Families are Forever as Evident with this One!

It's always a pleasure to visit and photograph families for a second time. In an effort to include Grandma & Grandpa in pictures this time, Harmony and her family opened up their home for our photo session in early September. What's really fun with family sessions at home, is it allows people to be more at ease and themselves. There's nothing like honest good family fun when the kids are relaxed and running around crazy! Seriously, I love trying to show a family for who they are; a great bunch of people that love eachother! I hope you see that in the pictures below!

I LOVE the wording Harmony and Bryce have above their bed. Little miss took a bit before she decided to join everyone on the bed. It's fun to be two and have the world wrapped around your finger!

Beautiful and loving family!! Glad to have Grandma & Grandpa join us!

He's not loved at all...can't you tell!

There's truly something special about your first born.

Isn't she beautiful?

The best sessions are when a family is willing to have a little fun. Nothing much better than a dog pile on mom and dad's bed!

Okay, well, maybe a bubble bath!

Thanks guys for inviting me in your home and your patience in seeing a preview of the pictures! As always, I hope you enjoy them! 'till next time!

Watch out it's the Raders!!

I love meeting new families. You never know what you're going to get and it's fun to see how diverse each one can be. The Rader's brought both laughter and seriousness and are as friendly as can be! Tom & Cari (better known as Mom & Dad/Grandma & Grandpa) are the type of couple that you admire. They're lively and easy going and full of love for their family as dysfunctional as they may claim it to be! And although my Vegas location wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be, I think we managed to make it work.

Don't let the calmness fool you, just look below it and you can see what trouble I had to put up with!

The only daughter in the family, Grayce, fits in quite well and certainly holds her own. She's a strong and well poised young lady with a smile that can light up a room.

Kai brought a new challenge to my photo skills. He's in a wheelchair. And while I thought that would make things fun, my real challenge was getting him to smile. He's not a happy guy at all, can't you tell!

Older brother, Chase and his sweet wife, Michelle, brought some of the seriousness. And while a smile really wasn't the easist to coax out of Chase, Michelle's warmth and their love were enough to make thier pictures shine!

Then there were the grandkids, sweet Revan and determined Exus. Both such well behaved and beautiful.

And while Exus takes after Dad and isn't quite the smiler, he makes up for it in his eyes. Aren't they stunning?

Thanks again, Raders, for putting up with being on the look out for fly away golf balls! Maybe next time we should go hang out with the flamingos afterall!

My nephew! Oh yeah, his parents too!

Family is truly one of life's greatest pleasures. Family is made of people you're born to love based on genetics but yet creating special connections for life. And while siblings may drift in and out of closeness they are always family and it's neat to see each other's roles change as you each grow older. That said, I've loved watching my brother grow into the wonderful father he is today. He and my sister-in-law, Kathie are so smitten with my nephew, Jakub and the impending arrival of his little brother just brings even more joy to their lives. So it was a great pleasure for me to do a family photo session for them during our family vacation in Washington this August.

Jakub is a fun silly little guy. He turned 2 in August and is a big boy now ready for an adventure. Having a daughter 3 months older than Jakub, I LOVE watching my brother endure life with a toddler! HeHe!

My brother is not usually one to endure picture taking for very long or with a good attitude, at least when his kid sister is involved. But... I was tickled that I did manage to get him to do at least one kissy picture for me! Thanks Kathie for the help and for putting up with my brother!