{Families} The Nelsons

I met Natalee through Mothers of Duvall, a local moms community where I live, and she has been such a positive supporter of mine. She runs a business herself and we’ve collaborated a few times. Her family, husband John and her son Kolbs and daughter Katie make beautiful models. Here’s the evidence!

Thanks for letting me photograph your family again, Nat!

{family] The Bomsteads

Kajsa and her girls were one of the first families I photographed when I got into this business. Last weekend, she finally convinced her husband Brad to join them for a complete family session. We picked Borlin Park, this sweet little spot by the Monroe riverside. 

Dad Brad and older daughter K.

And the adorable N!

Here are more of my favorites:

My absolute fave!

What a beautiful start to the summer season. Thanks Kajsa and fam!

{family} The Longs Redux (new, with Dad!)

The Longs returned to my home studio for another session because dad Chad was missing when we went to Skagit for the tulips. Not too bad, even though studio sessions are not my favorite for kids. They need the great outdoors to be their most expressive. Still, M and L were pretty happy to smile and kid around with me. Always awesome

A little fist bump for a job well done, dad!

{Family} The Bellamares

Fourth shoot of the week – and one more to go!

I met Mireille and her beautiful boys through a local moms group. She and her husband Mario moved to our little suburb last year from Quebec, Canada. 

D and S were so smiley throughout the shoot, they were just a joy to photograph. We walked through the beautiful gardens of Marymoor Park near Clise Mansion, visited the windmill and basically just enjoyed a peaceful afternoon in the beautiful, sunny weather.

Little S just lights up when I point the camera at him. Now that’s a photographer’s dream! I swear, one plus is a great age for pictures.

Big bro D was no slouch either, giggling and asking to look at my work from time to time. Someone’s gotta keep me honest!

Thanks Mireille and Mario, it was fun!

Spring has definitely arrived!

{Family} Tulips in Skagit!

My second of the five shoots was in Skagit County’s yearly insanely popular Tulips Fest, with my friend Meriaten and her kids M and L. The weather was iffy but that did not deter the throngs and throngs of cars and crowds in Tulip Town. Note to self: Next year, go on a weekday!

Here are my faves:

Family: The Andersons

Jennifer and Joe have been my clients since I started this business ten months ago, and I’ve done THREE shoots for them already (thanks guys!).

When we first started out, Jenn warned me that her older girl L was not the picture-taking type, and would only suck her thumb and twirl her hair. Today, L hams up in front of “Daisy 2.0″ aka my camera (Daisy 1.0 is still around, somewhere…) and is sooo much at ease. Her baby sister K is not as happy about being photographed and takes some time to warm up (she was totally the opposite when we started a year ago!) but in the end, you just can’t take a bad photograph with these two.

L turns three this month. Happy Birthday, baby girl!

Here are some of my faves.

Yay for Sunshine!

How about all the sunshine today, eh? It was almost hot! We spent the day outside, just soaking up the rare Northwest rays. 

Let’s hope the great weather sticks around for Heather and Eric’s wedding this Saturday!