Ellie

Hello World.... 

Meet Ellie..... 

She's here to spice up your day with looks and her saucy attitude!!!! 

I just can't get enough of those freckles!!!  Her hair is amazing and you can't fake skin that perfect.... 

It's absolutely flawless!

Marching to the Beat of a Different drummer....

That phrase sums up my youngest pretty well.  Gabs stopped letting me dress her when she was about 2 . 

{ And yes- I realize that I was the parent and I was the one in charge... however with two toddlers there were just some battles I was willing to call a "draw" on,  in order to win the war on getting ANYWHERE remotely close to "on time"..... }

She has ALWAYS had a need for huge color and bold print and the more- the better. 

"The girl with the most accessories wins"

 Would be the 2nd best phrase to describe her now... which is ironic since we used to call her Houdini for  her ability to escape clothing, diapers, socks, shoes and hair pretties... oh- and cribs and car seats....

Nowadays,  she lives in sports practice gear- so it was hilarious fun to let her dress as bling as she wanna be the other day.  We capitalized on a little slice of Heavenly golden hour sun and I got to spend some alone time with my baby- who is definitely not a baby anymore.

So proud and so blessed in this life to be given my amazing daughters and a relationship that lets me combine my love and appreciation of them with my love for photos.

Kiss your kids and go &  take some pix!

California Girls

Wish they all could be California Girls........

My girlfriend Leanne and daughter Aliya were up visiting from California this last weekend and I'm so glad they got to come up and spend the night with us in the midst of their family reunion. I haven't seen then in a couple of years- so it was wonderful to catch up and the girls all fit so well together. We went for a little drive to show them some of the area and snap a few frames of them- they've had a huge life changing year- so we wanted to celebrate it together! And boy did we have fun!

K-urious Kajsa

I had the pleasure of meeting Kajsa and her folks on Sunday at the Rose Garden at Woodland Park. (of all the times I've been to the zoo- I've never gone and check out the garden- crazy, I know!) It was beautiful- and HOT!!!! It was a race to the finish to keep up with this little one- I teasingly called her Monkey- like Curious George because she wanted to see it all, do it all and climb it all. :) She was there for her birthday- and I'm sure she had a fantastic time!

*easy to see where she gets her looks from... gorgeous family!*

Karmah & Katie

Life has a funny way of coming back around to you, you know?

Such is the case with Katie. As we were driving around looking for places to shoot her senior session last week - we were laughing about the fact that I've known her since before she was born.... which is cool but made me suddenly feel really old!

And there was such irony about all the circumstances that surrounded this shoot- all I could do was shake my head and laugh..... our connections, the locations, the people and time elapsed.... crazy stuff, you know?

It's kind of like I was just meant to know this girl. And to know her is to love her..... and with someone who is so effortlessly beautiful.... I mean really truly.... I've never seen more amazing skin- flawless- and a perfect spray of freckles..... (need I say more about the freckles?????? I LOVE them!) eyes that shimmer even in the dimmest light situations and huge bright smile....

You'd think that someone this pretty would perhaps have an attitude.... but she doesn't.

And you'd think that someone this pretty would be high maintenance.... but she's not.

In fact- and this was a first for me.... this girl kept the same outfit on for the entire shoot- and changed her favorite locations and used them as her accessories! We drove to 3 of the 4 corners of the planet that night- but it was well worth it!

I know this girl will go far- as she has angels watching over her..... Best of luck this year my dear! xoxo Didi