Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing one of my daughter’s friends and her family. Here is a sneak peek – more to come!

While driving the other day, I saw this small field with tall grasses & wildflowers. I immediately knew I needed to take photos there; last night I got my chance. The kids are growing so fast, I am thankful that I convinced them to go out on a shoot with me.

We have a fun little tradition that has started in our family. Each Father’s Day we go to Murphy’s Landing to see “the old people” as my daughter’s affectionately call them. We tour the houses set up as they were decades ago. We talk with the people in costume – this year we met Abe Lincoln. There are animal pelts, spinning wheels and even a game of baseball. My daughter even got in trouble for talking while the teacher was talking and had to place her nose on the caulk board at the front of the schoolhouse. That got her attention!

The weather was amazing this year. I snapped a couple fun pictures of the crew. My poor husband being a good sport:

My oldest daughter is the only one of our children who has light-colored eyes. They are so pretty to photography:

Meeting Abe:

Kind-of like a new book, sometimes I start editing pictures and can’t “put it down”. That’s what happened today as I looked through the 300 or so shots I took of my latest clients. The mom and her two daughters got the shoot as a surprise for the husband/dad. The mom was so beautiful – she looked like a movie star. The girls were very sweet and easy to take pictures of. Here is a peek: