Well when Ella was in little baby Oshkosh overalls today I just had to get my camera out and take some pictures :)

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Ella thoroughly enjoys tummy time in her boppy…. until she’s over it.  But when she likes it, she LOVES it!

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Annnnd she loves to stick out her tongue!

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Looooooooove baby jean overalls. Love.

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This next one is my favorite. Such a precious little face!

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I’m pretty sure this is how she looks at me when I make the purple elephant talk to her … she thinks I’m just plain crazy.

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Hope no one is sick of her yet cuz there will be lots more to come!!

We went up to the Breckenridge this weekend and stopped along the way for some shots.  This is the view of the mountains from I-70 that is the image on the colorado license plate. 

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Love the colors…

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Loveland Pass!!  Almost died on the way up. For real. I was scared to death. 

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Pretty snowy mountains. 

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Shadow people :)

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The sun was glorious!

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Lake Dillon! So prettttyyyy!

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I’m really starting to like living here!

This is just the first set of what will most definitely be lots and lots of photos of Ella since she is my new best friend who I get to spend every day with pretty soon :)  And she’s pretty much the cutest thing since puppies!

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She has gorgeous big baby eyes!

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Even her serious face is SO precious.

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And she has cute little baby feets!

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Love her smile! 

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And this last one just cracks me up.  Apparently the world is pretty awesome and shocking when you see it during tummy time! 

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Best friends’ wedding!! :)  So gorgeous!

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Pretty cake… with their new initials on top!

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Pretty hair!

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and GOOORGEOUS flowers. 

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The Beach family coming down the stairs for the ceremony…

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And my pretty girl coming in with her dad. She cried. We all cried. 

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Then she saw Jon and it was all okay!

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Time to get MARRIED!

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So freaking gorgeous, I can’t say that enough!

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Love this dress… have since we picked it out a year ago! 

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And the Carlson Rotunda could not have been a better or more lovely place!

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Then it was time to dance!

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true love :)

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Love you guys!

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Then it was time for the father-daughter dance!

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It was such a fun dance!

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Last, but not least, my favorite shot of the night!

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LOVE YOU BOTH!!! CONGRATS!!

The Tuckers were my first family shoot in Colorado!! They were awesome!!

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Pretty much identical twins… only not.

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Mom and Dad Tucker! I love this one!

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I love this shot of all of them. I also love their color coordination … :)

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A little Beatles inspiration …

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This one might be my favorite. So cute of all the girls!

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And one of Dad with his girls.

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And finally another of my favorites… so cute!

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Thanks Tuckers!!

The A-W-E-S-O-M-E Ploeger family contacted me after seeing the session I did with the Elliots and I was so SO glad I could fit them in quick before I move! They were not only an amazingly gorgeous family (which makes my job oh-so easy!) but they happen to live in a gorgeous house in a gorgeous neighborhood by a gorgeous golf course all of which had beautiful landscaping! I was on cloud 9! Here is a handful of shots from their session… Ploeger family you were WONDERFUL!

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There were 3 lovely girls and one dapper young man for me to shoot around with.. starting with Johanna

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Then Jennifer…

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Then Samantha…

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And lastly Mister Geno!

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How fantabulous are these kids (and young lady since Johanna isn’t reeeeally a kid) all together:

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And the classic feets (I just can’t resist calling them feets!) shot that I love.

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And I looove LOVE this next one in this field we found just out on the road :)

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I also love this next shot… especially Geno’s face.

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Such an adorable picture of them all together.

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I love this mother-son moment.  So cute!

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The Ploeger family may have taken the “best silly faces” title!

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Hahaha still makes me laugh!  This last one is an example of a man after my own heart :)

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Love the camera Geno!  Thanks Ploegers for being great and so much fun to shoot, you all made my job very easy!

So the Grintjes, who found me through the Amazing (with a capital A) Aimee Krahn whom I owe most all of my mild success to (for finding me more people to shoot and for having a model baby who I photograph obsessively.) Well the Grintjes rocked it out at Wirth Park in Brookfield for me! Thanks Anne, Niel, Will, Ella, and Lainee!! Check out how fabulously fun they are…

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But check out how fabulously gorgeous they can be too…
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And each kid knocked it out of the park by themselves every so often for me… starting with the oldest and only boy Will.

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Then the middle child…. BEAUTIFUL Ella (if you read this Ella I hope you see that this next picture proves how so totally un-ugly you are!)

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And then the baby of the family… blonde haired, blue eyed, mini-model Lainee.

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Lainee also happens to be a complete goofball…and somehow it’s still a stunning shot!

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Now check out how amazing they are all together… (Will looks just like the actor who plays Peter in Finding Neverland in this photo!)

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They rocked out the sibling thing for me all over the park.

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And even on some train tracks!

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I loooove this next one where I caught this for 2 seconds. Adorable little sis, big bro moment!

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How about one last family shot?

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And, as you may have noticed, there has only been black and white so far, not that this family was equally gorgeous in color as black and white, I just happened to pick the ones I did for the blog and liked ‘em in b/w. No reason. But here is one last photo and it’s a big old splash of color!

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Perfect! :)


Here is my entry this week!! It cracks me up. Because really a 4 month old can’t possibly make a face like this on purpose. But oh man is it funny!!

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The Kaminsky Family. So cute!

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Daddy and Cal

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Mommy and her boys!

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The family. Mick being a goof.

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Mick! Haha he cracks me up.

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The Elliotts (Jody and John and their four kids Charlie, George, Maggie and Henry) found me through the Krahns (thanks Aimee!) and I told them when I was leaving that I think their family won the award for most photos in a session!  Which is a GREAT thing to be the winner at!  So of course I couldn’t limit down my favorites to just 5 or so… :)    Without further ado, here is the Elliott family!

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And from oldest to youngest we have Charlie…

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And George…

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And Maggie…

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and Henry…

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and those gorgeous 4 owe it all to these two…

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The Elliotts have an awesome yard with amazing flowers (you can see a few above) and they have stunning hydrangeas

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Speaking of their gardens here’s a bigger look:

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And no shoot is ever complete with out feets!

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Gotta get the two girls together!

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And you gotta love the kind of fun only brothers can have!

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There was gorgeous light out in the street so we walked on the wild side and played in the street!

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This next one just cracks me up… Henry was too funny.

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While everyone was on the hammock and in a silly mood we decided to play the climb-all-over-dad game!

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John bought a tandem bike this summer and I was told Henry is the free-loader always gettin’ a ride.

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I love this shot of the kids in the yard:

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This next one I really like.  You can see the Elliott home in the background too, which is nice!

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And same idea… but different …

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Henry wanted a chance to hang from the tree but needed a little help from Dad!

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I think this next one is a fitting end to this post. And I happen to love the way this shot turned out!

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Thanks so much Elliott family for being AWESOME to shoot and so much fun to work with!