All you need is love

Happy Valentines Day from us to you!

Last Dandelion of the Season

My littlest one is about to turn 4.  We have always felt there is just something extra special about the age of 4.  In honor of her upcoming birthday, I had to capture some fresh portraits of her.  I cannot wait for the prints to arrive!  I ordered several to use in decorating the house for her birthday.

I love this silly one!  This is just so her - always wanting people to smile at her.

My Parents

I have shamefully neglected this blog during my break from shooting.  I couldn't NOT share this session though.
I captured these moments with my parents on Easter Sunday while we were visiting at their new home.  I'm so excited that they are *this close* to finishing it!  I'm looking forward to many more visits with my family this year.  Without further ado... my amazing parents.

{Last Session of 2010} Olathe Family Photographer

I'm looking forward to taking a Christmas break and also looking forward to a fresh start in 2011!

So meet some of my friends.  Not just my friends, but our kids are best friends.  They are so fun to hang out with.  This mom of three can still do crazy gymnastics tricks, not to mention split jumps in the air.  Impressive, right?  Love them!

So I super duper love this one!  Kids are only little for such a short time.  Hugs like that are short term, you know?  Squeeze your kids tight while you can; they grow up so fast.

{Itty Bitty Hands} Olathe Family Photographer

Itty bitty hands and itty bitty feet and red, red hair, so very sweet.

Ok, so maybe I've been reading too much children's poetry with my littles.  But she is really so very sweet.  Meet the newborn baby girl of one of my best friends.  We were quite inseparable in our single years, my best friends and I that is.  We met at a poignant time in life and bonded permanently.  You know that kind of friend who will forgive you even when you mess up pretty bad?  Even when you are trying to tell her that her hair is beautiful, but get tongue twisted and say AWFUL instead?  {blush} That friend that you feel close to even when you haven't talked for ages?  That's the momma of this newborn.  Gosh I love my sweeties.   I'm so thankful for them and their children.

{Newborn Goodness} Olathe Newborn Photographer

She was hoped for and dreamed of.  She was prayed for and envisioned.  The most magnificent of all gifts - a baby.