Hayley's BFF Photo Shoot - Gilbert Photographer

I've always been a firm believer that friends can make you or break you during the teen years.  And I am so grateful for the amazing friends that my daughter has!  They are beautiful on the inside and out and beyond talented.  They are so supportive and encouraging of each other, constantly building each other up and boosting each other's self-confidence.  

For the past few months, Hayley has been asking (begging) me to do a photo shoot for her and her cute friends.  Now that the senior photo season is over, it was finally time!  We had a blast shooting these photos and how fun is it that they all own their own ukuleles?!  We had to incorporate these into the shoot and I just love how they turned out!

Told you they were cute!  Hayley is sure blessed to call these sweet girls her friends!

Catholic Confirmation Photo Shoot

Had the privilege of photographing this beautiful young lady as she prepares for Confirmation. Such an exciting time for her and I loved getting to capture her at this stage in life!

Another beauty turning 8....

Loved meeting this cute girl at the Gilbert temple for her baptism photos.  Her mom wanted to make sure we captured her fun personality and had mentioned that she had even thought about bringing her scooter to the shoot.  When I found out how much she loved the scooter, I told her to run home and get it!  Mom was able to get in touch with her older daughter who brought it to the park for us.  And we ended up with some of my favorite baptism photos ever!  Totally captures her at age 8!

It's Great to be Kate Turning 8!

A little late posting, but had to share my own daughter's baptism photos!  Sad that my baby is growing up so fast, but so grateful for the person she is becoming!  She brings so much joy to our family and always has a smile on her face!

More Spring Sessions

I was so excited when Nikki asked me to do her photos - especially because she said she hadn't had family photos taken in a few years!  These six kids were SO well behaved and photogenic!  Easiest family of 8 I've probably ever taken pictures of. And you could tell how much they all loved each other.  So sweet!

The M Family

Oh how I love this family!  She is an incredible friend and I have been photographing her family since her oldest was born!  I have admired her for religiously taking family photos every single year even when she had three kids that were babies or toddlers and did not want to hold still for a minute.  But she documented that year anyway in the form of a family photo. And now her kids are getting older and they were angels for this photo shoot!

 Don't they look like they just stepped out of a catalogue?

And I love how they do their family photos in the spring time so they don't have to stress about it in the fall! :)  And her Christmas cards are usually done by October.  Wouldn't that be nice?! 

Fall Family Sessions

Another great season of family portraits!  Love seeing so many families return year after year and watching their children grow up.  And it was great to meet so many new families as well.  Here are just a few sneak peeks of the gorgeous families I got to photograph this fall.  Happy holidays!

Beautiful Inside & Out

I can't say enough good about this family.  I think the world of them.  They are some of the kindest, sweetest and most talented people I know.  So beautiful inside and out!  I was thrilled when they asked me to take their photos.  

 As you can see, baby G is gorgeous! Oh and those baby blues….wow!  He was at my favorite stage for baby photos.  He can sit, but not yet crawl off!  Perfect stage!

So happy we got to capture these photos and freeze time for a bit.  Babies grow up way too fast!