These guys were such troopers during our shoot tonight.  The summer time is officially upon us here in Houston, and that means two things: heat and mosquitoes!  Luckily, I seemed to be getting the brunt of the mosquito attacks.  Unfortunately, we had to share the heat!

This is the family of one of Camryn’s sweet Mother’s Day Out teachers.  Cami sure loved Ms. Jodi!  It was so fun getting to see and meet Jodi’s family tonight.  And like I said, they were such troopers.  Jodi will be happy to know that we got lots of good smiles.  As you can probably guess, this whole photo shoot idea was hers.  I have yet to have a dad call me up and want to schedule a photo shoot!  Her guys were just along for the ride.  But they really did great, and I hope they had at least a little bit of fun along the way.  I know I did!  Hope y’all enjoy your sneak peek!

I love the little connections I see in this last one.  I love how Jodi is looking at her boys, and the easy way the boys are standing, and the sweet way Jodi and Brian are holding hands.  Families are the best.

I feel like a lot has happened since my last blog!  The biggest thing (well, to me) was the arrival of my new camera (a Nikon D300)!  I’m so excited about my upgrade, and I’ve been having tons of fun practicing and playing with my new toy.  You’ll find me out in my backyard just about every night snapping a million pictures of my kids.  And my tomatoes.  And my cat.  Nothing is safe from my picture taking!

I wanted to get out there and practice on a family asap, and luckily my friend Angela happily agreed to mini session.  She was one of my first practice clients back in December, and we did a mini session in the bluebonnets.  Luckily her kids don’t mind being in front of the camera!  She really wanted to get a good one of all 4 of them (we tried with the bluebonnet mini sessions, but it just didn’t work out.)  I think there are several good ones this time!  They are such a beautiful family, and I am lucky to call them friends.

I love how Brock and Bailey are holding hands in this next one.  So sweet!