Shawn & Jordan {Engagement Photographer, State Center, IA.}

You might remember Shawn from his senior session a couple years ago; here, here and here.  Shawn is also my little brother, and now he's engaged! Eeek! Can I really have one brother that is already married and now the other is engaged? Well, it's true he's grown up and is engaged to a wonderful girl named Jordan.

While I was home last weekend I was able to shoot their engagement pictures. I was dreaming of a wintry snow filled photo shoot but was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by 72 degree temps when we flew in that day. It quickly went away and the next day it was a mere 32 degrees. So my dream of a fire and hot cocoa soon dissolved, but I've been wanting to shoot in the downtown alley ways of my small hometown for a while now so off we went. And, we hit up one of my favorite churches to snap some lovey shots.

I love shooting my family. It's one of the best things about being a photographer. To provide them with last memories and freeze moments in time. It's why I fell in love with photography, and it's so special to be able to do that for the people I love most.

Welcome to the family Jordan, we're glad to have you! We're crazy, but there's a lot of love goin' around in this family!

Laughter really is the best, when you're in love.

Ava: Ten Month Photo Shoot {Children's Photographer, Glendale, AZ.}

I broke my own little rules a little bit, Ava is now ten months old and usually I like to take photos at the nine month stage before the 1 year photos but 9 months got away from me a bit and before I knew it she was already turning ten months old.

It didn't stop there, I took these pictures and then proceeded to let them sit on my computer for quite sometime now. So, here we are better late than never showing you her ten month photos. Here's a little sneak peek, I'll try to post the rest later today after I take some photos of my Valentines!

It's always interesting shooting children, especially your own. She was more interested in the grass and leaf on the ground than me. Lucky for me Hubby was near by to help distract/entertain her while I snapped away.

Clip: Ava's Closet

Dress: gifted

Suitcase: thrifted