Just last week I got to spend an evening in the beautiful Dundee hills meeting a lovely new family. Sent to me from a wonderful friend, I was excited to meet the Dixons and their beautiful new home. New houses are exciting right? The decorating possibilities, picking out paint, it is fun stuff.

When I arrived I got the warmest welcome, I had a great time meeting this super cute family of 4 and capturing this special time for them.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Check out the whole family in front of their beautiful new home. 

Meet Mr. L, the first to greet me and tell me ALL about the house and family. He might be the cutest little dude I have ever met.

Meet Miss G, stickling beautiful, tall, smart & witty. Girl is going to be a heart breaker for sure!

These two kill me, so lovely together!

Mr L was such a ham in front of the camera, and I ate it up. How can you not point a lens and this cute smile right.

Miss G also has a killer smile and some baby blues that are stunning.

Have I mentioned he was a ham?!

Another of the two kiddos together, this melts me, I hope my own boy & girl love each other this much.

They are adorable right, well they should be, mom owns one of McMinnville’s cutest boutiques.

Right at sunset we hit the street near their house to catch that yummy sunset light. I love that the whole family truly enjoys each other you can tell.

And one last shot of the whole family, I think this one might be my favorite.

David & Shanna thanks again for having me out to capture your family. Your home is fantastic, I am glad we could grab this moment in time. I will have the whole gallery up very soon! For now I hope you enjoy the sneak peek and of course as new clients I will have to issue the customary blog challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this little post, I will throw in a mini wallet brag book of images on the house. So leave some love people.

xo em

So, so many favorites from this session, here are just a few so far:

These two are so stinken cute together!

Here is big brother, look at that smile it kills me!

and little brother giving beautiful mama some love.

SO. DARN. CHARMING.

Dog pile on mama!

After being very good boys we broke out the very beloved Batman & Robin costumes, SO FUN!

It really does not get cuter than this little dude.

And one last photo of these heart melting boys.

Jen thanks again for having me out to capture your boys, I just adora them!

And you know the drill, if you can get 30 comments on this here blog post, a fancy little wallet brag book is on the house.

xo em

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Big girl Bella! Such a sweet pea.

Bella loves big sister, I do believe she is watching Mama & Abby do the hula here.

And here is our beautiful big sister. Her big brown eyes are just killer!

She was playing shy with me, but I got the smiles.

Cute girls! The squishing/love reminds me of my little ones.

They also love their wagon, can’t wait till mine are big enough for wagon rides!

And of course the whole cute family.

Clearly there is no shortage of love in this family.

Bella’s silly faces crack me up.

Abby is so darn cute!

Smiles, tickles, squishes, smooches, yep that is a family!

Thanks guys for joining me despite the hot weather, I had a great time seeing you all again. I can not believe how the girls have gown, they are just so adorable. And because you did so well last year, lets have another comment challenge shall we? If you can get 30 comments on this post I will throw in a lovely little brag book for mum & dad!

xo em

My life, my work and my world has forever been changed.

Miss Scarlett bear, thank you for making me a mommy, and thank you for making my world the wonderful place it is. I can never explain how amazing you are, and how much I love you.

xo mommy

Here are a few of my favorites so far from our session:

Like I said little Xander was telling stories and chatting the whole time.

No shock he has a big personality in this family, they are all so fun.

With Mama Daria, can you tell he loves him some mama.

And of course a few of father & son. Dallas and Xander are so sweet together.

Look who is starting to stand!

Such a sweet boy, look at those eyed they melt me.

Little X is not quite walking yet, but he has the squatting down.

Did I mention that the whole family is fun? Yep they are all fantastic.

this one might be my favorite of Mama & son, there is just no bond like it. I just loved seeing them together, such love.

And one last photo of out wonder boy. He is just so darn handsome!

Daria & Dallas thanks again for hanging out with me and trekking out in the rain. I just loved seeing your little man all big and talkative. He is such a sweet charmer! I hope you like the sneak peek. I will have the whole gallery for you very soon. And of course you know I love to throw down the comment challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this post a wallet brag book is in it for ya. So leave some love people, you know you want to.

xo em

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

The entire family is just ridiculously good looking, and lovely to boot.

Oh and silly too! We must never forget the silly.

Keith and Jen are so cute together.

Miss Mia is a knock out, clearly having a beautiful mama helps.

check out those silly hansom boys. 

gah, such a beautiful girl! It is almost too easy with her.

And Tan the man, such a charmer.

beautiful girl + beautiful light + happy photographer

oh that smile, such a cute little man!

he he he, they are after all siblings, this cracks me up.

and a few more of the whole family. Such sweet people.

and one last one of the sweet kiddos. Seriously, they make it almost too easy being that adorable.

Jen thanks for tracking me down and trekking out for another session. I just loved seeing all of you! You and Keith are wonderful, and your kiddos are the coolest. I hope you love the images so far, I have so many more to show you very soon! And of course I have to throw down the blog challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this post, you will get a lovely little wallet brag book to show off those cute kiddos and beautiful family. SO leave sone love people!

xo em

Here are a few of my favorites from our session:

yeah they are no fun at all I tell ya.

very serious all time time.

Miss Maggie may play tough, but she loves her mama something fierce.

Maggie has some seriously amazing sparkly brown eyes, and of course I am a sucker for freckles.

These two are just lovely together.

I am pretty sure Maggie was being a bunny here? I love Katie’s look, as a mom I know I have made that face many a time.

100% pure JOY from this one. I love these two photos, they really show what a hilarious little munchkin she is.

hello matching cheekbones.

We even got Miss Candyce into the photos for a moment. Candyce is a former professor of mine who nominated Katie & Maggie. She pretty much rocks.

And one last photo of our lovely Mother & Daughter team.

Katie & Maggie thanks again for braving the rain and running all over campus with me (and Candyce for tromping along too!. I had a great time with you guys! I hope you like your peek I will have the whole gallery done soon and then we go to work on the book!

xo em

Here are a few of my favorite’s from our session:

Meet Abby & Nick. I loved seeing the brother & sister bond. Makes me smile and think how my little boy & girl will love each other to bits like this someday.

Check out the whole adorable family. We had some real laughs out shooting. If I remember right I am standing in dog poop taking this one, classic. We laughed at my expense the rest of the day.

Abby clearly looks nothing like her dad! They were super sweet together.

Mom & Nick are also super sweet together. That mother & son bond is always lovely, but theirs is just a beautiful thing.

Miss Abby and I also did some dancing. Check out her moves on the big stage!

and another of the whole family. I love the goofy smiles here!

One more of handsome Nick, such a sweet kiddo.

and the last shot in full honesty was not taken by me. Miss Abby is a photography lover and wanted to shoot some of her own. She full on art directed, set up, and shot this one on her own.  Pretty good right!

Leslie & family thanks again for braving the weather and coming out to shoot Sunday.  I had a great time with all of you! I hope you enjoy your peek, I know I have had fun editing them! I will have the whole set for you very soon! And of course you know I love a blog contest, if you all can get 25 comments on this little post a lovely brag book is in it for Mom & Dad on the house. So leave some love folks!

xo em

Anyway… Mindy and her adorable family came over for a BBQ this past weekend and we took the opportunity to do some family & kids photos. We shot in a few spots around our home, here are a few of my favorites so far:

Griffin & Reiley are so cute. I just wanted to eat them up.

Such loving brother & sister too.

Griffin was adorable, and so sweet. He and my redhead had a blast playing. I loved watching them together thinking one day my Griffin will be this big. I love this set, such a “boy” he just had to go out and find a stick first thing. I am pretty sure this one was a magic want, cant you tell.

sweet baby Riley, she has some sparkly eyes like her mama.

and the whole family! They were such sports sitting in this soggy field. Mindy & Charles you are both adorable too!

I love this one the most I think, everyone just piled up and sweet.

Griffin  has some sparkly eyes of his own too!

and Reilly’s sweet smile, gah how could you ever say no to that face!

and a typical almost 2 year old, one second she is happy, the next she was D.O.N.E. only a mom could love that last photo, the sweet little pig tales peeking out over the sad face.

Mindy & Charles thank you both for your generosity over the past year. I am so excited we finally got our families together! I hope it was just the first of many times. Your kiddos are simply adorable, I hope you like some of the photos we captured that warm evening. I will have the whole batch ready for you soon as well! Oh and of course I want to rock the blog comment challenge as well. If you can get 25 people to comment on this post you will revive a mini brag book on me. So leave some love people.

xo em

Here are a few of my favorites from out session together.

When I arrived miss Ella was awake and ready to play. I usually like my newborns sleepy but with those beautiful eyes I was happy I got to capture her baby blues!

after a little playing Ella needed a diaper change. Clearly she is set on being a super hero when she grows up with a pose like this!

after a clean diaper, a little super hero work, and mama’s milk Ella was ready to snooze for me. And such a sweet sleeping baby she is! I loved every little bit of her, from her curl-hawk to her toes.

sweet sleepy baby even gave me some smiles.

once she was out she was out! I think little miss Ella likes sleeping in the sun.

clearly she also loved my new red blanket. Just look at that smile.

Ella also loves her beautiful mama Melissa. I have to agree, she is pretty wonderful.

and daddy too of course. The family is in the middle of a construction project these days so daddy’s got some hard working hands. I just loved the contrast of her soft skin in them.

the whole family was just wonderful to hang out with.

and one last one of the new family. Ella clearly has it made don’t you think?!

Melissa thanks for having me out to capture your darling little girl. I just loved meeting all 3 of you! I hope you like your peek. I will have the whole set soon! Melissa I would also love to offer you a little blog challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this little post I will throw in a cute little wallet brag book on me. Perfect for showing off a cute little baby when you go back to work. So leave some love folks.

xo em