I don’t know that I really have a favorite age.  So far, I have truly enjoyed every age of child from newborn to post high school, although some are definitely more challenging than others (like my own 7 and 5 year old sons!)  That being said, I think that five year old girls were made to be in front of the camera.  I had a photo shoot this morning with this sweet little girl who I’ve watched grow from a baby into this beautiful, spunky, fun little lady.

She was such a fun little friend to hang with for a bit this morning.  We talked and talked and talked about school, reading, movies, her brother and sister, gymnastics and so on and so on.  Miss A definitely is not shy, which I already knew since her mom is a good friend of mine.  But I don’t know that I’ve ever spent much one on one time with A, and she is a delight!

She stuck with me as we traipsed all over one of my favorite locations and didn’t even freak out when we saw not one but two of the most enormous spiders I have ever laid eyes on!  I was ready to run for the hills, but she wanted to keep looking at them.  I’m not even exaggerating when I say the body was the size of a half dollar and the leg span was at least as big as my palm!

But it didn’t really phase A.  She just kept on being her beautiful self.

It was a great morning, even a little bit cooler than it has been!   Thanks, Leslie, for trusting me to take her pictures!

While I was in the Metroplex last weekend, I finally got the chance to take pictures of some of my favorite people.  Shauna and I go way back.  We met at church camp when we were about 13, and we’ve been friends ever since.  We even spent a fabulous year as college roommates, and to this day I probably call her “roomate” more than I call her Shauna.  She is one of my best friends, and I love that even if we haven’t talked for awhile, we always pick up right where we left off.  Friends like that are such a blessing.

We’ve been trying to coordinate schedules all summer long, and I was so excited that it finally worked out.  Shauna seriously has the most beautiful children, a fabulous husband, and I just plain love these guys!

I love this next family one.  Chase is such a little ham, and I love how they are all looking at him and he’s cracking up.  He’s one crazy and fun kiddo!

Let me prove to you how beautiful Shauna and Kip’s kids are.

Mackenzie, the oldest of the bunch.  You wouldn’t know it, but she had been under the weather for a few days when we took pictures.  But she is such a little trooper and didn’t complain at all (well, minus when some bugs tried to crawl on her.  That’s life at the lake!)

Check out her sweet dimple!

Handsome Chase, the middle kiddo.  And he fills the role perfectly!  He is the class clown, if families have class clowns.  Which I think they do.

And Macy, the baby of the family.  She is so full of smiles and stories involving unicorns and Tinkerbell.  Check out her unique eye…part brown, part blue.  I think it is so beautiful!

One more sweet one of Macy.

Shuana, I hope this holds you over until I get the rest of your gallery finished!  I had such a great time hanging out with your family.  Love you guys!

(ps…Shauna runs a great blog/website design company.  She helped me put together my site, and she is fabulous at what she does.  If you need a blog designer, be sure and check out See My Designs!  Also, I make pretty regular trips to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, so don’t hesitate to contact me if you’re interested in scheduling a session the next time I’m in town.)