This sweet family has been waiting a long time to have their family pictures done.  The last time they had one together was before loved ones passed away.  What an honor it has been for me to spend time with them and offer them my services – for them to have for always.  I think this shoot hit me as one of my very special ones because I too come from a family where I had lost my father and brother.  Our family has not had a family shoot since.  I miss those times when we come together and capture that moment in time.  I applaud this sweet family for celebrating life still going forward and the moment now.  Thank you Teresa and family!!!  I hold this time in my heart and hope you will too!

I love when we can separate a shoot into Mom with daughters or individual families or Father with sons…  Right here is mom with her 2 daughters.

We then did some images of sister with her three sons.  The boys were the sweetest easiest boys to shoot I have had in a long time.  They were GREAT!

There is nothing like Sisters either!!!  I love the playfulness between the two of these sisters

No matter where you are in life – taking time to come together & documenting it will be one of those times you will never regret.  Again a HUGE thank you to Teresa and her family.

Often times after doing a High School Senior shoot I end up doing a family shoot with it – which is so awesome!  I am glad that people stop to capture the entire family so they can look back on this time down the road.  There is nothing like siblings and the connection there.  This trio just makes me smile!

I have never seen such brotherly love like I do with these two!  It is the kind of love that lasts through the years!!!!

You could tell that Sam adored his big sister Ally.  How would it be to have two amazing older siblings and doting parents.  It was very pleasant hanging out with all of you!

I can honestly say that the entire time I was with these guys I did not hear one squabble amongst any of the siblings.  All I can say is someone(s) is doing something right.

and one of my very favorite aside from the silly faces

There is nothing like family time and love!  Thank you!

Groups and large families can be the best!!!  Especially when you get a family like this in their own environment and home.  What is even better is seeing people take the time to capture their family on camera for memory sake.  That just melts my heart – because they do not stay like this forever.  They grow up and move on rather quickly.  Just a few of my favorites from this session:

Thank you so much for letting me spend this time with all of you!  Families are what make the world go round – and yours is just so fun to hang with!!!

Because of military I needed to remove these for the safety of family and issues with internet.  Thank you for the comments on this session.  They are a beautiful family – and it was fun!!!

One thing I look forward to each year is taking pictured of P family.  This year I was blessed to take pictures of Michelle’s family as well.  Thank you to the L family for making it an extra special year.

This family made my job as easy as pie.  We had gotten to the location to find the tide was higher than I had EVER seen it.  Usually we would go on the beach and have quite a variety to choose from for pictures.  Not this time.  However, it did not really matter.  These guys were fantastic and did not need tons of places to look great and show the love.

Once again Thank you to Michelle and Cameron for inviting your extended family this year and letting me take your family pictures.

Sometimes family can take a while to get family pictures because as we get older we tend to scatter across country or countries.  In this case they have had family abroad and were able to celebrate all together for the holiday season.

We did some images with Siblings, Siblings with spouses, and also Boys, then girls + mom and dad.  They also had 2 married couples and we were able to get their little budding family shots as well.

I love seeing interaction in couples – especially in those who have spent a lifetime together.  Their children are starting families of their own – and when seeing the L couple I can’t help but think what a GREAT example of love they must have been to their beautiful children.

This one was one of my favorites because you can see the sparkle in her eye as her hubby snuck a peck on the cheek!

Often times when doing large families there tends to actually be more than one session within the one session.  For myself I don’t mind at all because not only do I have a semi large family myself – but was born into one and married into an even larger family.  When we get together and actually do family photos we too all want to get our little family group shots at the same time.   It is an honor and pleasure to be involved with these sorts of ventures!!!

I often will include a Black and White, Color, then a fun artistic in every session.  I find that everyone has different taste and some like a clean edit while others like a great Black and white, then an artistic one makes for some very fun canvases or Metal prints.

Thanks for looking – and for all the sweet comments.  Know that I could not have such awesome pictures without all the amazing people I get to shoot.  Thank you all!