when two hubbies have to work late and two wifeys would rather hang out together than be alone, and one of the wifeys has to set up a shot of herself in front of a black backdrop for a certain scrapbook magazine, you get this:

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and a little of this:

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a great way to end my week. love me some girls in messy buns.

when two hubbies have to work late and two wifeys would rather hang out together than be alone, and one of the wifeys has to set up a shot of herself in front of a black backdrop for a certain scrapbook magazine, you get this:

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and a little of this:

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a great way to end my week. love me some girls in messy buns.

extended family

a few months ago i got an email from beth opel telling me that she wanted to purchase a photo shoot for her family that would be visiting CA in may. her mom and dad would be travelling to visit her brother and his family, and she wanted to give them a photo shoot as a gift.

how awesome is that?

i normally do not book large family groups, but i couldnt resist beth and her love for her family. it was kind of tough nailing down a date, with a game of email telephone states apart, but once we did it was smooth sailing from there.

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i met her family and immediately fell in love with her mom and dad. corinne and ed are special people. full of life and they were so into the shoot.

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kurt and anna (her brother and SIL) were hilarious and totally my kind of people. i said something pretty racy on accident to anna and we both laughed it off. so glad she was so cool. kurt was quite the comedian and the boys-oh the boys-totally just like my boys. gorgeous and hysterical and just a LITTLE bit crazy. (in a very good way).

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the rest of their preview is here.

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i just have to say-i am so lucky to have met the people i have met. i have not come across one person who i didnt like. one person who i didnt click with. i feel so lucky that my clients trust me enough to let me in. let me see who they are and laugh with me and play with me. thank you, all of you!