It was fun to see all the different golfers come out.

Some had great games and were happy!!

Others got a little more frustrated:)!

They all had a great time!

They celebrated the Friday away from the office!

My husband even joined in the fun. He loves golf!

Isn’t he just the cutest??? This is the third session I have done of Reece and the Gonzalez family! He is getting sooo big… The big 1 years old now!! Time sure does fly!

A few weeks ago we went out and took pictures for the Gonzalez family Christmas Card. They invited Michele’s dad to come along as well! We had a great time and got some great pictures!! Here are a few of my favorites!

Reece with Daddy.. I love this!

A new fav!!

Look at those eyes!!

This picture reminds me of the pirates of the carribean.. there is a scene where the pirates have a bone and are trying to get the dog to give them the keys… I just think it’s hilarious!!! We got Reece to smile though!

Total Fav!!

Classic picture of kids.. they aren’t always happy, but they make the best faces!

Love this of Michele and Reece.

Thanks guys!! I had a great time with you as always!

But for now…..

This is Valerie and Michael!! I’m so excited to photograph their wedding in April.

They just moved this last year to California and wanted me to fly out there to do their engagement session in Santa Monica. Of course I jumped at the idea because I’ve always wanted to do a session out there. We found so many great places to take pictures and took WAY to many!!!

We started off in their apartment and got some pictures of them and their little baby!!!

We then headed to the 3rd Street Promenade.

I LOVE This one!!

Their new love is pinkberry ice cream. I got a taste of it and it is yummy!!

We then headed to the Santa Monica Pier. This place is special to me because my husband proposed to me under the pier, so I’ve always thought it would be cool to take pictures there. One day my husband and I will do a shoot here, but for now I lived it out through Valerie and Michael.

Thank you guys for flying me out! I had such a great time! I’m so excited for the wedding!

Well now Jen is pregnant so we had to get some great shots of her. She
really wanted to do a lot with her daughter and husband so I went over
to her house and we spent an hour or so getting a bunch of pictures.

I LOVE what we got.

Maternity pictures are so special and neat. I’m so glad that I had them
done because it is such an important time in life! What memories and
crazy times you have while you are pregnant.

Jen, you look amazing… i’m so excited for you!

This is one of Jens favorites because it totally shows her relationship with her daughter.

I love this one of the family.

Isn’t Jen gorgeous??? I wish i looked this good when I was pregnant:)

The Belly!!

I
have been in Florida for the last 4 days and am now on my way back to
Arizona! Liz and Durann were married on Saturday in Ft. Lauderdale
Florida. I have known Liz for about 10 years now and I was so excited
when she called me up to tell me she was getting married!

This was a crazy wedding for me because my best friend and fellow photographer, Mary Beth Tyson,
was in the wedding party. It was crazy taking pictures of her and
having her there, but it was so much fun. I also knew 2 of the other
girls in the wedding party.. so it was good reconnecting with old
friends.

The day started at Liz and Durann’s condo. The girls
got ready there and the boys got ready at a really neat Salon called
Mankind. I was very lucky to have an amazing photographer, Timco,
come along and help me capturing the guys getting ready. I don’t have
any of those pictures up yet, but they turned out great!! Thanks Tim:):)

Durann has a little girl and it was fun to see how Liz has taken her in as her own. I love this moment.

Durann
loves to read Tom Clancey novels so we thought it would be really neat
to take pictures of the rings on the books… I think this turned out
really cool!

Ok,
cute cute cute little babies all over… this guy was adorable. He
wasn’t going to be a ring bearer, but was so cute that he ended up
walking down the aisle anyways! Little kids always make me miss my
Kailee… this was my first long trip away from her, so it was a little
harder than normal.

Liz getting ready… final touches.

We had a great time with the girls.

Liz looked beautiful!

Ok, this is the little guy walking down the aisle.. so cute!

This
is Durann’s daughter and her cousin. Durann and Liz said they are more
like sisters than cousins and you could tell they loved each other so
much. They were so cute the entire ceremony.

Married couple!!!

When they came out of the sanctuary the girls hugged Durann and Liz.. this is totally NOT a staged shot… I love it.

The Crazy wedding party!!

And then off to my favorite part of the day, the Bride and Groom portraits! We had a great time!

We
were walking through a parking garage when I saw this… Durann wasn’t
too excited about sitting up there, but once he saw the picture he
LOVED it….hey parking garages are cool!!!

We also did a day after shoot yesterday. I will be blogging those a little later.

Thanks Liz and Durann… Congratulations!!