JOSH - class of 2013

here's josh to kick off the class of 2013 senior portraits!  and guess what.....  this handsome guy is my NEWPHEW!  i am super duper excited to share these next several blog entries :0)  i spent a whole week with my mom, brothers and their families at a family reunion in north carolina!  i have been looking forward to this for weeks!!  

i hardly ever see my nieces and nephews so the opportunity to capture them all on camera was pretty awesome!  each night i ran away with one brother and his family.  of couse while this is going on the rest of the crew is back at the lake house tearing it up on the lake so it was a challenge to pry them away from all of that!  they were pretty good sports about it though...

i've still got over 1800 photos to look through.  watch for more peterson brothers & their adorable kiddos - plus i've got some fun photos we took that week on the lake wakeboarding, kneeboarding, riding waverunners, wakesurfing, etc....  you get the picture.  we had a BLAST!

................... and now here's JOSH!  

and here is my niece EMILY.......  stunning, huh?  and the rest of the family :)  oh if we only lived closer.

welcome baby emery!

what a gorgeous baby! look at this sweet little emery and big brother was SO proud and sweet to her.... she was a hungry little thing so we had to take lots of breaks. mom and dad were patient & easy going. that always helps! what a DOLL :)

awaiting number 3

this cute family is expecting baby #3 in about a month... check out this gorgeous mom!  she looks fantastic :) can't wait to meet this sweet little boy - blessed little guy to be coming to this family!

abby & chloe

i start looking forward to spring and summer here about valentines day.  winter seems so long to me!  so when we think we've had just about the last frost we can't wait to start planting flowers & the garden...  abby & chloe were the perfect helpers.  they finished off their flower planting session with an elegant lunch on the patio (chicken nuggets, apples & a juice box :)

the wallace family

the wallace family was new for me this year!  i love meeting new families and look at the seriously cute little person in this family........  our session was a bit lopsided but i don't think they'll mind :o)  little people are just too fun to capture in pictures - and look at her awesome curly hair!  love it!

you can't tell but it was COLD and they were all so great about it.  the colors were FABULOUS!!  sad to see the leaves fall off.  mom and dad should be proud of this great looking family.

the brown family

there sure are a lot of beautiful gals in these pics.... one guy and all these beautiful gals. he's a lucky guy ;) their gorgeous brunette mom and i go way way back to college days (20+ years) and i look forward to their family portraits every single year!  i can hardly believe their girls are so grown up.  it's hardly fair that this many big, round eyes and all these beautiful manes are all part of one family....

the toro family

i've taken portraits of the toro family a few times over the last few years. their little ones have really grown up! i loved the colors and styles they put together! katherine albertson park is always an awesome place to find fall colors... CUTE CUTE family! thanks Toros!