:: Brittany :: Provo, Utah, Utah County Maternity Photographer

My cute friend, Brittany, is just a couple weeks (maybe sooner!) away from having her first little baby boy. I was so excited when she asked me to take her maternity pictures! We headed out to the orchards and had a lot of fun taking pictures. I can't wait to meet little Landry and take his pictures!

:: The B. Family :: Provo, Utah, Utah County Family & Children Photographer

This was, by far, the biggest group I've ever done pictures of! The pictures were taken on the most gorgeous piece of land I've ever seen. I would be in heaven if I had climbing vines, TONS of trees, a waterfall, and a rickety old fence in my yard. I would live outside. The weather was perfect (I'm guessing around 80) and the people were beautiful. I have a lot of images from this session (how could I not, with 40+ people and lots of individual families?) and I'm having fun going through them. For now, here are a few of my favorites (so far) from the evening.

Special thanks to my friend, Katie, for the referral :)

:: The O. Family :: Provo, Utah, Utah County Family & Children Photographer

This cute family was given a gift certificate at Christmas for a session with me. Their oldest son is leaving on his LDS mission (in fact, I think he's gone now!) - the perfect reason for an updated family picture. We were just barely able to arrange our schedules and squeeze in a session... things are busy when you have eight kids and you are trying to get everything together before one leaves for two years! I had a great time with this family and, thankfully, we survived the nasty mosquitoes!

Their Missionary

:: The Casperson's :: Provo, Utah, Utah County Family & Children Photographer

Have you ever seen a cuter little family of four? This family belongs to one of my husband and I's best friends from high school. Mike, Kim, & their cute kids came to visit and stayed the weekend with us. While they were here, we managed to sneak in a session so they could have an updated family picture. Their newest addition, Jaden, is not quite two weeks older than our little Hailey. We had a lot of fun comparing the two babes. We're so glad to visit and hope they come again soon! Love you guys!

:: Chipman Family :: Provo, Utah, Utah County Family & Children Photographer

I got a call from my good ol' college friend, Aliese (she's the beauty above), at Christmas...

... She told me she wanted to give these two, her parents, a gift certificate for...

... one a these: a family session so that they could have an updated family picture before her brother leaves on his LDS mission.

I drove down to Manti and met her family at the Manti temple. I was a little nervous because we had to do the session at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. For photographers like me, 1 o'clock in the afternoon = potential lighting nightmare. I hadn't been to the Manti temple in about twelve years so I had no idea what we would be dealing with. I was pleasantly surprised! It was beautiful! I had a lot of fun taking pictures of Aliese's cute family. They are a crack up. I had to keep a close eye on all of them. When I was paying more attention to lighting and proper photography, those naughties would sneak in some texting and bunny ears - all while I was still shooting! They definitely kept me laughing and kept me on my toes. Loved it.

These four "children" are hilarious.

And, last but not least, I had to put this picture up. There are no words.

P.S. This better be a profile picture on facebook ASAP.

Thank you, Chipman Family! It was a blast!

:: Gauger Family :: Provo, Utah, Utah County Family & Children Photographer

Phew! These images are form another session I had over Christmas weekend. Can you tell I'm behind? Sick kids, birthdays, the pregnancy and trying to plan for our 5 year anniversary have really put me behind schedule on updating this blog. Better late than never, right?

This family was adorable. I went to high school with "J", and probably haven't seen her in almost 10 years! It was fun to see her for a short hour and be able to catch up and meet her adorable family. The two little busy boys reminded me a lot of my Jonas - only there were two of them! "J" is most definitely a super-mom to keep up with those 3 cute kids! The little baby girl was just adorable. Poor thing was freezing (good thing the session was in St. George rather than Northern Utah!) but she smiled so adorable over and over again after she warmed up in the car and had a bottle.

I had a lot of fun with this family!