as a beautiful young woman …

and as a part of my heart that walks around outside of my body .. i love you miss E!

after losing out to sister .. little brother took some consolation from his big brother .. so sweet!

thanks again for a great session mom & ‘k’ kids .. i’ll be in touch when you’re full gallery is ready!

this cutie was trying to catch the mouse that lived in my camera .. never was able to .. but he sure lit up when he tried!

loved this look between sisters ..

thanks again for those who came down to the studio for the holiday mini-sessions .. i’ll be in touch with the rest of your galleries soon!

and then 2 weeks later i was able to meet this little sweetheart .. isn’t she just precious!

congratulations again mom & dad and big sisters .. i’ll be in touch when the rest of the gallery is ready!

and b+w .. cause i love me some b+w .. classic!

thanks ‘B’ and mom and sister for coming down to the studio .. it was a pleasure meeting you and hanging out with ‘B’ for a bit. i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready!

it was a good thing i knew which end to take pictures of mr. ‘o’ .. isn’t he just as cute as his comment!

and so is big sister miss ‘a’ .. who had just discovered some acorns and was showing them off …

and i discovered that smarties work great for bribes .. as long as the kids keep them in their mouth

thanks again mom & dad for having me capture this fun afternoon .. i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready!

now typically i would show the family a sneak peek .. but mom was not comfortable posting online and i respect that as i will only post images online if i have consent. but i knew i had to post this little visitor from our session .. he was pretty darn quick and pretty darn cute too

thanks again mom & dad & kids for a great session .. i’ll be in touch when the gallery is ready!

and middle sister ‘s’ with her soulful eyes and sweet smile ..

and younger brother ‘o’ with his gorgeous eyes and lashes ..

mom and dad .. it was a pleasure to meet you all and capture your adorable family .. i’ll be in touch when the gallery is ready!

unfortunately it started to rain so we headed inside to the studio and after a clothing change we captured this .. again .. so not the same girl i first met! her eyes are just stunning in this shot!

and after another clothing change we ventured into the stairwell to capture this image .. love her smile here .. she totally lit up the space!

mom and ‘F’ (and ‘a’) .. thanks again for venturing down to the studio .. i had a great time and hope you did too. and ‘F’ you definitely made my job easy .. i’ll be in touch when the rest of the gallery is ready!

and their middle daughter was so glad to have her special elephant along to help her drive the roadster …

and the oldest (who was a big help with her sisters) did a fabulous job being my model .. after i checked with grandpa that it was ok to sit on the running board!

and here’s a pic of the proud owners of the cars .. two are grandpa’s and one is dad’s .. and all are very cool! i know my husband and son were drooling over them

thanks again ‘a’ family for having me capture the fun time at your ‘a’ family car show .. i had a blast! i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready!

but i did manage to grab a few images before he started losing the serious look .. so i processed this one as a moodier b+w …

mom, dad, and ‘a’ .. thanks again for coming down to the studio for the session .. hope you like the peeks and i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready!

and here is one with mom & dad .. their firstborn .. the first to fly the coop …

and one with the entire gang together .. aren’t they such a gorgeous family .. so fun and loving with each other!

‘j’ family .. thank you so much for having me capture this special time in your life .. i hope that you had a great day getting ‘m’ all settled in her new home! and ‘m’ .. good luck with this new chapter in your life!

and while there mom wanted some near the barn on the course .. glad we found this little spot with the red ..

and then we headed down to wayzata to a new favorite spot to finish up the session .. loved this shot and his attitude!

mom & “A” it was a pleasure to meet you both .. i hope you enjoy the sneak peek and i’ll be in touch when the rest of the gallery is ready!

i loved this one of mom & dad ..

and this one of brother & sister .. they seemed so close and you could tell that they enjoy each others company .. i can only hope that my kids can get to that point someday!

and here’s one with the entire family .. including fur grandbabies

and just so that you know i did shoot in color (for some reason i was in a b+w mood) here’s one with ‘m’ and her fur-baby .. aren’t they both just gorgeous!

thanks again ‘m’ for setting this up for your family .. it was a pleasure meeting and working with you! i’ll be in touch when the rest of the gallery is ready.

and i loved how the color of the stairs matched his eyes here ..

this was our last stop .. ‘b’ is a very busy guy and plays basketball, hockey, and baseball and brought along his letter jacket .. so i thought it’d be great to do some shots at the dugout at the baseball field. so glad that we were able to do so as this is one of my favorite shots .. and worth the risk to my bad knees hopping the fence (oops .. don’t tell anyone) ..

thanks again mom and ‘b’ for an enjoyable evening .. so glad the weather cooperated and loved your willingness to fly by the seat of your pants with me i enjoyed getting to know you and i’ll be in touch when the rest of the gallery is ready!

luckily mom was able to get some smiles out of her while she was hanging out on the couch …

and then dad was showing miss “L” the baby shoes that he once wore .. i don’t think she was impressed .. but what a precious moment to capture!

and don’t worry mom & dad .. i peeked at some other images and she did give me more than the spit bubbles .. i hope you’ll be pleased! and thanks again for bearing with me through the heat in the studio .. next time we’ll have to try it at your place!