Murray Family Portraits

It was a beautiful evening the night I met with the Murray family to capture some portraits of their family.  These guys are personal friends of ours, and our kids absolutely love one another.  Their youngest is just three days younger than our youngest.  Destined to be best friends, just like their older sisters are!  🙂

Angel, the oldest, was not happy about having to walk through the long grass because she was worried about getting a tick.  I hope she didn’t end up with any.  But I did have them stand on a trunk for this photo, so I didn’t torture them too badly!

The baby.  But she isn’t really a baby anymore.  Why do our babies have to grow up so fast?!?

I love this one even if Dad isn’t looking at the camera.

Such a sweet family!  I love that they included their dog, Emma!

How sweet is this little guy?  He and my little guy have the best time together.  Don’t his pretty eyes look like little chocolate buttons?  I love them!

She has those chocolate button eyes too!

Took me a while, but I finally got a small smile out of her!

Mom told me she wanted one of them all walking together.  The baby kept taking off running, so I wasn’t sure if I would get a really good one.  I am pretty happy with how this turned out.

See what I mean about her running away?  Her expression is so adorable here!

There is just something so sweet about a Daddy with his little girl!

How cute are they?

I gave her a flower to hold, and she was quite fascinated by it.

Again, there was some concern about ticks here.  🙂

The girls!  I love Elena looking over at her Daddy!

The boys.

The grandparents were in town, so we had to get a shot with the whole family!

This one cracks me up!  I love Grandpa tickling the baby.  And big sister photo bomb in the back is a nice touch too!  🙂

There are those big chocolate button eyes again!

All the girls!

And an outtake from the girls’ shot!  Silly girl.

Seriously, how sweet is she??  I could eat her with a spoon she is so adorable.

Thanks, Murray Family, for letting me tell your story!  XOXO

Rousseau Gender Reveal

As I mentioned here, my two very best friends are both pregnant at the same time!  How cool is that?  Melissa wanted to do a gender reveal shoot, and I jumped at the chance to get some more shots of kids that didn’t share my DNA.  🙂

I had suggested before the shoot that everybody wear the color to correspond with their guess of what the baby’s gender was going to be.  Melissa responded that she was going to wear what fit no matter the color!  Ha!  I’ve been there.  But they all did end up wearing something that was either pink or blue to represent their guess.

Melissa and Sam wore something blue while John and Jade wore something pink.  Jade wore pearls too, but sadly John must have left his at home.  😉

See them peeking out??

We explained it to the kids before the shoot, but the colored balloons still warranted an explanation.  Immediately after the balloons popped out, John exclaimed “I was right!” Such a goof!

We had to do some kid shots with the balloons.  This was what I got when I suggested Sam put his arm around Jade.  I guess that is a big brother for you!  🙂

How sweet are they???

This one cracks me up.  Jade looks so awkward.  Sam made her put her arm completely around him, and she looks so uncomfortable.  🙂

Peekaboo, Sam!

Doesn’t she have the prettiest blue eyes?

This may be one of my favorite photos I have ever taken.  I LOVE it!  Her expression. Her pearls. Her blue eyes.  I just love it!!

Such a ham!

Somebody gave her this flower just before they left her grandma’s house.  She insisted on having it in her photos.  I have to admit, it did make an excellent prop!

He was cracking up as I was batting the balloons away and snapping photos.  🙂  I just love how you can almost hear his laughter here!

I think the stamen was practically up her nose.

Yep!  Pretty much up her nose.  🙂

She has the best expressions!

Family photo.

And she is pretty much done with photos.  It was about time for Jade to take a nap, and she’d had enough.

I am only including this last one as an outtake.  Nobody is looking, and Jade is pouting.  But. I LOVE Sam’s expression here.  So sweet!

Thanks for letting me tell your story, Rousseau family!  XOXO

Koontz Gender Reveal

Two of my very best friends are pregnant at the same time.  Melissa wanted to do a gender reveal shoot for her family – find those photos here.  My other friend, Jeanne, wanted to do a gender reveal shoot for their son, Aiden.  She and her hubby found out the gender of the baby during an ultrasound a few days before the shoot.  Aiden was thinking pink and hoping for a sister, but…

You can see his expression start to change here.

And here realization sets in that he is not getting the sister he wanted.  He was quite disappointed.  Sweet little guy!  Side note: the day before, Jeanne texted me saying that Aiden wanted a sister AND a brother.  She informed him that they were done, and she wasn’t going to have any more kids.  He asked “How did Rosemary have four kids?”  Heehee!  That gave me quite the chuckle!

Not exactly the photo they would have hoped for I imagine, but it will be a funny story for when their boys are grown!

I love his sweet pout!

I love that they have the same expression here.

My sweet friends!  Not many guys can pull off curly hair like Danny does.  He has such pretty curls!

The unattractive side of pregnancy.  🙂  Thanks for being a good sport, Danny!

Okay, baby, I guess I’ll like you!

Shy grin!

I love this one especially because you can see his big brother shirt.  He wears it with pride!

A photo of the whole family!

Thanks for letting me tell your story, Koontz family!  XOXO