happy Friday everyone! i hope you all had a great week 🙂
i’m so excited to introduce you guys to this awesome family! Stephanie, the mom, met me when we moved to Ontario when i was 4 years old. her family lived next door to mine, and they were like the awesome neighbors you see on old TV shows…no lie! you could actually go next door and ask for a cup of sugar 🙂 haha
even though Steph was only like 11 years old when we moved in, she started babysitting me. she can tell you all kinds of stories about what a brat i was and how i would give her a hard time, but i totally loved her and looked up to her like a big sister. and i still do. i remember trips to Taco Bell, rockin’ out to Salt-N-Pepa in her car, staying up past my bedtime watching movies.
we moved away when i was about 10 years old, and she went off and got married and started having kids of her own shortly after that. she has 4 gorgeous girls now!
there was definitely a period of time where i didn’t talk to her much or see her very often. but over the past few years, as i’ve started a family of my own, she has been there for me and i am just so thankful for her.
i’m also super thankful for a chance to get to know her amazing family better these last few years! the kids each have their own unique, awesome personalities.
and so does her hubby 🙂
we joke that he’s Stephen’s boyfriend because the two of them are hilarious when they get together!
Steph’s mom, Melanie, also came along for the session. i hadn’t seen her since my wedding, so that was a wonderful treat!!
i don’t know if i’ve ever seen a little girl with as much personality as Rayna!
here she is “shaking her bon bon”…
here are a few more of my faves from the day (we did this session at the beautiful Prospect Park in Redlands)…
the beautiful couple!
i love you guys SO much! thank you again for making your way out here for the weekend and can’t wait to see you again soon!
xoxo
jess
Oh Jess and Stephen, picutes are sooooo cute and fun and great and did I say cute…….. really caught some of the real selfs in there! Thanks for all that you are…….. Love ya, Mama Mel’s :o)
Jess, I LOVE your work. You catch so many great moments. I love how the oldest daughter is holding her dad’s hand in the one picture. It brought tears to my eyes! Beautiful! I need to get ours done!!
<3, Sarah
Adorable! Love this family. You guys are all amazing! Love Love Love! Amazing job sis 🙂 We love you!
Jess and Steve,
we can’t thank you guys enough for the BEAUTIFUL pictures you took of our family! You are amazing! Like I said before, you are an awesome team with a great eye for prime photo taking. We are speechless……and in love with all of them, well…the ones on here. I can’t imagine what the other pics are gonna look like! You guys have forever touched our hearts (mine especially~Steph)! I will never get my pics taken by anybody else because you guys just rock! We had a great time! As always! Can’t wait to get them done next year! And your lil one will be here by then too….yay! Thank you my loves, for everything!
Tyson, Steph, Caity, Kirsten, Shayla and Rayna
OMG!!! I want them ALL they are amazing photos, there is not one that is a favorite as they all are what a beautiful job. Of course the models were pretty good too!
Thank you for capturing them so perfectly.
Betty (Tyson’s mom)
thank you so much everyone for the sweet comments! love this fam 🙂 it was so much fun! xoxo jess
absolutely beautiful, amazing shots. Fantastic job
These photos are good, really good!! They show the love in this family,,, Thanks for sharing