Kendra and Peter's Mini Session

Kendra and Peter originally wanted to do a quick mini session for this year's Holiday cards but just as Kendra was hoping Peter proposed to her just before the mini session so we made it a mini engagement session!

The Sheldon Family {Sonoma County Family Photographer, Sonoma County Family Photos}

Here is another beautiful family from my October 15th Fall Mini Sessions.... Carefull this little guy will make you smile from the inside out! He was seriously sooooo adorable. There was just something about him that made me fall in love!!! Such a cutie!!!

The Kelley Family {Sonoma County Family Photographer, SSU family photos}

I photographed the Kelley Family last week at SSU. What a gorgeous Fall day it was! And let me just say I am going to be the first to predict this.... if their son Conor and my daughter Isabella ever go to school together or even run into each other around town when they are much much older like maybe 30??? they are so going to marry!!! and their kids will have the most amazingly blue eyes ever! Thank you Angela and Scott for having such an adorable and photogenic son! So much fun to photograph! oh and you guys are pretty good lookin yourselves ;) can't wait to see how adorable your next baby is going to be!!!

The Cook Family {Sonoma County Family Photographer, rustic family photos, old barn family photos}

Jessica and I went to Sonoma State together many moons ago ;) so when she asked to take a spot for my Mini Sessions I was so excited to get to see her again and meet her new family! She hasn't changed a single bit! She is as beautiful as she was in college!! I am really curious to know her secret!!!!!!!!! ....and well Taylor, umm I'll let the photos speak for themselves, all I gotta say is you guys make SUPER CUTE KIDS!!!



I know these are all three alike but really I couldn't choose, she is just so cute!

A little sneak peek into Danielle and Virsna's Wedding

I met the Robinson Family through Carolyn and Ed Besse who are basically like my second Parents! I have spend many nights at the Besse house with the Robinson Family, wine glass in hand and not a shortage of laughter! I want to say I watched Danielle and Jeremy grow up but really I was just a kid as well so I guess we grew up together in a way. Later I found myself working at Best Buy in Santa Rosa where both Jeremy aka "Blue" and Danielle aka "Giggles" worked(when you work at Best Buy you tend to find your self with a nickname or two-I've conveniently forgotten mine) So not only did we share the memories of "family night" at the Besse home but we also shared fun times that always come when working with someone. The work time fun and the after work fun! Because anyone who knows anyone who's worked at Best Buy knows there is lots of after work fun!!!
When Danielle asked me to photograph her wedding I was so very honored! It was such a treat to get to photograph the wedding and to sit and enjoy the reception along side lots of old friends and family of my own.
Shortly after this wedding I traveled down to LA for my baby sister's wedding and then the following weekend to Carmel for another wedding so this blog post is much later than my normal sneak peak but I hope it was worth the wait!
xoxo Danielle and Virsna thank you so much for letting me be apart of such a beautiful day!



Isn't he just the cutest!!!...My Brother and his adorable son the ring bearer!!!


and the beautiful and talented Carolyn Besse of Your Sweet Expectations

I love the shot of Virsna as Danielle and her Dad are coming down the aisle... gives you a little idea of what it is like from Danielle's perspective, all the cameras and people but the only person you seem to see clearly is your Groom...











and I had to throw this one in there....you all know I'm a sucker for a Man who get's emotional with his Mama!!

The cutest flower girl and ring bearer you've ever seen........EVER! oh ya and an average looking couple too! ;)

I just wanted to post a few pictures from my baby sister's wedding this past weekend. Talk about stress! My kids were in the wedding, I did the flowers, Danielle's make up and took the photos! Man I'm still tired! I'll put up a full post in a few weeks but thought I'd share a few now! cuz I couldn't stand it, just had to share how darn cute my kids were! and how beautiful my baby sister looked! ...some people say we look alike ;0 ;) It's funny because we have always been told how much we look alike but as the years have gone by my sister has gained an entirely different style (I think she even had a name for her hair style???...man I feel old) and I've well, I've adopted the tired Mom of 2 look! I think I wear it well though ;)



Introducing the cutest kids on the planet.......



My beautiful Sister and new Brother in Law



man those flowers look awesome.... I should really give the florist a shout out! Oh wait it was ME ;) thanks LA Flower Mart for being such an awesome place to buy fresh flowers! I love that place!


this shoe picture was inspired by the lovely Jihan Cerda Photography, she always gets this shot during her weddings and when I saw their shoes I just had to get the same type of shot!


and this post on Danielle and Kirby's wedding wouldn't be complete with out MY designated bridal party members.... our cousin Emily and Johnny

and well you can't ever get a picture of Johnny where he isn't being silly or when he doesn't have girls hanging off of him so this was the best I could find!

and just because I love them so much I wanted to post a couple cute pictures of my cousins Shannon and Sherril and their gorgeous grown up kids who I used to babysit when I was 16 and they were the same ages as my kids!!!


A big shout out to the etsy sellers who made my kids outfits!!!
My son's bowtie and suspenders were made by http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoodiesBooties
and my daughter's dress and headband were made by http://www.etsy.com/shop/pinkgiraffebowtique