Van Maanen

I love living in a small town. I feel like I know (or know about) everyone. When Michelle e-mailed about getting family pictures, I didn't think I knew this family. After meeting up, I realized we were in the same Mom 2 Mom group. It was a pleasant surprise and I'm glad I got a chance to not just "know of" Michelle but have a chance to chat with her and meet her sweet little family!

Reasland Family

Daylight savings time really through me through a loop this year. Despite all my FB friends reminding me....I forgot to set my clock back! I thought I was running late to church, only to find 2 cars in the parking lot when I arrived. That's when it struck me, we forgot to about daylight savings time! I booked the Reasland session for 5:00pm...I now realized that it would be nearly dark at 5pm. Lighting is what makes a great photo, thankfully Liz understood and was willing to meet up a bit early. It was a challenge with her husband's hectic football schedule, but we couldn't be more proud of the Pella team making it to state and Aaron arrived earlier than we thought! Although it was getting dark on us, I think we got a few good ones :).

Seriously, how cute (and ornery) is this next one? I think it may be one of my favorites!

Thielking Family

Oh my goodness, Cohen is hilarious! He made us laugh and work for those smiles! Having all girls myself, it is definitely different photographing boys. They don't complain too much about it, they just run away from you! I think I burned all those extra calories from my lunch chasing after this cute boy :).

Shaw Family

Any session that involves a child ages 1-3 is always "interesting". Children between these ages have a mind of their own and we just go with the flow on what their mood dictates :). This session was no exception. Boy did we work to get the little ones to smile but the effort was well worth it I think!! I had a lot of fun on this Sunday morning and even made it to church to teach Sunday school afterward! Here are just a few pictures from our session.

Irwin Family

The Irwin's are near and dear to my heart. I enjoyed capturing some precious memories of this beautiful family.

This next one made me laugh out loud! You see, there was a very important phone call to take...no time for pictures :).

We tried to get another family shot on the bridge but this little guy was a bit too busy for that :).