Here are some special pictures of one of my BEST friends and her gorgeous pregnant belly!  She wanted some pictures by a window, but my house being quite small and in a townhouse development I wasn’t sure which window I should use, because all you can see out my window’s is other houses!  Barb had the idea of going up in Mia’s room, so that’s what we did!  After taking these I SO wished I had done this when I was pregnant last time!  What special pictures to treasure and enjoy for years to come.  Praying for you Barb as you are only days away from your due date, your look gorgeous and I hope you LOVE your photo’s!

Keith is my wonderful cousin whom I have grown up with, and Lauren is his beautiful fiance’…they suggested a great location for their engagement photos in a beautiful hiking forest that they like to spend time at going on walks together.  I had so much fun walking around with these love birds, and snapping pictures of them.  You can see the spark of love for each other in their eyes, and I am so happy for them they they found a perfect match in each other.  ALL the best you two!!!  Enjoy planning your big day!

What happens when you mix two incredibly cute girls, an apple orchard and two wonderful parents?  A GREAT family photo shoot!  Here are some of my favorite pics from the Fisher family’s photo shoot last weekend.  What a wonderful family!

Precious little hands, ‘pretending’ to pick apples )

Special Mommy snuggle moment!

The girls with their Daddy

It’s always special to have pics of just the lady of the house and her hubby…

Thanks for a wonderful photo shoot Fisher family, I hope you can treasure these special and fun pictures for many years to come, see you next time!

Looking forward to some upcoming family photo shoots in the next few weeks, praying for some fall sunshine!!

I would have to say, there is something special about engagement shoots, they seem to be my favorite.  I love to try and capture the love and emotion between a couple who is waiting to be hitched!  This is Lindsay and Geoff, an amazing couple who have already endured much in their relationship.  Geoff was stationed in Afghanistan for 7 months right after they were engaged, now he is back and they are enjoying planning their big day together.  Here are my favorite photo’s from the shoot, hard to choose just a few because there are so many that I love!

I wish you both ALL the best, and God’s many blessings in your lives together!

SO this past weekend my little sister got ENGAGED!!  I have known about it for quite some time, and have had to keep it secret for almost 6 WEEKS!  That may not seem like very much time in the grand scheme of things, but this is my sister we are talking about, we talk about everything, even things we aren’t supposed to talk about, so this was quite the “biggie” for me to keep in for that long.  I did it though!  I am so happy for my sister that she found “the one”, they balance each other out so well, and make a very special couple.

I was even asked to be her “MOH” (maid of honor) which I am quite thrilled about, she was my maid of honor at my wedding when she was only 16 years old!  Only thing is I am already dreading that time during the reception where I’ll have to make a “speech” and not just any speech, it has to be good!  I am a horrible public speaker, and I get all out of breath and red splotchy face when I have to do stuff like that, but I will definitely do it for my little sis!

Thankfully the day of the engagement we are all able to be there after he popped the big question to celebrate.  We enjoyed a wonderful backyard BBQ on my sister’s fiancee’s gorgeous property.  I took some special pictures so they can remember that important life changing day, and I hope they will cherish them forever.  Here are some of my faves.

This one below, through the trees is my favorite, what a sweet picture to capture their special love…it’s almost like you are peaking through the trees at their private moment…

Love you Lisa, and even though you are going to be a married women you will still ALWAYS be my little sis, and I am always here for you no matter what!  (Even for cooking classes)

Meet Joshua William Scott, 3 weeks old and doing just fine!  Here are my favorite pictures from the shoot with baby Josh, a sweet baby boy to add to a beautiful family.  He was such a good little boy for the shoot, even though he was naked and cold, and we kept taking his soother out!

Wrapped up as a little gift from God…

Gotta love a precious little baby body, all the fine details that God knit together…

This last picture is Josh curled up in the rocking chair that his Daddy used to be rocked on, I love special furniture that is handed down through family.

I’ll start this post by saying I LOVE my little boy, he is such an adventure everyday, and his spunk really keeps me on my toes!  But it wasn’t until I had my daughter Mia that I realized the special bond a mother and daughter share.  When I look into her dark eyes I know that there is something deep that we share, and though I enjoy this time in her life as an infant taking care of her, and nurturing her, I also look forward to those days when she will be able to talk to me, I like to imagine the kinds of things she is going to have on her mind!

Our friend Lauren (who has not one but TWO boys!) thought it would be nice to have some special pictures of just her and her 5 month old daughter Naomi.  I thought it was a perfect idea, and it got me thinking I would love to do a little photo shoot like that with Mia and I too (gotta convince my hubs to do it!)  Here are some sweet shots from the photo shoot :

What a sweet little baby girl!  Born 5 wks before Mia, hopefully they will grow up  being great friends!

I hope you and Naomi can treasure these pics of the two of you for a long time to come, and look back on the them fondly when she’s all grown…

This is Lisa Nicole Estelle, *my sister*.  She is a gorgeous, caring, talented, intelligent and sassy young lady, and I love to call her my little sis.  There is a five year age difference between us, but I never really notice it much…we’ve spent our lives doing everything together, from playing “Barbies” for full 48 hour periods at a time, to staying up WAY past bed time in our shared bedroom to play silly games such as “what would you do?”.  She recently returned from a 6 week medical trip to Kenya, Africa (I sadly still haven’t seen all her pictures yet!) and the week after she returned before she goes back to nursing school we decided to do this fun shoot together, “trash the prom dress” what could be more fun?!  It turned out to be VERY fun, and a week later she says she still feels like a princess!  Here are my favorite pictures from the fun photo shoot!  Can I just say that I have one gorgeous and fabulous sister?!  You’d never know she’s not a model, and that it was difficult at times to get her to co-operate with me! (just teasing, a big sister’s gotta do it!)

I love the eye lashes in this one especially!

And this one took the cake as my fave of the day!

Scott and Tara are an amazing couple, so kind, giving and down to earth!  We love to call them our good friends, and Ben loves to call their daughter Leah his BFF!  Tara and I went to highschool together, and then reconnected when we were both pregnant with our first children (due only a few wks apart)  She has always been there for me to talk to about anything, and I for her, I am always very thankful for her friendship!  They had a baby boy just a few short weeks ago (we swapped genders this time around!)  and I did some family/belly pics for her about 2 months ago.  Here are some of my favorites from the shoot!

I am going tomorrow morning to take pics of their adorable newborn baby boy Josh!  Can’t wait!

Mary Beth was my very best friend all through highschool, we went to different highschools but the same church youth group, and we spent hours upon hours talking on the phone every single night before bed (unless I was gorunded, lol)  Mary Beth has always been my sweetest friend, always there when I needed her with kind words and a warm heart, also the BEST shopping buddy!

She met Adam quite a few years ago, and I could tell right from the beginning that he would be the one!  They are due to get married March 2010, and let me tell you it’s going to be the most gorgeous wedding you’ve ever seen!  Here are some faves from their engagement shots I did just a few weeks ago, they are definitely eachother’s “sweethearts” and I wish them all the happiness in the world! (and some nice weather for the big day!!)