Sisters

This post can be called "sisters" for two reasons. First you have Charlotte and Maryanne, but you also have little Evangeline and Irene. Two sets of beautiful sisters, plus two handsome husbands and one adorable baby (that would also make an excellent sister some day!). The little girls all had the cutest matching dresses made by Maryanne. These three kiddos are all so dang cute. Eva and Irene have the most stunning blue eyes and Ellie has the cutest chubby cheeks. Have I mentioned how much they make me want a little girl?

Un-boxing our Graphistudio sample!

Last Monday we received our first album sample! We took a few quick shots of it here-more to come later.

Everything was very nicely packaged and padded.

The big book: 16x16" it's a monster...a beautiful monster!

The Parent books: an 8x8 and 4x4.

We'll do some fancy photos of them soon-promise!

Sunset After the Rain

We've had some weird, wet and wild weather here in San Diego lately. On the last day of September we had the most gorgeous sunset though. After two days of rain, thunder and lightning the skies parted to reveal a picture perfect sunset and a rainbow. John ran down to the beach to shoot some quick pictures and we just had to share them!

Blake & Brooke Engagements

These two lovebirds are tying the knot in November at Candellas in Coronado. We are excited to shoot at Candellas again. It is such an awesome venue for smaller more intimate weddings. Anyways, they decided to do their engagement session at Balboa Park. It is a marvelous location for any session due to its variety of scenery and overall massive size. We had a great time exploring the park with Blake, Brooke and their sweet dog Olive. These guys are just effortlessly cute. If they're this cute in regular clothes they'll be extra awesome all spiffed up for their wedding!

Isn't Olive just the cutest thing?

To get this shot John had Olive laying on his chest!

Adorable right?

Sassy expressions & heavenly lighting? Yes please!

Do you see Olive?

A Rootin' Tootin' Good Time

This little cow poke turned six back in September. She decided she wanted a country theme for her party and it was awesome! There were hay bales, horse shoes, mason jars of wild flowers and even a real horse saddle. Instead of a traditional cake all the guests dined on carmel apples, while the birthday girl had a personal cupcake. The kiddos enjoyed face painting and designing their own sheriff badges. There were so many cute kids there! I wish we could share more! We had an absolute blast capturing all the fun.

Mason jars make such cute vases!

The birthday girl!

Mom & Dad

Making sheriff badges.

I love her little tears. She's so cute!

In case you couldn't tell, the kids were having a great time.

Little bro

Little sis

This little one had the most stunning eyes.

Make a wish!

Mmmm.... Carmel apples.

Each kiddo went home with one of these hats & a bandanna!