Fun with Bella!

Last week I had the opportunity to meet Bella, (love the name :) and what a blast we had. She is so adorable, and I can't get over how cute her curly hair is! She was a huge ball of energy, and we got some fun pictures. Her parents are so cute with her, I love the connection they had with her. Jessica (mom) is expecting soon, so I can't wait to meet baby #2 :) Thanks again for letting me come out and play with Bella, I had a blast!

Rockin' the TuTu

I love her hair and the lighting in the shot!

My little cutie!

This past week my good friend and photographer Jamie took pictures for our Christmas card and I wanted to just show you a few of my favorites. I don't want to show you too many because I am not sure which ones I will use in my card, but I couldn't resist not showing these. Isn't he such a little cutie pie??! Jamie did such an awesome job, and I can't wait to show you more! They turned out sooooooo cute :)

More Family Fun!

A couple weekends ago when I was back home, I photographed my brother's family and we had such a great time!! Downtown Sioux Falls was a little more interesting than I had ever imagined, but the pictures turned out pretty sweet! They are such a cool family and their kids are adorable! Tavin (my son) and Max are about the same age, and it is always nice to get those two together to play. Max and him are total opposites, so I think they balance each other out nicely. Tessa is kinda like Tavin, so I was happy when she came along because I felt like Brad and Wanda had it a little to easy with Max. For instance....after our photo shoot Max and Tavin took baths, and Tessa was so upset that she couldn't take a bath with them that after they got out, she just went and helped herself to the bath and sat down in the water fully clothed. Love that girl!! Enjoy!!

Brad just flips her around like she is a sack of potatoes, so cute!!

love this one of max!!

my favorite family shot

wasn't kinda the perfect look i was going for, but I thought it turned out super cute!! Max is giving out the peace symbol apparently :)

One of my all time favorite pics, i just love the emotion in this shot!!

check out Tessa's chub, so cute!!

Senior Pics!!

This summer I got the opportunity to photograph one of my favorite cousins, Larissa. Every time I went home this summer we did pictures, and it was so much fun. Larissa is such a beautiful woman and so much fun to be around!! As you can see in some of the pictures, we laughed the whole time we were doing these, it was great!! We basically went to every little town around my parents farm and did pictures. We scouted out lots of old buildings and dirt roads and cruised around in my dads old F-150, it couldn't get any better than that. We also took pictures with her two best friends, katie and kayla. They were so funny together and thought I was crazy when I told them that I wanted to find an old car to sit on. So here we are, going through my dad's neighbors trees, scouting out the perfect old car and dodging cow pies, it was a blast!! Thanks Larissa for letting me take your senior pictures!! It was so much fun!! Love ya girl!!

She has got the most beautiful eyes, stunning!!

rockin' it with my grandma's old chair :)


These three are definitely going to be old ladies together going out for tea parties, such a close group of girls!!


Love this one!
Found this HUGE bike in Mitchell by some random bike shop, had to stop and get a pic of course :)

F A M I L Y

Last weekend when I was home I got the opportunity to photograph one of my favorite families from back home. Everyone in this family is so genuine, caring and FUN, and I was so excited when Kassy told me they wanted me to take their pictures! Kassy and I were 4 years apart in high school, but we became close friends during that time. She is such a beautiful woman inside and out, and I know she didn't learn her awesome values on her own, her great parents had a lot to do with that. Thanks for the fun!!


These sunflowers were Lisa's pride and joy for the summer apparently and as I was taking this Bart said "if this picture works, it's gonna be huge :) I think they like to pick on mom a little bit, it did turn out really cool though.

Talk about one BEAUTIFUL family!!

This is kassy and her hubby, i thought it was a cute series :)

Love the huge tree!!

yep i made them hold hands, I think kassy was the only one who enjoyed this :)

Growing up way too fast

Today was Tavin's first day of school, and I think it turned out really well. He was all fired up to go with his brand new spider man backpack. I was a little worried about his listening abilities, but the teacher told me that he was a very good listener. I then asked him how his day was and the first thing he said was "i didn't listen", probably because I told him that he needed to be a good listener and he wanted to see my reaction. I also asked him if he made any friends and he told me their names were caroline, jackson and benjamin. How cute, I love it!! It seems like just yesterday I was watching him take his first steps, now he is little big boy :) I can't wait to see how much he changes over the years, it is so much fun!

family fun!

I also had the opportunity to photograph this fun family last week! We had a lot of fun running around, but I think I might have worn mom and dad out by the end of the session :) I love chasing kids around and being silly with them, it makes my job so much more fun!!

This is probably my favorite one of the kids

love the lighting on this one and the shadows :)

Summer Fun

Last week I got the chance to hang out with some of my favorite boys that I get to photograph. I have been photographing these adorable boys for the past few years, and I think they keep getting cuter and cuter!! We had a blast!! They are always doing silly things in front of the camera, and are never afraid to bust out some moves and fun poses!!



Gotta love the fun pool shots!!

This is one of my favorites!