Brandi and Crew

This is my friend Brandi and her beautiful people. I love photographing my friends...so fun!

Beavers, Davis, and Lee, Oh My!

A few weeks ago we got to have a party for my cousin Julie's 40th birthday. Okay, Jules, I contemplated not saying WHICH birthday it was, but I couldn't help myself. You're fabulous, so I went with it. Anyway, Aunt Kathy's whole clan was in town so we decided to try to squeeze in some pics before the party. It was about 104 degrees....HOT! Good thing they are such good looking people...the heat didn't wilt their grins.

A new favorite...

I decided to look back at our the family portraits that I took of us about a month ago to see if there was anything that I missed that I could love. If you recall from my July 28 post, the photo shoot was , a-hem, frustrating at times. :) Well, I found this one and it's my new favorite. I sure do love these little peanuts!

20 Days of Photos--Day 17

About a month ago I decided that taking our family photos wouldn't be that big of a deal and that it was something that I could totally do myself. Afterall, all I needed was a tripod right? Wrong. As we loaded up the car to head to "the spot" I began to get nervous about how exactly I was going to pull this off. I had visions of fun, loving, moving family photos and, at the last moment, thinking about the heat of the day and the mechanics of the process, had me second guessing my plan. Brandon just laughed at me.

Well, my fears for the photos were realized. Running back and forth to the camera turned me into a sweaty mess and a timed photo with a 2-year-old...well, let's just say that I do not recommend that.

Sooo, here is what I have to show for it. One lonely photo of the four of us all looking at the camera at the same time and Molly actually in the shot. It's not HORRIBLE and it will do for now, but it is lacking the "fun, loving, moving family" that I had envisioned. Lesson learned. Next time we will hire someone...maybe Aunt Staci. :)

The Wolff Family

I had so much fun taking pictures of the Wolff family. Their girls played with my girls between shots and when we left, my Gracie said, "Mama, that was kinda like a play date." Can't beat that!