Francisco Family | Family Portrait

Meet the Francisco's! I met this fun family two years ago on a trip to Arizona. They were in another city when we initially moved to Arizona, but now live only a few doors down from us and it is so great! I enjoy being around them so much. Their hospitality is awesome (I have so much to learn) and their hearts for God is even greater. They encourage me daily and I'm so thankful that they are near and we've gotten to know them.

We decided to go to Tempe Town Lake; which is a really cool area in Tempe. I've been there a few times. In fact, I think I've done three portraits at this location now! :)

Just a side note...some of Noah's facial expressions are priceless. Make sure you look at them. You'll at least smile. :)

Family squeeze! :)

I love this picture. So cute - Love that Noah is hugging Anaiah willingly, too! :)

LOVE the picture of Danielle on the right. That is probably my favorite of this shoot! :)

Love you guys!

Thanks for taking a look! Leave some comments below! :)

Jason + Gloria | Tying the Knot! :)

Jason and Gloria are such a fun couple. When I first met them in a little coffee shop in Tempe, Arizona after Gloria first emailed me, I was so inspired by the love they had for each other. I think I said that about five times in our meeting, as well! I just could see it exuding out of both of them, as we talked about how they met and what they dreamed about for their wedding day.

I'm SO thankful that I was able to be there for their beautiful day. I don't think I could stop smiling that entire day! As well, I have to mention the hospitality of this couple!! I didn't feel like the wedding photographer at this wedding--I felt like I had known them for years. I left feeling like I had celebrated the wedding of close friends. Thank you Gloria and Jason for making me feel so welcome! I had so much fun. Hope you cherish these pictures forever.

Enough of my gabbing...

The ceremony was at the beautiful Danforth Chapel on ASU Campus. The reception was held at the Hackett House off Mill Avenue in Tempe.

Here's some shots! :) 

The Bride is here! :) 

Such a cute entrance to the reception! :) It was a happy day.

Love the simplicity and elegance of the decorations. Gloria made all of them. Such a talented woman! :)

LOVE the cake. She even made this cake topper. Beautiful!

What a fun day! :) Thanks for looking!!

Stay tuned for many more pictures of a few families! 

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Phoenix Is Interesting... | Random Personal Post

So, back in April, I went with some of my good friends to the Superstition Mountains. It was all very beautiful. It's crazy how diverse Arizona becomes only within a couple hours. You can get any climate you want, really. Just drive a couple hours North from Phoenix, and in Flagstaff you'll get cooler weather, beautiful trees and mountains. And of course, if you want the 'scalding' hot temperatures of 120 :) then just stay in Phoenix. :)

Anywho, I took this random picture of this plant/thing. :) ha! Do you know what it is? I sure don't. 

Regardless, I thought it actually was a very pretty picture and wanted to post it. 

So in regards to what's up next on my blog...I hope to post some wedding pictures from a beautiful couple that just got married this past Saturday and I have a few other events (my trip to India and the Miss Arab Pageant from last November) that I'd still like to post, even though I haven't done that yet. Whoops! Time just keeps flying. ;)

Hope you're having a great week!

The Leopold Family | Family Portrait

Meet the Leopolds - such a cute family! :) We met here in Arizona to go through the same internship and it has been such a blast getting to know them during this time. Ashley asked me to do their family pictures and I was thrilled at the idea. In general I love to hang out with this family, so adding photography to the mix makes things perfect. :)

We headed over to Tempe Beach Lake to a more grassy area where some buildings are at. It gave the portrait a very different look that I liked much. 

Ashley you are GORGEOUS! :)

Love this picture of Zac! Looks like a stud here. :)

Favorite from the shoot! I love this picture of Psalm!! :)

It's a Psalmy sandwich! :) hehe

Zac can really throw up Psalm high. :) I was surprised by the air that she got!

Psalm was very tired at the end of our time. 

Thanks for looking - would love to hear your comments!