The Engagement Celebration of Heather & Brannon

Exactly one year from the date of their engagement party, H & B will be walking down the aisle! H & B held their engagement party at the beautiful Esplanade Place...and what a fun party it was. H's family makes wine and had a special label made just for the party (pretty cool, huh ?!?!). Thanks to the wonderful Pamela for this referral!

The Beauty Within...Baby Bella To Be!

Meet the beautiful belly of Aunt A...ain't she pretty?!?! You can call these my practice pictures...working with new light and new ideas for a maternity shoot that I am doing later this week...thank you to Aunt A's belly for being my model for the night! You will definitely see more pictures of this belly and the beautiful baby to be...

Off to College They Go...Senior Pictures!

"Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, 

but it's everything in between that makes it all worth living."~ Hope Floats

Caitlin and Ellie are high school seniors, sisters, friends and have been side by side since the day they were born. How fun it must be to have a sister...and a twin sister at that! I asked Caitlin and Ellie to come with some quotes (we used them for some fun shots...one is posted below). Here are some more that they felt described who they were and what they stood for, I'd say they are pretty cool chicks:

“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"You only live once but if you live it right, once is enough"

Best of luck ladies as you move onto college...life and love only gets sweeter!

My Twinkle...

While at a parent and child yoga class this weekend with Riley (Desert Song Yoga...highly recommend this class!), the teacher came up to me after the class was over and said, "She (Riley) has a special twinkle in her eye" (this was after she jumped around the room like a frog on crack, screamed her numbers 1-10 and dominated the obstacle course). She couldn't be more right on. 

I love her. I love her tendency to love with her whole being. I love her inquisitive nature. I love her need to always wear a tutu. I love her spunk. 

Riley truly is the twinkle in my eye!

Cutest 2 Year Old on the Block!

Introducing the cutest dang kid on this side of town! This photo shoot location changed multiple times before we decided to just play it safe and go to Heritage Square....and of COURSE, upon arrival we discovered that there was a huge festival going on right where we wanted to shoot! It all worked out though and Kyran especially enjoyed it...he got multiple rides on the train and even tried out the big trampoline :) The day didn't end so great for me...got locked in a parking lot (Phoenix Children's Museum...don't try to park there after 4:30pm!!) and had to call a towing company to release me...huge bummer!