Nothing could’ve made me happier last Saturday than to take some family pics for my dearest friend and her beautiful family!  Not only did the pics turn out great, but I really feel that their family essense was captured – that makes me walk away from a session feeling giddy!

L and I have been best friends since high school, and since then have never lived more than 30 mins apart.  This fall, L and H and their munchkins are leaving the beautiful NW for the sunny and warm Australia for a year or so.  for me, for them…    I will miss being able to call my sounding board at any time of day (although I could wake her up in the middle of the night… hmmmm), miss seing our kids get into trouble together, miss our sewing parties (since when did we get so OLD!), miss making a quick call cause I’m having a brain fart on what to make for dinner, miss acting so weird to the point our kids are questioning their mothers sanity…   sigh, there is so much I’m going to miss – BUT, I am SO excited for them to be embarking on this exciting journey.   That excitement overrules my sadness about it   and alas, it’s only a year!

On to the pictures!   We started off in quaint downtown Lynden…

Noah is spelt T-R-O-U-B-L-E     but that little guy melts my heart!

You can even see Chloe’s pretty “nee-noes”.  Joey and her are in love.

I couldn’t pick just one of these….

and off we went to find a field with long grass.    we didn’t get the memo that the night before was “grass-cutting night” for the farmers, so it took a bit of driving, but we found one!

This pic cracks me up…

Not only is Lisa beautiful on the outside, she is a remarkable mother, inspiring friend and truly a God-fearing woman.  Love you Lis!

such little cuties, love these kids!

bellybutton!

still goin’ strong after almost 6 years!

mmmm, and then we headed to edaleen to finish off with a tasty treat (okay i had a coffee, but they all had icecream!)

aren’t they adorable?!

That’s it for now folks!    What a fun session with fun people!  I love my job!

Can you believe it’s been over 3 months old already since I photographed the newborn baby K?! So cute and chubby now, he sure reminds me of his big brothers.

With all of these sessions lately I haven’t gotten around too much to pulling out the camera for “non-work” related stuff, but tonight I told myself I’d look at the few pics I do have from the past month or so.   I am sitting here while my kids are sound asleep in bed – and am just reflecting at how thankful I am.   Three happy, healthy and beautiful children – God has blessed Eric and I so richly.  I feel so humbled that He has entrusted these wonderful little people into our care.  It is my prayer that we do the best job we can to teach them about our Gracious and Awesome God!  That being said, I just have to share some recent shots of my sweeties, enjoy!

A couple of weeks ago my mom, Lisa and I and the kids headed down to Mt. Vernon to check out the tulip fields.  It was a beautiful day, and the fields were in full bloom.  God’s handiwork was so beautifully displayed in the many different colors and varieties of tulips.   It was a nice and relaxing day – until we tried to gas up and were told there was gas leaking out of the tank at the station… and a guy at the tire center told Lisa that she better have her dad take a look at it when she got home.  HAHAHA…  did he not notice the truck was stuffed full with strollers and 5 kids?    We had a good laugh, and thankfully made it home in one piece.

Anyways, here are some purty flowers with an even purtier girl.

Joey is SO hard to catch on camera, it’s unbelievable.  This picture typifies him in a “serious” moment.  Furrowed brow and all.    And for the record, I did no editing on those lashes, they really are that long and thick.   How is that my boys got long, thick lashes and poor Maddy got short, light ones?  Go figure.

I can hardly believe Evan is 9 months old today (hmm, or was is yesterday?)!   My little baby!     He is just such a little sweetheart, I can’t get over him.  He’s loving his “new” playpen from Auntie Lisa…   a great way to keep him out of harm’s way.  He doesn’t move around yet, so the playpen is more just to keep him away from a certain 3 yr old brother of his   Oh, and check out those chompers!

That’s it for now   Until next time!