Wow, I can’t believe that I almost let this one slip away from me. It is always so fun to work with the Anderson kids.  I think that I have lost track of how many times I have photographed these little darlings and not to mention how much candy I have pumped into them over the years (sorry Teressa).  I have such a good time always coming up with a new location or a new concept for our session - just wait, I have some cool ones coming up in the next few months.  It feels so wonderful and I am so honored to be trusted with the pleasure of capturing their childhood time and time again.  It made my day when Brooklyn told me she loved me.

Oh…i remember when my boys were this little - and I really miss it and am even a bit jealous.  Our session for little TJ did not go as planned but the only thing/person that could comfort him during our shoot was his mommy.  Although mom did not planned on taking any photos with TJ, she did her part to help him get though his big shoot.

Meet Mr. EJ…he makes me smile - real big! I think that he could even make a door knob light up with his infectious smile. After his shoot, I could not help but to be happy all day - thanks EJ.

my my how little miss Olivia has grown since I last photographed her.  I just loved her little retro dress toys that were a blast form the past.

This story begins with a New Years resolution to respect the limitations of my health and not to push too hard this year - you know, when I am sick don’t work.

…well it was about 10 p.m. the evening before my 7 am shoot when a simple cough turned into a 102 degree temperature and my body became sore with aching all over.  I started going over in my mind how I  could work my way though it and be fine so that I would not disappoint my client.

At about 2:30 am I start having difficulty breathing and had the start puffing on my inhalers.  I finally decided that I should take some medicine to help bring down the fever and to try to get a little rest. Still feeling pretty badly, I made the hard decision to text my client at 3 am (well it was too early to call) and to let her know that I would not be able to make it our shoot and that it would have to be rescheduled.

I set my alarm to get up at 6 am to call and confirm that she got my message - but I slept through the alarm.  At about 10:30 am I heard pounding on my front door which startled me so much that I feel out of bed. Who in the world could be knocking on my door so hard - I dragged myself to the door with drool running down my face and my hair sticking strait up…it was my clients.  Shoot! They hadn’t gotten my messages and had driven down from Palm Spings.  After waiting almost an hour for me, they went and had breakfast and then decided to come to my home to see if everything was OK.
I felt so bad, I asked for a few minuets to get myself together and they agreed to do their shoot in the lot behind my house.  It was so bight by then, we went underground in the drainage tunnels for a few and had tons of fun.  They really rocked out the 80’s look.

…goodness, I could not even get through one month without breaking my resolution.