Cooper

is definitely the spitting image of his parents! I about melted to the ground when I saw Cooper get out of the car and had a haircut to match his daddy and color that matched his mommy! Soooo stinking cute!

He was so busy and could not explore everything at the park fast enough...he kept all of us on our toes!

Cooper, Cooooooper, Coop, Cooooooooooooper....I can't even begin to imagine the number of times 4 adults said his name during his session. Thinking about it now just cracks me up....man alive, poor little guy had to be thinking we were the craziest people on the planet!

Cooper - Thank you for being the cool little dude that you are! It has been so much fun watching you grow from the very first time we saw during the snow storm when you were just 6 months old! You now have us chasing you all around to capture that sweet smile and we loved every second of it!

Kellen family

Oh my, oh my....my cousins came out to play with us! They never fail to crack me up and this evening with them didn't disappoint! One of my favorite things is anytime we see them, the first thing out of their mouth is "Hi guys!". The tone is always relaxed and as if we see them everyday, we love them!

They were complete goofballs so we thought why not try out their acting skills? They seriously brought their "A" game.

Here is their best impression of being bored while on the photo shoot. Bored?!?!? Can you believe it, bored with KandE?!?!? Who knew that was possible right?!??

They quickly snapped out of their acting roles when we talked about the end of the session and the ice cream we had promised them all along!

We all dug in, some of us more than others as you can see!

You see why we saved the ice cream for last? :)

Kellen's - We always love to get together and it doesn't happen often enough for only living a few miles apart! Thank you for letting us capture small snippits of your life and sharing the lives of your boys with us! What a joy!

Lost dog...

I received an email from Home Again today of a lost pet in our area. Many of the lost pet's don't have a picture so I haven't been posting them. This one has a picture so I am posting it...keep an eye out for Dudley!

Licht family...

Boy oh boy do we love to capture the Licht family. But this time was extra fun because there was another BOY!

Little Ben was welcomed into their family at the end of May and we were so excited to meet the little guy!

Big brother Liam takes his role very seriously and is soooo sweet to little Ben it was just a joy to witness it!

This chair happens to be a family heirloom that travels from one house to the next house with the newest baby. It was such a treat to be able to capture this moment with these brothers on this family rocker.

Licht's - Thank you for inviting us to your house and letting us spend time with "the boys". Little Ben is so sweet and I can't get over how much of a little Liam he is! I am so excited to watch Liam in the big brother role as he shows Ben the ropes!

Weston

Little Wes is growing before our eyes! Growing in months...not so much pounds. He is the longest and leanest little boy ever! He is just too cute for words!

We caught him right after his nap and we joked that he was stunned for about 10 minutes because he sat like a champ and smiled like crazy without moving....at....all. His parents told us he is on the move ALL the time. We experienced it first hand after he woke up enough to realize he was sitting still and NOT moving. From that point on he was a busy little guy!

Weston - what a joy to capture your crazy awesome gigantic smiles! If everyone in the world could wake up as happy as you, this world would be a better place! We all need to take a few pointers from you!

Bartlett family

Oh my goodness….what a blast we had with these guys! I knew it was going to be an awesome session when the boys came piling out of the van talking a hundred miles a minute! They were all ready to tell me stories and I love listening to them! It felt like we had known each other for 2 years as opposed to 2 minutes!

Jaden and Ethan have definitely been great big brothers and have taught Andrew so much. Seriously, I don’t think I have ever met a more chatty 2 year old than Andrew!

He had me cracking up every 2 seconds! I was laughing so much at one point Andrew point blank told me it wasn’t funny. Hehehe!!

Jaden is definitely a sweet big brother! I would ask the 3 boys to together for a picture and he would be the first one to wrap his brothers up in a big hug….total sweetness!!

Ethan was our little helper. He wasn’t afraid to make decisions on where he and his brothers should be for pictures. I loved it!

Bartlett family – Wow, you make our job too easy! The boys did a FANTASTIC job….even when I made them wait longer than usual to get to the final destination! They are rock stars!

Jacque and Gus {married}

What a wedding day!! This day was full of love, hugs, kisses and tradition!

It started with their engagement when Gus asked Jacque to marry him and presented her with his great-grandmother’s engagement band!

Here are just a few of the detail shots...

Tradition continued when they decided not to see each other until Jacque walked down the aisle! Oh the suspense!

As each woman walked into the ceremony they were greeted with a handmade fan from Nicaragua…beautiful and perfect for a non-air conditioned church in the summer!

Most of Gus’ family is from the East coast and it was such a testament of their love for him to have so many friends and family travel to Iowa for their special day. One friend even came from Hawaii to present them with wedding lei’s! Cool!

We had to have pictures taken with the Iowa corn and it got crazy! Only in Iowa can you replace your wedding bouquet with an ear of corn! How funny!

Jacque and Gus – what an AWESOME wedding day! We are so happy to have been a part of it! We loved witnessing all the personal touches you added to such a special day, the rings, fans, cigars, trolley of friends and family, it was perfect!