Every now and again the stars line up and wonderful people come into your life. Well, that has happened once again. Thanks to the wonderful Army sisterhood I met Amy through mutual friends before arriving at our new “home”. She also happens to be one of my neighbors.
At lunch one day Amy mentioned that her dad would be in town for Thanksgiving and she would love to get some family photos done with him included. I was definitely up for the session and couldn’t wait to photograph her gorgeous family.
I am always nervous before a shoot and this one had an extra element to it…I know the photographer who shot her last family session at West Point. Huge shoes to fill on my part. I only hope I succeeded.
We arrived at a park that has some wonderful views of the mountains. It requires a very small hike up a hill but I know the smaller trail to take. The kids, however, took off on the steepest part.
While the kids were with their daddy I figured I could get a couple of shots of Amy with her dad.
I love this one with kids and their daddy in the background.
We managed to get everyone together.
It was time to climb up to the top and the kids decided they wanted to go the fun way. We took the easier route but on the way I had to get a shot of their trek up the hill which made everyone on our level pretty nervous.
Seeing Lucas on his daddy’s shoulders made mom a bit nervous.
Everyone was safe and sound at the top.
We finally made it to the top and I dropped my gear so I could get the kids walking our way with their grampy.
There were so many options at our new spot that we had to work fast in order to keep the kids focused. Amelia just wanted to find snakes and Lucas wanted his plane back.
Lucas has a million faces. He is quite the character.
Never a dull moment.
Love Love Love
He temporarily got his plane back.
I had my great assistant, Dee, take the kids to get a surprise for their parents while I got a few of just the two of them.
Love these two.
S U R P R I S E
We cleaned off the confetti as best we could then it was grampy’s turn in front of the camera with the kids.
I let the kids pick our next location in order to keep them wanting to stop for pictures.
It was time to just let the kids play, well, look for snakes. I’m not sure about the fascination but I figured it was all good since mom and dad were there supervising. I was able to get some great candids.
It’s all about the boots.
Such cuties.
“I think the snakes are over there.”
Look closely.
She didn’t find a snake but she found a goat head thorn.
Grampy to the rescue.
All is better now.
It was time to head back down so once again we went our separate ways. This time only the boys went down what originally looked like the fun way.
What turnstile?
Oops. He slipped
Thank you so much for trusting me with your family images. I had a blast with all of you and the kids were great. You all made my job easy. Thanks to Dee and her mom, Martha, who helped me with my gear and lighting. You two were awesome!
“Family is a gift the last forever.”
