A cold, but sunny day at DC Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. With parents in town, we spent an enjoyable time capturing the little ones and the whole family. Here are a few favorites from this bunch of cuties.

“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.” JFK

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them.” Richard Evans

I just adore the face on the little guy below and the photo.

Holiday time is the best time for the family photo!  Three little girls at a park is super fun and a challenge.  Thanks a bunch!

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.
Marion C. Garretty

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
– John Bowring

Having three girls….they are still a beautiful couple!

Time for family pictures for this sweet family. A great day chasing two little boys, watching airplanes and rolling in the grass.

Great parents and beautiful boys. Thanks!

“Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.” Marc Brown

A mini-session for this cool little guy needing head shots to make it big.   He has the talent and looks!

Happy Mother’s Day!  I was looking for a photograph of me with my children and could not find any recent pictures.  Yikes!  So, this week make sure you get a photo with your little ones.

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.”

-Abraham Lincoln

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience,

and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman

“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach,

while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”

Isaac Newton

Today is a smooth white seashell,

hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.”

Anon

Are you moved by words? I love them when used so lovely.

Yeats creates this image and I went back to these photographs of the two fairy princesses playing in the backyard.  This is how intense children play and I wish for that passion in my everyday life, like a flame upon the mountain!  So, try to spread your wings a little more each day, who knows where you will go!
“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
~William Butler Yeats, “The Land of Heart’s Desire,” 1894