Niu Family

Had a great time photographing this family. As you can see they are very photogenic!

Addelyn Eva

My beautiful cousin Lisa and her husband Logan welcomed their daughter Addelyn Eva Smith on June 25th. I had the opportunity to photograph Addie a week after she was born. I can't get over her cuteness. This was my first time photographing a newborn and I think it turned out well. She was a very cooperative subject ;-)

Mindy & Jon

Wow I'm really slacking on my blog!! Last year I took some maternity pictures of my friend Mindy and her husband Jon. Their son Jack is now almost 1 and he is so adorable!

 

I Heart Faces- Pets

Another entry for the I Heart Faces challenge this week. This is my sassy, but beautiful (and she knows it) Siamese cat Berrie.

I Heart Faces- Beautiful Eyes

I'm a devoted follower of I Heart Faces but I've never actually entered one of their photo challenges...until now. This week the challenge is "Beautiful Eyes". My gorgeous sister has some of the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen so it was pretty obvious I would use something of her. I love her eyes in this pic and her cute dimple. Isn't she beautiful?!?

Lake Shasta

For probably over 50 years now my mom's family has been going to Lake Shasta every summer. It has become, by far, the one thing I really look forward to every year. When I was a kid we would really rough it; sleep in tents, bathe in the lake, build our own bathroom, pack all our food (enough for a week) in ice chests, and cook with a camping stove. I'm not sure what changed, but we finally decided we would only half rough-it. We still sleep in tents (most of us), bathe in the lake (most of us), but now we use the houseboats for cooking and bathrooms.

This year we had a record breaking number of people come...78! That includes 31 kids all under 12! We had four houseboats, five ski boats, and one jet ski. We played games, roasted marshmallows, read books, played with kids, floated in the lake, wake surfed, skied, hiked to the Shasta mines, told hilarious ghost stories around the campfire, visited with family, and many more.

I love my family and extended family very much and I am so grateful we all are able to spend time together every year. Until next year....

This year we did our own 4th of July celebration. We played patriotic music while all the kids walked down the shoreline with their attire for the parade. It was so fun to see all the kids having a great time.