I tell my clients often... 

If the lighting is beautiful, we can make just about any location look lovely. 

When she suggested a Christmas tree farm for the location of our session, we searched high and low for one that matched our availability, but nothing seemed to work. 

So instead we improvised. With the highway only a few yards away, and the rows of trees at the local landscape supply used carefully for our background, we decided to embrace a non-traditional spot. 

And instead, we focused on the beautiful celebration of a lovely little family. 

Hannah and Jake, I'm so thankful you trusted me with such a crazy idea of a location! It was such a joy to work with your little lumberjack and I can't believe how precious his smile is!! Thanks for trusting me with your memories. :) 

9 years of photographing their family.

13 family photo shoots (I went back and counted). 

When you're related to someone, sometimes you're stuck with photographing the same people over and over again... :) 

But with these cute faces...

I'll choose to be stuck with them any day! 

Especially when your nieces and nephews look like this!! ;) 

(No joke, these two photos were taken just a few seconds from each other. Why settle for perfect smiling photos of your kids when you can have ALL the emotions??) 

Oh my dear, sweet Baileys... let's keep this a yearly thing, ok?? :) Love your family so much!