Little Backyard Wedding on the Ranch

Welcome to the family, Wayne!!

There's nothing quite like

quality goof-ball time with family!! It's so nice to unwind and be your silly self.
Josh, Jude and I got to spend time with my brothers and sister-in-law yesterday at my mom's ranch. When the sun was setting, it was casting a warm glow across the field and we went out there to take some pictures. It went down so quickly that we missed most of the nice lighting, but that's ok.
Now I'm going to grace you with some of our ridiculous portraits! :)

Beautiful Girl

Here are a bunch of shots from 19 month old Malia's photo shoot, taken at her home (& nearby park) on Monday. She was a busy girl, on the move, and smiling everywhere she went! What a special family.

In a mood :)

On random days when I don't have a photo session booked, I'll get in such a creative mood and be dying to snap some pictures that I'll think, "hmmm, who isn't doing anything today and would volunteer for a spontaneous photo shoot?" Well, tonight was "one of those days".

I didn't have any subjects handy (no offense to my husband who was weeding the backyard, but he didn't look picture ready, & our sweet baby boy was sawing logs...), so I had to point the lens at myself, which is something I rarely find myself doing. In fact, I had to laugh at myself because I felt like I needed direction on how to pose from... well, myself! :) In the end, rather than posing I just talked to Josh while he was weeding and I snapped away and it worked. I definitely like this first shot better.

Fragrant Jasmine

Jude and I were out on the front patio this morning and the Jasmine plant by our front door smelled so sweet. Here's a little Jasmine flower on a peony bush leaf. :) I thought they looked nice together.
I also snapped this photo of a part of a little bush in our front yard and layered some Rita Springer lyrics I like on it.

Catching Up!

Phew! Life is flying by and I feel behind! Josh and I were out of town last week and it's been a zoo since we've been home - which is why I haven't posted anything in ages. :)
Here are Jack and Julie, brother and sister, and completely adorable. You may remember Julia from a previous post smiling big and pretty. She's one of the most smiley babies I've ever met and a joy to be around.
Aren't they a cute bro/sis pair?

Dutch Boy

Today was one of those really great photo shoots that you hope all will go like. The lighting was wonderful and easy to work with, we had great settings, and this extremely cute & smiley boy, Dutch, who is 6 mo. old, was such fun to snap photos of! Isn't he seriously one of the cutest babies you've ever seen? Talk about melting your heart!

Josh and I have known Dutch's parents for a few years now, and they are quite exceptional themselves, so he comes by it naturally! :)