{Extended Family} Doug & Ruth

I love how this session came about! Doug & Ruth's daughter-in-law, KaraLyn, is friends with my dear friend, Laura. Somehow, I started reading KaraLyn's blog several years ago and have been so encouraged by her writing about family life and serving God. I also found out that I went to college with her sister (different programs, different age, but I knew her and her roomies well!) waaaay back in the late 90's.

Anyway, they were all coming together in July and decided that for Ruth's birthday, they wanted to do family pictures together. We discussed a couple of location options but agreed that Mill Lake area would provide good shade on a warm summer evening and equally be very beautiful. I had wanted to do pictures at Trethewey House on the property too, but there was a wedding or some sort of event going on (I had checked their website earlier and knew a car show was on that day but also that it would be done hours before our session). Anyway, we still found plenty of places to go!

It was so great to meet KaraLyn in person, meet her husband and kids and then spend some time with her extended family. I had so.much.fun. with this family! And once we were done, they went off to a week-long holiday together - how awesome!

Thank you to everyone for spending time with me and being yourselves...it was so beautiful to see your family interact as a whole!