This week I photographed such a gorgeous family... two of the cutest little blonde haired boys, their beautiful mom and handsome dad.  We explored around our own neighborhood... White Rock Lake and Flagpole Hill.  We hit the golden hour just right.  Patrick and Declan are so cute and that light on their little toeheads was perfect.  Could.not.have.asked.for.more! 

Enjoy your preview Bonnie and Keith!  And happy birthday, Bonnie!!!

When Caricia first spoke with me about a portrait session with her daughter, Chloe, I knew EXACTLY where I wanted to shoot!  I have been hearing so many great things about Ham's Orchard in Terrell, Texas from my friend & neighbor, Ninotchka, and all I could think of was sweet juicy peaches and ice cream dripping down Chloe's little chin!

Our morning started out with a walk in the blackberry patch... and although there wasn't much we did manage to find a few for Chloe to pick.  Getting her to taste them was a totally different story!  But she did love holding onto them.

After that we headed indoors where Chloe was like a kid in a candy store!  She helped herself to tomatoes and peaches and even found a lollipop tree where she picked two lollipops!  You see, Caricia said Chloe has a thing about twos.  Hey... nothing wrong with that!  The more the merrier when it comes to lollipops as far as I'm concerned!   We took some cute images inside, bought peaches and tomatoes, and grabbed two ice cream cones.   In the end, she was mostly a fan of the peaches and lollipops and we all had a great time!

It was a simply sweet session with a simply sweet little girl!  Enjoy your preview, Caricia!

Well... this week our son came home with his first black eye.  He said, "It's a shiner, mommy!"   (cutie)

So, here is how it happened...

He and some of the kids at his after school program were playing a game he called "Monkey in the Middle" -- sounds crazy to me!  Apparently the game consists of throwing shoes in the air and I'm guessing someone is in the middle???  So a flying shoe hit him in the eye.  Of course, my question was, "Campbell, was  there an adult in the room?"  Hmmm...

Oh well, I am sure it is the first of several over the course of his childhood, teen years, and possibly manhood.  I'm just glad this one was an "accident" and there wasn't anything worse that happened!

I tried for several days to have him let me get a picture of it and this morning he did.  And it makes me giggle that it was this morning after he had slept in a black "muscle t" (I usually call it something different!) AND he had his typical just woken up bedhead that I adore!!!

I could not have asked for a more beautiful day for a session than Sunday!  After all of the rain we have been having, the sky delivered with crystal blue and temps in the 70's!  It felt like heaven!  We spent the afternoon  exploring... and 9 year old (okay, almost 10!) David was ready!  We headed over to one of my favorite locations to shoot... Turtle Creek in Dallas.  We climbed up on the rocks, we waded in the creek, and he scared his parents and me half to death a few times!  But all-in-all it was a GREAT time! And we got some beautiful images!

Enjoy your preview, Arthur and Amy!