I must warn you to prepare yourself.

I’m about to share an overwhelming amount of family joy..

(I just really couldn’t contain myself.)

If I haven’t said it enough yet, I’ll say it again… photographing families is my FAVORITE.

And when people I already know and love hire me to photograph their family, it makes my job that much more delightful.

It gives me such a unique perspective to capture their personalities!

In the Dickinson household, everyone loves baseball.

So we found the most adorable little field where the sunshine just glowed.

We passed the baby (and some baseballs) back and forth… And finished off with a dance party.

It really doesn’t get any better than that.

Mike and Jen, we really really love you and your family SO much. Thanks for trusting me (again) with your wonderful family photos and for putting up with all my crazy ideas!! I hope you enjoy them. :)

There are so many delightful parts to working with a young family for their photos.

One of my favorites is how little kids don’t really care what looks best for photos.

Stuffing leaves in dad’s shirt? Sure!

Looking for frogs in the river? Please and thank you!

Swinging with mom and dad? Of course!

Giving hugs and being thrown in the air? You bet!

It doesn’t have to be a struggle to take photos that reflect the lifestyle of a family…

But you have to follow the kids. :)

Eric and Heather, thank you SO much for letting me spend time with your sweet little family and for trusting me to capture the lovely expressions of your children! Your girls are just the sweetest, and I LOVED spending time with them! :) Can’t wait to show you the rest!