This was the BIG family I was talking about. There are seven brothers and one sister. Yes, seven. I think they scared me a little. Ok, maybe more than a little. It was a fun shoot, but it was a very big group. Getting all of them looking at the same time (and not goofing off, and not blinking…) was quite a challenge for me, but I think we pulled it off. Every brother has a girlfriend or wife, except one of them was missing today . She is out of town but I am going to get her next week and try to photoshop her in accordingly.

It was definitely an adventure with this crowd!I’m just so impressed this group managed to get all together, coordinated, and in the same place at the same time. Well, less one girlfriend.

This wonderful woman is one of my very first clients and also really the crux of all my early and ongoing business- not to mention she takes my scrapbook class and is a good friend, too! She has so many friends and family and she sent them all my way- so we just love her! She was also the boys sports coach a long while ago and they still love her too! The earlier session today (the gil family) is her sister (see what I mean about the business??) and the next shoot I am posting is her husband’s family. We are kinda doing her Christmas mini session in pieces. A few today, a few at her house later in the week.

Her daughter is so sweet and shy and serious. But I did get a few real smiles out of her while discussing the water/sand/rice table at nursery school. She’s a toughie, but oh so cute!

Oh boy, it was a coooooooold one this morning. The car thermometer read about 29 degrees. But we all sucked it up and headed over to Tanglewood for a mini session. If this family looks familiar to you, I did their pictures over the summer at the beach. It was a lot warmer then!

The little boy did great considering the temperature. He was in a somewhat cranky mood today, but I think we coaxed a few good ones out of him. All the poor kid wanted to do was to go swimming in the ponds. But since he couldn’t, he threw his pacifier into the water instead! His dad did his best to rescue it, but it wasn’t meant to be. A small sacrifice to the park gods.

Another sweet and photogenic family. Another super perfect one for the turkey hangover. The only real challenge was getting both girls to look at the same time. The older girl was so patient and great. The baby, is a baby! She was super sweet and quiet but was more interested in the leaves than looking at the camera. We finally bribed her by holding a bottle up on my head. It worked until it made her mad cause she WANTED the botlle! And she seemed to think the leaves were chips- yum!

Funny story on this one. They live in the same house that our friends moved out of. Actually, two sets of friends lived there in the past few years. The address seemed awfully familiar when I was writing it down when we booked the session, but I didn’t add it up. When I drove up, it was the same house. And the funniest part (if two of our friends living in the house wasn’t enough) John did their closing. The dad in this family knew John’s car when I drove up in it!

Got some great shots in the pretty yellow leaves in the backyard. And that old weathered fence looked so "barn-ish". I loved it! The colors were perfect.