The Shraders...

I had a lot of fun the other day shooting the Shrader Family! They were so easy going... my only request from them was to make sure they look skinny. (Don't need help from ME, sister!) I thought they looked FANTASTIC! and even though the bright leaves are about gone, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors in these fall pictures. Check 'em out...

K, so all the Shrader kids were blessed with INCREDIBLE eyes! I LOVE staring at them... maybe MY eyes will miraculously change into something similar.

Thanks, Shrader Family!

The Brents...

Meet Karli, Jason and their kids... SO CUTE!! These are the kind of people who look good in every picture... that's why this is such a big post. I couldn't CHOOSE! I love that BUILDING!! (see above.) Plus, I'm sure it's haunted so I love it even MORE! :)

These were some STINKY dumpsters (below)... but WORTH the reek, I think.

Are you kidding me? Get DOWN from there!!

Thank you so much, Jason and Karli! I can't wait to play with you again soon!

HOT SHOT party.

I got an email the other day from one of my most FAVORITE people EVER... my dear friend, Sarah. I've known Sarah since French class in 8th grade (16 years?!), where we stapled licorice to the wall, wrote our own alphabet and constantly quoted the movie HOT SHOTS. Needless to say, we laughed a LOT in that class. I remember SEVERAL times I laughed until TEARS flowed down my face... then I'd get my name on the board. It was WORTH it...we had an absolute BLAST! I will write the rest of this post in the FRENCH I learned in that class.

Ici is her darling family...

It's not really fair that so many good looks are all in ONE family.He's already taking after his funny mother...C'est my favorite picture... maybe EVER!!

Merci so much, Sarah! It was tres fun to see you again... now I can update my shrine. ;)

The Smiths...

When Wende asked me to take pictures of her entire family, I felt like doing this...

Wende is a FANTASTIC photographer... I love her work. So for her to ask me... made me feel pretty awesome.

Just look at this happy family...

I actually have a picture where EVERYONE is looking at the camera... but where's the fun in that?

I love this pic of 2 sisters...

And here are the 2 that started this handsome family...

Thanks so much Smith family!

Tim, Michelle and Co.

I love love love the colors in these pictures...

Michelle, you did a FANTASTIC job picking outfits!

Such cute kids! We had a lot of fun.

Oh my goodness... when we were setting up our picture, this old man came down to the family and told them to have their kids stand on him! WHAT?!!! I'm sure Tim and Michelle would LOVE to have a gigantic 16x20 picture framed and hanging on their living room wall with their entire family looking so lovely and happy... but when you look a little closer you see a strange old man lying down underneath the kids' feet! "No thanks", we politely said. I took a picture, because I know no one would believe me if I told them!

The look on Michelle's face is PRICELESS!!

I leave you with one more... this is my FAVORITE picture of the bunch...

What a darling family! Thanks you guys!!