Nora and Aiden

As a first grade teacher I took hundreds of pictures each week and shared them on Shutterfly for parents to peek into our classroom. This is something that parents always commented on and praised me for. I loved being able to share our day through photos. To say that I turned some of them into quite the little hams is an understatement although this little princess has a way of putting herself in the spot light! 

Meet Nora! Isn't she a doll? Nora is full of energy, chatty, smart, silly and a little bit sassy! She was one of my monkeys in first grade. I fell in love with her and her family on day one when she skipped into my classroom mid-summer introducing herself (she was a little excited to be attending her new school)! Her mom and I hit it off right away and have become quite close personal friends. Shanna is a super parent volunteer who would drop everything to help hang a bulletin board/cut,staple,glue,assemble anything, an awesome and thoughtful gift-giver, an amazing mommy and a kind woman who I am lucky to call a friend. 

Today after our lunch date the kids insisted that we walk around Old Town Manassas and since I always have my camera with me (Yes! I know my Coach purse is not exactly the safest location to keep an expensive camera.) I took the opportunity to snap some pictures of these cuties! Nora wasted no time flashing her smiling and striking poses. 

Meet Aiden (a? I mess it up every time)! Aiden is her big brother. He is my little buddy and we've spent lots of Wednesday afternoons hanging out together after school as well as our time with mommy and Nora. He is more on the reserved side but such a fun kid with a great sense of humor and personality. He is smart, athletic, a perfectionist and a great big brother!

And they love each other very much... 

Here are a few more pictures from the day! I hope you enjoy them :)!

Cabacar Family Photo Shoot

Happy Saturday! I hope you enjoy the Cabacadr Family movie. They were so much fun to work. Mommy and daddy were very relaxed as Riley ran the show. He entertained us all while blowing bubbles, picking flowers, finding dragons, playing the drums, building, climbing, running, man-handling Bryson and escaping were his specialities of the day! They said he was three and full of energy and boy were they right but we had a blast! Mommy thought she might get a good nap out of Riley after his big morning in the heat. Bryson was such a calm little guy through the heat, countless photos and few close calls with Riley's excited movements.

Cabacar Family

I met the Cabacar's through a mutual friend and student parent who I've remained close with {Thank you Heather}. Heather saw my Baby K maternity shots and asked if it would be OK for her to give KJ my contact info. I was a little hesitant at first because this would be the first shoot that I didn't know the family prior to BUT I was excited to explore this opportunity and thankful for the recommendation from Heather! Of course our first photo shoot was "stormed out" which seems to be the way things are going with this photography business but luckily both Brian and Kerri are teachers so we were able to reschedule from Wednesday evening to Friday morning. We shot at the future home of Christ Chruch and the location couldn't have been more perfect.  

Before the shoot I had heard all about Bryson and I couldn't wait to meet him. Mommy said, "I want some pics of just my newborn but some of my 3 year old too. THAT will be the challenge." and Heather said, "He's as sweet as can be and a big ball of energy. He will make you work for your shots."

Mommy found a bubble recipe on Pinterest {What did we do BEFORE Pinterest?} and daddy whipped up some ginormous bubbles. This is definitely one of my favorite shots from the day and may also be in my all time favorites! Look at that smile. He was having so much fun. Soon after this picture he put his hands right in the bubble and began getting soapy. Then he lost his shoe and naturally dunked his whole foot in the bucket! Before things got too messy we went for a little walk! 

Bryson chilled while mommy watched Riley and daddy played with the bubble concoction. 

Bryson was fast asleep and Riley was picking flowers as well as finding koalas and T-Rexes in the tall grass. Some of my favorite shots are those candid moments when no one is paying attention and this is definitely one of those.

Despite the hot and humid weather and the ever anxious Riley wanting to man-handle hold Bryson he kept fast asleep and was the perfect model! Isn't he gorgeous?!

By now Riley was DONE so this picture is completely his expression with NO coaching. We may have told him that the sign said "BEST Big Brother Ever." We didn't explain that it was a For Sale sign, either way it has me laughing out loud. 

Before Riley escaped (to not really sure where) we were able to get a few family shots and I am in love with this one. 

Mommy found Riley and put him in his carseat so we could sneak a few pictures with just the baby! 

I had an absolute blast meeting this wonderful family. {Thank you again Heather for having faith in me to give a recommendation}. It was so much fun watching a this family interact from behind the lens (as if I wasn't even there). The love that this little family emulated was enough to make anyone smile. {Thank you Kerri and Brian for allowing me to capture some precious moments that I hope you will forever cherish}. After they got the littles buckled in we were able to chat some {teacher talk}! 

I am so pleased with the photos and had such a hard time picking "favorites" to share! I can't wait to put together the slide show:)!