Lately, it seems harder and harder for me to pick out my faves from the sessions.  I end up posting more and more images in the sneak peeks…so, I apologize for the delays in the loading of my page.

Remember this adorable, little guy…Baby B? Look at him now…one year later and still look’in as cute as ever!  He’s so darn adorable I couldn’t keep my hands off of him – LOL!

…and is a HUGE fan of Lady Gaga!

….and a couple of Miss T

Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July.   Its been a rough week for us…not our typical July 4th holiday.  Little Miss B has been fighting a fever for the past 5 days.  We’re keeping our fingers crossed that she’ll be back to her normal self by Tuesday =  ).

With Miss B feeling under the weather my hopes for a July 4th picture of my girls quickly went out the window.  Will have to just settle for this shot of her and The Maverick.

…by the way, she is obsessed with “the boots”!  Drives Todd and I totally bonkers…everyday all we hear is “boots on, boots on pleassse”.

Several weekends ago we went for a cherry picking outing in Brentwood.  The girls had such a blast and of course made an absolute mess of themselves.    In the end we all had a great time and came home with LOTS of delicious cherries!

I was thrilled to photograph my friend Megan and her family!  They are gorgeous, gorgeous people…it’s unfair (LOL).

Had to post their sneak peek for them…couldn’t contain the excitement.

Enjoy guys and thanks for coming out to play with me.

I’ve had my eye on the Canon 85mm L lens for quite some time.  Finally pulled the trigger and got it.  I must say…it is pure SWEETNESS!!!

Having fun playing with it this weekend…

As with any other great vacations we’ve been on; when it came down to the last day, we weren’t quite ready to leave.  We are always wishing for an extra day… as they say, all good things must come to an end.

Highlight of our favorites:

1)  Grand Californian Hotel – highly recommend anyone planning a trip to stay here.  Service was impeccable and you are literally in the center of everything.

2)  California Adventure – we really enjoyed this side of the park because it was less crowded and the incredible rides & attractions.  Tay’s favorite ride was ‘Soarin Over California’…she went on it twice!  For Brooksie, I’d have to say her favorite was the Aladdin musical.

3)  Meeting all the Disney Characters and Princesses – we dined at Goofy’s Kitchen and Ariel’s Grotto.  Food was marginal but the kids LOVED meeting their favorite stars.  B enjoyed seeing them from afar, didn’t care for them so much up close.

4)  Parades – the girls really LOVE watching any type of dance / musical performance.  Tay even got picked to join the performers in the parade.

5)  Fun time with family – the best part of the trip was the chance to meet up with family.  The girls just adore their Grandma & Grandpa, Aunts, and Cousins.

We had a MAGICAL time; although, it was not quite perfect.

I was disappointed on two accounts.  First, we didn’t get to see the fireworks…the one night we had planned to see it the show got canceled due to high wind advisory.  Second, missed the water spectacular “World of Color” grand premier by just a few weeks.  Suppose, this gives us just a few reasons to go back – LOL.

more of Ed, Virginia and Ava…

Thanks guys for such a fun time, you have a beautiful family!

Virginia mentioned that she has a lot of pictures of Little Miss Ava, has a handful of photos of the Little Miss with her Daddy or with her Mommy but hardly any of them together as a family.  As the person who is always behind the camera I completely understand where she is coming from.  So, the request was for some good family portraits.  Family portraits is what they want so family portraits is what they get =  ).

Of course…I couldn’t help but to capture just a few (okay, more than just a few) of the Little Miss.  How could I not?  She is such a cutie and is full of spunk!

By the way, while going through the images I kept thinking how much Virginia resembles Kristy Yamaguchi (LOL).  Virginia, I believe I may have found your doppelganger.

Here is a teaser for Ed, Virginia, and Little Miss Ava.  More from this fun session to come later. 

…she looks like a little doll in this shot *sigh*