Diana's beautiful family

Ok, be prepared to have your heart melt. This little Ashley was so fun to photograph with her big brown eyes! Don't you just want to squeeze her? :)

She's the cutest little thing.



(Here on the right she was saying, "tickle, tickle, tickle".)



How will dad resist this face over the years? I think he's in trouble. :)

I loved this moment:













Cute from every angle. :) Diana, I loved photographing your family and spending the afternoon with you!

Beautiful Family

I loved meeting Erin and her family. One of the first things I noticed was their matching shoes! :) At first I thought, "how did they manage to do that?" and then I found out that Brian works for Nike and it all made sense. Such a cute touch to their outfits!

Check out these brown eyes. Luke & Tate are really handsome boys!





I loved the ways this family interacted with one another.



Those eyes and baby boy curls... those are the cutest! (I hated to see them go on Jude when the day finally came. I held on to them as long as I could! I love them.) :)









Does this say life stage or what? :)

Thank you Erin for asking me to capture your family. I loved every minute of it! :)

Yosemite Destination Wedding

I had an amazing time photographing Ed & Diana's wedding. What a setting! I can't even describe it to you. They got married in an 1800's chapel next to a golden field with a view of Yosemite Falls. There were deer in the church yard after the wedding and the reception was at the amazing Ahwahnee Hotel.

Josh and I had a great time traveling together, exploring, shooting, and making friends. Destination weddings are so much fun. It will be great to share their photos with you when they're ready! This week I'll be posting more beautiful families & hs senior shoots!

I'm sitting in the airport right now, so I'll just share a few snap shots from our time in Yosemite. This first shot is in the Ahwahnee Hotel and the rest are from our day trip up to Glacier Point. I'll share more later, after I get home and look at them all. :)

I'm so excited to get home and see my babies!! I've never been away from them for 3-4 days! It was amazing to get away with Josh and have some time to ourselves, and shoot a gorgeous wedding, but boy do I miss those precious little voices and smiles. :)











I loved the giant rocks everywhere!

This little bear was looking for food. I'm glad he didn't seem to care that about 30 people were standing a couple hundred yards away.



This was my favorite thing to see. These mountain climbers were climbing El Capitan and were camping out for the night on the side of this mountain (porta-ledge). This rock is so flat; sheer granite face. I hopped out of the car to take this picture on our drive back to the lodge and I didn't have a tripod with me. I had a really slow shutter speed, so I leaned against the car and held my camera as close and still as possible. There's some camera shake, but it's still a decent snap shot.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! :)

Quick Update

Hi Everyone!
Just wanted to give a quick update. I'm wrapping up a bunch of hs senior sessions to hit this week's yearbook deadline for a lot of schools, so if you're a family waiting to see your pictures, they will be done soon. Your editing (and my sleep, lol) got bumped a few days to accommodate the school's yearbook deadlines. Thanks so much for your patience and I can't wait to get your pictures to you! Oh, so many cute faces!! :)
Bethany

Andrea: Class of 2010

Personality! That is what Andrea has tons of. And talent. Ok, and adorable looks too... :)

I loved the wind blowing her hair as she played her violin. By the way, she is really gifted. I wish I could play. I always wanted to learn to play the viola. There is still time. Maybe Jude or Selah will be interested and we could do it together some day.
Andrea had me laughing when I was taking these...

I love when someone has that little bit of extra skip to their step.
Here are some other favorites...

Madison: Class of 2010

Madison is a sweet girl. I still remember the jr. high church summer camp when I got to be the cabin leader for her and her friends. That was a fun week and we got to see God do amazing things in kids' lives! We also got to enjoy some hilarious Napoleon Dynamite camp games... my favorite game was "give me some of your tots" and Jr. high kids were stuffing greasy tater tots into their short's pockets... so hilarious. Good time. Madison, you've grown into a beautiful young woman.

Zoe: Class of 2010

Zoe is so naturally beautiful. I loved her look. She has a great blend of fun and grace in her personality too. Here are a few I love.