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…while working this morning.

xo

Tara

To: Ivy
From: Anna

These are my new school shoes. They are called high tops. They came with silver glitter shoelaces but we changed to pink glitter shoelaces. I love my new shoes!

I miss you and oh, your new baby is cute. Banjo.

Love,
Anna

xxxxxoooooo

To: Emily
From: Tara

When she picked these it was all I could do to contain myself. They are some of the most tacky, god awful shoes I’ve ever seen but you should have seen the way her face lit up when she tried them on. They are so ugly they are cute. I die inside a little bit every time she wears them but they are starting to grow on me. Kind of like Taylor Swift. At least they don’t have Hannah Montana on them. You know I draw the line there.

(We help the girls email each other as a way to keep in touch. They also try to write/draw/create something every Sunday to ship off to their pen pal in another country.)

xo

Tara

These baby toes make me want to have a snack.

We took a short drive to the Oceanside harbor but didn’t quite make it there with enough time to walk around. (The sunset happened earlier than we thought it would.) This is one of the last shots of the night!

This is my second session with this group. You can see their first here. It is always amazing to see how the kids have grown with repeats. And I was positively thrilled at how healthy and robust Rylie was this time!

Mike and Katrina are active, fun parents. They all spend a lot of time outside together, so that is exactly what we did for the shoot. This is a typical, normal afternoon for so many families (mine included), and I loved capturing such an authentic moment for them.

PS: Katrina posted the most lovely note on her blog about our sessions.

xo

Tara