I've known Mitch since he was in middle school and I actually photographed him here a couple of years ago!  I'm so happy that he and Val found each other.  They are so adorable together!!

See those snow-covered mountains?  Yeah, this was in Utah in March...and it was FREEZING.  See how Val held up?  Doesn't she look gorgeous and not-freezing in every picture?  Yeah, she was a real trooper.

Congratulations!!!

After my trip to San Francisco I headed to St. George, UT for Eric and Lauren's wedding!  Everything was beautiful.

I have so much more to show you!

When I was still in Utah my twin sister and I got things together for a photo shoot right before I left.  Dad was at work, so it was just Brie and Claire!  We were a bit worried that she would respond like this (hint, I'm on the left):

But she was great!  Brie was some kind of hoola hoop prodigy when we were younger and I'm happy to see she's started Claire early.  She's got the hip swaying down already.

This girl also LOVES books.  She will read for hours so we incorporated lots of books in the shoot .

I can't believe she's already one!

I've known Carley since we were single digits!  I used to photograph her occasionally when I needed a model at school, but since everyone grows up at some point (and I moved) I don't get to see her as often as I would like.   The stars aligned though and I was able to shoot some bride/groom pictures when we were both in Utah.

Congratulations Carley and Matt!  Love you!

Rowe belongs to one of my old roommates from school!  We lived together about 6 years ago and now she has this chubby little monkey to call her own.  We got together so I could use some of my new little boy baby props on him (the hat, ties, and some other things not shown).  I just love how this little tie looks on him.

To keep the hat on long enough for a few shots (the boy hates hats) we had to distract him with bubbles and puppets and singing.  Michelle did a great job with the singing .

Who doesn't like a good leaf to chew every now and then?

This is the third time I've photographed this family and I can't believe how big that little blondie got.  Their first family pictures are here (if you can look at them fast enough before you get redirected back to my current site) and there are a couple of them last year here.

I didn't notice until now, but this first shot is so similar to the first shot from their first photo shoot!

E (the older one) still recalls when we did pictures at "the castle."  What a memory that kid has!

These kiddos were unbelievably cooperative.  They were so easy.  Thanks guys!

While I was traveling I had so many awesome photo shoots so I'm going to post just a few pictures from each for the next few weeks!

My first shoot was with this cute little family!  My old roommate is this mama's sister and I couldn't believe how adorable these kids were.

I love her serious look.

For some reason I just love this one!

If you remember their engagements you'll remember that Craig and his family are favorites .  Friends since Craig's 14th birthday, and they've done so much for me over the years!  Hopefully I'll be around when a few more of the 5 kids get married (Craig's the oldest).

I flew into Utah a few days before the wedding (which was in October, yes I'm way behind on blogging), but my second-shooter didn't fly in until the night before.  Due to crazy weather he got stranded in Denver (not fun, we don't have good luck there).  The next morning was a mad rush to the airport, getting the rental car, and then driving the several hours to Manti!  We got there just a few minutes before they got out of the temple.  It was a cold day in Manti!

First public kiss!

Yes, I'm hardcore in my Gap kid's beanie and shootsac.  When I'm shooting I strangely don't even feel the cold!  That is, until my fingers go numb and I can't find the shutter button .

And then Craig decided to join me.  Jackie stayed under the warmth of a blanket between shots .

Favorite!

I'm pretty sure Jackie made both of these cakes, can you believe that?!  So if you're in Utah and need a cake made...

Congratulations!  Can't wait to see you all again!

Whitney is another amazing friend from the photography program (in addition to all my photo friends having babies, 3 of my freshmen roommates are pregnant).  She recently had her little girl and I'm finally getting around to posting some of these pictures!  I was in Utah for a wedding and it was perfect timing so we could do this shoot!  Whitney chose the location, which I loved, and she stuck with it even though it was freezing.  We did very few pictures in short-sleeves before she changed into something warmer!

Her husband was able to meet us and we got some adorable pics of them together .  As a photographer I don't think she gets many!

Had such fun with this family going downtown in SLC! I absolutely loved their sense of style and the colors they put together!

The next two are two of my favorites!!