The next day we had breakfast at The Original Pantry Cafe and then we headed out to the Fashion District,  while daughter and I shopped the guys hung out and did their own thing. It was fun to walk around and see all the things the stores had to offer. Daughter got a shirt and I picked up son some Pokemon’ cards and as soon as I got back to the car and gave them to him he informed me they were fake, hahahaha. I should have know but we all got some good laughs out of it. After the fashion district we headed out to the Natural History Museum, it was super cool and we all LOVED it!! Daughter beforehand thought it would be super boring because she did not know what it was about but we were not in there for 2 seconds and she loved it!! Cool animals and big Dino’s, gems, minerals and so much more. From there we headed into Chinatown and we had so much fun looking at all the little shops and buying many trinkets. Kids thought it was cool because the shops offered stuff you don’t see everyday.

We all agreed this little trip was so much fun! Just the little break we needed, now we just have to wait until summer to plan out next adventure.

The dad, Brad, is stationed in Hawaii and was coming home for a week and I had the honor of capturing the love this family has during that week. They won’t be together again until the end of the year because Brad will leaving on missions and as soon as next week. So I was really excited to share in their special time together as a family. You can tell the kids adore their Dad and cherished their time with him.

Leading up to the shoot Katrina and I bounced different ideas off of each other and she was texting me and sending me outfit combinations and it was fun working together to come up with the vision for their pictures. The location was perfect to compliment the look and really make them standout. A man in uniform sure does look mighty good, don’t you agree?

At the time this photo was taken no one knew that the little girl decided to salute except me, she did it on her own and I about melted.

Saved the BEST for last!!

Dad, you’re someone to look up to no matter how tall I’ve grown. ~Author Unknown

Thank You Pesek Family for allowing me into your life to capture these moments for you. Brad THANK YOU so much for your service and I hope the year flies by so you and your family can be together again.

I have been dying to show off Miss Taylor’s photo’s from her Senior session! How stunning is she? She was a natural and her inner model just came out! Her eyes spoke volumes and are beautiful! Did I happen to mention she is my little sister?  We had fun shooting and may have even heard some dinosaur noises at the end of our shoot. Hahahahaha

Before the shoot I had asked her to get together some outfits and she said she didn’t have any clothes yet somehow I have seen a ton of clothes on the floor of her room when I went to their house previously. So what is a big sister to do, so I text her mom and say Tay said she has no clothes and needs a shopping spree. I get the green light and the night before her shoot I take her on a shopping extravaganza. Did I mention she doesn’t really like to shop…..so I picked out everything and she said yay or nay and then we tried it all on and in 2.5 hours we did some nice damage.  It was so fun spending time with my little sister and capturing how gorgeous she is, inside and out!!  I can’t believe she is 18 and gonna graduate this year. Seems like yesterday that she was just a baby.

Baby Ryan had a rough start and had to be in the NICU for a few weeks but is now doing GREAT. I was a little concerned how the session would go because the best time to photograph a newborn is the first 7-10 days of life and Baby Ryan was 3 weeks old when we were finally able to take them. However, he was probably the best and most sleepy newborn I have had. He would let us just move him around and he would just fall right back asleep. He may have accidentally peed on Momma when she was holding him….hahahaha we had a good laugh. It happen’s!!  Here are some of my favorite images from his session.

Thank You to everyone that entered the Giveaway. If you didn’t win this one stay tuned for some more giveaway’s in the future. Without further ado, onto the video.

ABSOLUTELY Adore these kids!!! The were little pro’s and for being 3 they did a SUPERB time during the whole shoot! How cute are they?

I had the pleasure of shooting their family photos while they were in town for a few days, they are good friends of our family. My Husband and the Dad used to work together and were travel companions on many “work” related trips. I think they had too much fun to really consider it work.  They are so much fun and we have many memories together, so glad I could capture their family and make some memories for them!

Southern California Winters, we can pretend that it was a crisp 60° but in actuality it was 86° and we were working up a sweat. Love the golden sunshine we had and I couldn’t pass up getting some sun flare. It’s just so hazy, pretty and golden,  he looks mighty good in it!!

Hello GORGEOUS Mom, love the backlighting on them. Gorgeous Mom & Son + Golden Hour of Sun + Beautiful Backlight= So Sweet and I think I need to have this blown up for my Sample Collection.

I have had the pleasure of capturing this family since Dylan was in Mommy’s belly, she is not only a great friend, a great hair stylist (she does my hair) but she is also family ! I love her family and they really are such a good looking family.

Doesn’t he just have gorgeous eyes!!

It was so much shooting with you guys and I can’t wait until we do it again!

He was teething and if you have kids you know those are not the funnest of times. We made it work because as long as he was being held he was a happy camper, he just did not want to be down on his own…..well that is until we came to a place where he could take off running and explore, then he was fine.

These were some fun and tender moments between him and his parents. You can tell he is the love of their life.

Free at last, he was able to run around and explore, he had a blast doing so.