Some fun family photos… with a giant T-Rex even. I’m a little behind on posts so here are some favorites:)








Love this last one! Such a great family jump:)
Some fun family photos… with a giant T-Rex even. I’m a little behind on posts so here are some favorites:)








Love this last one! Such a great family jump:)
Teanna set up a shoot for her family, her mother in law who was in town and also her own mother. Such a great idea! Reminds me I need to take photos of my kids with my parents who are right here in town more often. Here are a few faves from this winter beach session.








This last one is my favorite kind of beach family shot. I do it whenever I can because I think everyone should get to see their family this cute!
Many of you may not know that I am kind of on the crafty side. I thought I would put together a little printable ziploc bag topper for you to download to make quick, easy, and cute valentines for your kids at school. This printable will fit on any baggy that is 6.5″ wide (sandwich, snack size, etc). You can also cut this topper so it isn’t quite as wide if you want. You can print this on cardstock, photo paper or plain typing paper. Just click here to download and print this pdf (make sure you click off “print color as black” if your print screen says anything like this. Then cut out, fold and staple over filled ziploc.

I may have to bring out more of my craftiness on this blog:) Enjoy!
I wish I had a picture of Kim and I when we were little…. I don’t darn it. Our parents were friends as we were growing up and we spent summers at La Jolla Shores and vacationed in Borrego Springs in the blistering heat and just layed in the pool all day and I think a season or two of baseball behind home plate.
I don’t see them very often and I couldn’t rememeber what her boys’ names were even. But it’s always fun to photograph people who you have some history with. There is just something that you get to see when you are behind the camera concentrating on each person that you just normally wouldn’t if you were to just hang out for two hours. I loved getting to ‘know’ each of her kids and how totally beautiful they all are.
I heard that getting to the shoot was a little rough on everyone (the getting ready part is usually the most stressful part) but you would never know it from my end. Everyone was great and even their youngest who is four made it through over 2 hours of shooting and traversing around the La Jolla Cove area.
So Kim is dying to see some pictures and I didn’t want to disappoint so here is a giant sneak peek for her:) And Kim, don’t hate me for your close up… you look awesome and I loved it too much to not include in my favorites. And the one right below it, one of my fave couple photos. And Luke’s jump… one of the best ever. Rivals my boys and I had to train them how to jump for pictures so they looked rad;) Ok… pictures!





I have been dying to see how Max has grown up the last year. And he is finally one and SO cute. It’s amazing that a little newborn can go from that to a running, laughing, talking, toddler in just 12 months. So many cute images of this little boy and his mom and dad. I’ll begin with one of my very favorites. Not sure why I love it so much except that it just shows Max laughing it up in his crib.












and my other favorite from this session…. with a new lens that I can’t wait to use more on my family shoots
Max, you are too dang cute! Wait til your mom and dad see the rest of your pictures!