Last month, Sunil and I met up with my family in South Dakota for a whole week of camping!! Growing up, we were big campers and every year we'd pack up all of our awesome camping gear and head to my favorite place on earth - the Black Hills!  It was so fun to include Sunil in our family tradition this year. :) 

One of the things I LOVE about the Black Hills is that there are barely any bugs! That makes exploring and campfires and tents so much better! 

Most of the week it rained - as it usually does when the Norman's are camping. (I swear it follows us around!) 

So on one of those rainy days, we headed to a park called Storybook Island - a playground based on characters in children's books! 

We even had matching t-shirts for everyone that I designed for us! We looked so cool... :)

I'll admit, the best part of my week was following my nieces and nephews around with my camera! :) I only wish my oldest brother and his family could've made it that week!

Lovely sisters! ;)

The whole family troupe with a random dinosaur we found! :)

Grandpa loves his girls! 

The out-laws! 

Apparently Sunil is so skinny that they kids wanted to feed him to fatten him up... 

Mount Rushmore, round one!

Look at mom and dad... trying to be so cool... :)

On another rainy afternoon, we stopped by a Woolly Mammoth dig site to see over 60 skeletons! 

The original 6 - only missing Brad, our oldest brother!! :)

Sunil is definitely the favorite uncle... the kids just adored him! 

Yay! Selfies!

Mount Rushmore round two - ice cream all around! 

Check out dad's massive tarp! This thing has saved us in a rainstorm or two! :)

The wild-life loop! 

Last group photo before we leave! 

Travel is something I don't get to do a lot of, but I'm SO thankful for the opportunities that come my way. This summer I had the opportunity to shoot weddings on both ends of the country - New Jersey and California! Travel is always so much more fun when you're with friends, and I had so much fun adventuring with my wonderful friend Allison. :) When two photographers go on vacation you know you're going to end up with a LOT of photos - so I've done my very best to narrow down my favorites. :)

The first weekend we shot one of my weddings in New Jersey and got a chance to wander down to the beach! Yay water! :)

You're so cute, Allison! :)

The second week, I got to second shoot with Allison with one of her weddings in Lake Tahoe! The day after the wedding, our husbands flew in to join us for a week long vacation together - yay for rest. :)

During the week we got to climb up and down a beautiful mountain. The view up top was spectacular and the water below was gorgeous! 

Of course we did couple shots... and of course Sunil pretended to propose.... :)

The weather was picture perfect, and Sunil and I enjoyed the non-humid sunshine as often as we could. 

Yay for being adults and mini golfing! 

We spent as much time at the beach as our sunburned shoulders would allow... :)

And then we did a big fun photo shoot the evening of our last day together! 

Allison's skirt was SO CUTE!! 

Aww... :)

We couldn't get over how beautiful the lake was!! Made me wish we could take some bodies of water back to Kansas with us... 

So thankful for such lovely adventures! :)