I continue to feel that a huge blessing of my job is getting to hear people's stories, and truthfully we all have a history full of challenges and celebrations. When I am photographing a family as warm as this, being able to soak up some of what they have to offer gives my life so much. 

Laderoute family, you embody what family is all about, you are truly magical and like I said, super fun! 

I loved this session. Loved, loved, loved.... I have the radest clients! This family is so relaxed together and in love with each other, it was so easy to capture this. It didn't hurt that they are all stunning! The bond between Angela and Alayna is so strong, it truly moved me as  I thought about the relationship I hope to have with my daughter when she is older. 

Thank you for sharing that with me. 

John and I have always felt strongly about supporting the education needs of our children, when it comes to both joyful and productive learning. When our youngest stopped showing interest in learning, it set of some alarms for us and with the support of our extended family, made the move to home learning. I am only in week two and it is heavenly.  I realize this could be a homeschooling honeymoon, however it flows so well with our life, I believe the bliss will last. I am doing office work early morning, my best time, and home schooling in the afternoon. This allows sessions to take place late afternoon and weekends - so far this schedule has worked phenomenal with bookings and the family. I feel overwhelmingly blessed to be able to make this choice. How many jobs allow you to do this? 

I am finding my entry into homeschooling, creative, eye-opening and full of love - I am loving watching my child learn and having the opportunity for her to teach me more about her and the way she works. 

On the work front I am excited about the fundraiser we are supporting at Planet Kids. We are gung-ho to help raise the awareness of the need for new toys for Santa's Workshop. Remember when you contribute you are entered to win the over $1000 portrait session and 

presentation items that I am going to be offering. 

I am also thrilled to report that most of my fall sessions HAVE NOT been rained out. I remember about three years ago when three weekends in a row hard rain forced the rescheduling of sessions. Sessions this year have even received some sun. 

I have also been busy working on some interesting and SEXY plans for next year. But.. this blog post is getting too long, and you probably have something you should be heading off to do, so  more on this next time. 

She was fabulous to photography, her humour, and comfort in front of the camera resulted in a session that just flowed. She obviously is made for this!