I Adore this Family!

I was so excited to hear from this incredibly sweet family, it had been awhile since I had seen them and I always enjoy my time with them and walk away with the best candid photos of our time together.

One of the things I love about them is when I watch their "family dynamic" I can see just what kind and patient parents they are and how much they all love one another. Usually when we get together they have a Grandparent visiting from out of the Country, so I work even harder to capture the perfect moments of the day.

They never worry that I am not getting the "perfect" posed photos and let me just follow along and with very little direction get them being amazing parents to two adorable kids. I love that they get the idea behind more candid images, the type of image that you will look back on in 20 years and truly remember how the kids were at that time.

This little beauty had grown up so much...

Here they all are, a little "posed"....but we got everyone in the shot :) That is Grandma on the end, I loved watching Neil with his mom, so sweet.



And this little guy was just a baby when I saw him last.....

LOVE the big smiles!

My favorite of her :)

Here is a perfect example of letting the kids be who they are. Their little guy wanted to sit off on his own, and it was HOT during this shoot...so he wasn't about to give up his sippy cup :) But this speaks to me, I love this photo.

And my favorite of this cutie..

One of my favorites of the whole day....LOVE LOVE LOVE this of Neil and his mom.



It was so great to see you guys, the kids are getting so big and adorable!

Thank you for always being so easy to work with, I LOVE what I captured

on this hot hot St. Louis morning. You guys don't even look hot, and I was

a sweaty mess :) Can't wait to see you again!

Lisa

Lanie is ONE!!

I know I say this all the time.....but boy does time fly! I had the honor of capturing this little cuties 3, 6, 9 and 12 month photos. It has to be one of my favorite things about being a Photographer, getting to know my clients and watching their family grow and change. I got lucky, because mom Mary is one of my sister in law Jessica's best friends. So I already knew they were an amazing family! But I have loved getting to know them from behind my lens. Lanie is a beautiful, funny baby with the sweetest grin. Her big sister always makes me laugh. When I tell her she is funny she says "Yep, I know" :)

Anyway, we are at the official "end" of our one year package....boooo hoooo. (That is me crying on my keyboard). But I know I will see this family lots more (you know the whole sister in law connection). But I have already made them promise me we would do this at least once a year for birthday's and family pictures :) And I think I got them to agree.

A little trip down memory lane.....

Lanie at 3 months

Lanie at 6 months

Lanie at 9 months (my personal favorite baby age. I would of kept all my girls at 9 months forever if I could)

And Lanie at the big ONE YEAR. She just becomes cuter and cuter! Can't wait to see her as an adorable toddler.

And the whole beautiful family. I love that Lanie is waving in this...we picked a busy morning at Longview Park. LOTS of people walking pets...she was the official greeter :)

I LOVE the next set of two with her mommy.



Then it was cake time.....



She loved it!! Doesn't always happen, some one year old don't want anything to do with it. But I always love it when they do :)



What a great year! I loved being there to capture all the adorable stages.

Can't wait to see both of these girls grow over the upcoming years!

Hugs!

Lisa

Cousin Fun!

I had so much fun with this group of cousins. I have a household of girls, so anytime I have the chance to hang out with some boys, I thoroughly enjoy it :) The reason for this special shoot is their Grandma is turning 80! And I LOVE that they are giving the gift of photos....my personal favorite gift :)

Here they are....what a good lookin' bunch, huh?!?

Then we broke into groups of siblings. And some individual portraits. It was HOT during this evening (surprise surprise...summer in St. Louis, huh.) But this group of kiddos rolled with it and we worked in warp speed. haha!

This adorable duo's mom is the one who set up the session. Thanks Anne!! Oh, and your kids are so adorable by the way :)

LOVE this!

The boys.......

And the girls.......

Thanks gang for putting up with the heat and the bugs. You guys

did GREAT and it was so nice to meet all of you. I know your Grandma

is going to love her gift.

Best Wishes!

Lisa

It's been Quiet......

It has been quiet round these here parts.....but that is because all the "action" is happening over on the Wedding/Engagement blog. I can't even say how blown away I am by the growth of mine and Kelly Ferguson's little wedding biz. This is what we have shot in the last two months...and we still have 1/2 the year to go. woot woot!!

But I will have some stuff up here soon....have an adorable 1 year shoot coming from last weekend...plus I get to see some of my favorite repeat clients on Saturday morning. AND I get to meet 7 adorable cousins Saturday evening. So be sure to keep stopping by :)

And just a glimpse at what we have been up to in the "LOVE" arena......