Thanksgiving (the second half)
As you saw from my previous post we spent Thanksgiving morning with the puppies (whom I am missing terribly right now) and then headed over to my mom's house to finish celebrating this day of Thanks.My mom was great because this was our first T-day as vegetarians and she made a delicious homemade veggie lasagna with sweet potatoes.  In addition, she also made a meat based meal for our one hold out (Jason) so he could still get his "fix".    That was very kind of her.  I brought a homemade pumpkin pie with walnut streusel topping that was to die.  So we were all happy campers.After chowing down we walked up to the park near my m

Puppies!!
First of all, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  I hope it was a wonderful day for all of you, surrounded by your loved ones, enjoying great company, laughter, food and time to connect with the people who matter most.We had a lovely Thanksgiving.  It started out with a visit to the puppies!  Janic & Jim were so sweet to let us come up today and visit again on our way to my mom's house.  The puppies are now exactly 5 weeks old and nearly twice the size/weight they were just 1.5 weeks ago!  Their personalities are starting to show even more.  It was an extra special treat for me as I was able to get "headshots" of each one for Janice's website

Elisa & Peter
 I absolutely adored meeting Elisa & Peter.  Their love and joy was so palpable.  I felt so incredibly inspired by it.  Everyone knows that my two favorite shoots are the maternity and newborn shoots.  For whatever reason, I am just very very drawn to capturing that time.  Don't get me wrong, I love doing all the styles of photography that I am blessed to be able to do within the realm of my duties as a portrait photographer, but the connection I have with maternity and newborns is very special to me.  I think it's because that time in my life was so hugely transformative that it left a lasting impression on my soul and I reconnect wit

Samara & Camille
Oh how I love these guys!  This is another one of my FAVORITE families that I have been photographing for the longest time.  Heather is the most stunning mama's on the planet (I could photograph her all day long) and her girls are ADORABLE and Danny is the best guy for all his "girls" (not that he has a choice, being that he is totally outnumbered...hahaha!).Samara is almost 3 and Camille is 1.  Samara, well, she is QUITE the character.  That girl rules the roost, let me tell you!  And she makes my drama queen Ellie look like an amateur!  She CRACKS me up.  Seriously, I was laughing out loud while editing these pictures from all the

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