Some people are just so lovely and warm when you meet them for the first time and this is that kind of loving family. I enjoyed my day with this beautiful family. Squeezing in the last days of our warm spring in Arizona, we headed out to the Desert Botanical Garden for some great backgrounds. This adorable family just welcomed their baby girl and strolling around for a preschool aged boy is exactly what we needed to do. This little guy was a blast to be around as he searched for bunnies, sticks and bugs and kept us all quite busy!

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”

Audrey Hepburn

“All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

Hellen Keller

Picture Perfect Moment!

“We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.”

Mother Teresa

“Only a life lived for others is the life worthwhile.”

Albert Einstein

“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.”

Albert Einstein

What an exciting way to start the new year. A sweet baby boy and a new family. I love the new year, it is just like a baby…full of hope, love, wonder and excitement. This little guy was too sweet and is just a bundle of cuteness.

“From small beginnings come great things.” Proverb

A little rain and clouds for the thirsty desert, a great day for a photo shoot. Enjoy a few shots of this desert rose, so sweet and pretty, just waiting for this day to come.

“Clouds came floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

“I am the only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”

Helen Keller

This little sweet guy is a precious blessing.  Wishing your family many mornings of sunshine on the cradle!

“If one feels the love for something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go no far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shine on its cradle.”  Vincent van Gogh

I love this idea that the family wanted to do, inspired by a Taylor Swift photograph.  Now I need to do this with my family, but our name is way too long!

“A FAMILY IS A PLACE WHERE PRINCIPLES ARE HAMMERED AND HONED ON THE ANVIL OF EVERYDAY LIVING” Charles Swindoll

One more cutie I photographed for Kylazations hair accessories on Etsy.

“Children’s games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.”

-Montaigne

A great day with some sweet little girls trying on the most beautiful headbands and clips made by Kyla of Kylazations.  You can custom order to match any outfit. We just loved them. Here are a few shots to share with you until next time!

Daddy holds me up when waves come crashing by,

In his arms I am safe and loved,

In my daddy’s arms I belong,

Nowhere else I can think of.

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” Freud

Another look into the beautiful wedding day of Matt and Danielle.  Of all the details in a wedding, the most significant and much anticipated is the wedding dress!

“After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.”

~Douglas William Jerrold

And off she goes!

As second shooter for the lovely wedding of Matt and Danielle, I had a blast and it was difficult to not join in on the fun and stay focused (pun intended!)  Working with Michel Duarte was a treat and here are just  few moments before the ride to the chapel.

Let all thy joys be as the month of May
And all thy days be as marriage Day
Let sorrow, sickness and a troubled mind
Be stranger to thee.
To a Bride: Francis Quarles, 1635

Cousin of the bride and bridesmaid