{Family} Chad & Wendy

It's time to get serious here - I am nearly a year behind and that's a tough pill to swallow. So I have photographed this wonderful family before in the studio and this time we opted to go outdoors for a beautiful Fall day.

Lauren was walking easily holding onto Mom & Dad's hands, but didn't start walking independently until a couple days after our session - but that meant it was a bit easier for me! In case you didn't know, Lauren has had heart surgery and so some of her development is a bit behind because of that, but she is doing great and is just so super sweet!

After being at the South entrance of Campbell Valley Park, we went to the North entrance to find a tree they had planted in remembrance of a baby they lost, so that was a very special part of the photoshoot for all of us!

{Family} Chris & Shereen

As I write this post on February 15th, Alex and Chloe turned one and we celebrated them today, snot, coughs and all. But this session was back in October when they were 8 months old, on a bit of a fresh day at Jericho Beach. In somewhat typical fashion, Alex hadn't napped well and was tired and not thrilled with what we wanted her to do. However, I am grateful for my camera's shutter speed and out of the few hundred pictures I took, we got a pretty decent representation of these twinsies and their parents.

In case you're new here, these are my nieces! And we sure love them to pieces. With our other two nieces living in Ontario, these are the first family babies we've been able to really watch grow on a regular basis and it is crazy to think that they are already one.

Hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them! Love you guys!

(For reference sake, Alex is in the pink dress and Chloe's wearing the salmon-colored dress)

{Couples} Gary & Karin

Do you remember the recent blog post about Reid, Brenda and their son, K? And I mentioned that my husband and I met Reid & Brenda in person for the first time at another blogger-friends wedding? Well, that was Gary & Karin's daughter; and now I go to church with Gary & Karin. I'd like to reference the "Mennonite Circle" here, even though I'm Dutch (which has an equal amount of crazy connections amongst it), it's incredible how people are connected to each other.

Gary & Karin have now celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, and though they took their family on a lovely holiday to celebrate, this was about just the two of them. It was a mini session at Ellwood Park and it was so wonderful! You don't have to have known them for very long to see that they love and treasure each other. They are so sweet to each other and Gary was trying to sneak in a kiss at any opportunity!

Happy 40th Anniversary to the two of you - may God continue to bless you and your marriage!

{Family} Mark & Laura

Another familiar family on the blog, is Mark & Laura with their kids, Taye & Nya. And even though I have done pictures for them several times, Taye loves to make me work to get his natural smile out of him. It's hilarious but we always manage to get some great expressions, have some good laughs and natural smiles too.

Thank you, Mark & Laura, for allowing me to do your family pictures again and for the great time that you always bring to our sessions!

{Family} Peter & Natalie

So, I'm getting older. I was Natalie's youth leader way back when and here she is, all grown up with a wee little family (with another on the way, but that was not the case during this session). Well, Olivia didn't care too much for me, no matter how hard I tried. But we managed to get a few smiles out of her. Best of all, her big blue eyes! So gorgeous, right?

Thanks, Peter & Natalie, for allowing me to do your family photos - I'm so glad it worked out and that you guys are living back in BC again!

{Do you see how she loved me?}










{They may be slight Canucks fans...}






{The bottom picture...she was a wee bit upset that they were not paying attention to her!}

{Maternity} Josh & Sarah

This is a bit of a popular couple/family on this blog and after their gender reveal session, next up was their maternity session! And since their son was born a few weeks after the session, you'll see them again here soon as a family of six!

I always have a blast with this family and I always have to work a bit at getting the kids to feel comfortable and natural with me. But it always comes together and I always leave my sessions with them smiling because I've had so much fun with them!

There are not many people that have such a perfect basket-ball baby belly like Sarah does, but it's just so perfect and round and she always looks amazing pregnant! Enjoy some summer-y photos of this cute family.

























{I was so excited that they let me in on the secret of the baby's name. We had to lock the kids in the van and set the picture up so their oldest, Braedon, couldn't read the name}