The Cruz Family

I had so much fun shooting this fun and casual family photo session at Starbucks. Jake and Jacqueline have 3 beautiful kids and it was cool to see them all together again, as Timmy serves in active millitary duty and is stationed on the East Coast. Lexi and her little sister, Terez, were so happy for their brother to be home that they all did gangnam dance style poses for some of the photos! :)

 

My Awesome Family

God really did bless me with the best family ever! My nieces and nephew couldn't be any cuter or sweeter and I just love how good of a big brother Cohen is to all 3 (soon to be 4) of his sisters. They are all great cousins to Brody and it is so cute how much he loves all of them :) My mom and dad are the best Nana & Papa and you can see how each of their 5 grandkids love being with them- especially when they have suckers and other goodies waiting at their house after a morning out taking Christmas pictures in the freezing cold 40 degree Arizona weather! ;)

The Ryan Family

Shannon & Keith have one of the cutest father/daughter relationships. I love seeing girls who are still close to their dads like Shannon is and I had so much fun taking pictures of them. Their awesome dog, Yankee, did such a good job posing for family pictures! :)

Bentlee Is Here!

Little Miss Bentlee Rae arrived on November 1st and she is such a beautiful baby girl & looks a lot like her mommy! She is so tiny and I love all of her dark hair. I am very happy for Caleb and Whitney and their new little family of 3... or 5 (can't leave out Wolf and Ivy)!! ;)

The Beeman's

Some of my all-time favorite people are the Beeman's! Our families have been friends for the past 15 years. My sister and I have grown up together with their kids so we have some pretty great memories together. Our favorite times are from our summer camping trips :) Bobby is an avid hunter & a very funny man. It doesn't take much time at all before I'm laughing at him. Lisa is one of the nicest ladies I know & she is an awesome scrapbooker! As I walked in the front door of their beautiful home, where I took these photos, it was heart-warming to hear Bobby STILL refer to me as 'lil eh-ca' :)

Brad & Nicole + Chica & Butters

I've known Brad & Nicole since our years in the youth group at Red Mountain Christian Center. We were all friends growing up, Nicole & I were suite mates for a semester in college at SAGU, almost 3 years ago I had the privilege of being in their wedding party, & now I got the opportunity to take photos of them & their two cute little dogs. :)

The Peterson Family

This was my first 'family' photo shoot and what an awesome family to do it for! They are such a neat Christian family & I loved seeing how much fun they have together :) Cody & Sam are both high school seniors this year, Liam is one cool 4th grader who you can tell brings a lot of laughter to their family & Randall and Beth are both great parents and people. 

Sam got this awesome smile out of Liam by doing the gangnam style dance!