kaylie & celia…

what a fun session and a beautiful evening…i love all the smiles.  such happy little girls and adorable personalities.  i see this family a lot…kaylie is in my little girl’s preschool class.  she is always so sweet and always smiling.  celia is full of spunk and personality and i lOVE that!  🙂  as you can see below, our evening ended in the water fountain…a perfect way to end a summer evening!   thank you to the nelson family…such fun!

ollie & finn…

i adore this family and love when i get to see them…we met on one hot, hot sunday a couple weeks ago…little ones never seem to notice when it is 95 degrees and humid.  life and playing went on as normal.  these little guys, who are twins have grown so fast and i have enjoyed watching them grow.  their personalities are so different…each with their own adorable qualities.  sam, and ryan…always a joy.  🙂

boys will be boys…minneapolis family photography

i had the pleasure of meeting these adorable boys a few weeks back.  we had a beautiful, hot summer day for our session.  i loved our meeting place…a perfect spot for little boys to explore, climb and do what they normally do.  tanner and hunter were sweet, well mannered and gave me a smile without me even asking.  pure joy!  🙂  traves and kelly, i loved visiting with you during our photo taking journey.  thank you for being so open to trying something new…i think it worked out well.  on a side note, check out kelly’s new engraved jewelry website…BEAUTIFUL! http://www.johnjamesjewelry.com/ kelly makes her jewelry by hand…she is so talented!

i love these shots…pretty, pretty mama with her boys…

jonathan…

this little guy had THE bluest eyes of any little one i have ever photographed…they just sparked with blueness and matched his shirt perfectly.  🙂  little jonathan was having kind of a rough day…he was getting some new teeth and wasn’t feeling his normal self…i was happy that he still showed me a few little smiles.  what a sweet pea.  it was so nice getting to know his parents.  thank you, N family.

gotta love the matching daddy and son tongues in this photo.  🙂

tuesday morning treat…

i woke up this morning to fun email in my inbox…i entered a little photo contest last week on one of my favorite blogs (all things baby).  this blog was created by the very talented, shellie of this N that photography and is filled with wonderful things for all of us newborn photographers.  i entered the contest to win a cute newborn hat because i do love my hats. i was so excited to see that my photo {#4} was chosen as one of 14 finalists.  what an honor for me and these beautiful, little twin girls.  go take a peek at ALL of the adorable photos submitted and if you wish to vote i think melanie and madison are the very sweetest {#4}  🙂  🙂

here is the link to the contest:  http://www.allthingsbaby.biz