Cousins!! Ella and Meah!

Ella had her cousin Meah over today for a little photo shoot… I’ll start with a photo that is Ella and Meah in a nut shell:

But then they were  both little angels

with lots of smiles!

And one of Ella and Grandma!

And a few of Meah! Who had lots of smiles, although she would suddenly stop if they camera was up!

And she still had some cute faces with or without the smiles!

And at first the camera was just very confusing for her!

The cousins loved playing together

Like here Meah was saying “nice hangin’ out with ya cousin” and patting Ella on the shoulder. haha.

And when Ella would have an Ella moment (if that confuses you just observe below…) then Meah would be all “hey cousin, it’s cool. don’t be sad. we are having fun and playing!”

This last one has some GREAT expressions!!

You girls were so fun today!! Maybe when you are older you will look back on these pictures and laugh at how silly you were even as little babies!

annnd… MORE Ella!

Just a few more of Ella I took while she would sit still

She was a bit unsure of the whole big-kid-chair thing at first…

But once she realized she could just hang out and play it was all good!

And of course she had to snack on some fingers before she was done!

 

More Ella… couldn’t resist

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

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

Annnnd she loves to stick out her tongue!

Looooooooove baby jean overalls. Love.

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

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.

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

The Mountains! and Snow!

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. 

Love the colors…

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

Pretty snowy mountains. 

Shadow people

The sun was glorious!

Lake Dillon! So prettttyyyy!

I’m really starting to like living here!

My new best friend- Ella!

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!

She has gorgeous big baby eyes!

Even her serious face is SO precious.

And she has cute little baby feets!

Love her smile! 

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

Laur and Jon’s Wedding!!

Best friends’ wedding!!  So gorgeous!

Pretty cake… with their new initials on top!

Pretty hair!

and GOOORGEOUS flowers. 

The Beach family coming down the stairs for the ceremony…

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

Then she saw Jon and it was all okay!

Time to get MARRIED!

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

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

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

Then it was time to dance!

true love

Love you guys!

Then it was time for the father-daughter dance!

It was such a fun dance!

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

LOVE YOU BOTH!!! CONGRATS!!

The Tuckers!

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

Pretty much identical twins… only not.

Mom and Dad Tucker! I love this one!

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

A little Beatles inspiration …

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

And one of Dad with his girls.

And finally another of my favorites… so cute!

Thanks Tuckers!!

The Ploeger Family!

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!

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

Then Jennifer…

Then Samantha…

And lastly Mister Geno!

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

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

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

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

Such an adorable picture of them all together.

I love this mother-son moment.  So cute!

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

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

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

The Grintjes Family!

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…

But check out how fabulously gorgeous they can be too…

And each kid knocked it out of the park by themselves every so often for me… starting with the oldest and only boy Will.

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!)

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

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

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

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

And even on some train tracks!

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

How about one last family shot?

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!

Perfect!

I heart face – silly faces!

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!!