Well internet, it is Monday and I have decided it is time for you to be introduced to a very important member of our family. Nina is our crazy sweet cat. She has several roles in our family: guarding the house while we’re away, scratching the laundry hamper, helping us keep the house free of anything plastic (she  eats it…it’s an addiction really but she’s working on it),  sleeping and sleeping oh and sleeping some more, and most importantly giving love to Rico. She loves me too, but Rico is who she lives for, and if you ever want to find her just look for Rico and she’ll be sitting there, just staring at him and purring loudly. Her favorite thing to do, besides stare at Rico, is to sleep….SO I thought I’d share a few pics of Nina doing what she does best: sleeping and staring. Nina, you’re not reading this, but we love you anyways. May you continue to sleep and get fat and stare at Rico…it’s what makes you you.

Now I understand the following picture could be borderline inappropriate, but I just love her little toes with black spots on them, it had to be shared.

This is one of my favorites and I feel it displays perfectly how Nina likes to sleep, on her back, legs spread wide for the world to see…..I guess we should teach her to be more lady like, but look at her, it’s just so dang cute!

Staring……

I know, it’s not Monday but here I am posting again…..I’m sorry, I can’t help it! I just had to share this family session with you! You’ll be thanking me once you take a look at their pictures, I promise. We met them at the Children’s Museum in Downtown San Diego for their family session. I love the Children’s Museum, I especially love their children’s “graffiti” wall which you might recognize from one of our previous shoots. We had such a great time spending a few hours with this family….it was definitely clear how much they care about each other, and how precious their daughter is to them. I love seeing that. And precious she is indeed! I see modeling in this one’s future, yes I do. Well, the entire family is beautiful, not to mention cool, check out the motorcycle. Thanks you three for allowing us into a few hours of your life, it was such a blessing and a joy. I look forward to working with you again in the future as your family grows!

One of my favorites…..

At first she was apprehensive about jumping from block to block without the help of her parents, this is a picture of when she decided that yes she could do it alone! I love watching people overcome fear….even the smallest kind. Look at how determined she is, I melted.

And another one of my favorites, well I love them all actually, but this one just gets me….reminds me of when I was a little girl and loved to twirl. To me, this picture captures childhood….that’s it, I’m twirling more often now.

What did I say? model!!!!

And it’s obvious where she gets it…..look at mom! 

It is indeed Monday! I wasn’t going to let you down two weeks in a row! And do I have a treat for you to make your Monday brighter or what? It’s the Bennett family!!!!  You might recognize one of the couples in the photos below as Kevin and Sierra (featured all over our main website)…..we shot their wedding back in October and it was awesome to reconnect with them, this time with the entire family! It’s Kevin’s parents’ 30th anniversary, so in honor of that the kids wanted to do a session with the entire family….10 adults and 5 kids. Photo sessions can be a bit tricky when you have that many people, but we were up for the challenge! We love this family!!!!! So we enjoyed spending some time with them, their children and grandchildren in Balboa Park a couple of weeks ago. Quite a family of lookers too, don’t believe me? See for yourself! Bennetts, you were so much fun and I look forward to some more family shoots in the future!!

Kevin and Sierra, looking as fabulous as always….

Brothers! 

So, notice the birds? What perfect timing right? I know, I know, not many really want pigeons in their family pictures, but I just thought it was sweet so I shared….too bad it wasn’t a bald eagle….THAT would have been perfect.

This picture is my favorite of the day……

hmmmm….this one could be a close second, you know how I feel about trees!

Love this! Go 30 years!!!!!!!! How awesome is that??