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Homegrown Family Session~ The Cacuyog’s!

Whoo hoo! My old stomping grounds! I was SO excited when Tamara wanted to go to the beach! And at some point asked if there was a basketball court nearby… I had two places in mind Stinson or Sausalito and Cronkite. I chose Sausalito because I knew the tress would give us some gorgeous fall colors and I didn’t want to risk carsick kids. But, for the record… I am totally down for a Stinson Beach session ANYTIME!

Looking at the pictures I chose to blog it does look like almost two different days… same day and the session wasn’t even a very long one. (The boys may beg to differ… ;)) If you want a beach session in Northern California, you have to realize it can go from sunny to foggy in a minute! You might get sunny pics or you might get foggy, but either way… it is always magical.

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Tommy B! Class of 2015!

Seriously! Tommy… or is it Thomas? I’m sticking with Tommy.

He was JUST a scruffy little boy practicing his times tables on his Leap Frog Slam-It! How can he be graduating High School? Crazy!

Tommy’s big heart and talent is going to take him far in life. I feel blessed that I got to watch him grow and see that little scrappy kid turn into a pretty awesome man.

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 In this B&W image, I can still see the little boy Tommy in his face.

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This was a difficult session for me, I was trying to be cool and hold back all the emotions that welling up in me.

I was trying to make it as painless as I could for Tommy, and work efficiently, but I was also going to lose it. Where did the time go?

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Can you say DREAMY?

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Up Up and Away…. Ellie Mae is on Her Way!

Okay… We didn’t know that was Ellie Mae in there. I’m slightly late in blogging this. I have no excuses. Only a husband 5 kids, three of which are homeschooled and one who is a tad high maintenance, three chickens, a dog, two fish, a glorious garden, a photography business…

I’m teasing! I love it all!

This shower for my sis and bro in law was a group effort. Full of sweet touches from people who love them dearly. We grew up in a small town and went to a small high school and both of us have kept in touch with our high school besties. They all offered to help. Even an old co worker of Amanda’s came early to help! Amanda is super loved. Amanda’s friends helped… my friends helped… it was awesome!

This was on the drive to Mill Valley… the clouds on the cake match the clouds in the sky!

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The cake was made by a friend of mine… She is super talented! Shan lives in the Sacramento area, the shower was in Mill Valley. Thats 88 miles. This was a well traveled cake. I was SO wound up and stressed out traveling with this cake! But, we made it!
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Lady in the red leggings… Nancy. She loves me and Amanda like we are hers. We are. Her love language is feeding people, and ours is eating. It was a match made in Heaven. 😉

See that food table? Nancy and Danielle did all that.

And the couple on either side of Jillian… Dave and Danielle. They love me. Maybe Amanda too. 😉

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If you look closely you can see in a few pictures some random things like small pin wheels, ribbon and rid-rac. Those were contributions from the little girls. They were so proud of their efforts!

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Not only do Shans cakes and cookies look amazing… They taste amazing! I’m pretty sure I ate two of those huge cookies. And a piece of cake.

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The dessert table… Amanda’s friend Jane contacted me and asked what she could do, I held my breath and  just asked for what I REALLY needed… Baby’s Breath clouds. Much to my delight, she was all for it! And they were better then I could have imagined! And to add to the perfection… Katie’s gift. I saw it and asked if I could use it as decor. This was such a group effort. Letting go and letting others help with this shower is really what made it so special!

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Mommy and Daddy… how adorable are they? And my niece got the best of both of them! She is even cuter then her folks. 😉
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An uninvited guest. Or maybe we were the uninvited guess?

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The “guestbook” onsies to sign and we also had diapers and sharpies and asked guests to write funny things on them, to give mom and dad something to laugh at during those long nights.

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Amanda and Siobhan… Siobhan and Amanda

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Me, Amanda and Siobhan. (Clearly we were on a hill and I was on the downhill side.)

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Besties and baby besties!

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Suisun City Family Session

I want to start out by saying…

One thing I realized, is that I might not express how much I love working with families and planning sessions. If you have ideas… I want to hear them! Jeramy and I always ask our clients “where do you want to have the session?” and  secretly, I’m wishing that they say their house. It is a dream of mine to capture a “day in the life of…” sessions. I love LOVE going to peoples homes and places that have meaning them. Like HERE  and HERE to point out a couple. I also love when clients/friends share ideas! Like in this session. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the three them! And then when mom shared that she had ideas and brought props… Oh my goodness! I could have kissed her! I want to hear your ideas! I really want to capture your stories and your life! I want to work WITH you to make your sessions as unique and special as you are. I am a talker! Talk to me about where you want your session, what you want to wear, what you want your pictures to say about you as a family! I even want to know what you are going to do with these images and help you get them up on your walls! I’ll even come help you hang them! If you send me a picture of the wall where you want to hang the images, I’ll help you with pick the best grouping! I can do that you know!

On to this session… I couldn’t even pick favorites. I just couldn’t. I knocked this session out of the park like Brandon Belt. 😉 Okay… really, they made my job easy. Not only are they stunning, but they are just the sweetest people.

I love my job.

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Miss M thought moms idea was the best!!

 

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This is the BEST! And mommy and daddy are looking so silly back there spinning around! Photo shoots are AWE-SOME! (That’s what she’s saying with her smile. I’m good at reading baby smiles) 😉

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She melts my heart!

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(((SIGH)))

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Miss M’s little face cracks me up. Yes, baby… Mommy was Daddys first.

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The clapping…

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…the pointing!!!

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And the crawling!!! This makes me want another baby! (for a second at least…) 😉

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I do love this session. I love it for the sweet family I got to capture and I love it because it was a joint effort. When I look at these images I see a loving, sweet tender and creative family. I sure hope these are pictures you’ll cherish for a very long time. XOXOX Sharon

Puddles ~ A Homegrown Newborn Session

I have no excuses. I am an awful blogger. Feel like giving me grace? Pretty please. I don’t pick on anyone for blinking… Thats a lie. I do. 😉

Lets move on.

Meet Puddles! He looks a lot like THIS guy, doesn’t he? Well, this is Baby J’s baby brother… Baby J. They are all J’s. so, it’s not confusing, and because it TOTALLY fits…

This is Puddles.

And I’m in love.

 

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