Christmas Mini-Sessions - The F Family.

You might remember this family from earlier this summer. I am so glad they chose to schedule a Christmas mini-session. 

I was so happy to get to see my buddy Will again.  He kills me with his "Cheese and Crackers!".  :-)

You can tell that he absolutely adores his big sister Emma.  She is such a natural beauty.

I love this sweet moment between the two of them.

 Another favorite family shot.

 And the card not chosen.... That just means the one they did pick is even better!

Thanks for coming out guys! It's always fun getting together with y'all!

Christmas Mini-Sessions - Sawyer, Kennedy & Jacob.

Some more of my favorite kiddos.  If you've seen much of my work in the past you probably remember this trio. :-)

So I thought the candycanes would be a lot of fun. 

Sawyer with his heart...

Kennedy with her heart...

 

And Jacob with his... Well, Jacob had other plans for his candy cane!

Oh how I wish I could share their Christmas card with you! It is so cute! I will tell you that it uses the previous three photos.  Maybe I can share it after the hoolidays.  :-)

This was their mom's favorite.

And in the end we got mom in a few shots.

Shannon is such a sweetheart.  We didn't have the whole family there for a family portrait, but I am so glad we got these of Shannon with the kids.  As a mom myself, I love these.  Every mom needs photos of herself with her kids.  Both she and her children will treasure these in the years  to come.

Thanks for making the drive to see me! It was so good to see you! Miss you!

Christmas Mini-sessions - Brooklyn and Bailey.

 I think my mouth dropped open when Brooklyn and Bailey arrived.  I love these girls (and their mom and dad). They are long-time friends. The girls were absolutely beautiful.    

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They had just returned home from Walt Disney World and couple days before and poor Bailey had picked up a nasty bug. Poor baby was running a fever, but you would never know it from her pictures. She was a trooper.

 And Brooklyn... Well what can I say?

I honestly do not think I have ever seen two sisters loooks less alike but look more like their parents. Brooklyn looks just like her mom and Bailey looks just like their dad. It is amazing. Even Chris said it when he walked in my office while I was editing these.

 I knew Brooklyn and Bailey were the only girl-only session I was going to have for the day so I bought these pink suckers especially for them.  Love them! 

I just love these with the lollipops!

I can't wait to design their card!! 

Christmas Mini-sessions - Brody.

My second session of the morning was Mr. Brody.  Brody is 2-years-old. For a photographer that is all you need to know! LOL! 2-year-olds (especially boys) may be the most difficult of all subjects. They may also be the most precious. I don't usually start out with a candy cane, but sometimes you just do what you gotta do.

What I have learned about 2-year-olds is that it is much better to just let them do what they want to do. Sometimes you'll be lucky enough to get something like this.

This is a favorite.

And so is this. Brody was pretty much done with us at this point, but it is one of my favorites. Just look at those eyes!

 We had to get a few with mom. So sweet!

For a boy who was busy checking out everything on the farm, I think we managed to get some pretty good ones. ;-) 

Christmas Mini-Session - The D Family.

I am finally getting to edit my Christmas mini-session from a couple weeks ago.  It was such a fun day! Gorgeous weather! 

Dawn had scheduled a family session for a week or so before, but something came up and she had to cancel.  Since we weren't able to work out another time, we decided to some non-holiday shots.

 

For a second year in a row the kids' soccer tournament threw me for a loop.  It was originally scheduled for the weekend before, but was changed at the last minute. That meant a little bit of shuffling for some of my families. Dawn and I had been waiting all week to find out when Andrew was going to play and of course his game was scheduled at the same time as their mini-session.  So we just moved them to first thing in the morning, and it all worked out fine.  Plus the boys weren't tired out from being at the soccer field.

Andrew always turns on the smile.  Alex not so much. :-)

We did get a little smile out of him when we moved over to the barn for some holiday shots.

 And I just don't know what it is, but I love this one of Alex.

And if you think they look familiar it is probably because you remember them from their rockin' slideshow from last year. I love this family!

Thanks guys for working with me on such a hectic day!