Adrian + Nicole

Say hello to Adrian and Nicole's upcoming Christmas card.

They have the sweetest (and somewhat slobbery) little family made up of the two of them along with Jericho (the lab), Tarka (the darling white-faced retriever), and Maddy (the other darling retriever). 

:)

Ben + Liz

Easter 2011 was BEYOND amazing. 

Not only did I wake up to rainy personal love letter from God, but I got to hang out with Ben and Liz in Liz's family beach house in Cayucos. This house holds a special place in their hearts, not only beacuse Liz grew up running around the beach in front of the house, but Ben popped the question in the kitchen!!! (she said "yes"... just in case you were wondering). 

I had the most blessed time getting to know these two and the story that brought them to where they are.

:)

Blaine + Jenna

This is my cousin Jenna and her sweetheart of a boyfriend, Blaine.

Jenna just moved to Santa Barbara (from Bellingham, Washington) to go to school and pursue a career in photography (a woman after my own heart). You can see what she does by clicking HERE. Anyways, on their road trip moving her to Santa Barbara, they stopped by and stayed in good old Atascadero with us. Her birthday just happens to be tomorrow... and she said all she wanted for her birthday was pictures of her and Blaine. Sooooooo without further ado.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DARLING SISTOUSIN!!!!!!!!!! I love you :)
... and now you can see that we are DEFINITELY related :)

The Coleman Family

Family sessions are always a nice change of pace for me. And this family was a blast to shoot. Amy is my cousin-in-law, who drove all the way down from Sacramento with 3 energy-filled children just for these pictures. Ben is quite the character, as is his sister Natalie who is quite the storyteller. And Hazel, well.... let's just say beach mud must be a new teething-soother, because she couldn't get enough of it :)