During my last trip to San Diego in July I had the pleasure of photographing the Holland family.

They come all the way from Texas for their shoots and of course some vacation. I’ve photographed the Hollands once before when their oldest was just a baby and now their family has grown +1 but don’t let those chubby cheeks and bouncy curls fool you that little one is a feisty one but oh, oh, so cute.

I was there for my good friend Marie Cox  who was going into surgery to have a hysterectomy.. CANCER SUCKS!  I wanted to be  there to help out, entertain the kids, and eat boberry biscuits ummmmmmm biscuits.. Did I just type that? 

While I was there I took some pictures of Marie’s awesome albeit big headed children minus the oldest Tayvonne who wouldn’t dare be photographed, I’ll get you next time Tay.. I was there for 5 days [I think] and I took 1600 pictures 90% of them were of Zavia that girl is my muse.. I love her. 

Here are some pictures from my trip and this is what  3000 in a plane looks like..

Jakai, I miss your cute and cuddly self.

Within the first 5 seconds I was in the door Jakai was hanging on my leg and every morning he would sit in my lap and play with my hair.

Zavia, I miss your sweet dance moves.

Zavia is a self proclaimed diva. While Jakai was fixing my hair, Zavia was listening to music on my laptop or begging me to take video of her dancing… err… I mean make music videos.

Raleigh was a good time.. I did a couple of shoots while I was there  one with the awesome Heather Love and had some super BBQ at The Pit [check it out] with my friend Gretchen Mathison, thanks everyone for showing me an awesome time and thanks Marie for letting me crash your house.

Miss Ava through the year..

She has always been a happy baby

Little Miss Ava teeth and all

Big Sister Aasha

Stay tuned this month for pictures from Ava’s first birthday bash. I am so excited! I have a feeling it is going to be Fabulous!

Little Will was born on July16th and is such a little love. He wasn’t too sleepy when I showed up so we cranked the heat up to 90 and he melted right into the blanket for some shots. I think we all melted a little as well.

Anya has had a tough year decided to treat herself to session while she is still young and hot. hehe! I haven’t even had a chance to sort through all the photos I took! Lots of fun.

Ladies be prepared to be insanely jealous.. Anya just had a baby 6 months ago and she looks like this..

This is one that I like to call “Proof Anya eats.”

While I was out of town I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing fellow photographer Heather Love and her sweet family. It was hot, hot, hot and don’t even get me started on the mosquito’s or as Heather would say “skeeters” …  us California folks don’t have quite the bugs you east coasters do but we pushed through and got some adorable images.

I have many more images to share of my trip across the country but Heather gets a post all her own.

We decided to crash the fair a couple of days early, unfortunately, we were unable to play on the rides but it was a blast anyway! 

A lot of people ask me if I have a studio and the answer is, No, I don’t but it is by choice.

I love  shooting in peoples homes, I love that each shoot is different, and my clients have such fabulous taste! Which leads me to little Padraic, his parents crib was pretty awesome.. Check out the orange sofa!

I tried to narrow the sneak peek down but it proved impossible.. this little guy was an angel!!