the bascom family

i am seriously loving the red this year! it is so bright and fun compared to different backgrounds! and of course, the cute families don't hurt!

stacey and dallin

stacey and dallin are getting married in december. they were so cute and sweet together, so i really enjoyed shooting their engagement portraits!

the cannon family

the cannons came down from out of state to go to the ASU game and get their portraits done. i like that kind of commitment! we played in this gorgeous backyard in phoenix that even had a train caboose in it!

the jones family

i'm a little behind on my blogging again, so i'll try to catch up quickly :) i did portraits with the jones family again this year. i thought they all looked so cute in their red and gray, and loved the contrast between the outfits and the green trees!

the dana family

i did portraits of the kids before, but this time i was able to do the whole family! i love their family - the kids are sweet and fun, and the parents are so calm even when there is a little craziness going on. and i still think courtney is super mom!


seth wanted his portraits taken while hiding in different trees all over!

the girls modeling...


this tractor was a big hit!

boston at random

i admit that i was kind of a slacker when it came to photos on our boston trip (i'm kicking myself now!) i really didn't take TONS like i should have! but i had fun and have enough for some scrapbook pages :)

the morning after we flew in, we headed to the aquarium on boston harbor. the kids LOVED it! i really liked this sea dragon thing - so cool!

they had an area where the kids could touch crabs and pick up starfish and other sea critters

this is the cute town hall center where i shot some of the other family portraits...

there had apparently been some incidents with the killer geese, but luckily they didn't seem to notice us much that day.

one day we went into boston to see boston commons and some other sights, and ashlee is so cute - she bought this book for my kids and read it in the boston commons and then pointed out all the places the book talks about. the kids love it and its now a favorite bedtime story! such a great idea for a memory of the trip!

these are statues in the commons of the mallards from the book


one day we made a trip out to newport, rhode island to see the famous mansions. we only ended up actually touring this one, but we drove around the other ones. this is the breakers mansion which used to be the vanderbilt's summer home. it is A-MAZ-ING! its over 100,000 square feet, and so the details are so intricate in every single room! this is the view from the balcony on the second floor. you weren't allowed to take pictures inside the mansion at all, so this is the only shot i got while "in" the house. one room was built in europe, taken apart, and shipped over WITH all the people to build it back again over here. and one of the fireplaces was from an actual castle!!


this is the backyard and back of the house.

i thought this driveway entrance was so cute - it was someone's house that we saw on our drive along the ocean.

i took a couple while i was waiting for my portrait family to arrive...and for your fellow californians or arizonians who are enjoying the 90 degree weather - THIS IS FALL



let me just say now that my pictures cannot convey how AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL it is out east, and thanks again to our friends for letting us visit!!

the woodburys

the woodbury family came from connecticut to meet me in boston. jennifer is an amazing digital scrapper, and i was very excited to get to meet her and her family!

the ainges

poor little oscar was so tired during this shoot he could hardly keep his eyes open! he was a trooper though :) and i love how sweet his parents were with him!

the superkos

the superko family met me on the one day that was drizzly while i was in boston. luckily the weather held out for us! these boys were either wrestling or throwing the football almost the entire shoot, so it fits that they had the football in one of the family photos!

WICKED!!

ashlee and i were walking around the boston commons and started talking about wicked the play. then we passed the opera house and saw that it was playing!! so we went and bought tickets for THAT NIGHT! it was SOOOO GOOD! i can't even express to you how great it was. for those of you who haven't seen it - go see it! this was ashlee's third time, and she still loved it, and i'm already trying to talk my mom into going with me in LA over christmas!

blake took this picture of ashlee and i that morning while in the boston commons, and its the only one of the two of us that we took so i had to post it - even with the unflattering up angle of my face!

the lesueurs

the lesueurs are good friends of ours from arizona. they are living in boston right now, so we were so happy to get to visit them! we had so much fun, and were able to do some family portraits while i was there.

we saw this spot as we were walking to get cason from preschool - isn't it AMAZING? i loved boston, everything there is gorgeous!

erik and britney

i went pretty much straight from utah to boston for some work and fun - so keep checking for shoots from boston!

erik and britney are getting married in january. we met up to do their engagement shoot at harvard business school. it was SO GORGEOUS! and erik and britney are very sweet together!

the harris family

this is my fabulous friend jodee and her family. rob and jodee lived near us for a little while in arizona, and i miss them tons! i also did baby portraits of avery last time i was in utah, and she's grown so much already!

the chamberlains

i did pictures for the chamberlain kids with their cousins on one of my last trips also, so it was fun to see them again - and the pictures that i had taken up in their house! we did an indoor shoot since the weather was pretty stormy, and it was great to have the kids in their own space with their favorite toys.

singing together...



each of their rooms...

the pratt family and monkey

the pratts brought their daughter's stuffed monkey and didn't mean for it to be in the pictures, but he made it in a few anyway :)

the tingey family

this was another wonderful extended family that i worked with in utah. they were lots of fun and pretty goofy too!

the gleves

you might recognize the poulton girls from a previous trip to utah, but this time i got together with the whole gleve family for portraits. it was rainy and wet, so luckily we had a place we could go inside just in case!

the browns

the brown family also recently welcomed a new baby girl! we had a great shoot in their beautiful home in utah!

the cannons

the whole cannon family got together for some group shots - and even brought along a brand new grandbaby!





i love this face!

the kandells

i missed the kandells last time i was in utah, so i was so glad to work with them this trip! i LOVE the red hair!

the bell kids

the bell family just welcomed a brand new baby girl! i did pictures of just the kids and we had a lot of fun!

the ferrans

the moldre boys

this shoot was cut short when one boy ended up in the stream and without a change of clothes, but i was able to get some cute ones before that!

the willards

it was so fun to see some old friends from arizona during my utah trip. here they are with their adorable girls!

the lovells

the wrights

i know i'm not writing as much about each family like i usually do - i LOVED all the families i worked with in utah - they were amazing! i am trying to get as many shoots up as possible while i'm still in boston, so i'm using my little breaks of time to post :) but i figure people are really here for the pictures anyways!

the potts

this little guy is such a cutie!! and he had such a great personality too! i did most of the shoot with just him while we waited for his dad - then we got some great family shots at the end.

the parrys

this was a really fun place to take pictures, i think we all had fun walking around!

the marchants

i have been a total blog slacker! but i have a good excuse - i just finished another AMAZING trip to utah with so many great families AND i went pretty much straight to boston and am still here. so keep checking, i'm going to post a couple from each utah session, and then you'll see what's going on in boston!

this was my very first session in utah, and it was a little chilly! you can probably tell by the red noses and cheeks! it was definitely a shock to me coming from arizona with my flip flops :)

the ekbergs

this week is fall break for our school district, so i was able to do a family session during the day. we wandered around trying to get some of that great desert landscape, and i think we got some!



sam really liked the purple cactus.


i LOVE this one! it looks like they're out on the plains of africa or something!





thanks for braving the bright morning sun with me!

the radacks

i had such a fun shoot tonight with fab photographer jennifer radack's family. she gave me tons of freedom and they were all up for anything - which i definitely took advantage of! we went from railroad tracks to a junkyard, and then some other interesting little spots :) the thing i loved the most was that the kids were allowed to be themselves. if they didn't feel like standing together, they weren't forced. i love all the unique shots!

the ruddle family

one of the benefits of living in arizona is the predictable weather. last year i had to reschedule only one photo session because of the weather. on the day of the ruddle's shoot it was VERY windy. we talked about rescheduling, but wanted to try and get it done so we changed locations at the last minute hoping to have a little less wind! the boys were SO GREAT and sang songs and had fun during the whole shoot!








the bridge was a favorite spot for all the boys!

landon

i absolutely LOVE when i get to be a part of the changes in my clients' lives. i love to see your children grow, and new ones come along, and i feel like i'm more of a friend than just your photographer!

we got shots of landon both in and out of his mommy's belly :) here is the before... and here is now!


let me just say that there was a lot of love going on in this family! i could tell that morgan takes his big brother job very seriously, and is so sweet with landon!

the toolsons

such a good looking family! and they all had a lot of fun together, which was great for me to watch and capture!

the nixon family

along with nate and linley's wedding, i was able to do two family portrait shoots in san diego. the nixons have two adorable kids! their grandpa showed up for part of the shoot, and it was so sweet to see how much they love him!