Fairies, Ants & A Picnic

My 4th of July morning was spent with a lovely young family frolicking in a meadow, chasing ants and sharing in a delightful picnic. I took the opportunity to meet this family of four during my weekend visit to my sister's home in Vegas. Surprisingly, there is a mountain area barely 45 minutes from Vegas that is reminiscent of Tahoe or even Shaver Lake area that I'm closer to.

While it took a little bit for the little ones to warm up to me, there was an obvious abundance of love present in this family with both little ones attached to Mom & Dad and yet loving the outdoors.

Sweet big brother, who's almost 4 was wiling to take a few moments out of exploring to flash me a smile and give a little "cheese". I just loved his sweet bright eyes!

After exploring in the rocky dry creek beads, we moved on to a beautiful meadow for more pictures and a picnic. It was there that sweet little sister turned into a fairy bedazzling the meadow with her cuteness!

There's no denying where the love flows from!

Absolutely beautiful family.

Harmony & Bryce thank you for a wonderful time and I hope you enjoy the picture preview!

Family Fun at the Park

It isn't every day that I can do something for my dear friend, Anita. She lives in Arizona and we get blessed to see her maybe once a year. It's been over a year since we last saw her and even longer since we saw her kids, Lynae and Cody! So when I heard she was making a trip here to visit, I jumped at the opportunity to take family portraits for her. She's been a dear friend since 7th grade! Her kids are a joy to be with, full of energy and spunk! My two little ones had a ball playing with them at the local park.

Lynae is almost 7 and not only a bright thinker who can recite the alphabet backwards, but also a beautiful young lady.

Cody is turning 5 next month and all boy! While he's full of energy and would rather have played than pose for pictures, we managed to make some fun of it and got some great shots of his sweet little face.

He sure loves his mama!

There's lots of love in this family!

There's not much better than piling up on Mom! Although getting to make silly faces sure is fun too!

Go Blue!

These two siblings don't like eachother, not one bit. Can't you tell ?

Believe it or not, this was taken at the same park, not in a studio. I had a little fun with some of the afternoon sunlight.

And they don't like their mama either!

Their mom, Natalie, wanted to be sure to capture their great smiles for the dad for his birthday. He's a huge Michagan fan, hence the Michagan jerseys, which was a very cute idea! I think I managed to convey that these two are very happy kids. What do you think?

I love this picture of Gaby. It just screams to be blown up poster size and hung in a garden room!