Madi & Emma's Portraits

I met with Madi, Emma and their parents at Loose Park for a fantastic spring portrait session in May. Here are just some of my favorites.

At the end of the session I broke out the lollipops! They had been waiting for them the whole time so by the time they got to them they went a little sugar-crazy! I love their expressions here.

The Smith Family

We headed to Loose Park on this gorgeous fall day to meet up with the Smith family. Dawn's sister & her kids stopped by briefly for the big family photos on the bridge. I love the bridges at Loose Park and Dawn had to have water so we decided this would be the perfect place. And thankfully, the leaves hung on just long enough for this weekend of pictures! The next week all the leaves were totally gone!

I picked out some of my favorites to share. They are such a strong, close-knit family. The love shines through! :o)

Here is the whole group. I love how this shot turned out with them all stair-stepped. We didn't even plan it that way.

The love birds. ;o)

Father & son having a laugh in a candid moment.

The Purdon Family

On this gorgeous fall day a couple weeks ago we went to Loose Park for family photos. We went all over from the rose garden to the pond. And lots of trees! Dad called the kids a bunch of monkeys because they all requested shots by/on/near/under the trees, but they turned out great!

Hope you enjoy them too!

Hope - Oct 13th

This is Hope, one of the Cutest Kid Contest winners from last Summer's Kid's Fest. You can see why she won! She was so mellow & well behaved, adorable and she loved wearing her Halloween costume a little early for these pictures at Loose Park on Saturday the 13th. What a delight! The flowers were still blooming in the rose garden which made for a perfect setting for a little fairy.

This could go on one of those "kids say the darndest things" kind of shows: After a mid-session clothing change, with her fairy costume came a magic wand. I told her she could make a wish & wave her wand. She studied her wand very intently & began waving & shaking it furiously. Then Hope looked at me & said, quite matter-of-factly, "The wishes won't come out!"

Even fairies get broken wings...

Bubbles!!

On the steps in the rose garden

A balancing act

We finished up our session with a game of Peek-a-boo!