Ma Famille-- The Pembertons!

I practically grew up with Jen. Jennifer is my cousin on my mom's side, and I just adore her! Plus, she's a freakin hottie! She used to model a little :) I'm so proud to say I'm related to her. Now I just wish I looked like her-- man, I would kill for her hottness.

Jen is now married to Jared and has two adorable kids, Soren and Charlie. Soren is growing up SO fast. And Charlie, well I just finally met him in April, but he is a ball full of joy. I'm so attached to that little man. He's just so happy all of the time and so giggly. What cute little boys.

Here are some pics I snapped of them a week or so ago at Layton Park. I didn't even know this park existed, and it was GORGEOUS! Hooray for new spots!

Without further ado, meet Jen, Jared, Soren and Charlie!

Charlie probably would have been smiling, except he REALLY wanted to watch the birds. We understand.

I love his giggly smiles

Brothers!

haha Soren pulled this shot off very well! I told him to act grossed out by mom and dad kissing. He nailed it. I like to think Charlie got the memo too since he was looking away and not just fascinated with the grass.

Holyoak Family

A long time ago in a city not so far away (Orem/Provo), I worked at a place that, believe it or not, I hated. Hated Hated Hated. I think I only worked there because, well, I needed the money. AND my best friend and roommate at the time was also working there. So I thought, what the heck? This'll be great!

And thus fate introduced me to Ryan and Rebekah. Bekah worked with Sally and I at Harris Interactive-- the dreaded place where we randomly called people and begged them to take a survey. We weren't even trying to sell them anything, seriously. Yet people still hated us. Sally and Bekah's boss at the time was Ryan Holyoak. Everybody loved Ryan. He was the cool boss that let us goof off a little when our jobs really started wearing on us.

A little while after Sally and I cut out of there, we heard that Bekah and Ryan were engaged! Yay! We were so happy! We loved them both! Then we heard they were married. And then we heard they had a baby!

I'm so happy for these two and their new little family. I'm so grateful to know these two and now, to have met their little Bronson. I photographed them in Provo about a week ago and I'm so happy with the results-- even though that little Bronson wasn't old enough to sit up, he was GREAT at making eye contact and just so sweet during the entire shoot. And as soon as he started crying, we knew we were finished :)

As an added bonus, I would like to take the liberty of posting a few pictures from a long long time ago when I worked with Bekah, Ryan and Sally at Harris Interactive. Ahhhh the memories :) Thanks for making my life awesome you guys!

Sally and Bekah, obvisouly working very hard.

I know Ryan isn't in this picture, but for the record, he DID tape this random sign up to the ceiling to attempt to keep us motivated. That's Sally on the far left, Bekah in the middle and me on the far right. Awwwwww the good ol' days.

I made these so that we could get a "high 5" every time we got a completed survey. As you can tell, this job flirted with my insanity.

Again, although Ryan is not in this picture, this is the "crown" he made me on my last day. We deemed it the "Quitters Crown". Yes, that IS Dumbo on the top.

Ok, ok enough of the goofy old pictures. Meet The Holyoak Family....

These blue eyes are going to get him in trouble someday :)

Workin' it with the Heiners!

Matt and I met this amazing family at BYU. Michael was also in the ROTC program (DET 855 holla!!) and they commissioned into the Air Force together in April. So before we all left Utah forever, we decided we had better get some photos taken of this adorable family!

Please forgive me...there are SO MANY of their little Lily--she's so incredibly cute. Seriously. This girl kept yelling out "picture, picture!". Now that's my kind of friend!!!

Thanks for letting me take your pictures you guys! We had a blast, and I hope we cross paths again sometime during our Air Force careers! I wish we would have hung out more :( We'll see you again soon!!

Meet the Heiners!

We couldn't get Lily to focus once we got near the water. She loved trying to look under that bridge.

Here's Lily in her little tu-tu! She's bustin a move. Get it girl!

Probably my all time fave. Isn't she a natural??

Valgardson Family

I met this cute little family back at Katie and Brandon's wedding and they pretty much booked us there for their family session. We waited about another month to do their pictures, but I think the wait was well worth it! The non-stop Utah rain made the scenery soooo green, which made their cute matching blue outfits pop. I love the vibrant colors from this session!

Little Gavin was only 4 months old during this family session, but he was such a good little man. Up until we got near the very intriguing water, little Gavin was so attentive and so well-behaved. And then as soon as we got to the water, he absolutely did not want to make eye contact. You'll see what a mean in a second :)

Thanks so much to Chantille, Coby and Gavin for letting me capture this moment in your little adorable family! I had such a great time with you guys, and I'm so grateful for clients like you three. You made the session so relaxed and so fun, and a photographer couldn't wish for anything more! You guys rocked!

this is them laughing....pretty much at me haha I moved because Gavin was mesmerized by the water so I thought I could move into his line of sight. And then, as soon as I moved, he decided to look where I moved from. Go figure. He ain't no fool.

Love his big beautiful eyes