The Hoover Family

This shoot took place on two different days.  The first day was crazy windy and cold and it was hard for the kids to not look like they were freezing.  We ended up doing a few more inside a couple of weeks later, plus a couple more outside since it wasn’t as cold as the first day.  What a great family this is.

How do you get your brother to smile?

Tickle him!!

Thank you, Hoovers, for your cooperation and patience!

Smith Sisters

This gorgeous bunch of girls was so much fun to be around!  (Their mom is just as cute, by the way.)  They were so cooperative and they loved climbing all over the train.

We did this shoot in Alamosa at the train yard and by the river.  We started at 9am, but in retrospect, it was already too late in the day.  The sun was pretty harsh.  7:30 would’ve been much better.  I think we got some keepers, though!

Ellithorpe Cousins

The DeGolyers

This is the DeGolyer family.  The day of the shoot was rainy and windy, but we decided to go ahead with it anyway.  Luckily, we got a break in the clouds and the sun came out for a few minutes.  These were taken in their yard. 

I’ve become slightly addicted to silhouette shots.  I can’t help myself!

 

Thank you, DeGolyers!  You have an amazing family.

Rivera Sisters

These girls are my next-door neighbors.  We did the shoot in their backyard.

Aren’t they cute?

The Flake Family

This is my oldest sister, Sabrina, and her husband, Paul.  They have a yours, mine and ours type family that makes up ten kids!  

This session was probably the toughest I’ve done.  We started at about 11:00 am, which means that the sun was pretty much directly over head.  I tried to stay in the shade, but there was still patchy sunlight coming through.  I am pleased with  the results, though.  

Out of the ten kids, seven of them are boys.

The Surats

Baby Teegan was the best baby ever.  He slept the entire time. 

His skin was also the best newborn skin that I’ve ever seen.  He was hardly red at all and didn’t need much touching up.  

Isn’t he adorable?

He was also Melody and Tyler’s first boy after having two girls.  (I know exactly what that’s like.  Dad now will live vicariously through his boy.)

Tyler is a baseball fan from Atlanta and said that they will be moving there in the next few weeks.

I’m sure this little slugger fit right in. 

(Side note about this dump truck that you see in the boy photos and dads living vicariously through their sons.  My third baby, and first boy, was born nine days before Christmas.  This truck is what Santa brought him.)

Thank you, Surats!  You have a beautiful family!