Christmas Open House - Military

I had an 'open house' for the military families that have done an Oplove Session with me, or qualified, but haven't done one yet. This was just a short session... to get some 'holiday' images to send to their soldiers.

I made a big pot of Chicken & Sausage Gumbo... and we just had fun and got some AMAZING photos!!

Ms. M is now eight and a half months old and is ADORABLE!!




She wasn't QUITE sure what to think about this guy...



This little guy is adorable! He was quite excited to come take photos!!





His mom wasn't prepared to take photos....but I didn't let that stop me! ;-)



These guys are twins, and are deployment experienced! They were under 3 the last time... so this time has proven to be MUCH different for mom.



I am so grateful to have such an amazing group of women to spend time with, who are dealing with the same issues that deployed families deal with. And we had a wonderful time eating wonderful Gumbo... and just spending time together!

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The Melton Family: Christmas Session

Ms. Melton was Tori's 5th grade teacher a couple of years ago - and one of my first portfolio building clients. She has two amazingly adorable daughters - and we did a 'not so christmas' Christmas session over the weekend.

I hope you enjoy!

They loved the Santa Chair!

There was also a white carriage that we 'borrowed' for a few moments:

Loved how their outfits matched!

You want to know how you get a young 'un to smile? Tell them not to smile....then grin at them like an idiot... ;-)

My favorite... they are such a beautiful family!

This was after the session... mom and I were visiting while the girls were playing on the rocks... I got two amazing photos that I loved!

Mom saw this one... she was sitting so perfectly....and I called her name... and she looked at me.

Thank you so much for letting me spend time with you - I always love hanging out with the girls - they are hilarious!!

The Stewart Family

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting the Stewart Family this afternoon. Shannon was doing a search for photographers in the Katy area, stumbled upon my 4th of July fireworks, checked out my website, and contacted me about doing her family session.

We had quite a few laughs over the phone talking about kids and husbands and work... just life in general.

So - we headed out to one of my favorite locations - and spent some time together. She has two absolutely gorgeous daughters... Ms. A and Ms. T... they were hilarious and did I mention gorgeous???

I think Dad will probably be meeting any future boyfriends at the door... and having long discussions with them before they are allowed to leave the house... ;-)

I love this photo! Love it!

There's a park close by... and the girls had to have this upside down photo... we had to work on it a bit... but it ended up being one of my favorites!

Okay... it's the age old dispute... color... or B&W. I love this photo... it has to be one of my favorite family shots... I told them to get close... and this was what they did... and I just pushed the button. Love the leaning... and the expressions.

Thank you SO much for spending your time with me, and for giving me the honor of photographing your family. I really enjoyed it!

The Boldt Family Session

I had a fabulous time with the Boldt family this last weekend... but we were NOT happy with the heat wave that decided to make it's way through while we were doing this.

But oh my, this is a gorgeous family!


This is the oldest... Ms. M:

These guys here... not sure who is the oldest... and the youngest...

I like it in color...

and I like it in B&W!

Mom & Dad:

The Browns

I had the pleasure of photographing the Brown family today. Coach Brown was Tori's cross country coach, and my first experience with sports at school. I have to say that she made it a pleasure. She's one of those people that you KNOW they are where they should be. She loves the kids - and after meeting her family - I realized.... goofiness must be hereditary.

All 3 of her boys have J names.... and all 3 of them are seriously goofy in a very good natured way. They were cutting up and giving each other a hard time...

This is 'my' favorite of the day...I handed them all these little sparkly gifts and said: Give them to your mom... and the laughter started...

They are definitely a gorgeous family though...

Their youngest (he is on the right) - enjoyed the 'no smiling, give me some attitude' part!

These three.... they defined 'brother' to me...

Thank you so much for letting me take your family photos - it was a pleasure!