Schaap Family

I love the Schaap family.  Their two little girls are so sweet.  

When Sarah first told me about the dresses that she ordered from Etsy.com for the girls (yes, those are feathers that you see) I instantly thought that they would be beautiful to photograph them in a wide open field, but let's face it...it is November in Minnesota.  Sleeveless dresses on little girls and November don't mix well.  Instead, we went to the Guthrie and moseyed around.

The Johnson Family

Pam and Grant were married last year and shortly after they learned they were going to become parents.  Pam actually told me that when we got together to discuss their wedding album that they just found out that they were expecting and it was really hard for them not to say anything to me.  Especially when I brought up babies (I was pregnant myself after all).

Little Joe made his debut into the world this past September and has already stolen so many hearts, mine included.

I love how you can see his little face in the reflection of the mobile and how he is looking at his little animal friends.

Such a sweet face.



The entire family.


I love the emotion of this image.  The way that Pam has her face pressed next to Grant and the way the Grant is looking at Joe, it brings tears to my eyes.

Family Love

With either rain or shine, the smiles were bright last weekend during the Mini Outdoor Portrait Sessions last weekend.  Many of the sessions were rescheduled due to the large amount of rain, but I did have some families that we brave and the images turned out great!  Here are some of my favorites.

The Bower Family

Abby and Cory will be getting married on 10/10/09, but before the big day we thought that it would be nice to have a family portrait/engagement session done to show of their cuteness.  Yes, I just made up a new word to describe how cute this family is.  :)

I cannot wait to see you on the 10th!

Schaefer Family

The Schaefer Family and I ventured to the University of Minnesota (go Gophers!) and ran around the mall area for a little bit.  It was a good time until we convinced the little girl to sit in the back of a police car.  I think that she thought we were going to hall her off to jail because she got scared.  The only law she broke was being too cute.  Insert cheesy drum roll here.  She is seriously cute though.