pierrette, matthew, marek & aria : phoenix family photographer

i donated a portrait session to the International School of Arizona Soiree earlier this year 

& this adorable family won the bid :)  

we met up last weekend so they could redeem their session.

aria, 2.5, is adorable & spunky!

marek, 5, is curious & playful.

& then marek surprised his parents with throwing leaves on them! i love doing this.  the kids love it & thank god none of the parents have given me too dirty of a look afterwards :)

had a great time meeting you all! happy new year :)

beth, matt & emma : phoenix family photographer

this sweet family of 3

is about to be a family of four. 

 i photographed them before emma arrived on the scene too!

mama & emma.

emma is so sweet & gentle & precious & smart. she at one time could sign over 100 signs!

favorite of the belly bump!! emma calls the baby -baby emma!

i love this series.

so sweet!!!  

they want to do a session once the babe arrives so stayed tuned for that sweetness!

kate, pat & taye : phoenix family photographer

i have a very special place in my heart for this family. i adore them. they won the mda donation contest a year ago & wanted to wait until their little boy joined them for the session. we finally  made that happen a couple weekends ago :)

is he not aDORAble?

hugs & kisses all around!

he likes to play hard to get!

ah. love this one.

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candice, ernie, ava & weston

candice & ernie wanted to do a little mini session with their sweet brood. 

ava, that precious lil child wasn't having it. 

so we had to be creative on how to get her in the pictures :)

weston & daddy.

mama & ava.

:)

i think they turned out cute, even though that stinker made us work really hard!!