A little slice of heaven…

Ok, so a while back I got a call to do a family session.  Like any other session, in the midst of preparing for it we had to decide where it would take place.  Did we want to do it at their house?  A local park?  Maybe a spot in town?  We went back and forth about it and both decided to think on it.  I was told by mom that their house may not be suitable for portraits.  So time goes by and we agree to meet at the house and if it’s just not working for us, we will move to another location. 

Fast forward to the day of the session.  I get to their house and I’m quite sure my jaw was still on the ground when I got out of the car.  Incredible…absolutely incredible.  The home, the view, EVERYTHING!  I kid you not when I tell you it was a photographer’s dream.  A gorgeous secluded house sitting on top of a mountain with a 360 degrees view of nothing but other mountains ALL THE WAY AROUND.  I was in heaven.  In fact, I imagine that living there truly as close as you can get to heaven on earth!  See below…

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See what I mean?  Gorgeous surroundings and a BEAUTIFUL family.  Truly…it was s uch a treat to get to hang out with these guys.;-)

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So this past Sunday I had a session with the most adorable family!   Yeah, I said this past Sunday….Super bowl Sunday!  After we had scheduled and I realized that is was Super bowl Sunday, I panicked a bit thinking that dad would be a wee bit upset about the chosen date.  But…thankfully he wasn’t upset, and I was in and out of there before the Super bowl even began.  I have to admit though that I did get to see the Paula Abdul comeback performance with them before I left.  I’m certain I would’ve been more upset about missing THAT than the actual Super bowl.;-)  It was most entertaining….

Ok, onto the session.  This was primarily a newborn session for precious little Brooks.  He was however three weeks old so I was a bit concerned about how well he would sleep during the session.  But wow…he was an absolute DREAM!  I was so amazed at how good he was…he slept pretty much the whole time.  And anyone who has ever been a part of a newborn session before knows that "accidents" are just inevitable…and sometimes happen quite often.  Well, not with this little guy…not once.   What a little angel he was.  And his big sister….wow, what a cutie.  So stinkin’ adorable with her gorgeous curls and spunky little attitude!  We had such fun….

I told mom that I would share a few on my blog as a "sneak peak" since she has yet to see the proofs.  I seriously had so much trouble trying to decide which ones to show.  But alas, I decided on the ones below.  And perhaps after they’ve seen their proofs, I will show more.;-) 

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Mom had this awesome fabric that she wanted to use….I love the way it looked!!!

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And just as an update, I will now be offering framing!  It took me a while to decide on a vendor, but I finally have made up my mind and I am sooo excited.  You won’t believe how gorgeous these frames are and how many possibilities there are with them!

I will be sharing another session this week so stay tuned!!!!;-)

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Ok, just got an email from my sister in law and it had a link to this video.  I thought this was amazing….and so cool.  I cannot imagine being there when this happened.  It would’ve either been the coolest thing ever or quite possibly the freakiest!  So enjoy!!!