It seems like winter temperatures are slowly creaping in so I'm trying to take full advantage of every last bit of the warm autumn sun. My latest family portrait session in Liberty State Park was certainly a super breezy one! I had been trying to schedule Marta, Alan, and little Isaac's mini session for some time now and we were ecstastic to finally nail down a date. Their session day came and thought the temperature was fair we had huge gusts of wind that made it quite cold. They were such troupers to bear through the crazy wind and we were still able to snap some great pics!
Alan is the bishop of my church congregation here in Jersey. I first got to know he and Marta by attending our church choir practices and I instantly fell in love with their kind heartedness. Its been a joy watching them become parents to Isaac, who is just the cutest little munchkin. I feel so grateful for their sweet friendship and blessed to have been entrusted with photographing their adorable family!
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"Enjoy the little things in life for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things" - Kurt Vonnegut Continuing along with family portrait season...
I just love this little family of five! I've had the great pleasure of serving alongside Luke and Lauren in our church here in Jersey. In our ward (congregation) I lead music time for all of the children and I've been lucky enough to have Luke accompany me with his incredible piano playing skills. Lauren has put together a great program that our primary children will be performing next week! I have loved getting to know them and . And their two little boys and new baby girl are such sweet spirits- always happy and smiling! I was so excited when Lauren wanted to book a family portrait session. We had to reschedule a few times so it was wonderful to FINALLY have it happen! We photographed at Liberty State Park during a gorgeous warm autumn sunset. The temperature had dipped a little by the time we started shooting and the boys were such troopers as they shivered between shots. What an absolute pleasure it was photographing this sweet family! My sweet little nieces get more adorable by the day. Maddie is the cutest little stinker however I feel like Penny is going to give her a run for her money! A couple of months ago when I was in town, I photographed these two in their sweet little sister outfits. A favorite moment from this session was when we were trying to get Maddie to hold Penelope. All she wanted to do was to run around so we talked her into holding her Anna doll which totally did the trick! She posed with Anna for a few photos and then we swapped Anna out for little sister. It was hilarious and precious!
These two have my heart completely and I adore being their Aunt C. Every photo shoot is more special than the last. Their mommy, my sister, told me that recently Maddie told her, "Aunt C come over? Photos with Penny P?" I love that she loves being in front of the camera for me and that she loves posing with her sister (even when we have to bribe her with Frozen dolls and mini pink marshmallows!) "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." -Mother Teresa (my current fave quote!) My oldest sister, Ashlyn, lives in Arizona with her husband, Mike, and FIVE of my adorable niece and nephews. Sadly we aren't able to visit one another as often as we'd like so thank goodness for FaceTime for letting me watch them grow and continue connecting with them. It happened to work out that we were all in Houston over the summer visiting our mom and sisters. Well when you're with Aunt C, a photoshoot is inevitable. So on one of our many hot days in Houston we headed over to the beautiful Sylvan Rodriguez Park for a little photo session! I snapped some fun individual shots of the kiddos as well as a few portraits of everybody all together! Ashlyn and Mike are such great examples of parenthood. They make a great team and teach their children love, honesty, respect, trust, patience, responsibility, service, and kindness. And they make such beautiful babies!! I treasure time spent with this wonderful family of mine. AverySpunky, unique, and marching to the beat of her own drum. Though Avery is her mother's doppelgänger, she's MY mini me through personality (can you say dramatic?). She has my heart completely! Ever since she was little she's had the funniest sense of humor and says the darndest things! I couldn't be more proud of the mature and confident young lady she's growing up to be. EmmaOh Emma. This little niece of mine is quite a hoot. Facetiming with her is nearly impossible (you're either looking at the ceiling or feeling extremely dizzy from looking at a shaking screen) but our conversation are always silly and playful. She always has a little twinkle in her eye and I love her imagination. It was especially sweet photographing her in her smocked "Dorothy" dress as it was mine once upon a time... Sweet sisterhood, I love it so much. BrandonBrandon is the first boy in our family and is certainly "all boy"( if you know what I mean!). He loves pirates, bugs, superheroes, making messes and has the cutest little whining voice. And isn't he the cutest little model? The camera loves him and so do I. Brandon, please don't ever grow up!! AmeliaAmelia is the biggest sweetheart. Its so funny to think that she was once this little thing that refused to speak because now she's a little chatty cathy and a social butterfly. It's so sweet to see how her personality blossoms and grows. She takes after her mother with her thoughtful and kind nature. I love that when she smiles her whole face lights up- what a cutie pie. AndrewOoh baby baby!! It may have taken a while to meet my newest Nephew but it was worth the wait! Andrew is the happiest baby (happy as long as Mama's around!)and I was ecstatic for our first photoshoot together. Ashlyn has trained him well- he sat perfectly for me and flashed an array of cute faces and smiles at the camera. A baby in a sailor outfit and overalls, does it get much cuter?! Happy early birthday to Miss Amelia!!
"Sisters are different flowers from the same garden." -Unknown Seeing as yesterday was National Sister Day today, I thought it would be fitting to post Maddie and Penny's very first Sister Portrait Session.
9 times out of 10 Maddie loves to get her photo taken and she was in an extra good mood during this session. She did exactly as she was told and was especially excited to hold her baby sister, Penelope, for the very 1st time. Becoming a big sister has been quite an adjustment Madeline who's used to have all of the attention ALL the time but you can tell that she really loves her new little sister. I love to think about the sweet friendship these two sisters will develop over the years and hope that they look back at these photos and hold them close to their hearts. Happy Sister Day to my 3 older sisters who lovingly accepted me as their baby sis. I adore each of them so much and treasure the times we spend together! |
Meet Caitlin!Loves: my husband, golden age movie musicals, red lipstick, fall leaves, rainy mornings, dressing up, jazz music, yellow tulips, tap dancing, and taking your photos (yes YOU!) Archives
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