries to get together for family pictures. Yes, I'll admit it, we picked a horrible spot but when you're in Maricopa ... there's not to many "family friendly in a hurry to do pictures" places. So the sun was blasting everyone away, two babies were too tired to even be out there, one had too many toys to distract him, the oldest wouldn't cooperate, Grannie just tried to keep it together as long as she could, my parents.. what can you say, they didn't really help either... So this is the kind of pictures we got. I just look and shake my head and laugh.. and sometimes curse! But it'll do, I guess we'll have to remember family pictures just like this!!!

smiles :o)

This one has to be my very most favorite :) Just the gorgeous smiles that are so natural and playful. I just couldn't decide between the color and black and white... so you can decide!!


And these were just for fun.. we had to settle for some construction tunnels in the end because the grass was just saturated from all the rain. But it was fun and spontaneous! and kinda goofy! But that's why I love photography!

One more...

And probably a couple more tomorrow :) They just keep getting cuter and cuter!! I had to share some more... hopefully you guys like them as much as I do ;)

{tears}....

... tears of JOY and sadness all at the same time. As I sit here going through my pictures of one of my most favorite families in the whole world all I can do is cry and laugh and hope that we will have the opportunity soon to see each other and spend time together like that time we had this week. I spent the last few days at a family reunion and had the absolute pleasure of taking pictures of my cousin and her husband and gorgeous babies :) It was awesome, what a super awesome family :) A photographers dream!! So happy to be together and ofcourse some of the cutest little girls in town... well not my town anymore, but .. soon. hopefully ;) I will miss you guys more than you could know, thank you so much for letting me capture these wonderful memories for your family ... I love all of you :)