Trish at 31 Weeks | Maternity Session

I have four sisters and the youngest three are actually pregnant right now! Trish, the youngest, is the furthest along at 31 weeks with her first. We do have an official maternity session lined up next month but we thought we would take advantage of the sun on Thursday and had a super mini session with my two kids in tow. I would never normally take my kids along but being that it was last minute, and with my sister, it was totally fine:)

Here are a few:)

35 Years | Family Photos at Kanaka Creek

I love this family. They are just so happy together and so supportive of one another. Leah (the older daughter) and I started working together about 10 years ago and I actually taught Lauren, her younger sister. Leah and I have also played football together for almost 7 years now and usually have weekly get togethers to watch some quality television or something like that:) In regards to football, you will see below that a love for football definitely runs in the family!

Joanie and Gerry celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary this summer and so the girls gave them the gift of family photos. Usually in a session, the kids that are bribed with ice cream, but in this case, Gerry was promised that he could play some football once we did all the `nice' pictures first. I hope you can tell that there is a lot of laughter and love in this family. Enjoy.

Hey team, I had a good time hanging out with you all. Thank you for introducing me to Kanaka Creek, such a beautiful location. Happy anniversary!

Baby Gavin | Newborn Session

Meet Gavin. Just a year ago, we did Lindsey and Kevin's wedding photos and look at them now:) Gavin is 5 weeks old in these pictures and check out his beautiful big blue eyes. He's also sporting his sweet handsome clothes, it makes him look so grown up! Kevin and Lindsey, we are so happy for you two, you are a great team! Enjoy (especially what Kevin is doing in one of the last photos, not my idea!).

Amanda & Chris | Lynn Canyon Engagement Session

Amanda and Chris are getting married July 2012 and I'm looking forward to it! Scheduling an engagement session was a bit tricky because they go to school in Kelowna, but fortunately, the one day we had set aside over the thanksgiving weekend worked perfectly! Gary taught Amanda back in grade 8 and I was one of the coaches when she was in cross country as well. There are a lot of other connections and we are excited to be part of their wedding day.

Amanda and Chris met at UBC Okanagon and started dating just over 2 years ago. They are a sweet quieter couple that are both studying in the sciences. Gary and I are both have degrees in science as well:) They decided to have their session at Lynn Canyon which is a GORGEOUS location and very west coast. The hard thing about this location is that it is generally quite dark and there are often a lot of people there, but, I think we were able to get a lot of great shots. At one point, a tourist asked if we wanted for her to take a picture of the three of us together:) Could have been fun for me to join their engagement session?!

Enjoy.

Amanda and Chris, it was great to spend time with you as a couple! Thank you for helping me get my exercise in on that Saturday morning:) Happy wedding planning!

Clayton Park Family Session

I have a lot of connections with Stephani who is the mom of this lovely bunch. We grew up together going to the same school and church. And now, we both go to the same church again! They had a family session with me last fall and now it's a bit of a tradition. I love seeing kids in this context, a year later, and see how they've grown and changed. I think I get them a bit more because I've photographed them before. Stephani suggested Clayton Park and I can't believe I've never thought of it as I just live a couple minutes away from this park.

A big thanks to the kids' auntie Larissa who came to help play with the kids while the other ones were having their photos taken. It made for a much more relaxing experience (well, as relaxing as it gets with 4 young kids:)). Enjoy.

Stephani and Steve, I loved spending some more time with your family. Great, great kiddos. Kids, I hope you enjoyed your ice cream!

Stephanie & Matt | Sneak Peek

Here's the wedding from last weekend that I'm working on right now. Beautiful couple, beautiful location (taken in Steveston).

Bean & Everett | Port Moody Family Session

I love having photo sessions in Port Moody so I was excited when Cheri contacted me for family photos. When she told me she had two little ones, similar to my kids ages, I was looking forward to it even more. I love little ones! Both of the kids were just having fun exploring and Everett wanted to look everywhere except at me:) I do have to say that I am very in love with Everett's hair, so adorable. Here are some pictures from our time at the train museum and then along a portion of the Shoreline Trail nearby.

Cheri and Ian, it was great meeting you and getting to know your little ones:)