L Family
I photographed my oldest sister's family back in October in Minnesota and not even the rest of my family ever saw these pics! Here ya go, family.
We got this little stool for this shoot and I'm so glad we did! Max thought he couldn't get off it since his feet didn't touch the ground, so it was the only way to get pictures of him by himself.
At the time, this Buzz Lightyear doll was his favorite thing in the world.
Swords are his other favorite thing (and don't even get him started on basketball).
Ty is getting so big. I'm going to be in complete denial when he starts dating (which will hopefully be when he's 25 as he's totally oblivious to girls at the moment). I wish I had pictures of him as a baby online, but that was back when I shot all film!
Doesn't Tessa look sweet? Don't let her fool you 
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Dang, the kids in my family have some blue eyes!!
I got to spend Christmas in Minnesota building snow tunnels and it looked a bit different than it did in October 
. I officially love Minnesota and can't wait to go back!
Neel & Tara
Photographing young siblings can be such an adventure! Neel and Tara gave me a workout, but it sure beats a treadmill!
When you have an older sibling around 3 and a younger one around 1 1/2, the older one frequently is very accommodating to mom and dad's request to put his/her arm around the younger one. It may start like this...
But it always ends like this (usually in mere seconds)! Those little ones are so independent and not always so excited about the excess love and restriction they're receiving.
I'm pretty sure this is when I'm telling him if he looks hard enough he'll find Thomas the Train inside my camera.
It was such a fun afternoon that I hear Neel keeps asking when "Aunt Kelli" will come over to play . That just melts me!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you have/had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm so grateful I get to spend the week with these little monkeys.
Seth & Evann
Many of you should remember Seth (I still get comments on "the chubby baby making all the funny faces")! Thank goodness he didn't lose too much of that chub yet. Love it!
This time I got to photograph his beautiful sister as well! I adored her room. Isn't she beautiful?
Seth was not fond of being clothed that day, but I thought this shot of the two of them was darling!
The A Family
The A stands for Awesome. This was one of the easiest families I've ever photographed! Start off with a few knock-knock jokes and you can't go wrong.
I swear, John must have a calling as a gymnast or a dancer. Look at that form!
When the younger kids get tossed up at a shoot, inevitably the older ones want to try it out too! This was one of the best 7-year-old tosses I've seen yet.
I loved everything they were wearing. Jacob was so handsome!
Can't you believe this cuteness?? Grace was so adorable.
The tie kills me. I love it!!
This is an example of what a small world we live in. Terri used to get her hair cut in Utah by the same friend of mine that cuts my hair in California! Now we both live in Houston. So crazy!